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A new community mental health centre is set to open later this year at York St John University after people have struggled during the pandemic Picture:Pexels MENTAL health services in York have been given a boost with a plan to open a new city counselling centre. York St John’s University’s Counselling and Mental Health Centre (CMHC) is expanding to help meet mental health need fuelled by the pandemic. The new centre in Clarence Street will be a one-stop-shop of public facing support for the local community. Help for those affected by bereavement, isolation and domestic abuse will be a key part of this expanded range of services. Scheduled to open in Clarence Street in Autumn 2021, the centre will also form a new research hub.
A COUNTY Durham dad with a passion for food and foraging is a contestant in the new series of MasterChef, which starts on Monday night. For years, Mike Bartley has watched the BBC One show and imagined himself on the other side of the television screen. So it was a dream come true when he got to compete in the 17th series, and found himself serving his own culinary creations to food experts. The 34-year-old, from Bishop Auckland, said: All those things I ve seen on TV, I found myself doing – flopping into the chair after a challenge or having 90 minutes for a signature dish and finding the time absolutely vanishes, especially when you ve 20 minutes left and Gregg comes for a chat.
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York head teachers are looking forward to having children back in classes, education leaders say. And schools have proven throughout the pandemic that they are safe, the city s public health director said, adding that there have been very few infections in educational settings. Government plans will see all pupils return to school on March 8. Under the plans all secondary school and college students will take three Covid-19 tests as they return to class - then students will be given two tests each week to use at home. Maxine Squire, the council s director of education, said school leaders are working through the government guidance and all parents and carers will be contacted by their school about testing and pupils returning to class.