SCHOOLS in York are to get better recycling facilities thanks to a new green initiative. City of York Council's waste and recycling team, working with Yorwaste, has extended the range of materials that schools can recycle, to include paper, cardboard
SCORES of York teenagers will this year be able to choose to study new vocational Diplomas at city schools and York College. From September the first five Diplomas will be available in construction and the built environment; engineering; IT; and society
NEARLY 300 patients have written to York's MP to oppose plans to extend doctors' surgery opening hours. The patients at Jorvik Medical Practice, in The Stonebow, fear the Government's plans to open GP practices during evenings and weekends will reduce
TRANSPORT bosses in York have hailed the latest rise in bus use in the city. A new report by City of York Council shows the number of passenger trips is expected to hit 16.7 million this year, up from 15.1 million in 2006-7 and 14.5 million the year
AN ONLINE questionnaire asking residents how much cash taxpayers were prepared to pay towards the fire service garnered only 17 responses. Now cash strapped fire chiefs will decide how much council tax precepts for the service in North Yorkshire should
THE organiser of York's Festival of Remembrance was jubilant today after breaking through two big fundraising barriers. Ted Griffiths, of the Royal British Legion, revealed that last November's event at the Barbican Centre made a record-breaking profit
PROTESTERS were this weekend planning to demonstrate against a controversial "religion" which has set up a church in York. The Church of Scientology - which boasts movie stars Tom Cruise and John Travolta among its followers - has come under fierce attack
POLICE in York have set up a scheme to help reunite children with their parents if they get lost in the city. The Guildhall safer neighbourhoods team has joined forces with Retailers Against Crime in York (RACY), Safer York Partnership, and a number
YOU have heard of the leaning tower of Pisa. Now York has its own leaning windmill of Holgate. Staff from City of York Council's Ancient Monuments department responded to an urgent call by Holgate Windmill Preservation Society after the mill's temporary
A SCHEME to give community grants in York and North Yorkshire has almost reached the £50,000 landmark, but even more money is available. The York Pride Grant scheme administered by York and North Yorkshire Community Foundation has made over 70 awards
