July
01.07.05: Gold award fro Yorks' food team
Friday 01 July 2005
City of York Council's food and safety unit has won a prestigious gold award in recognition of its work to combat spirit01:07:05: Huntington library closed for essential maintenance
Friday 01 July 2005
Huntington Library will be closed for four days next week due to essential building works to improve access to the buildJuly 4, 2005: York takes part in VE Day
Monday 04 July 2005
City of York Council and York and District Council of Ex-service Associations will be taking part in a service at York M4.07.05: Major consultation on modernisation of pre-fab homes
Monday 04 July 2005
Residents in 100 pre-fab bungalows in York will be asked how they want their homes to be modernised as part of a major c4.07.05: Council looking to go from good to better
Monday 04 July 2005
City of York Council, which is already officially a 'good' council, has produced an action plan to help it further impro6.05.07: Safer, cleaner neighbourhoods on the way
Wednesday 06 July 2005
City of York Council is set to be even more effective in tackling litter, fly posting, nuisance parking, pollution and n7.07.05: Council appeals to local businesses to help create 'carrot and stick' approach to litter
Thursday 07 July 2005
City of York Council is appealing to local businesses to help in its crackdown on litter.<P>
The council is planning aJuly 7, 2005: Children in Need survey results to be considered
Thursday 07 July 2005
At a meeting next Thursday (July 14), City of York Council's Executive Member for Social Services and Advisory Panel wil8.07.05: Performance in the park
Friday 08 July 2005
Rowntree Park will be the venue for a spectacular outdoor performance by young people later this month.<P>
A week of mu8.07.05: More to puppetry than Punch and Judy
Friday 08 July 2005
Puppetry and mask making will be the subject of a free day-long workshop at Tang Hall Community Centre later this month.8.07.05: Civic charities announced
Friday 08 July 2005
York's Lord Mayor has announced her chosen charities for the year.<P>
Councillor Janet Greenwood has picked two local b8.07.05: Residents asked to give their views on traffic arrangements for race meetings
Friday 08 July 2005
City of York Council is asking residents to give their views about the traffic arrangements for this week's John Smiths8.07.05: New name for centre for the disabled
Friday 08 July 2005
A new facility for people with learning disabilities and multiple support needs in the city could get a brand-new name i8.07.05: Annual transport review show's York's on track
Friday 08 July 2005
An annual report on transport in York shows that the city is on track to reduce congestion and boost public transport.<July 11, 2005: Work of Community Services team officially recognised
Monday 11 July 2005
The work of City of York Council's Community Services team with renal patients at York Hospital has been officially recoJuly 11, 2005: Road maintenance figures announced
Monday 11 July 2005
More than 150km of York's footways have been resurfaced in the last three years, thanks to a major programme of highwayJuly 11, 2005: York residents receive over £400,000 in extra benefit
Monday 11 July 2005
York residents have received over £400,000 in extra benefit pay-outs over the past 12 months as a result of targeted camJuly 11, 2005: John Smiths race meeting traffic plan success
Monday 11 July 2005
City of York Council today confirmed that the traffic management plan put in place for the annual John Smith's meeting aJuly 11, 2005: Photo opportunity: Yor OK! Children and Young People's plan launch
Monday 11 July 2005
Local children and young people will add their weight to the launch of the Yor OK! plan - the city's first ever plan forJuly 12, 2005: Safety a priority for city's car parks
Wednesday 13 July 2005
Crime in the city's car parks has fallen by 33 per cent in the last five years.<P>
The information is published in CityJuly 12, 2005: Enforcement action taken at Morrisons in Acomb
Wednesday 13 July 2005
Enforcement officers from City of York Council took action at Morrisons in Acomb, York yesterday after the supermarket bJuly 13, 2005: Temporary closure of Acomb library
Wednesday 13 July 2005
City of York Council is informing users of Acomb library that it will be closed next Wednesday and Thursday, July 20 andJuly 13, 2005: Better Care, Higher Standards
Wednesday 13 July 2005
Residents will be able to get their hands on the updated Better Care, Higher Standards Charter, from next week. <P>
CopJuly 14, 2005: £500,000 accessibility target
Thursday 14 July 2005
City of York Council is proposing to spend more than £500,000 on making sure that civic buildings are accessible to disaJuly 14, 2005: Photo opportunity: York school pupils in cycle heaven
Thursday 14 July 2005
Children from five York schools who took up the challenge to increase the amount of walking and cycling that they do areJuly 14, 2005: Official opening of new facilities at Robert Wilkinson School
Thursday 14 July 2005
The second phase of an £800,000 refurbishment and expansion scheme at Robert Wilkinson School, York will be officially o15:07:05: Ambitious 15-year draft Local Transport Plan launched
Friday 15 July 2005
City of York Council today launched an ambitious draft Local Transport Plan that will shape the city's transport network18.07.05: New building phase begins at Oaklands
Monday 18 July 2005
Work to the main building of Oaklands Sports Centre has now started. By June next year the centre will be transformed in18.07.05: Don't be alarmed!
Monday 18 July 2005
City of York Council is reminding residents to check that their burglar alarm is working properly before they go on thei19.07.05: Talented pupils get to work with international artists
Tuesday 19 July 2005
Sixteen pupils from York secondary schools will have the opportunity to work with internationally renown puppet makers tJuly 19, 2005: School recycling champions show how it should be done
Tuesday 19 July 2005
York's schools recycled a massive 48.29 tonnes of paper during the last financial year and Derwent Junior School on OsbaJuly 19, 2005: Rowntree park receives national recognition
Tuesday 19 July 2005
Rowntree Park in York has received national recognition after being judged as the runner-up in the Urban Green Space Cat19.07.05: Business warning over South African letter scam
Tuesday 19 July 2005
City of York Council's Trading Standards team is warning local businesses not to be taken in by fraudulent letters from19.07.05: Childcare providers celebrating taking another step to quality
Tuesday 19 July 2005
Four childcare providers in York are celebrating achieving their Step One certificates from the 'Steps to Quality' schemJuly 19, 2005: Businesses set to be commended for their Tidy Business Standard
Tuesday 19 July 2005
Forty-eight York businesses are set to be commended for their work in meeting the Tidy Business Standard at an awards ceJuly 19 2005: Consultation continues over traffic arrangements for York race meetings
Tuesday 19 July 2005
There will be no major changes to the 'normal' traffic management arrangements for the forthcoming York race meeting on21 July 2005: Home appreciation loan scheme
Thursday 21 July 2005
Vulnerable homeowners could receive an extra boost to help them maintain and modernise their homes, if agreed by City of21 July 2005: Expressions! York's multicultural food and arts festival
Thursday 21 July 2005
York's varied ethnic cultures are to be celebrated in a two-day multicultural festival in Parliament Street on Saturday22 July 2005: New-look Morrell House opens its doors
Friday 22 July 2005
The new-look Morrell House opened its doors to its first customers this week.<P>
Residents have started to move into thJuly 22, 2005: Housing allocation review - have your say
Friday 22 July 2005
City of York Council is currently in the process of reviewing the policy that it uses to allocate council housing and maJuly 22, 2005: Step back in time at Newgate Market
Friday 22 July 2005
Visitors to Parliament Street will step back in time next week when City of York Council takes shoppers on a journey bacJuly 22, 2005: At home with the Lord Mayor of York
Friday 22 July 2005
York's Mansion House is throwing open its doors for an 'at home with the Lord Mayor' event next Saturday, July 30.<P>
T25.07.05: New planning guidleines for Castle Piccadily
Monday 25 July 2005
New planning and design principles for the historic Castle Piccadilly area were unveiled today.<P>
The draft planning bJuly 25, 2005: Kerbside recycling collection calendar
Monday 25 July 2005
City of York Council would like to say a big thank you to local people for their on-going efforts to recycle more and reJuly 25, 2005: Playday fever hits York
Monday 25 July 2005
City of York Council is once again participating in national Play Day to offer local children a fun-filled and action-paJuly 25, 2005: York children given a sporting chance
Monday 25 July 2005
Children in York are being given a sporting chance this summer thanks to an innovative partnership project between CityJuly 25, 2005: St Helen's Road - Footway Reconstruction
Monday 25 July 2005
City of York Council will start work to reconstruct the footways along St Helen's Road on Monday, August 1.<P>
TemporarJuly 26, 2005: Green Flag status for two York sites
Tuesday 26 July 2005
City of York Council will this week be presented with Green Flag Awards for Rowntree Park and Glen Gardens, Heworth, bot26.07.05: York Cares
Tuesday 26 July 2005
City of York Councillors will be asked to give local charities a boost by supporting an employee volunteering scheme thiJuly 26, 2005: Licensing reminder - only two weeks to go!
Tuesday 26 July 2005
City of York Council is reminding the city's licensees that there are just two weeks left for them to convert their exis28.07.05: Increase in number of users at council swimming pools and leisure centres
Wednesday 27 July 2005
New figures published today show a healthy increase in the number of users visiting the council leisure facilities in Ap27.07.05: Chewing gum motion wins the support of council members
Wednesday 27 July 2005
City of York Council members last night (26 July) agreed a motion put forward to address the unsightly and costly proble27.07.05: Litter crackdown
Wednesday 27 July 2005
City of York Council has launched a new 'carrot and stick' approach to litter this week.<P>
The council's Street Enviro28 July 2005: Discovering the Familiar
Thursday 28 July 2005
York's Guildhall will be the venue for the preview of a fascinating exhibition showing the hidden side of York and its t29.07.05: Feeling charitable?
Friday 29 July 2005
York's annual Charity Market will be held in Parliament Street this weekend (Saturday 30 July).<P>
The popular event is29:07:05:Council gives "green light" to Hungate redevelopment
Friday 29 July 2005
Redevelopment plans which will bring a vibrant and attractive new riverside, office, leisure and residential quarter to