May 2006
2 May, 2006: Norwegian delegates learn about highway maintenance in York
Tuesday 02 May 2006
City of York Council will play host to a delegation of around 30 municipal engineers from the Norwegian city of Kristian2 May, 2006: Residents invited to get involved in York Live 2006
Tuesday 02 May 2006
Musical York residents are being given the opportunity to snap up places on a community Carnival Street Band workshop ta2 May, 2006: New approach to housing allocation
Tuesday 02 May 2006
City of York Council's revised housing allocation policy, which came into effect on 1 May, aims to assess applications a2 May 2006: Yearsley Pool update
Tuesday 02 May 2006
Yearsley Swimming Pool will remain closed until Monday 22 May to allow essential repairs and maintenance to take place.2 May, 2006: Art exhibition by artists from Peasholme resettlement centre
Tuesday 02 May 2006
An exhibition of drawings and paintings by budding artists from the Peasholme Resettlement Centre in York is on display2 May, 2006: Relocation of Arc Light
Tuesday 02 May 2006
City of York Council's Executive today progressed plans to relocate the Arc Light homeless hostel.<P>
A report outlinin3 May 2006: Plans for new school take a step closer
Wednesday 03 May 2006
Plans to create a beand new secondary school for the west of York took a step closer this week.<P>
Members of City of Y4 May 2006: Tenants in bloom
Thursday 04 May 2006
Green fingered council tenants will be able to test their skills with a new City of York Council competition.<P>
The ga4 May, 2006: Archbishop of York to officially open and dedicate St. Barnabas School
Thursday 04 May 2006
Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, will officially open and dedicate one of York's newest schools tomorrow (Friday, 54 May 2006: Junk art winners
Thursday 04 May 2006
The young winners of an innovative junk art competition will receive their prizes on Friday (5 May).<P>
The budding art5 May, 2006: NVQ awards presentation
Friday 05 May 2006
A number of City of York Council employees will be recognised for attaining new qualifications in an award ceremony at T5 May, 2006: Council gets tough on excess packaging
Friday 05 May 2006
City of York Council's trading standards service has responded to public concerns about the use of excess packaging on p5 May 2006: Council re-claims house from convicted drug dealer
Friday 05 May 2006
City of York Council has gained a court order to remove a convicted drug dealer from one of its homes.<P>
Malcolm Casey5 May, 2006: Creative writing workshops planned as part of Inside Story exhibition
Friday 05 May 2006
The first of two creative writing workshops for local children will be taking place at Central Library this Saturday, 65 May, 2006: Nuisance neighbour evicted
Friday 05 May 2006
A York woman who failed to heed warnings about her rent arrears and the late-night noise coming from her flat was evict5 May, 2006: Children and young people from across York elect their first ever champion
Friday 05 May 2006
City of York Council's first ever Children and Young People's Champion was elected today after thousands of pupils at sc8 May, 2006: Future of public transport launched in York
Monday 08 May 2006
The UK's first ftr public transport scheme was launched in York today (8 May 2006) in a partnership between public trans8 May, 2006: Shop around Europe in the heart of York
Monday 08 May 2006
Local residents and visitors alike will be able to enjoy a sensational shopping experience when a 'Shop Around Europe' t8 May, 2006: National Composting Week
Monday 08 May 2006
As this week is National Composting Week, City of York Council is taking the opportunity to remind residents about a gre9 May 2006: Annual Best of Bands spectacular
Tuesday 09 May 2006
Talented bands from York schools will get the opportunity to win a recording deal as part of this year's Best of Bands c9 May, 2006: Footway repairs in Main Street, Heslington
Tuesday 09 May 2006
City of York Council will be repairing the footways along Main Street in Heslington from next Monday, May 15.<P>
The wo12 May, 2006: Council welcomes York Central planning decision
Friday 12 May 2006
City of York Council has welcomed a decision not to allow the piecemeal development of a small section of land earmarkedMay 12, 2006: Dance Week York 2006
Friday 12 May 2006
Dancers of all ages and abilities will have an opportunity to put on their dancing shoes next month and join in the sixt12 May, 2006: Information for parents on offer at Children's Fair
Friday 12 May 2006
Parents will be able to pick up a wealth of useful information on everything from registered childcare provision to tax15 May 2006: Mobile Skate Park arrives at Oaklands School
Monday 15 May 2006
Street Sport York's newest addition to its facilities have found a new venue at Oaklands School.<P>
The skate park wi15 May 2006: New on-line reference facility
Monday 15 May 2006
City of York Council has introduced a new Committee Management System, to provide better on-line access to information a15 May 2006: York's performing arts centres open their doors
Monday 15 May 2006
City of York Council's performing arts centres are holding open days later this month to give aspiring musicians, dancer15 May, 2006: Opening of Enhanced Resource Centre at Fulford School
Monday 15 May 2006
A specialist resource centre for York school pupils with Asperger's Syndrome and Autism will officially open on Wednesd16 May, 2006: Bumper week for recycling and composting
Tuesday 16 May 2006
Environmentally-aware York residents ensured that there were bumper collections of garden waste and kerbside recycling m16 May 2006: Community Arts Exhibition
Tuesday 16 May 2006
Local amateur artists will be exhibiting their work at Oaken Grove Community Centre in Haxby next week (Saturday 20 May)16 May 2006: Live Arts Week returns
Tuesday 16 May 2006
Schools across the city will be alive with clicking fingers and tapping feet next week as part of Live Arts Week (22 May16 May, 2006: York Live 2006 performers take their show on the road
Tuesday 16 May 2006
Musicians will take their show on the road in a double decker bus to ensure that York residents of all ages can enjoy t18 May, 2006: Council granted suspended possession order for nuisance neighbour's home
Thursday 18 May 2006
A York woman who allowed her dog to foul communal areas around her home has been told that her council flat will be repo18 May 2006: Unique story for all ages
Thursday 18 May 2006
From the jungles of India to the mountains of Tibet; from the lakes of Cambodia to the streets of Singapore: the spellbi18 May, 2006: Two appointments to council's senior management team
Thursday 18 May 2006
City of York Council has a new-look senior management team following two recent appointments to director posts.<P>
The19 May 2006: Splashing good news! Yearsley Swimming Pool re-opens
Friday 19 May 2006
Yearsley Swimming Pool will open its doors to the public again on Monday 22 May at 7am for its usual early morning lane19 May 2006: Appointment of Executive for new municipal year
Friday 19 May 2006
At next Thursday's Annual Meeting, City of York Council members will be asked to agree the appointment of the Executive19 May 2006: Energy efficiency grants available
Friday 19 May 2006
City of York Council is reminding local residents that energy efficiency grants are available to older people who want t19 May, 2006: Recycling open day at Bell Farm Social Hall
Friday 19 May 2006
Residents of York's Bell Farm estate will soon be able to make use of a wide range of new recycling facilities located a19 May 2006: City to welcome third 'Janet' as Lord Mayor
Friday 19 May 2006
York will welcome its third Janet in a row as Lord Mayor next week.<P>
Councillor Janet Hopton MBE will be sworn in as22 May 2006: Licence reminder for city's landlords
Monday 22 May 2006
City of York Council is reminding landlords that they may need a licence to rent out a house in multiple occupation (HMO22 May 2006: Unique opportunity to work on European youth media project
Monday 22 May 2006
Young people aged between 16 ‰Û" 25 years old across the city will get a unique opportunity to work with a professional22 May 2006: Relocation of Peasholme Centre
Monday 22 May 2006
At a meeting on May 30, City of York Council's Executive will consider a report outlining plans to move the Peasholme Ce23 May 2006: Cardboard collections to be rolled out
Tuesday 23 May 2006
City of York Council's cardboard recycling scheme will be rolled out to 10,000 more properties across the city in July,23 May 2006: Home care survey results
Tuesday 23 May 2006
Satisfaction with home care services in York has risen slightly since 2003 according to a recent survey. Overall, 95 pe24 May 2006: Through the keyhole
Wednesday 24 May 2006
York residents will be able to tour one of the city's most famous houses free of charge this year.<P>
City of York Coun25 May 2006: Big red play comes comes to city centre
Thursday 25 May 2006
City of York Council's big red play bus will be in the city centre on Tuesday, May 30.<P>
It will be located in St Samp25 May 2006: Bus information office closure reminder
Thursday 25 May 2006
City of York Council is reminding residents that the city's bus information office, based at 20 George Hudson Street,25 May, 2006: Bank holiday refuse collections
Thursday 25 May 2006
City of York Council is reminding residents that their household rubbish and recycling collections will take place a day25 May, 2006: York Live 2006 kicks off this weekend
Thursday 25 May 2006
City of York Council's York Live 2006 music festival kicks off tomorrow and promises a long weekend of diverse musical e26 May, 2006: Review of home care purchasing and commissioning
Friday 26 May 2006
City of York Council's Executive Member and Advisory Panel (EMAP) for Housing and Adult Social Services will consider a26 May 2006: The Lady of the Shadows
Friday 26 May 2006
York residents will be able to experience an epic historical story next week.<P>
Local performer, Helen Sant, has used26 May 2006: Possible venues for Peasholme
Friday 26 May 2006
City of York Council is inviting residents to identify additional, possible venues for the Peasholme Centre.<P>
The sup26 May, 2006: Work progressing on York's ecoDepot
Friday 26 May 2006
City of York Council's innovative ecoDepot at Hazel Court is starting to take shape as the pre-fabricated straw panels t26 May 2006: Knavesmire Culvert Relining
Friday 26 May 2006
City of York Council will be repairing a defective culvert running through the middle of York Knavesmire next week. <P30 May 2006: A taste of Germany
Tuesday 30 May 2006
Next week sees the return of the popular Bavarian Food, Drink and Crafts Festival to York.<P>
The unique chalet style s30 May, 2006: Demand soars for children's information services
Tuesday 30 May 2006
Demand for City of York Council's children's information service continued to soar last year (2005/06), with a total of30 May, 2006: Community Arts Grants
Tuesday 30 May 2006
City of York Council's community arts team, Arts Action York, is offering £10,000 worth of small grants to community-bas31 May, 2006: Used batteries among range of items that can be recycled in York
Wednesday 31 May 2006
Did you know that you can recycle household batteries at City of York Council's household waste recycling centres?<P>
A31 May, 2006: Date set for Peasholme Centre open day
Wednesday 31 May 2006
City of York Council is inviting local residents, and other interested groups and individuals, along to an open day at t31 May, 2006: Make recycling your goal this summer!
Wednesday 31 May 2006
York residents are being urged to give waste the red card this summer by recycling the mountain of extra cans and bottle2006
