City of York Council supports Salt Awareness Week City of York Council is highlighting the high levels of salt in takeaway sandwiches as part of national Salt Awareness Week (28 January - 3 February).

Council kicks off housing survey A random survey of house conditions is to be carried out by City of York Council to collect data for future planning decisions.

Special Olympics comes to York An exciting new sports initiative has been launched in York to give local people with learning disabilities the chance to take part in a year-round sports programme.

Council's customer centre celebrates first birthday City of York Council's York Customer Centre is celebrating the first birthday of its customer handling system this week (6 February).

New campaigns raise neighbourhood pride in York A series of campaigns have been planned for 2008 to improve the York area and make residents proud of where they live.

Duke of Edinburgh Awards evening Young people from across the city who have successfully completed the Duke of Edinburgh Award will have their efforts recognised at a presentation evening on Thursday 7 February 2008.

Chance to win copies of Joanne Harris' latest children's book City of York Council is offering local children the chance to win a copy of best-selling author Joanne Harris' latest book, 'Runemarks', ahead of her appearance in the city later this month.

New-look home services directory City of York Council has produced a new and improved Home Services Directory, which is a register of traders vetted by its Trading Standards team and the police.

Public inquiry: Metcalfe Lane village green planning application A non-statutory public inquiry into an application to register land west of Metcalfe Lane at Osbaldwick as a village green will get underway on Tuesday 12 February.

Council announces interim budget consultation results York residents have put forward their views on how City of York Council should prioritise its spending over the next year.

Castlegate celebrates its first birthday Located on Castlegate in the centre of York, the service have provided support, advice and counselling to more than 1,500 young people since it opened last January.

York archivists preserve vital documents for the future Two of York's most historically important documents have been preserved for the future thanks to the work of City of York Council's archivists.

Improved recycling for schools York's schools will be going even greener this month thanks to a City of York Council and Yorwaste initiative.

Council considers new Park & Ride sites York could get three new Park & Ride sites if councillors agree to plans to submit a bid to the Regional Transport Board for funding.

City of York Council supports national 'scamnesty' campaign City of York Council is supporting a national campaign to help fight 'scams'.

Temporary closure of Archives extended The temporary closure of City of York Council's Archives will be extended until Monday 25 February.

York honours doctor of archaeology City of York Council is to honour the former Director of York Archaeological Trust, Dr Peter Addyman CBE FSA, making him Honorary Freeman of the city of York.

York Literature Festival 2008 - Local author launches ghost story writing competition As part of the 2008 York Literature Festival, Yorkshire-based children’s author and storyteller Penny Dolan is to launch a ghost story writing competition for budding young authors to take part in.

Council tackles benefit fraud More than £400,000 in fraudulent overpayments have been identified by City of York Council in the past nine months - a 69 per cent increase on last year.

Calling all little ducklings! Yearsley Swimming Pool is offering a free 'Ducklings' swimming session to children under the age of five who enrol on the its next course, which starts on Wednesday 20 February.

York gets a taste of the international market place This week sees the return of the ever popular 'International Market Place' to York's city centre.

New-look bus passes go on the move York Residents aged 60 and over will be able to collect their new-look bus passes next month (3 to14 March).

York employers urged to take action on safer business driving The estimated cost to employers of work-related road traffic accidents is around £2.7 billion a year and a third of all deaths on the road involve a vehicle being used for work purposes.

Council expresses its disappointment over Post Office closures City of York Council has expressed its disappointment at the Post Office Ltd's decision to close three Post Offices in York.

Community arts programme for York's Children Centres City of York Council's community arts team, Arts Action York, has joined forces with the city's Children's Centres to create an exciting new programme of community arts activities.

Young musicians raise funds for good cause Children accessing City of York Council's arts education service have raised in excess of £1,000 for a children's cancer charity.

Council launches school recycling competition Young people from across the city are being asked to come up with a striking design for one of the city's recycling vehicles.

York launches special toilets and changing facilities for people with disabilities As part of a drive to become the 'Accessible city' for people with disabilities, City of York Council has agreed to develop four new special toileting and changing facilities in the city, called Changing Places.

Explore Centre gets official opening 'Explore'- York's first Library Learning Centre - will be officially opened by children's poet and magician Nick Toczek with a ribbon cutting ceremony at the centre next week.

Recycle your old Yellow Pages City of York Council is reminding residents that they can dispose of their old Yellow Pages properly by taking them along to special recycling banks that are being provided.

York Literature Festival 2008: Fictionalising York A local reading group is celebrating its 10th anniversary by hosting a special visit from two local writers as part of the programme for the 2008 York Literature Festival, which gets underway next month.

Opportunity to take part in congestion consultation events City of York Council's Traffic Congestion Ad-hoc Scrutiny Committee is holding a number of informal consultation sessions to raise awareness and understanding of different ways of tackling congestion in York.

Yorks looks to strengthen its involvement in Leeds City Region Later this month (26 February), members of City of York Council's Executive will be asked to approve plans to reinforce the city's position within the Leeds City Region (LCR).

Plans to increase the vibrancy of York's streets City of York Council's Executive will be asked to approve plans to promote York's peripheral city centre streets at a meeting later this month (26 February).

New family fun health walk is launched in York Families wanting to enjoy the outdoors and keep fit at the same time are being urged to join in a walking scheme in York this month.

Council launches school recycling awards City of York Council is rewarding 'green' schools with a new awards scheme.

New members needed for council's Standards Committee City of York Council is looking for three people to help uphold the standards of members of the city council and local parish councils.

Dame Judi Dench gives her support to York Youth Mysteries Dame Judi Dench has been appointed as the first official patron of the York Youth Mysteries 2008.

City holds annual Landlords' Conference York will host the city's eighth annual conference for private landlords next month (17 March).

York sets 2008/09 budget City of York Council last night (21 February) formally approved a balanced budget of expenditure and income which will require a 4.75 per cent increase in Council Tax for council services for 2008/09.

Council launches shoppers' market charter Visitors to York's Newgate Market will be reminded if their rights as shoppers thanks to a new Shoppers' Charter.

Council launches new tree planting iniative York residents will be able to help make York a greener and cleaner place to live and work thanks to a new initiative to plant more trees.

York celebrates World Book Day York will be celebrating World Book Day with a series of reading events next week (6 March).

York's 14 year olds excelling at school Children's Services leaders in York have welcomed government figures announced today (28 February), which show that York schools are continuing to make excellent progress in the key stage 3 tests.

New parking bays funded by Tang Hall Residents' Association Tang Hall Resident's Association has earmarked £19,000 from its budget for the creation of new resident's parking bays in Melrosegate, York.

Working Group to consider feedback on local development The top three priorities for York residents are reducing our impact on the environment (63 per cent); developing the economy, jobs and skills (59 per cent); and improving travel within, and to and from, York (55 per cent), according to a recent survey.

York is in top three for school attendance City of York Council is in the top three performing local authorities in the region for school attendance, according to recently published figures from the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF).

Take advantage of cut-price compost bin offer The York and North Yorkshire Waste Partnership has joined forces with Recycle Now to provide a range of discounted home compost bins to local residents.

Council secures injunction against anti-social York man City of York Council has obtained an injunction order forcing a York man who is alleged to have caused a nuisance to residents in certain areas of the city with his anti-social behaviour to stay away.