The City of York council currently provide a gardening service to the elderly.
North Yorkshire Police have been made aware of a potential scam whereby persons are attending addresses and informing the occupants that the council are no longer providing this service.
This is not true.
These persons are then offering their own gardening services in return for payment.
Guildhall dig
Archaeologists are hoping to find a complete set of Labour Party policies as their dig at the Guildhall continues.
They have reached the Neolithic period.
A spokesman said, “I think that we are very close to finding them now”.
In York, 5 schools will be opening their doors this summer to help some of the most disadvantaged pupils in our area with the big step up from primary to secondary school.
Many pupils find the move to a bigger school and a more challenging curriculum daunting and this can lead to falling results and they often never catch up again. To help pupils who are especially vulnerable to falling behind, those on free school meals (FSM) or looked-after children, Liberal Democrat Leader and Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg launched the first Summer Schools programme this week.
Liberal Democrat Councillors outside Joseph Rowntree school
1. The schools offering a Summer School in York are:
• Archbishop Holgates School
• Canon Lee
• Huntington School
• All Saints RC School
• The Joseph Rowntree School
2. Children who are eligible for FSMs regularly under-perform compared to more well-off classmates. At the end of primary education, just under 58 per cent of disadvantaged pupils achieve the expected level of attainment, compared with almost 78 per cent of other pupils. These attainment gaps often widen as pupils progress through secondary school.
