North Yorkshire Police will be carrying out mobile safety camera enforcement on the following routes between Wednesday 7 November and Tuesday 13 November 2012.

•A64 east-bound Bowbridge Farm Tadcaster
•Strensall Road, Huntington, York
•A1237 Monks Cross, York
•The Village, Stockton-on-the-Forest, York
•A1036 Malton Road, York
•A1237 Monks Cross, York
•York Road, Haxby, York
•A64 west-bound Bowbridge Farm Tadcaster
•Broadway, Fulford, York
•Murton Way, Murton, York
•Fordlands Road, Fulford York
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York police are appealing for witnesses after a cyclist narrowly avoided injury when she was clipped by a car.

The cyclist an, 18-year-old local woman, was riding across the roundabout at the junction with Beckfield Lane and Ridgeway at around 5.10pm on Tuesday 6 November 2012, when a red sports car sped across the roundabout and onto Wetherby Road.

The car, which had a registration plate of YJ01, clipped the cyclist on the way past, nearly knocking her from her bike.

Officers are appealing to anyone who witnessed the incident to come forward.

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North Yorkshire Police are urging owners of Land Rover Defenders to be on their guard against thieves.

The warning comes after the theft of one vehicle and the attempted theft of another in the York area.

A “N” registered Land Rover Defender was stolen from a property in Haxby near York and then used in a suspicious incident at a property in Rawcliffe where officers believe the suspects were targeting another Land Rover. The stolen vehicle was later found abandoned in Foss Way.

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Come and treat yourself or pick up some special seasonal gifts at Christmas craft fairs held at two Explore Library Learning Centres this month.

Explore York Library Learning Centre at Library Square will be hosting a craft fair on Saturday 17 November from 9am until 4:30pm.

While Acomb Explore Library Learning Centre will be holding another on Saturday 24 November from 9am until 2:00pm.

At both events, there will be a wide range of stallholders selling all kinds of handmade items, such as knitted, felt and wooden crafts, paintings, jewellery and greetings cards.

After a spot of shopping the cafes at both centres will be offering with a ten per cent discount on a wide selection of freshly-cooked food.

City of York Council will be carrying out essential works next week to construct a new bus lane on Boroughbridge Road in Acomb.

Works will begin on Monday (12 November) and will involve the construction of a bus lane along the inbound side of Boroughbridge Road between Plantation Drive and Princess Drive.

The majority of the works will be carried out on weekdays between the hours of 9.15am and 4.30pm. More complex works, such as road re-surfacing may be carried outside of these hours during periods of low traffic flow with occasional weekend working if required. The duration of the work will be in the region of three months, with completion scheduled for January 2013.

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Traffic lights are to be installed at the busy junction of the A19 with the southern by pass near the Designer Outlet.

New 40 mph limits. click to enlarge

As part of the scheme the 40 mph speed limit is to be extended (see right).

A report to the York Council says, “Speed surveys found that the mean speed of northbound traffic to be just below 40mph, suggesting a reduced speed limit could be considered. They found the 85th percentile speed of the same traffic flow to be approximately 45mph indicating that there are a number of drivers who currently approach the junctions at speeds which could be considered excessive. They therefore suggest that a reduced speed limit could be introduced at the start of street lighting on the approach to the interchange from the Selby direction”

The proposal is now to be advertised and any objections raised will be considered by the Council.