An updated report on the progress being made by the Poppleton Road primary school can be read by clicking here:
http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/files/2134399/urn/121281.pdf

Labour have ignored over 1,500 residents who signed a Liberal Democrat petition calling for the return of litter bins controversially axed earlier this year.

In June, in a move that sparked cross-party and public anger, 349 litter and dog bins were removed by City of York Council.

1,530 people living in Dringhouses & Woodthorpe, Fulford, and Huntington & New Earswick put their names to the petition demanding a reversal of the cull.

This intense public opposition led to 12 of the bins being reinstated and another 17 being relocated.

However, demands to return the remaining 320 bins were rejected by the Labour Cabinet for Environmental Services at a special meeting tonight.

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York has secured £252,705 of National Lottery funding from Sport England’s Inclusive Sport fund to increase provision of sport for disabled people in the City.

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Unusually for this time of year, a complaint has been made about an odour which can be smelt in the Wetherby Road area. We’ve highlighted the issue to Yorwaste who run the nearby Harewood Whin waste site

Yorwaste have now issued the following statement:

“NEWS RELEASE

3rd December 2012

Harewood Whin landfill site

Yorwaste is currently in the process of installing new wells that will collect landfill gas at its Harewood Whin site, near York.

The wells are being installed as part of the restoration of a new section of the site.

Until the work is completed there may be a temporary odour in the air, but we are working to complete this work as soon as possible. In the meantime, we would like to apologise for any inconvenience this may cause to people in the vicinity of the site.

As we close sections of the landfill site, it is important to capture the gas emitted from landfill as it can be converted into a renewable energy source. There is always a short interval from completing this infrastructure work to being able to connect to the equipment that produces this renewable energy”.

The regulatory authority for waste disposal is The Environment Agency, Coverdale House, Amy Johnson Way, Clifton Moor, York YO30 4UZ Tel: 01904 692 296 / 08708 506506 Email: enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk

The York Council also now have a public health responsibility.

Following the flooding of the boiler room at Windsor House last weekend and the subsequent loss of heating at the home, immediate arrangements were made last Sunday for the 25 residents to be safely moved to alternative care. The vast majority of residents were transferred to the other six CYC homes, but 4 residents transferred to a private care home in Selby. Care arrangements are all suitable in the short term.

The heating system should be repaired by the end of this week. The Council anticipates being able to start moving residents back into Windsor House from next Monday (10th) onwards, although this is likely to be using the ground floor rooms only initially, as the lift is out of action and is likely to take longer to fix

Detectives are appealing for information after a woman was injured during an attempted robbery in York.

The victim, a 23-year-old local woman, suffered grazed knees, a cut to her leg and a swollen thumb when she held onto her handbag as a man tried to snatch it from her on Bishopthorpe Road in the early hours of Thursday 27 November 2012.
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