Rubbish skips this weekend Saturday 10th August

Although the Council has cut back on the number of amenity skips it provides, several residents associations continue to run programmes aimed at making it easier for tenants to get rid of unwanted items.

The skips are only in place for a few minutes and residents must ensure that they put any rubbish into the skips and do not leave it on the path or highway.

1 Morrell Court 08:30 09:30

2 Corlett Court 10:30 11:30

3 Vincent Way 12:30 13:30

4 Alcuin Ave 08:30 09:30 Welburn Rd
5 Tang Hall lane 10:30 11:30 Corner of Rockingham
6 Fifth Ave 12:30 13:30 Community Centre
9 Dunnington 12:30 13:30 Del Sat col Mon

York Stories 2012 time capsule burial

TMachine eThe York Stories 2012 project is drawing to a close on Tuesday 13 August when a time capsule full of stories and artefacts collected throughout the past year will be sealed into the York Bar walls.

So far people have added many items including USB sticks loaded with pictures and stories, a copy of The Press, a chocolate mould from York Cocoa House and many other items.

The time capsule has toured the city over the past three months and has made stops at York Explore, St George’s primary school, Auden House residential home and Burton Stone Lane community centre.

For more info go to http://www.yorkstories2012.com/

Gypsy and Traveller correspondence disclosed by York Council

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In response to a Freedom of Information request, the York Council has now disclosed some of the correspondence that it has had with third parties before making a decision on the allocation of land for new Traveller sites.

The documents can be read by clicking the links below

Correspondence with other authorities

Population numbers

Numbers on waiting list

Unauthorised encampments

Support work

York Crime and Police update

Appeal for witnesses after York burglary
Police investigating a two-in-one burglary in York are appealing for witnesses to come forward.

Poppy Rodgers death – drug dealer jailed
A York man who supplied Class A drugs to a teenage girl leading to her tragic death is facing up to a long jail sentence.

York financial advisor sentenced to 18 months for fraud
A York financial advisor who defrauded his clients out of £160,500 has been jailed for 18 months.

York Council to levy £500 fines for children’s term time holiday absence?

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The York Council are telling parents about a new protocol for leave of absence in term time, which will be made in September 2013.

The changes mean that head teachers must not grant any request for leave of absence unless in exceptional circumstances. Most often such requests for leave during term-time occur when parents seek time out of school for a family holiday.

The Council says it is “working with schools to ensure there is a consistent approach to requests for leave of absence and to what may constitute exceptional circumstances. The DfE has said that holidays should not be authorised on the grounds of cost or the availability of a particular holiday”.

This new guidance is as a step to further reduce the amount of time children lose to holidays in term time. Nationally 15% of all absence in primary schools is due to children being removed for holidays in term time, with the vast majority of this absence being authorised. In secondary schools the figure is significantly lower with 5.5% of all absence being due to holidays in term time.

Currently, in certain circumstances, parents can be issued with a Fixed Penalty Notice where they take a holiday in term time which is not authorised by the head teacher.

The changes from September will mean that when parents are issued with a Fixed Penalty Notice they will have to pay £60 within 21 days (previously 28 days), or £120 if they pay outside of the 21 days but within 28 days (previously 42 days).

Each parent can be issued with a notice for each child so two parents with two children can potentially be issued with four notices.

A Council spokesman said: “Our overall attendance records for schools in York is excellent, therefore most parents in the city will not be affected by this. However, where parents do have concerns about their child’s attendance they must talk to their child’s school directly to ensure they are adhering to its policy and are not in danger of being issued a Fixed Penalty Notice.”

Speed cameras in York

The latest speed camera results for York are available on the Police web site. Click here for full results.

The roads where the most speeders have been caught recently are:

A1237 Monks Cross York

Strensall Road Huntington York

The Village Stockton on the Forest York

The latest locations where speeds are likely to be checked by the Police mobile cameras have been published. Click here