Jobs growth (national)
The number of unemployed in York has fallen to its lowest level since 2008.
The latest ONS figures show only 1.4% claiming JSA in the City in April. (1.9% Men, 1.0% Women)
The improvement reflects an upward trend in employment levels across the whole country.
The national figures show the largest quarterly rise in employment since stats were started 40 years ago.
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Google have added a comprehensive bus timetable to their “Google Maps” web and app sites.
The facility allows users to compare the time it would take to use different forms of transport and the length of the journey.
The site gives access to bus timetables and routes across the whole country.
The site already provides details of local cycle tracks and can provide a recommended optimum walking route as an alternative.
Its advantage over previous systems, is that it allows for integrated journey planning across the whole country.
It is also available on some mobiles.
York is supporting International Coaching Week with a host of nationally acclaimed speakers and free coaching sessions, later this month (19- 25 May).
Organised by Coaching York* and supported by City of York Council, International Coaching Week (ICW) is an annual weeklong global celebration of the benefits that coaching can bring to individuals, teams, organisations and businesses.
York Bike Belles, York’s cycling community for women, launches their “3 women 3 bikes 3 months” scheme this week to inspire more women to combine travel and exercise. Three local women who are new to cycling, have been given three bikes and asked to blog about their journey into cycling over the next three months.
The scheme, which is supported by the charity Sustrans and City of York Council’s i-Travel York initiative, launches with a new video this week.
Only 1 in 4 cyclists are women and 75% of women never cycle at all. Recent research published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, showed that the biggest threat to women’s health was physical inactivity.
Russell Watson
‘People’s Tenor’ Russell Watson, X Factor favourites Rough Copy and Union J, and Kian Egan of Westlife-fame are among the line-up for a star-studded concert that will kick off a weekend of ‘Grand Départy’ celebrations in York.
Planned for the evening of Friday July 4, the Grand Départy Concert will take place at York’s Huntington Stadium.
The size of the event has raised some serious questions about potential congestion, safety and security problems.
The Council has not yet started consultation with affected local residents and businesses in the Huntington area
The diverse line-up also includes York-based singer songwriter Alistair Griffin; British pop star Eylar Fox; The Loveable Rogues; 1980s bands Altered Images, Brother Beyond and the Blow Monkeys; and vocal harmony group The Overtones.
10,000 tickets are available for the event and demand is expected to be high. Priced at £29.50 for general admission, £35 for VIP seated tickets or £100 for a family ticket (for four people), they will be on sale from http://www.ticketline.co.uk/ from Friday 16 May.
The concert is just one element of an action-packed Grand Départy weekend planned for 4, 5 and 6 July. A host of other events and attractions will be taking place at locations across the city, including street theatre and live music.
Those who want to be at the heart of the action throughout the course of the weekend should head to City of York Council’s three Spectator Hubs at Monk Stray, the Designer Outlet and Millennium Bridge, where there will be family entertainment, big screens, refreshments, merchandise and much more.
For more information about the Spectator Hubs, visit: http://www.experiencetherace.com/
Adv. Traffic Wrn – Dante Festival being held @YorkRacecourse from 14/05 – 16/05.
— York Travel (@york_travel) May 13, 2014
Askham Bar new park and ride site layout. click to enlarge
Work at both new Park and Ride sites (Poppleton and Askham Bar) is now expected to be substantially completed by 30th May.
Some highway works at Poppleton will still be outstanding at that date.
The hope is that the sites themselves will become operational on 8th June.
North Yorkshire Police still actively pursuing justice for Claudia. Male arrested investigation continuing http://t.co/m5irKlP7Hv
— NYP York City & East (@SNAYorkCityEast) May 13, 2014
Below are the latest planning applications received by the York Council for the Westfield Ward.
Full details can be found by clicking the application reference
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Westfield
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Location: 16 Ashford Place York YO24 4QU
Proposal: Erection of single storey extension extending 3.55 metres beyond the rear wall of the original house, with a height to the eaves of 2.1 metres and a total height of 2.5 metres
Ref No: 14/01035/LHE
Applicant: Mr Guler Contact Mr Jeff Carrington Consultation Expiry Date 27 May 2014 Case Officer: Carolyn Howarth Expected Decision Level DEL
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Our Lady’s school site Windsor Garth
Details of the Section 106 agreement for the development of the site have now been published.
They reveal that of the 55 properties to be built on the site, 20 will be for social rent (housing association) while 21 will be at an “affordable” rent (usually 80% of the market rent).
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The agreement allows the developer to pay a commuted sum to the Council instead of providing – through a social landlord – the rented accommodation on site.
The landlord is obliged to offer a free bus pass or free bicycle to the first occupier of the dwelling. Each property will have an external power socket to allow the recharging of electric vehicles.
The agreement also specifies the working hours for the site but is vague about access routes and – critically – to what extent plant will be allowed to move around Hob Moor itself.
Date: Weds 14 May
Time: 9.30am – 5pm
Venue: Explore Acomb Library Learning Centre
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