Although York continues to escape the worst of the snowfall the met office has issued a warning about a band of heavy snow passing to the west near Leeds.
North Yorkshire weather cameras 0830 hours 21st Jan 2013
North Yorkshire weather cameras indicate that many roads are passable with care although conditions in the Harrogate area are deteriorating. Sutton Bank is reported to be closed.
A Council committee has been looking at the availability of child care including “baby sitting” in the City.
A lot of help and information is available on the web
The Family Information Service (FIS) confirmed that the support available to families to find and access childcare had developed considerably over the last seven years.
Angela Smith, MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge has called on Sheffield City Council not to close Stocksbridge Leisure Centre. Stocksbridge is in the remote rural north of Sheffield and local people will not have the same access to alternatives that others in Sheffield might.
So who is making the proposal to close Stocksbridge Leisure Centre? Well it turns out that the cabinet advisor for leisure on Sheffield City Council is Smith’s husband, one Cllr Steve Wilson.
But there’s more. Cllr Wilson is also employed in Angela Smith’s office as, wait for it, press officer. So his job is to issue a press release calling on himself to change his own decision.
New Spurr Court lamppost
Residents are looking forward to the power supply being connected to a new lamppost in Spurr Court. The old street light was removed over 6 months ago!
Oldman Court salt bin filled
Meanwhile the bricks stored in the Oldman Court salt bin have found their way onto the verge!
Acomb Green development site
A new application seeking planning permission to erect a dwelling on the land currently occupied by garages near 42a The Green, Acomb has been submitted to the Council.
It is similar to the application which was submitted, then withdrawn, late last year.
It can be found here (insert Ref No: 12/03821/FUL)
A meeting on 29th January will hear Labour’s plans to hive off the Yorkcraft facility on Tadcaster Road.
It seems likely that it will become (another) “social enterprise” organisation in 2015.
The details of the plan are being kept confidential in line with the current Councils fixation with secrecy.
However it seems clear that the core Yorkcraft organisation will be retained with a hybrid system of specialist services such as gardening being developed.
Most roads are clear with public transport running as normal in the City.
The York City football match will go ahead.
North Yorkshire weather cameras indicate that most roads are passable with care.
North Yorks weather cameras 1000 19th Jan 2013
The weather forecast suggests that York may get more snow showers on Sunday with Monday seeing the heaviest falls.
After that clear weather is forecast although temperatures will remain around freezing point.
The Lady Mayoress and the Sheriff’s Lady have chosen the two winning entries in the competition with York College fashion students to design dresses for the Lord Mayor’s Ball
The Lady Mayoress, Karen Hyman, and the Sheriff’s Lady, Jenny Firth, have chosen the two winning entries in the competition with York College fashion students to design dresses for the Lord Mayor’s Ball.
Launched last November, the competition asked for designs based around the idea of ‘The wonderful city of York’ and today the Lady Mayoress visited York College to announce the winners.
The winning students are:
Jacey Lamerton – chosen by the Lady Mayoress
Stephanie Pack – chosen by the Sheriff’s Lady
This is the difference in income tax that people are paying in the current tax year versus what they paid under the last year of Labour government. When let’s not forget they had had 13 years to align the tax rates in any way they wished with a large majority in parliament.
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We can see that someone earning £10,000 is paying almost 30% less tax now whilst those earning the highest amounts (£500,000+) are paying well over 20% more. Oh, and that line above seems to me to be the dictionary definition of “progressive”. It goes up progressively.
Worth remembering this next time Labour are banging on about how unfair the coalition is being to the poorest people.
• Renewed appeal to trace wanted York man Detectives hunting a man wanted for a violent assault at a pub in York have renewed their appeal for the public to help locate him. Officers would like to speak to Ryan MacLeod, aged 21, of Tuke Avenue, York, after a 32-year-old local man was attacked at the Castle Howard Ox, on Townend Street, on Saturday 10 November 2012.
• Miniature animals stolen in farm raid Police are investigating after some rare miniature animals were stolen from a farm near Green Hammerton. Sometime between 8pm on Wednesday 16 January and 9am on Thursday 17 January 2013, a grey female Zebu cow was stolen from Thorpe Hill Farm, Thorpe Underwood, along with its month-old brown and white calf.
