Taxpayers are typically now paying £1177 a week to fund residential accommodation for those with learning disabilities in the City.

Catering for those with physical disabilities can cost around £1465 a week.

Dozens of examples of care charges have been revealed in a response to a Freedom of information request http://tinyurl.com/care-costs-York

A scrutiny committee will be told tomorrow that an overspend of £2.6 million is being forecast on the York Councils Adult Social Services budget. They are being told that Adult care could account for 50% of the Council expenditure within the next 10 years.

The report explains, “With developments in medical science young people with complex needs are living for longer and moving from children’s services to adult services, where they can need intensive support to keep them safe and able to live a full life. 35 young people have moved from children’s to adult services in the last 2 years, which is a trend we would not have seen even 5 years ago”.

The York Council has admitted that it will not meet many of its quality and speed targets in Social Services. These include:

• A failure to place adults in settle accommodation

• Delayed care assessments

We think that it is time to conduct an in depth investigation into the performance of Social Services in York and for all the options for improvement to be publicised.

Officers enforcing the Christmas drink and drug drive campaign in North Yorkshire and the City of York have warned that it is only a matter of time before someone is killed or seriously injured by an over-the-limit driver.

Police arrested 23 people on suspicion of drink or drug driving over the weekend, taking the total number of arrests to 67 since the campaign began on 1 December.

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A dog owner, who allowed their pet to foul in the Oldman Court area in November, faced a £300 fine plus £135 in costs.

So far this year there has been 1 prosecution for dig fouling in the City. In 2 other cases Fixed Penalty Notices were handed out.

This is slightly down on previous years
• 2011 – 2012? 0 prosecutions and 5 FPN = 5
• 2010 – 2011? 2 prosecutions and 3 FPN = 5
• 2009 – 2010? 3 prosecutions and 28 FPN = 31
• 2008 – 2009? 1 prosecution and 18 FPN = 19
• 2007 – 2008? 2 prosecutions and 0 FPN = 2

http://www.york.gov.uk/content/foi/1051004/CF1735_-_dog_fouling_fines.pdf

Police investigating a serious road traffic collision on the A64 near York can confirm that the driver of the vehicle involved, a 30-year-old woman, was sadly pronounced dead at the scene of the incident.

Officers, who are still conducting investigations at the scene of the collision, are appealing to any witnesses to get in touch as soon as possible.

The westbound carriageway of the A64 remains closed at this time.

Anyone who can help the investigation is urged to contact North Yorkshire Police on 101 – select option 2 – and ask for Traffic Sergeant Paul Cording or Traffic Constable Gemma Wood.

Please quote reference number NYP-17122012-0060 when passing information about this incident.

December
24th No classes
25th closed
26th closed
27th circuits 6pm with Sally
Indoor cycling 6:15pm with Sarah
28th Body pump 12 noon with Gary
Body attack 1pm with Jenna
29th LBT attack 9:15am with Ali
30th No classes
31st No classes

January
1st closed
2nd Full classes back on apart from aquafit (new program starts, get new leaflet from reception)
3rd All classes on
4th – 6th Sports hall closed for chess tournament
7th Full program resumes

Two temporary metal gates have been installed on the section of wall from Lendal Bridge to War Memorial, Station Rise.

One gate is adjacent to the benches on the wall-walk at the Lendal Bridge end on the City Wall; the other is at the bottom of the steps that give access to the City Wall from the road arch adjacent to the War Memorial.

The Council needed to restrict access to this section of wall when it closes the rest of the city walls due to ice and snow. There had been a couple of accidents during the recent icy weather.

In January work will commence the installation of railings along this section of wall. Access will be restricted during this installation work. Once the new railings are in place the temporary gates will be removed.

City of York Council on Thursday agreed to use the improved Sustainable Communities Act to give local residents more power to influence the government.

The Act became law in 2007 and aims to enable local councils to improve the local economy, protect the environment, promote social inclusion, and increase political activity.

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York faces an anxious few weeks before it will learn how much of the 2014 Tour de France will be held in the City.

The Council has spent a lot of money on the bid and, although more general publicity for Yorkshire would boost the economy, nothing less than having a stage start in York would justify the hype.

Mr Hexagon, Beesafe and A2Bee were just some of the names school children across York submitted as part of City of York Council’s competition to name the i-Travel mascot.

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Labour voted down a proposal at yesterdays Council meeting which would have seen the authority give its backing to the Traders “Acomb Alive” project.

Although “Acomb Alive” won the support of Liberal Democrat and Conservative Councillors the project was given the thumbs down by Labour.

Instead they are setting up a rival “Team Acomb” project.

The decision is likely to have little effect on the regeneration of the Front Street area as traders and residents are well on with plans to establish new attractions including a street market.

www.facebook.com/AcombAlive

Elsewhere another commercial property is set to be converted into flats. Acomb Picture Framing at 11 Green Lane will be converted in to 2 flats with first floor and ground floor extension to rear (planning application reference 12/03566/FUL)