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Speed camera vans in North Yorkshire generate £1.9 million in income

The annual report into the performance of North Yorkshires 12 speed camera vans has been published.

We have been critical of the Crime Commissioner in the past for failing to demonstrate a link between the deployment of the vans and a reduction in accident rates.

The latest report makes some attempt to do so.

Overall speed related accidents, resulting in death or serious injury, have fluctuated since 2010 when the first vans were deployed.

There were fewer serious accidents recorded  in 2017 that in 2016.

However, safer roads may result from several factors. Local Council proactively carry out engineering work at accident black-spots while passive measures, such as signs which flash a vehicles speed, can also have an effect.

So, we must look closer for evidence that the cameras are reducing speeds and accident levels.

The vans mostly concentrate on locations where there is a known speeding problem. This includes sites like Whitwell on the Hill on the A64 where 4686 violations were recorded during 2017.

We looked in vain for a trend over the years in both average recorded speeds, the percentage of drivers speeding and accident levels for this section of road.

There are, however, around 20 serious accidents on the A64 each year, so some speed monitoring is clearly justified.

We remain supportive of the deployment of mobile cameras. In addition to monitoring speeds they can now spot other infringements like mobile phone use and lack of a seat belt.

The ANPR facility allows professional criminals to be identified as they move into and around the county.

But we remain sceptical about whether 12 mobile cameras can be justified. They cost taxpayers a net £263,000 last year.

Yet many local roads like Wetherby Road and Green Lane in west York didn’t receive a single visit for a van last year. Anyone monitoring the flashing signs on these roads will see that around 10% of drivers are exceeding the speed limit.

In a residential area that is a potential safety risk which requires some attention

Yorkshire day tomorrow. “Forgotten corners” deadline set

the York Council says, “Tell us what you love about York and help us improve forgotten corners” #YorkshireDay #LoveYork

To celebrate Yorkshire Day, City of York Council wants everyone to share what they love about York.

On the 1 August, the council will encourage everyone to share their favourite places, images, videos and stories through its social media channels including Twitter, Facebook and Instagram through #LoveYork #YorkshireDay

The aim of the campaign is to promote the amazing and beautiful places people visit in York, and at the same time highlight a new project which aims to transform areas of neglect so that they can once again be loved by many too.

The Forgotten Corners project is offering a share of £100,000 of funding to community groups so that they can help improve areas of green space across the city.

Cllr Andrew Waller, Deputy Leader and Executive Member for the Environment, said: “Yorkshire Day is a great way to celebrate what we all love about York. We want to hear from you! Share your favourite places to visit, your stories or photos with us on social media. Let’s get everyone talking about why our city is so special.

“At the same time, let’s not forget about areas which could be improved. Our Forgotten Corners project is about giving communities the chance to transform areas so that they can once again be loved by many. Let’s put these forgotten corners back on the map.”

For more information about the project www.york.gov.uk/forgottencorners

The closing date for expressions of interest is 22 August 2018.

The aim of the fund is to:

  • transform forgotten corners within York so they are attractive green spaces, accessible to residents and visitors
  • increase community involvement in maintaining and improving these areas
  • improve the quality of life for residents of York through promoting access to forgotten corners and increasing volunteering within these areas
  • create landscapes within forgotten corners which are low maintenance

Projects must be practical, leading to the creation of an accessible green space, with improvements being sustainable.

Applications can only be made by representatives of the following groups or organisations:

  • registered charities
  • not-for-profit organisations (including social enterprises)
  • community, neighbourhood or voluntary groups
  • faith groups delivering community work
  • schools, colleges or universities
  • Parish Councils

New Police Officer recruitment campaign launches in North Yorkshire next month

North Yorkshire Police is looking for people who want to deliver an exemplary service to the community, partners and colleagues in their recruitment campaign for Police Officers.

Do you have the skills and passion required to provide an excellent customer service every day and a true sense of purpose to keep people safe and make them feel safe? If the answer is YES, then read on……….

North Yorkshire Police has today announced that its latest recruitment drive for new Police Officers to join the force will launch next month.

From Wednesday 1 November, aspiring Police Officers will have the opportunity to submit their applications before the recruitment window closes on Thursday 30 November.

With its diverse geography, and breadth of policing challenges, this is the first time that members of the public have had the opportunity to apply for the role of Police Officer in North Yorkshire since April 2016.

The force welcomes applications from individuals from all backgrounds who can demonstrate how they inspire and influence those around them; are courageous and show compassion to others, who respect race and diversity and treat people with dignity and respect at all times.

Women, black and minority ethnic candidates and candidates from the LGBT community are particularly encouraged to apply, as members of these groups are currently under-represented in this role compared to local demographics. All appointments are made on merit. (more…)

20,000 milestone for North Yorkshire Community Messaging

More than 20,000 people are now signed up to an innovative community and crime alert service to help keep North Yorkshire safe.

20,000 milestone for North Yorkshire Community MessagingNorth Yorkshire Community Messaging (NYCM) is a free system that allows people to register to receive the latest crime, safety and community news happening in their local neighbourhoods.

It was launched in April 2016, and is now used by North Yorkshire Police, the Police and Crime Commissioner, Neighbourhood Watch, North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service, and the district councils of Selby, Ryedale, Hambleton and Richmondshire.

More than 1,250 people joined NYCM in July 2017 alone, bringing the total number of subscribers to over 20,000. That’s more than enough to fill Headingley cricket ground – or York’s Bootham Crescent twice over.

As North Yorkshire is the largest county in England, community messaging can be used to share messages and appeals across a wide area very quickly, particularly in rural areas.

Users can tailor preferences for the type of message they receive, their preferred channel (phone, text, email or notification) and the locations that matter to them. A smartphone app even allows people to receive alerts based on their current location.
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What’s on in York: Yorkshire Bach Choir: Bach at Christmas

Music – Choir Concert,
Sat 10 Dec 2016
 Yorkshire Bach Choir
Yorkshire Bach Choir

National Centre for Early Music

JS Bach’s Magnificat with its exuberant choruses, colourful orchestration and beautiful solo writing perfectly captures the divine joy of a pregnant Mary.

No less infectious, or musically varied, is CPE Bach’s stylish 1749 setting of the Magnificat which energetically reinvigorates the magnificence of his father’s earlier setting.

The ever-popular cantata BWV 140 Wachet auf (“Sleepers, wake”) is the ultimate musical wake-up call for Advent featuring some of JS Bach’s most memorable and timeless music.

tickets.ncem.co.uk

Thunder Day at the Yorkshire Air Museum

Yorkshire Air Museum :

Sun 7 Aug :

10.00am to 5.00pm :

Aug 7_Thunder DayWe will once again be starting up the engines of some of our live aircraft. You will be able to enjoy the sound of the big piston engines and Cold War jets.

As ever, operational availability means that we will be announcing which aircraft closer to the time, so be sure to mark this date in your diary!

For more information and to book tickets please visit the website.

 

What’s on in York: The Great Yorkshire Fringe

 Main Site Parliament Street ;

Thu 15 Jul – Sun 31 Jul  :

All day :

Tickets from £5, show dependent

July 15_GYF FacebookThe Great Yorkshire Fringe will be returning to Parliament Street with all three venues returning; the beautiful Spiegel tents The White Rose Rotunda and The Turn Pot, and the secret wonderland The Tea Pot. New for 2016 will be a brand new venue, The Gillygate Shed, which will pop up in the garden of The Gillygate Pub in the shadow of The Minster. A 100 seater venue, this little pop up will feature brand new comedy, theatre and the best entertainment, and is only 10 minutes’ walk from the festival site.

Acts already confirmed for 2016 include a return visit from Henning Wehn, Richard Herring performs his solo show and brings his award winning Podcast series to the Fringe, and Scamp Theatre return following a triumphant visit with the acclaimed Stick Man last year, bringing another Julia Donaldson favourite Tiddler and Other Terrific Tales. Plus there’s magic, music, dance and all kinds of comedy across all four venues – for 17 days of fun!

Tickets available from www.greatyorkshirefringe.com or 01904 500600, or in person from the Visit York Information Centre, and on site from June.

Tickets from £5, show dependent.

What’s on in York: Barnes Wallis in Yorkshire

York Explore Library : Wed 15 Jun : 6.15pm – 7.45pm : £6 each (or £5 with a Yorkcard)

Jun 15_Wallis Off Duty At Howden Airship Shed Beyond 1927Barnes Wallis (1887-1979) is probably the best-known British engineer of the twentieth century. Remembered as the inventor of the water-skipping mine that broke German dams in 1943, the public’s view of him has been influenced by the 1954 film The Dam Busters wherein Michael Redgrave portrayed a gentle, slightly abstracted genius at odds with bureaucracy.

The real Wallis was a different kind of figure, and for the last eight years Richard Morris has been working on a new account of his life. Morris’s forthcoming biography draws on sources that have not previously been seen, of which earlier historians made no use, or which were still classified when earlier accounts were written.

In this talk Morris will look at a special period in Wallis’s life: the building of the R100 airship at Howden in the later 1920s. The first stages of that project overlapped with Wallis’s courtship of Molly Bloxam, who was seventeen when he first met her in 1921, while the airship’s construction coincided with the early years of their marriage. In the lecture, love, engineering and Yorkshire are found intertwined.

For more information contact York Explore Library on (01904) 552800 or archives@exploreyork.org.uk

To book tickets please visit www.yortime.org.uk

Big drop in visitor numbers at York Museums

A new report reveals that visitor numbers to Museums in York fell by 18% last year.
Castle Museum

Castle Museum

342,936 people visited the Castle, Yorkshire and St Mary’s Museums compared to 417,857 in 2014.

In total 60,788 people visited the new Art Gallery between its reopening in August 2015 and April 2016. This was well down on the Museums Trusts own (annual) target of 190,000 and compares with a total of 226,404 who visited between April 2011 and April 2012 (before the Gallery was modernised and charges introduced).

The business plan for the Museums and Art Gallery, published in 2013, talked of “raising total visitor numbers to 900,000 by 2018”.Attendance number 2015

In a report to a Council committee, the Museums Trust blames the floods and lower tourist numbers in the City for the disappointing performance.

It says it has issued 1022 YMT (discount) cards to benefit claimants who therefore enjoy free admission to the attractions, as can those aged under 24.

In total 8,140 York residents have taken up the option to get a YMT card.

The Trust points to excellent customer satisfaction results at all its sites. 99% of visitors were either “satisfied” or “very satisfied” with their visit.

No financial figures are provided in the report.

The Trust is receiving a subsidy of £607,000 from the York Council this year.