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Dringhouses library opens after heating system replaced
Local councillors have welcomed the news that Dringhouses library has opened with a new heating system in place.
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Celebrations as contractor appointed for new £5.3m Clifton community library
Main construction work on a new £5.3m Clifton Library will start this April, as City of York Council confirmed that Walter Thompson, a Northallerton based firm, have been contracted to build the…
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Budget reaction – sticking plaster solutions and half-baked promises
Reacting to the spring budget announcement delivered by the Chancellor today, Council Leader Keith Aspden has hit out at lack of action on cutting skyrocketing energy bills and only providing…
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Longer term future of key bus services secured
Councillors have welcomed the approval of longer-term contracts for three bus services which were at risk of being axed from the 1st April. The Council has stepped in to secure 2 year subsidised…
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Calls for Government’s March budget to tackle spiralling road maintenance costs
Liberal Democrat councillors are calling for the Chancellor to commit long term funding for road repairs in this year’s budget, as new analysis finds that it would take £12 billion to tackle current…
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Outcry as Hospital Bus axed – petition launched by local councillors
First York have confirmed that Hospital Bus (HSB) Park & Ride service, which connects Rawcliffe Bar Park & Ride and York Hospital, will no longer operate from 1 April, when the current contract ends.
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Vangarde Shopping Park gets a green boost
Local councillors have secured the planting of trees on Vangarde Shopping Park to add to the thousands of trees planted across the city over the last 4 years.
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Communities thanked as experienced councillors announce they will not seek re-election in May
Three Liberal Democrat councillors, Councillors Sue Hunter, James Barker and Keith Aspden, have thanked local communities, following their decision not to stand for re-election in May 2023.
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Fundraising event to mark International Women’s Day
A local charity is set to host a quiz night in a bid to raise funds to offer counselling support to vulnerable women in the city.
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Council Leader welcomes confirmation of York Central Government Hub
Much-talked about civic service jobs moving to the York Central site look to be confirmed following a visit to the site by Government Minister Baroness Neville-Rolfe.
