Millions of pounds in taxpayers’ money is expected to be saved in the first year of North Yorkshire Council as services are brought together to realise the benefits of the biggest overhaul of local democracy in nearly 50 years.
After months of anxious waiting, students from schools and colleges across North Yorkshire collected their A-level, B-Tec and T-level results today (17 August) – including many students bucking the national trend of falling grades.
The 20th anniversary of a pioneering programme which has helped thousands of older people live in their own homes for longer is being marked with a series of visits to meet staff and residents.
Visitors and residents in market towns in North Yorkshire will benefit from new electric charging points for vehicles in the latest phase of a roll-out of the technology across the county.
Plans to merge two primary schools in North Yorkshire are aimed at improving teaching for hundreds of children to help to give them the best start to their education.
Plans for a new multi-million pound school for children with autism will help to provide much-needed support amid growing demand for specialist education.
With the start of the new Premier League season, people wishing to build confidence in numbers are being advised to get the ball rolling with North Yorkshire Council’s Multiply Fantasy Football initiative.
