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North Yorkshire Now
The newsletter for North Yorkshire residents | August 2014
 

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  Jobs, careers and volunteering
 

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  Roads
 

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  What's on
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  Pledge creates £50m road cash injection

We are boosting funding for North Yorkshire's essential road repairs by a further £15m, bringing the total new money to nearly £50m.
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  Apprentice is a rising star

A teenager has found her dream apprenticeship thanks to a service that helps businesses grow by taking on an extra pair of hands.
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  Consultation on transformation of care

Consultation is to begin this month on a new care strategy that could lead to Extra Care housing in every major town in the county.
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  We're on target to help troubled families

We believe we are on course to turn around 70% of the troubled families we have targeted by the end of the summer.
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  Children's social workers recruitment

While many local authorities face a critical shortage of children's social workers, we have turned around recruitment problems.
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  Free digital audio books from the library

The county library service is expanding its popular digital book service with free audio books published by Ulverscroft Digital.
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  Recycling centre changes start this week

Charges for disposal of hardcore and rubble to all users of the county’s household waste and recycling centres begin this week.
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  Looking to learn? Look to us

Whether you want to learn to improve your job prospects or for pleasure, there is a wide range of courses in our new prospectus.
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  Did you travel to watch the Tour?

How did you travel to the Tour de France? Did you change plans to avoid it? Yorkshire's transport authorities would like your views.
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  AskSARA for advice on daily living

AskSARA is a new service that provides advice and help with daily living to help people to keep living independently.
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