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North Yorkshire’s call to arms to local shops and business

Published 27 March 2020

North Yorkshire is calling on local businesses to come forward with offers of help to get food and essential goods to the isolated.
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Parking relaxed to help key workers and people at home

Published 27 March 2020

Parking enforcement is being relaxed across North Yorkshire to support key workers and people who are working from home or self-isolating.
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Key workers are keeping the roads safe for essential services

Published 26 March 2020

Key highways workers are at the forefront of ensuring essential services can continue to operate in North Yorkshire during the Covid-19 outbreak.
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North Yorkshire pulls together community to meet Coronavirus challenge

Published 25 March 2020

North Yorkshire is beginning the huge logistical challenge of co-ordinating the county’s community response to help those isolated by the coronavirus pandemic.
Empty desks in North Yorkshire school

Schools and early years providing emergency childcare

Published 25 March 2020

Parents thanked for keeping children at home where possible.
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Online library service boost as branches close temporarily

Published 23 March 2020

Online library services in North Yorkshire are being boosted and people are being encouraged to take advantage of them.
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County Council steps in as villages’ bus service cut

Published 23 March 2020

The County Council has stepped in to support a cluster of villages that have been left without a bus because of a service reduction.
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We step in to support smaller suppliers with instant payments

Published 23 March 2020

North Yorkshire has agreed to pay all its small and medium size suppliers immediately in an effort to help ensure businesses do not collapse.
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Work underway to provide school places to children of critical workers

Published 20 March 2020

Many schools in North Yorkshire will remain open on Monday to children of critical workers and those identified as vulnerable, to enable parents to continue in jobs which are vital in responding to the Coronavirus outbreak.
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Bus pass restrictions relaxed to help the most in need

Published 20 March 2020

Restrictions on the use of bus passes have been relaxed to help pass holders with early morning shopping opportunities and appointments.
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Be alert to Covid-19 scams, warns Trading Standards

Published 19 March 2020

North Yorkshire’s Trading Standards officers are encouraging family and friends to help to protect residents from potential scams amid reports of fraudsters trying to take advantage of the Covid-19 outbreak.
2019 community award winners

Nominate your champions in new-look community awards

Published 16 March 2020

Nominations are now open for North Yorkshire County Council’s community awards, which pay homage to those who help communities flourish.
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Coronavirus statement

Published 12 March 2020

Media statement issued on behalf of Public Health England and Public Health at North Yorkshire County Council
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We welcome Government coronavirus and road spending

Published 12 March 2020

North Yorkshire has welcomed the Government’s support in the Chancellor’s budget for communities, businesses and public bodies in their response to coronavirus.
Cllr Sanderson joins pupils at the wellbeing champions training day.

Young wellbeing champions promote better mental health in schools

Published 11 March 2020

Students from ten primary schools on the North Yorkshire coast have got together to take part in a project for emotional wellbeing.
Commissioners at their most recent session, where they considered housing issues.

Rural Commission calls for evidence affecting schools and education

Published 11 March 2020

Challenges facing schools in North Yorkshire will be the latest focus for North Yorkshire’s independent Rural Commission.
Removal of sandbags underway on Tuesday

Recovery work underway in flood-hit community

Published 10 March 2020

Work is underway to help the residents of Hirst Courtney recover following the recent flooding that has severely affected the community.
The A684 at West Witton

Wensleydale village to undergo week-long resurfacing

Published 4 March 2020

Essential resurfacing will begin on Main Street in West Witton, near Leyburn, from Monday 16 March.
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Put your community on the map for Tour de Yorkshire

Published 2 March 2020

There’s still time to sign up for information roadshows which are touring North Yorkshire and find out how to create a piece of land art or put your business on the map for the Tour de Yorkshire.
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North Yorkshire consults on home-to-school transport

Published 28 February 2020

Families in North Yorkshire who use home to school transport are being consulted on revised arrangements regarding charges and the use of vehicles.
The Youth Travel Ambassadors with the Dragons at the pitching session.

Students lead the way in safer, cleaner school travel

Published 28 February 2020

Students from three North Yorkshire secondary schools will be encouraging their peers to use more environmentally friendly ways of travelling.
Photo real sketched portrait of Sir George Cayley, as an older man, published in 1843

Celebrating The ‘Father of Flight’

Published 28 February 2020

Sir George Cayley is in the spotlight as part of the campaign to showcase Great North Yorkshire Sons and Daughters.
Northern writers

Meet Northern writers at libraries in Read Regional campaign

Published 27 February 2020

Authors of ‘must-read’ titles for the upcoming year will be visiting North Yorkshire libraries this spring for Read Regional 2020.
Members of the Whitby Area Sheds project and Cllr Jim Clark with a model of the sculpture they are planning to create. From left, Graham Storer, Malcolm Watson, North Yorkshire County Council chairman Jim Clark, Steven Marsh, Ian Wallis, Brian Holliday, Veronica Foster and Maggie Kilpatrick at the Sheds project in Staithes

Sheds Project sets wheels in motion on Tour de Yorkshire artwork

Published 27 February 2020

Members of an initiative which combats social isolation, have pooled their expertise to put the area on the map for the Tour de Yorkshire.
The panel give evidence to the Rural Commission

Could Devolution liberate North Yorkshire to tackle its most stubborn problems?

Published 27 February 2020

Considering the topic of housing, North Yorkshire’s Rural Commission has heard that national strategy does not support the needs of small rural areas.
library staff in Northallerton library at the launch of the new Reading Well collection

New Reading Well scheme supports children’s health and wellbeing

Published 26 February 2020

North Yorkshire libraries are offering a new collection of books designed to support children with their mental health and wellbeing.
Ripon library Reading Hacks gather in the library to celebrate their success in the awards

Young reading volunteers celebrate awards shortlist success

Published 26 February 2020

Young volunteers at Ripon library made the shortlist in the recent British Youth Council Star Awards.
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County seeks ideas to take advantage of bus service funding

Published 26 February 2020

North Yorkshire has an opportunity to take advantage of funding to improve bus services following the announcement of a package of measures by the Government.
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Pair jailed for secondary ticketing fraud

Published 25 February 2020

Two ‘ticket touts’ from London have been sentenced to a total of six and a half years behind bars following a ground-breaking hearing at Leeds Crown Court yesterday (24 February).
snow on roads in North Yorkshire

Drivers urged to take care as wintry weather forecast to continue

Published 24 February 2020

Drivers are being urged to take care on North Yorkshire roads as further wintry weather is forecast this week.