North Yorkshire Rotters are on a mission to tackle food waste and its impact on climate change during Food Waste Action Week (March 1 to 7).
An innovative scheme introduced to promote reading and protect mental health during lockdown is proving popular with the younger generation.
Almost 40 motorists in North Yorkshire were arrested on suspicion of drink driving during the first month of the current lockdown, despite no pubs or bars being open to drinkers.
North Yorkshire’s highways teams have worked around the clock to battle the extreme weather and are reassuring residents they are prepared for any more to come.
North Yorkshire’s trading standards and environmental health officers have visited over 230 supermarkets and shops across the county over the last three weeks to ensure they have been making their premises Covid-secure and following regulations.
Superintendent Mike Walker is leading North Yorkshire Police’s response to the pandemic and he chairs the multi-agency North Yorkshire Local Resilience Forum.
Education leaders have put together some fun family activities to encourage children away from computer screens for the half-term holidays.
The pressures of home schooling during lockdown are taking their toll on everybody involved – children, staff and also parents.
As the school half-term break arrives, families are urged to keep up the great effort to bring down the Covid-19 infection rate and not to be tempted to head to the countryside or coast.
The County Council is seeking to review its outdoor residential education for pupils, as the financial impact of the pandemic and cost of maintaining two residential sites at Bewerley Park and East Barnby mean the current service has become unviable.
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