Armed Forces Day in York will encompass a week of events beginning Monday 25th June to show support for our Armed Forces, Serving Personnel, Veterans, Cadets and their families.

Next week, 25 to the 29 June, York will be promoting Safeguarding Week 2018.  Organised by the Safeguarding Adults Board and Local Safeguarding Children’s Board, in conjunction with a number of local organisations, the week is designed to give residents a chance to understand what safeguarding is

Julian Sturdy, Member of Parliament for York Outer, is supporting Carers Week 2018 to highlight the vital contribution people with caring responsibilities make to the city, and to emphasise the importance of them being properly supported.

Next week's meeting of the council's ruling Executive will review a proposal to dedicate over £1m on additional frontline services.

Next week's Executive meeting will review proposals on the future operation of Yorks's libraries and archive.

Julian Sturdy, Member of Parliament for York Outer, yesterday pressed Ministers at the Department for Business to deliver on plans to support investment and innovation in science and technology for food production, a sector of particular importance for North Yorkshire.

City of York Council’s Executive Committee will discuss a new 5-year homeless strategy on 21st June.

The strategy outlines the council’s response to their extended responsibilities as laid out in new legislation. The main aims of the strategy include:

The City of York Council is using a multi- faceted approach similar to its Castle Gateway consultation process to seek residents’ views on its draft proposals to transform the front of York Railway Station into a ‘fitting gateway to the city’.

City of York Council is launching its commemorative project York Remembers: Lifting the shadow of the First World War to mark the hundredth anniversary of the signing of the armistice in 1918.

York’s Cityconnect WiFi has expanded again with Acomb’s Front Street going live as the latest extension to the city-wide network.