Council leaders will be asked to consider the return of this summer’s very successful pop-up Rose Theatre and a new Viking Experience event on Castle car park, subject to planning permission and other relevant statutory approvals, at their Executive meeting on Thursday 25 October.

The council and its local health partners have joined forces to work to secure the future of the Bootham Park site and have initiated a wide-ranging consultation exercise to capture as many viewpoints on potential public/private uses for the property as possible.

Julian Sturdy, the Member of Parliament for York Outer, has welcomed the news that construction has begun on York’s new mental health hospital.

Next Thursday’s Executive will decide whether to purchase 1.67 acre Duncombe Barracks site on Burton Stone Lane, which has been offered to the council by the Ministry of Defence for £2.55million.

Early in the New Year councillors will have to set a budget for the next financial year (2019/20) and as part of this process the council is asking residents, businesses and community groups for their views as to what it could look like.

New Office of National Statistic (ONS) figures show that York now has the highest number of jobs the city has even seen.

The City of York Council Conservative Group has welcomed the Government’s announcement that it is removing the Housing Revenue Account borrowing cap, meaning that there will be more central government funding available for council house building.

Beginning this month the City of York council is spotlighting frontline services provided by the council in its “Proud to Make a Difference” campaign.

Mr Julian Sturdy, the Member of Parliament for York Outer has welcomes the Secretary of State for Transport announcement that York’s outer ring road will be one of the first schemes to receive investment from the Major Road Network fund.

Partners in the new York Stadium Leisure Complex came together today at the top of the cinema building for a topping out ceremony to celebrate construction reaching the highest point of the development.