CONCERN has been raised about the return of face-to-face Arthuret Parish Council meetings this month. Vice chairman councillor Gordon Routledge voiced fears over the safety of representatives after the Government ordered local authority’s to stop online meetings following a recent court case over Covid rules. At a virtual meeting on Tuesday evening, parish clerk Karen Johnson confirmed the online arrangements were to stop by today (May 7) and said a risk assessment would be done to ensure it was safe to meet. However Cllr Routledge said: “It is disappointing that council’s will be required to hold these meetings. “We’ll have to do it but I disagree with the fact. We should have been allowed to make a decision about our safety.
OTLEY S annual parish meeting has been postponed because of mourning for Prince Philip. A spokesperson for the town council said: “The Annual Parish Meeting of the Parish and Town of Otley which was arranged for the 19th April 2021 has been postponed due to the official period of national mourning for His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh. The meeting will now be held on Thursday 29th April 2021 at 7pm on Zoom. Details of the joining instructions will be published shortly. Members of the public are invited to attend and can raise any public business relative to the parish and the town.
Austwick
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For the COVID-19 community support network contact claphamyorksvirushelp@gmail.com, facebook.com/coronaCcN, 01524 805969. facebook.com/AustwickMutualAid. twitter.com/ AustwickNews. In response to the current Covid-19 situation and lockdown restrictions we regret that there will be no church services until further notice. Please join our online Services each Sunday at 10.30am on Zoom by clicking: bit.ly/Church-online. This weekly newsletter is available for you to read and join in worship in your own time. Copies can be found in church porches or online at bit.ly/churches-weekly-newsletter. Clapham, Austwick and Eldroth churches continue to be open for individual prayer on Sundays and Wednesdays during daylight hours.