LEADERS of a council facing a £1.6m shortfall over its much-loved outdoor education centres due to the pandemic have ruled out mothballing the service and instead will seek to enhance and protect it. North Yorkshire County Council’s executive approved an in-depth review of its centres at Bewerley Park, Pateley Bridge, and at East Barnby, near Whitby, after hearing glowing accounts from teachers about the huge beneficial impact school residential visits had on tens of thousands of children. Teacher Ian Bloor, of Eskdale School in Whitby, described the centres where children take part in adventurous activities such as archery and abseiling, as the “jewel in the crown of the North Yorkshire education service”.
Bewerley Park, near Pateley Bridge. Picture NYCC LEADERS of a council facing a £1.6m shortfall over its much-loved outdoor education centres due to the pandemic have ruled out mothballing the service and instead will seek to enhance and protect it. North Yorkshire County Council’s executive approved an in-depth review of its centres at East Barnby, near Whitby and Bewerley Park, Pateley Bridge, after hearing glowing accounts from teachers about the huge beneficial impact school residential visits had on tens of thousands of children. Teacher Ian Bloor, of Eskdale School in Whitby, described the centres where children take part in adventurous activities such as archery and abseiling, as the “jewel in the crown of the North Yorkshire education service”.
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Councillor Stanley Lumley, cabinet member for culture, tourism and sport at Harrogate Borough Council.
Councillor Stanley Lumley, cabinet member for culture, tourism and sport, said claims that the council had made up its own mind on where to build the facility were wrong and have caused confusion .
The town s existing swimming pool site on King James Road has been chosen as the location for the new facility but councillor Lumley said word had got around that Conyngham Hall - a historic estate near the River Nidd - was the council s preferred option.
He insisted this was not the case, however, councillor Pat Marsh, leader of the local Liberal Democrats, said she believes the council had a very serious eye on Conyngham Hall.
Repairs underway at Kex Gill in early 2019 A PROJECT to rectify a section of road plagued by landslips has overcome another hurdle after the Secretary of State declined to “call in” the plans. As The Press reported online on Saturday (January 30) Transport Secretary Grant Shapps pledged up to £56 million to overhaul a section of the A59 in North Yorkshire which has been hit by a series of landslips and closures over the years. North Yorkshire County Council will meet the remainder of the cost of the £60 million project. A third party request was made to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to call in the application – meaning the Government would have the final say.
Chief constable of North Yorkshire Police Lisa Winward. during the first lockdown police checkpoints were in place and motorists quizzed about their journeys Image: Danny Lawson/PA MOTORISTS have been urged to take extra care during and after the latest lockdown after the number of serious casualty accidents soared by 40 per cent last year. North Yorkshire County Council’s transport, economy and environment scrutiny committee also heard the number of slight injury accidents rose by some 60 per cent over 2019. Fiona Ansell, the road safety team leader for the council told councillors the rise in serious casualties to 411 from 298 was the first increase in the figure the county had seen in decades.