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A POLICE commissioner has welcomed moves to reopen schools after revealing evidence suggesting offences against children have soared during the pandemic. Ahead of many children returning to classrooms from March 8, North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Julia Mulligan said the force and victims’ support services had seen “some very significant shifts in demand” over the last year. Mrs Mulligan told a meeting of the county’s Police, Fire and Crime Panel referrals to charity Parents Against Child Exploitation, which supports parents across the North of England of children affected by sexual abuse or criminal County Lines gangs, had soared by 150 per cent.
They deserve a medal - the teachers and schools praised by parents for support in pandemic
Families have been telling us the schools and teachers they want to thank for supporting pupils
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Thank you posters outside Oak Tree Primary in Cheadle Hulme (Image: Vicky Moran)
Schools across Greater Manchester have been thanked by families for all they have done to support them during the pandemic. In an article last week about executive headteacher Chris Hanson praising families and staff at Corpus Christi RC Primary in Chadderton, Oldham, for pulling together amid the pandemic, we asked parents to tell us who they wanted to thank.
Julia Mulligan, North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner THE commissioner of a police force which levies the second highest council tax demand in England has unveiled a proposal to buck the national trend by setting its increase for the coming year at just a fraction of the maximum permitted. North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Julia Mulligan’s proposed increase of £5.29 for band D taxpayers comes as many of her counterparts, including neighbouring forces such as Durham, have indicated ambitions to levy the maximum £15 rise allowed before needing to call a referendum. If the move is given the seal of approval by the county’s Police, Fire and Crime Panel, average council tax bills will include a £271.06 charge for the police, representing a 1.99 per cent rise.