Exclusive: SECRET emails have revealed months of wrangling and apparent confusion between senior council figures over York’s controversial Lendal Bridge trial.
YORK council bosses have paid nearly £210,000 in three years to staff suspended for gross misconduct allegations, including violence, drink-driving, turning up for work drunk, and inappropriate sexual conduct. City of York Council paid £170,000 to suspended staff and an additional £40,000 in enhanced pay-offs for some employees dismissed for gross misconduct, The Press can reveal.
EDUCATION bosses in York have spent more than £135,000 on “gagging orders” for school staff since 2007. Over the past seven years, City of York Council signed 17 compromise agreements in educational institutions, all containing confidentiality clauses. In total 34 of the agreements were signed by the council, but they refuse to disclose the full cost.
‘Deathtrap’ fears over new contra-flow cycle lane in Tanner Row. 10:10am Thursday 19th September 2013 in News By Neil Johnston. Robin Stannard, of LV Services, who is concerned about the safety of a new cycle lane on Tanner Row. A BUSINESSMAN has spoken out against a new road layout which he claims could be a “deathtrap” for cyclists.
9:37am Thursday 28th November 2013 in News By Mark Stead & Neil Johnston. Darryl Eastwood, of York Chocolate Story serves drinks to celebrate the opening of phase one of the King’s Square scheme watched by, from left, Aymee Smith, Coun Dave Merrett, Sir Ron Cooke, Stephen Spencer, Paul Thompson and Coun Sonja Crisp.
Building work under way at the site of former Beckfield Lane tip. Coun Tracey Simpson-Laing with City of York Council housing development manager Michael Jones, left, and project manager Stewart Sadler at the site of the former tip in Beckfield Lane. WORK has started building new homes on the site of the former Beckfield Lane tip in Acomb, York.
