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Yahoo
24-04-2025
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Use the loo before leaving pub, council urges
Pub-goers in York are being reminded to use the toilet before leaving, after fines came into force to tackle street urination. City of York Council has approved fines of up to £100 for urinating and defecating in the street as part of a new public space protection order. The change is a response to 4,200 reports of street urination in 2023-2024. The authority said as part of a new campaign to improve access to toilet facilities in the evening, it would ask pubs, clubs and bars to put up posters reminding people to use their toilets before leaving. It comes as part of York's Business Improvement District (BID) Choose Respect, Not Regrets campaign which aims to improve the behaviour of people out in the city in the evening. Public protection executive member Michael Pavlovic said a consultation had shown there was overwhelming public support for the new penalties. According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, York BID received 4,194 requests to clean up urine and 2,058 related to human biohazard fluid, such as vomit, in the 12 months to March. During a council consultation, 162 out of 346 people blamed the issue on a lack of public toilets and 83% of 1,026 respondents backed the £100 fines. However, it highlighted that many public toilets were only open during the day and made a charge. Respondents also said there were few options for people once public toilets in the city closed and those in shops, cafes, pubs and other businesses were typically reserved for their customers. "We understand people are concerned about public toilet facilities but there are very few excuses for urinating in public," Pavlovic said. The executive heard the council's environment spokesperson Jenny Kent was working with businesses to make their toilets available to the public. Councillors heard it was hoped her efforts would also see toilets opened in late-night venues. The council's report also stated the authority had recently invested £65,000 in upgrading public facilities. Listen to highlights from North Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North. Street urination 'due to lack of public toilets' Fines for urinating in the street and dog fouling Local Democracy Reporting Service City of York Council
BBC News
24-04-2025
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Go to toilet before leaving pub, York council urges
Pub-goers in York are being reminded to use the toilet before leaving, after fines came into force to tackle street of York Council has approved fines of up to £100 for urinating and defecating in the street as part of a new public space protection change is a response to 4,200 reports of street urination in authority said as part of a new campaign to improve access to toilet facilities in the evening, it would ask pubs, clubs and bars to put up posters reminding people to use their toilets before leaving. It comes as part of York's Business Improvement District (BID) Choose Respect, Not Regrets campaign which aims to improve the behaviour of people out in the city in the protection executive member Michael Pavlovic said a consultation had shown there was overwhelming public support for the new to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, York BID received 4,194 requests to clean up urine and 2,058 related to human biohazard fluid, such as vomit, in the 12 months to March. 'Few excuses' During a council consultation, 162 out of 346 people blamed the issue on a lack of public toilets and 83% of 1,026 respondents backed the £100 it highlighted that many public toilets were only open during the day and made a also said there were few options for people once public toilets in the city closed and those in shops, cafes, pubs and other businesses were typically reserved for their customers."We understand people are concerned about public toilet facilities but there are very few excuses for urinating in public," Pavlovic executive heard the council's environment spokesperson Jenny Kent was working with businesses to make their toilets available to the heard it was hoped her efforts would also see toilets opened in late-night council's report also stated the authority had recently invested £65,000 in upgrading public facilities. Listen to highlights from North Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
Yahoo
16-03-2025
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Council awarded £3.4m for energy upgrades to homes
A council has received £3.4m to upgrade 280 homes with the aim of reducing carbon emissions and fuel poverty. City of York Council was awarded two separate grants by the government's Department for Energy Security and Net Zero to be spent over the next three years. Executive member for housing Michael Pavlovic said the improvements would be made "as soon as possible". He said: "We know making York's homes warmer and better-insulated is a huge benefit to residents, financially and in terms of the positive impact on their wellbeing." He added: "With rising energy costs and continued concerns around climate change, it's essential these improvements are made as soon as possible so that residents will see the benefits for years to come." The first grant of £1.4m will be used to improve the energy efficiency of about 140 council-owned homes under the Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund. The second grant of £2m will be used to improve the energy efficiency of about 140 homes owned by those on low incomes through the Warm Homes: Local Grant Scheme. The improvements include loft, flat roof, external wall and cavity wall insulation, air source heat pumps, smart heating controls and solar photovoltaic panels to generate electricity. Listen to highlights from North Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North. Council-owned homes to get energy-saving upgrades York awarded £3m from government's net zero fund
BBC News
16-03-2025
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City of York Council awarded £3.4m for energy upgrades to homes
A council has received £3.4m to upgrade 280 homes with the aim of reducing carbon emissions and fuel of York Council was awarded two separate grants by the government's Department for Energy Security and Net Zero to be spent over the next three member for housing Michael Pavlovic said the improvements would be made "as soon as possible".He said: "We know making York's homes warmer and better-insulated is a huge benefit to residents, financially and in terms of the positive impact on their wellbeing." He added: "With rising energy costs and continued concerns around climate change, it's essential these improvements are made as soon as possible so that residents will see the benefits for years to come."The first grant of £1.4m will be used to improve the energy efficiency of about 140 council-owned homes under the Warm Homes: Social Housing second grant of £2m will be used to improve the energy efficiency of about 140 homes owned by those on low incomes through the Warm Homes: Local Grant improvements include loft, flat roof, external wall and cavity wall insulation, air source heat pumps, smart heating controls and solar photovoltaic panels to generate electricity. Listen to highlights from North Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
BBC News
14-02-2025
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'Love-bombing' warning signs highlighted by York charity
A charity is warning people about the practice of love-bombing - which involves showering a partner with excessive gifts and attention in an attempt to control of York Council and local charities said perpetrators may use events such as Valentine's Day to manipulate their Women's Project has highlighted the practice of love-bombing as part of a wider campaign around domestic Charnock leads a recovery group with the charity in York to support female victims of domestic abuse and said that love-bombing can leave victims "feeling confused, exhausted and isolated". She said excessive gifts or declarations of love were "often used around days like Valentine's Day to smooth things over or to make you feel like things are getting better" in an abusive relationship."This can be early signs of abuse, or a 'red flag'. But this can also be used as 'reconciliation' in a cycle of abuse," Ms Charnock is estimated that 4,000 people in York are currently experiencing domestic abuse, with a further 16,000 residents having experienced it at some point in their abuse is one of the leading causes of homelessness locally and nationally, according to Government figures."In many cases, women are financially dependent on their abuser, and they fear they and their children will become homeless and destitute, so they put up with abuse," Ms Charnock said."The first step though is crucial: getting out of an abusive situation is key to enable people to heal and rebuild their lives." City of York council has launched an initiative that will enable victims of domestic abuse to access support from the authority without having to go to the police who approach the council for help receive help to stay in or leave their homes safely, depending on their circumstances, under the domestic abuse residents and tenants housing staff will also be trained to spot the signs of domestic abuse and respond appropriately, a spokesperson for the authority Michael Pavlovic, executive member for housing, planning and safer communities, told a meeting that the policy aimed to tackle a culture of victims not being believed unless they had reported abuse to the police, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service. Pavlovic said: "There's still a stigma around this and a level of under-reporting, we're aware of how difficult it is for victims to report domestic abuse."Victims often take the leap to say they need to get out of a relationship, but they can't because they aren't in control their finances and their going to lose control of their homes and their lives."We need to move to a culture where our first port of call is to believe victims."Listen to highlights from North Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North or tell us a story you think we should be covering here.
