North Yorkshire is to receive an extra £2.6 million pounds to help fund it's special educational needs programmes.
The cash is coming from the Government to help cover increasing costs resulting from the effect of the pandemic.
The County Council's Executive Member for Education, Patrick Mulligan, welcomes the money but says more is needed:
Mr Mulligan fears the cash won't cover the increasing demands being placed on the SEN service:
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Campaigners have handed a 1,000-signature petition to North Yorkshire Council demanding the suspension of the 100 per cent council tax premium on second homes.
Reform UK candidate Susan Rumford has narrowly secured the Castle Ward by-election for Scarborough Town Council, defeating her Labour rival by a single vote.
A community football tournament in Hunmanby will raise vital money for the teenage cancer ward at Leeds St James's Hospital in memory of Dylan Kennedy.
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