Patients 'at risk of harm', says critical inspectors report on York Hospital

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  North Yorkshire Police say it happened between 1pm on May 16 and 6pm the next day on the public footpath between Great Helmsley and Warthill.

• Queen Street has reopened as work to transform the area outside York railway station’s entrance takes a step forward.

  City of York Council said the latest Station Gateway work has “gone well” and the road reopened ahead of schedule last night (Monday, May 26).

• A TOP York school where the parents of boarders can pay more than £16,000 a term has received a one star for food hygiene, meaning ‘major improvement necessary’.

  Bootham School was founded in 1823 and has 655 pupils on its roll aged from three to 18.

• "It was a very scary situation, but I’m just happy he was there."

  Those are the words of Tanya Aston, 43, who on April 16 was dining in Hickory's Smokehouse in York when she suddenly found herself choking and unable to breathe.

• A DESIGNER riverside home in York has gone on the market for £695,000.

  The four-bed home alongside the River Ouse in Earlsborough Terrace is owned by York designer, Ella De Wastney and her husband, Mal, who live nexdoor.

• Staff at a York clinic that treats people living with dementia or with eating disorders had ‘inadequate’ food hygiene knowledge, according to inspectors.

  The findings led to the Schoen Clinic at Wellen Court, Haxby Road, gaining a one-star rating, meaning ‘major improvement necessary.’

• Rough sleepers, foodbank use and universal credit claims have all increased in York in the last year, according to human rights researchers.

  And the city has "areas where people are really struggling", the report's lead author said. The research has prompted York Central MP Rachael Maskell to call for 'urgent' action to address inequality.

• Vandals have damaged "multiple vehicles" in a York street.

  North Yorkshire Police is investigating the attacks on vehicles parked in Constantine Avenue, in the Tang Hall area of York, which occurred between 2.30am and 3.30am on Saturday morning (May 24).