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PEOPLE are being warned to stay off three icy York ponds after a boy told a shocked woman he thought he could safely walk on the ice because he was a 'good swimmer.'

Warning signs have been installed near the deep ponds at Derwenthorpe by the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust, stating: "Danger. Thin ice. The ice on this water is not strong enough to walk on. Do not try."

PEOPLE are being warned to stay off three icy York ponds after a boy told a shocked woman he thought he could safely walk on the ice because he was a 'good swimmer.'

Warning signs have been installed near the deep ponds at Derwenthorpe by the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust, stating: "Danger. Thin ice. The ice on this water is not strong enough to walk on. Do not try."

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