City of York Council’s award-winning leisure centre Energise has been shortlisted for the second year running for the national ‘best performer’ award for work being carried out in Sports and Leisure Facility Management. Five other leisure centres in the UK have been nominated.
The final results will be announced at the National Association of Public Service Excellence (APSE) 2012 Performance Network Awards annual ceremony on Thursday 6 December, which takes place in Blackpool each year.
The River Ouse level is fairly stable and below the peak reached in September.
Huntington Road is open.
Upstream river levels now also seem to be peaking although more overnight rain is forecast.
Peak levels in York on the Ouse are expected early tomorrow.
Energise on Cornlands Road are advertising, “Plenty of places left for the next Pilates level 1 course starting 5th December. 6 week course every Wednesday. Why not give it a go.
Pilates is a body conditioning routine that may help build flexibility, muscle strength and endurance in the legs, abdominals, arms, hips, and back”
There is flooding in the Huntington/New Earswick area where the River Foss is 2.73 metres above normal levels. Huntington Road is closed at the railway bridge. Skeldergate is also closed.
Substantial rainfall is expected during today.
Currently other local rivers are below the peak that they reached in September. However, there are widespread flood warnings in place in the area.
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The Environment Agencies web site also now has an improved graphical representation of flood threats (above) It can be accessed here: http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/floods/142151.aspx
You can check the position at monitoring sites across the County here for the Ouse catchment area http://tinyurl.com/Ouse-catchment
You can register to receive flood warnings from the Environment Agency here https://fwd.environment-agency.gov.uk/app/olr/home
River Ouse web cam 09:00 26th Nov 2012 clcik to enlarge
Check out the current river level position on this Kings Staith web cam http://www.farsondigitalwatercams.com/live-webcams/north/Ouse/York/# As a rule of thumb, provided the no entry sign remains visible, there should only be relatively minor flooding in York.,
These are the direct links to the environment Agencies water level monitoring stations for York. They give the current river levels and compare them to historical records. Levels are all now in the area where some flooding is possible and the Agency is forecasting further rises in the levels later today.
http://tinyurl.com/Holgate-beck-level
http://tinyurl.com/York-City-centre-river-level
http://tinyurl.com/Foss-Barrier-river-level
