With the New Year almost here, City of York Council’s ‘Learning for Everyone’ adult learning programme is now available with new and improved courses for 2013.
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Flooding in York
It seems likely that there will be minor flooding in parts of York over the next 48 hours. However the threat is not as great as seen earlier in the year.
Roads like Skeldergate will be closed.
The shopping centres will be unaffected although the will be pressure on parking spaces in the run up to Christmas. There is a flood warning in place for St Georges field. Use of the Park and Ride service is recommended.
As always the best guide is the web cam on Kings Staith www.farsondigitalwatercams.com/live-webcams/north/Ouse/York/#. If the no entry sign is still above the waterline then there should not be any serious flooding.
We’ll provide updates if things deteriorate
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 tinyurl.com/Ouse-catchment
You can register to receive flood warnings from the Environment Agency here fwd.environment-agency.gov.uk/app/olr/home
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. today.
tinyurl.com/Holgate-beck-level
tinyurl.com/York-City-centre-river-level
tinyurl.com/Foss-Barrier-river-level