Coronavirus York updates; 2nd May 2020

Takeaways and food deliverers in Westfield, Foxwood and Woodthorpe

Salsa Pizza takeawayFoxwood Lane Tel.(01904) 788888  
Butlers fish and chip shopFoxwood Lane Tel (01904) 783378 
Mr Greek RestuarantAcomb Wood Drive Tel. 07960 920979
Bonjiouno Restaurant Acomb Wood Drive tel. 07985 797754 (Takeaways)
Bengal Lounge Indian takeawayAcomb Wood Drive Tel 796666 (takeaways only)
Woodthorpe SpiceMoorcroft RoadTel. 01904 700070 (takeaway & deliveries)
Pizza PalaceMoorcroft Road01904 709777
Belly BusterGreen Lane 01904 782244
Handi Indian Cornlands Road01904 787500
Magic Rainbow ChineseCornlands Road01904 793825 (reopening 6th May)
Gale Lane FisheriesGale Lane01904 793511
Harry’s Fish and Chips Front Street01904 784739
Chips and thingsFront Street01904 791655
Indian OceanThe Green, Acomb01904 789816 (takeaway)
Papa Johns PizzasYork Road, Acomb01904 793456 (takeaway)
Pizza Hut The Green Acomb01904 606222 (deliveries/card only)
Pizza PanGale Lane01904 793363 (deliveries/card only)
Compiled by Foxwood Residents Association. Any amendments please Email them to Foxwoodra@btinternet.com

Deaths & Recoveries

FIVE more patients with coronavirus have died at hospitals run by York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The additional fatalities takes the total number of deaths at York Hospital and Scarborough Hospital to 129.

The  York Hospital and Scarborough Hospital Trust said that more than 235 coronavirus patients have been discharged from its hospitals following treatment.

Local cases in York

Access is available to a map which shows how many coronavirus deaths there were in different neighbourhoods in the City during the first part of April. It is assembled on census data boundaries NOT wards. click

Half of York’s 36 care homes have reported  coronavirus  outbreaks since the pandemic began, according to the latest figures.

Volunteers waiting

Millions of vulnerable people and their families are now able to directly call on the army of NHS Volunteer Responders across York, North Yorkshire and the East Riding. The NHS and Royal Voluntary Service have announced you can now phone on this number – 08081 963646

Relatively little use has been made so far of the services of the many York residents who responded to the call for volunteers last month.

That was the week that was in photos

Unusual to see full bottles dumped next to the bottle bank at Acomb Car park!
Sadly still some dumping next to the bins. it has been suggested that the larger amenity sites like Hazel Court should reopen to residents. They have remained open for the disposal of trade waste. With green and bulky waste collection suspended, this would make sense provided social distancing can be maintained. We think that use levels could be controlled if specific days were allocated to individual neighbourhoods – possibly using a colour codes system. Real time “on line” monitoring of queue lengths – also suggested for supermarkets – would also help.
We’ve reported the full litter bin (and dumping) at the Acomb Car park
On the other side of the City, local Councillor Mark Warters has brokered an agreement with B & Q (which has now re-opened) aimed at avoiding HGVs blocking the access road. They will in future move straight into the delivery yard.
Elsewhere the recent mix of rain and sunshine has resulted in a rapid growth in weeds and hedges. Some are now blocking paths
Snicket still accessible on Wetherby Road but has been a problem in the past
Nettle growth at the entrance to the Westfield park has caused problems in the past. It should be on the new weed control programme but there is no evidence of “die back”
Nettles can also be a hazard when they reduce the width of public footpaths
We’ve asked for detritus to be swept from the Chesney Field snicket …..
& from the drainage gulleys in The Green area
An accumulation of litter on this snicket in Foxwood. Generally, though, the estate has been much cleaner recently.
The section of Gale Lane from St Stephens Road to Foxwood Lane which will be resurfaced this year.
Unfortunately there are many potholed carriageways which don’t appear in the Councils programme. This one is in Foxwood.
….and still no action to repair the poor road surface on Lowfields Drive
Uneven footpaths in Chapelfields have also not made it into the Councils repair programme
There was some hope that the budget delegated to wards specifically for improvements for pedestrians would lead to hard core being put down on part of the Grange Lane park access path. No programme of work has been published by the Council although the funding has been available for nearly a year now.
Damaged fence on Lowfields Drive reported
Finally we hope that the local Councillors will get round to publishing a neighbourhood list of takeaways which are continuing to provide a delivery service for the local community. Many have gone to great lengths to observe “social distancing” guidelines. We need these local businesses to survive the current lock-down difficulties. They deserve the support of the Council and local residents. At the very least the Council should maintain an up to date list of the food delivery services available within each local community. The list should be publicised on local noticeboards and on social media. Ideally it should be included on a leaflet delivered to each home. (The leaflet that the Council recently delivered only included about 20% of the suppliers still operating in the Acomb/Foxwood/Woodthorpe area).
We are compiling our own list which we hope to publish here next week.