That was the week that was in photos

Good to see some patching work on the Herman Walk carriageway. Like the roads in the rest of the area a lot more work is needed if they are to be brought up to an acceptable standard.
Disappointing to see the safety barriers disassembled on Chesneys Field. They were put there to stop children using the play equipment at the height of the Coronavirus crisis. The Council now needs to decide whether it is going to continue to try to stop the equipment – which is not fenced off normally – being used or simply remove the equipment. Perhaps a reminder sign about hygiene could be put up?
Two shopping trolleys have made a break for freedom. One was last seen on Gale Lane while a second had made it as far as Cornlands Road. Both have been reported
& the wetter weather has seen weeds growing more quickly in gutters. We’ve reported those in The Reeves. We are about due to see the next round of weed treatment

Coronavirus York updates; 27th June 2020

Deaths and test results

There have been no further Coronavirus deaths at York Trust hospital (26/6/20). There have also been no more positive lab test results (26/6/20)

The independent COVID 19 monitoring site estimates that 4156 people in York will have had the virus. That represents 0.4% of the population.

COVID cases daily and cumulative

The site derives its information from returns regularly submitted by residents from across the country https://covid19.joinzoe.com/

Care home deaths

The government released details earlier in the week of the number of deaths which have occurred  in care homes click

At that time, the last death at a York care home had occurred on 12th June.

In total there were 63 deaths in York homes.

South Park care home

Now the media are reporting that some of the COVID 19 cases occurred at the South Park care home on Gale Lane. Some staff were also affected.

The York authorities have not been prepared to break down the death rate figures to individual homes. We think that they are wrong to withhold that information.

It – like the results of the local COVID tests being undertaken at Poppleton – are matters of public interest.

Latest waste service update from York Council

Friday 19 June

All scheduled household waste collections have been made. We also collected outstanding household waste from Acacia Avenue.

We were unable to collect recycling from parts of Clifton, Haxby and Skelton due to vehicle breakdown. This recycling will be collected on Saturday 27 June or Sunday 28 June. Please present your containers for collection by 7.00am.

We collected outstanding recycling from Thursday 25 June.

We were unable to collect garden waste from parts of the following areas due to vehicle breakdown:

  • Acomb
  • Clifton
  • Holgate
  • Huntington
  • Old Earswick
  • Rufforth
  • Skelton

This garden waste, as well as outstanding collections from Chapelfields, will be collected on the evening of Friday 26 June or on Saturday 27 June. Please present your containers for collection by 7.00am.

We collected outstanding garden waste from Thursday 25 June.