The Lord Mayor of York, Cllr Keith Hyman will be joining the River Foss Society in a litter picking session this weekend.

On Saturday 27 October the Lord Mayor will help residents and the society as they carry out the last litter pick of the year.

The Lord Mayor said: “York’s two rivers are an extremely important part of the city. The River Foss Society does a great job in helping to maintain the river Foss, and I’m proud to lend a hand in keeping our city clean.”

June Card from the River Foss Society said: “Using equipment provided by City of York Council, teams of volunteers from the society will be scavenging the lower reaches of the River Foss, both by land and from the water in the council’s river cleaning boat – a good example of how, in these straitened times, the council and volunteers can work together for the benefit of our city.”