FIREFIGHTERS have rescued a woman from the River Ouse in York.

The woman was pulled from the water near the Bonding Warehouse at Skeldergate Bridge at about 8.45 pm last night, said a spokesman for North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service.

He said she was conscious and paramedics were called, who took her to hospital for a check-up.

He said the crew had gone out in the service’s rescue boat, moored just across the river from the warehouse, after the service receiving a call saying a woman had gone in the water.

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