A YOUTH has been injured in a police incident in York.

North Yorkshire Police say officers from York city neighbourhood policing team gave first aid to a teenager with serious leg injuries yesterday afternoon (September 19).

They were spotted at The Retreat, the abandoned hospital complex in Heslington Road.

A police spokesman said: “A group had been vandalising an abandoned building when the youth kicked through a glass door causing deep cuts and serious bleeding.

“He was rushed to hospital by ambulance.”

In August The Press reported that the former mental health facility, which built in the 18th century, is to be restored and converted into housing.

The move came as developers the PJ Livesey Group also gained planning approval to create 120 homes on the site.

The plans will see the buildings which have been derelict since 2018, converted and new homes built in the grounds.

The developer says the homes, ranging from one-bed to five-bed will be spacious, design-led and with high-specification.