POLICE cordoned off a York bridge and part of the nearby riverside last night.
Officers guarded the area at the bottom of Blue Bridge Lane, off Fulford Road, where Blue Bridge provides a pedestrian crossing over the River Foss at its confluence with the River Ouse.
The entrance to the bridge, the entrance to the New Walk riverside path to Fulford and the rear entrance to the Novotel Hotel were all taped off, along with a slipway into the Ouse.
A crime scene investigation van was one of the police vehicles at the scene.
The cordon had been completely cleared by this morning, with pedestrians and cyclists free again to use New Walk and the bridge as a route into the city centre.
North Yorkshire Police has been asked why the cordon was installed, and we will publish their response when received.
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