Police were called to York College, on Tadcaster Road, by the ambulance service at 14:35 BST.

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Normally Tadcaster's bridge over the River Wharfe would be a busy thoroughfare connecting two halves of the town.

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Tadcaster's bridge over the River Wharfe was due to be examined earlier, however divers were unable to enter the waters.

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