York not flushed with success in national loo league
YORK is near the bottom of a new national league table for accessibility to public loos. Analysis has concluded only four out of 26 public toilets in the city - about 15 per cent - are accessible-friendly. This compares with top-of-the-league Edinburgh, where 66 per cent of loos are accessible, and Leeds, where 40 per cent are. Only Sunderland and Aberdeen come lower than York out of the 28 cities in the ‘2020 Loo accessibility index,’ commissioned by Bathing Solutions. The authors say that for millions of people living with disability in the UK, accessible toilets can mean the difference between a day out and being stranded at home, and they say that standard accessible toilets aren’t “accessible” for everybody.