Budding bards invited to Humber Bridge poetry contest
Budding bards are being invited to enter a contest to find the best short poem inspired by the Humber Bridge. Entries to the competition, which is being run by the Humber Bridge Board in partnership with the University of Hull, can be no longer than 60 words and must...
Residents to stage ‘peaceful’ protest over broadband poles
by Ray Duffill Residents in Hedon are staging a protest against what they see as “unsightly nine-metre telegraph poles” being installed across streets in the town and in nearby Preston South. MS3 Networks is a Hessle-based broadband company that will also...
Go-ahead for oil and gas drilling permit
By Rebecca Hannant The Environment Agency has issued a permit variation to Rathlin Energy to drill additional oil and gas wells and carry out commercial production at the West Newton A well site. The latest consultation on the draft permit in June follows an initial...
‘Proud moment’ as lifeboat called out twice in three days
The lifeboat at RNLI Withernsea was called out to incidents off the town’s coast twice over the past weekend – and one proved to be a “day of firsts” for two crew members. On Friday night, the crew was paged to launch after multiple 999 calls to the Coastguard about...
