Festive lights ‘no longer cost-effective’
by Rebecca Hannant Withernsea residents and the town council are divided over the change of location from Queen Street to Valley Gardens for this year’s Christmas lights switch-on event. After plans for this year’s event were announced, a number of residents said they...
Withernsea’s McColl’s store to close
Supermarket chain Morrisons has confirmed that it will be shutting down Withernsea’s McColl’s store as part of a plan to close 132 outlets across the UK. According to Morrisons, which bought the convenience store chain in a £190 million rescue deal earlier this year,...
Harvest festival boosts food bank
By Tim Nuttall Roos C of E Primary School has held its annual harvest festival celebration, which culminated in a generous donation of non-perishable food items to a local food bank. Held throughout September and October across the UK, harvest festivals offer farming...
Researchers still on the lookout for local heroes in a half-shell
Naturalists in East Yorkshire are appealing for more reports of terrapin sightings in Holderness after they were surprised to find records of the non-native animals at numerous sites across Hull and the East Riding. In a study published this summer, Dr Africa Gómez, a...
