Lions’ gift to lighthouse friends
by Terry Bearpark A Withernsea organisation is celebrating after receiving a donation from the Lions. The presentation of a community award of £500 was made to the Friends of Withernsea Lighthouse at the 58th annual charter dinner of the Withernsea and District Lions...
Free parking returns in run-up to Christmas
East Riding Council is once again providing free weekend parking for Christmas shoppers. As part of its efforts to support town centre businesses, the council has offered free parking in the run-up to Christmas for the past 17 years – and this year will be no...
MP launches campaign to save rural post offices
Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart has launched a campaign to protect rural post offices in East Yorkshire after the Government outlined proposals to remove the current national requirement to maintain at least 11,500 branches across the UK. The proposal forms...
Plan to turn former church into homes approved
by Andrew Spence Plans to convert a Methodist church in Keyingham into two homes have been approved by East Riding Council. The plans, which include the demolition of the church’s main hall, say that part of the building dates back to the 1840s but has been “empty for...
