East Riding councillors are to vote today on a motion for the authority to withdraw from talks with Nuclear Waste Services on siting a Geological Disposal Facility in the region. South East Holderness ward councillors Lyn Healing and Sean McMaster – backed by Beverley...
The leader of East Riding Council has said she has decided not to support proposals for underground nuclear waste storage in Holderness ahead of a vote on the issue by the full council next week. Last week, South East Holderness ward councillors Lyn Healing and Sean...
The third South East Holderness councillor has said she believes the whole community should have their say on proposals for underground nuclear waste storage in the region. Claire Holmes’s comments come after her two counterparts, Lyn Healing and Sean McMaster –...
by Rebecca Hannant Communities across Holderness are gearing up to have their say after the region was identified as a possible location for underground nuclear waste storage. Last Thursday, it was announced that Nuclear Waste Services was scoping opinion on a...
Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart has called for a local referendum on controversial proposals to site a nuclear waste storage facility in South Holderness. The region has been selected by Nuclear Waste Services because of its unique geology as a potential site...
by John Prince Two sixth-form students are organising a pub quiz to help fund a volunteering trip to Kenya, where they hope to make a difference to children's lives and gain a new perspective on their own. Freya Grubb and Chloe Bennett from Hornsea School and...
by John Prince East Riding Council has said that a new path connecting Seaton with Hornsea that took 20 years to build after it was first proposed, faced funding hurdles before work started on it earlier this year. The path was pushed for by Seaton Parish Council who...
by John Prince The clock is ticking for customers at a jeweller’s shop in Hornsea, which has launched a competition to raise money to help support a nursery that was vandalised earlier this year. An outdoor play area and a shed were damaged at Hornsea Nursery School...
Questions over why dozens of Hedon streets have been given 20mph limits prompted a debate at the town council’s latest public participation session. Councillors defended the scheme’s aim of reducing speed across the town, but acknowledged concerns about Acklam Road...
by John Prince Some amazing creations have gone up this year in Hornsea ahead of the town’s Remembrance commemorations next month. Volunteers from Hornsea Community Craft Group, Hornsea and District Royal British Legion and Hornsea Poppy Appeal have been dressing the...
by Sam Hawcroft Withernsea’s Christmas celebrations are set to spread across the town centre this year, with road closures, a festive market and the return of a real Christmas tree as part of an expanded Dickensian event. Mayor Cllr Kristina Richardson has outlined...
