Community workshops to address coastal change
by Tim Nuttall Residents of south-east Holderness are invited to contribute to a project aiming to tackle the impacts of coastal erosion in the East Riding. The Changing Coasts East Riding (CCER) initiative seeks to prepare communities for the challenges posed by the...
Dramatic increase in coastal erosion ‘will leave towns isolated’
Some of the largest-ever losses of land have been recorded in the latest clifftop erosion survey along the Holderness coast. Last winter’s exceptional weather – which included 11 named storms and record rainfall – dramatically accelerated the rate of erosion in some...
Pub Lads gig is welcome boost to charity
Popular local band the Pub Lads played their first gig of the year to a packed crowd at Holmpton Village Hall on Friday, March 8. The six-piece band play cover songs from the 1960s up to the present day and donate their fee to the Daniel Wilkinson Foundation. The...
Last steaming of loco ‘Ross’ before overhaul
By Simon Bristow Railway enthusiasts are being invited to celebrate a decade of mini-loco Ross next month when she has her final steaming before being withdrawn for overhaul. Mini-railway Great Withernsea Railway (GWR) is inviting visitors to see its progress on...
Mini railway on track to welcome visitors
by Terry Bearpark A Holmpton train enthusiast and his colleagues are getting ready to welcome visitors for the chance to have rides on their narrow-gauge railway. Over the past three years James Ardin, who drives full-size trains for a living, has transformed his huge...
