A trial scheme aimed at reducing traffic congestion, improving the outside environment and encouraging active travel such as walking and cycling is due to launch at a Holderness school this month. East Riding Council’s sustainable transport team, in partnership with...
by Terry Bearpark Thanks to a lot of hard work and planning and a generous benefactor, residents of Burton Pidsea now have a war memorial in the village for the first time. The Corten steel memorial bears the names of three villagers who lost their lives in the First...
by Terry Bearpark The annual Holderness Art Show is being held on September 8, 9 and 10 and there is still time to enter. All the details and entry forms are on the Memorial Hall, Burton Pidsea web page, burtonpidseamemorialhall.org. This year there is an under-16...
A major road improvement scheme for two villages is set to begin later this month. East Riding Council is investing £435,000 in a scheme to upgrade roads near Burton Pidsea and Elstronwick with work being due to start on Monday, November 28. Three sections of road...
The Duke is the latest film night offering at the Preston Community Hall on Friday, October 28. Starring Helen Mirren and Jim Broadbent, and released in 2020, it is an uplifting film based on a true story. Organiser Geoff Catterick said: “This is a warm-hearted...
by John Prince Figures have revealed that the work done by volunteers at Hornsea First Aid Centre could have helped to avoid almost £135,000 in NHS treatment costs in 2025. The charity, which was established in 2018, provides free first aid to residents and visitors...
The Bank of England has raised its base rate from 3.75 per cent to 4 per cent, the first increase in more than three years, as the conflict in the Middle East pushes up energy prices. Eight members of the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee backed the widely expected...
by John Prince Proposals to breathe new life into an underused area of Hall Garth Park in Hornsea have taken a step forward, with councillors agreeing to commission initial designs and investigate grant funding for the scheme. Hornsea Town Council has approved a...
by Sam Hawcroft Former Shores Centre chief executive Jayne Nendick has received her MBE at Windsor Castle for services to the community in Withernsea and South East Holderness. Jayne, who was recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours, attended the ceremony on...
by John Prince The value of protecting coastal communities from the advancing sea – and what could be lost if that protection disappears – is being examined as part of a £15 million project along the Holderness coast. Residents have been taking part in workshops...
by John Prince Figures have revealed that the work done by volunteers at Hornsea First Aid Centre could have helped to avoid almost £135,000 in NHS treatment costs in 2025. The charity, which was established in 2018, provides free first aid to residents and visitors...
