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 Residents living in a small village between Hornsea and Withernsea are facing two weeks of traffic disruption, as motorists are being sent through it because of council roadworks. Withernwick, which has a population of just under 500 people, sits about...
by John Prince Every year, as part of the Alzheimer’s Society’s fundraising efforts, Memory Walks are held across the country, bringing together thousands of people to remember loved ones, support those living with dementia and raise money for vital services and...
by John Prince A brand-new tarmac path that will dramatically improve access between Seaton and Hornsea along the A1035 has been welcomed by an East Riding councillor who has been fighting to get it built for almost two decades. North Holderness ward councillor...
by John Prince A couple from South America have visited the UK to meet a father and son who are living with the same rare birth condition. Seven-year-old Joshua Arnott and dad Mike from Hornsea both have arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC) – or just...
by John Prince Paul Harper from Hornsea who has been collecting money for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance for around ten years by displaying his collection of handmade wooden tractors, has surpassed his target of £30,000. 89-year-old Paul, who we featured in the Gazette...
by John Prince Residents living in a small village between Hornsea and Withernsea are facing two weeks of traffic disruption, as motorists are being sent through it because of council roadworks. Withernwick, which has a population of just under 500 people, sits about...
