Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart has expressed residents’ concerns to Northern Powergrid after being notified of power cuts occurring in Hedon. Northern Powergrid has informed Mr Stuart that, on March 21, there was a permanent fault on the network that was...
by Ray Duffill Hedon’s annual town meeting takes place later this month, and is open to all registered electors in the town. The meeting at the Town Hall, St Augustine’s Gate, on Thursday, April 20, starts at 7.15pm with the mayor of Hedon in the chair. Annual reports...
Yorkshire Energy Park is to launch a new annual £20,000 Community Fund aimed at supporting local groups and charities in South West Holderness. Administered by long-standing local charity Hull CVS, the fund will make available grants of between £500 to £5,000 to...
by Ray Duffill Hedon’s 675th mayor, David Thompson, officially opened Hedon Museum’s new season on Wednesday, March 8. The occasion coincided with International Women’s Day, and Hedon Town Council members Di Storr, Sam Banks, Sarah Rommel and Brenda Goldspink – as...
New electric vehicle charging points are to be installed in on-street locations in Hedon, Hornsea and other towns across the East Riding over the next year. East Riding Council is to invest £400,000 to install about 100 new public electric vehicle (EV) charging points...
by John Prince Further restoration work in a historic building in Hornsea has been given the green light by the town council, which would see a restaurant and bar extend into the basement. Fettled, in Newbegin, opened in November of last year following the...
by John Prince A former bank that had been neglected and left in a run-down state for the good part of 15 years has finally sold at auction. The old HSBC building on the corner of Bank Street and Newbegin in Hornsea went under the hammer a few weeks ago, and a final...
Withernsea RNLI volunteers will feature in the latest episode of the documentary series Saving Lives at Sea. The episode, to be broadcast on BBC Two at 8pm on Tuesday, September, 15, follows the crew responding to reports of a person stranded at the base of a cliff...
SPONSORED FEATURE Four members of the Gazette team are preparing to walk barefoot across hot coals to help fund potentially lifesaving equipment for Withernsea’s seafront. Sam, Zoe, John and Sally have signed up for mayor Cllr Kristina Richardson’s firewalk on Friday,...
EXCLUSIVE by John Prince It was a day to remember for a charity fundraiser who got a huge surprise last weekend, as a convoy of 15 tractors rolled into town to give him a big thank you for his hard work. For the past decade, 89-year-old Paul Harper from...
by John Prince Half an acre of prime land right on Hornsea seafront could be developed as a new leisure attraction after East Riding Council put part of Grainger’s Field up for lease. The council is inviting businesses and investors to come forward with proposals for...
