by Rebecca Hannant Residents in South Holderness are calling for urgent investment after reporting numerous potholes and uneven roads. James Marshall and Matt Wright say that roads in Sunk Island and on the main route into Ottringham have suffered from severe...
by Terry Bearpark Forty years of a village newsletter have been celebrated by many of those involved. The Beacon, covering news in Ottringham, Halsham and Sunk Island, was first produced in 1985 and over the years has carried essential community information, news,...
by Terry Bearpark THE CO-OP in Withernsea, Robinson’s Emporium in Patrington, Skeltons in Hedon and Hinch’s in Roos – long gone but remembered by many. These are just a few of the many shops and traders that have been recalled and documented in a new book produced by...
Friends, family and community well-wishers lent their support to an Ottringham man as he embarked on a 5,000-mile solo motorcycle tour of Great Britain last week. Ahead of his formal departure on Thursday morning, a leaving event was hosted by villagers the previous...
By Terry Bearpark Residents and visitors to Ottringham last Christmas marvelled at the festive train at a house in South End Road. It failed to survive the winter and had to be scrapped, but now it has been replaced by a new display – consisting of two motorbikes...
A Withernsea businessman has been appointed to lead the board overseeing a £19.6 million regeneration programme, as its boundary expands to include the whole town and Rimswell parish. Howard Gant, who also chairs Withernsea AFC, has taken over from interim chairman...
A man has been jailed for 39 weeks and banned from three Withernsea shops for five years after admitting 23 shop thefts. Alfie Caller, 21, of no fixed address but formerly of Kirkfield Road, Withernsea, pleaded guilty to the offences at Hull Magistrates’ Court on...
by John Prince Social care is once again at the centre of the political debate – and for families across the East Riding, the outcome could have a very real impact on how much a loved one may be expected to pay towards their own care, and how much of their savings and...
A Withernsea businessman has been appointed to lead the board overseeing a £19.6 million regeneration programme, as its boundary expands to include the whole town and Rimswell parish. Howard Gant, who also chairs Withernsea AFC, has taken over from interim chairman...
A man has been jailed for 39 weeks and banned from three Withernsea shops for five years after admitting 23 shop thefts. Alfie Caller, 21, of no fixed address but formerly of Kirkfield Road, Withernsea, pleaded guilty to the offences at Hull Magistrates’ Court on...
by John Prince Social care is once again at the centre of the political debate – and for families across the East Riding, the outcome could have a very real impact on how much a loved one may be expected to pay towards their own care, and how much of their savings and...
