East Riding Council has announced a significant investment at East Riding Leisure South Holderness in Preston. Some improvements have already been carried out, and now there are plans to go still further. For the first time, the swimming pool is now open and available...
by Ray Duffill Another public meeting has been called by the Going Underground group campaigning against the deployment of up to 500 utility poles by MS3 Networks across Hedon and Preston South. The meeting, at Hedon Town Hall at 6pm on Thursday, October 5, will have...
Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart has chaired a meeting between MS3, the company installing telegraph poles in Hedon and Preston, Cllr Steve Gallant and East Riding Council to try to find a solution for residents. After a meeting that saw a forthright exchange...
by Ray Duffill The Young Photographer of the Year competition took place at the Preston Show this year – but the winner’s shield was not awarded because there were not enough young competitors taking part. However, Hedon Viewfinders, the photography competition...
by Ray Duffill and Rebecca Hannant Residents across Hedon and Preston South are continuing to fight plans for hundreds of telegraph poles which are set to be installed across the area from next week. A campaign group, Hedon Says No to MS3 Telegraph Poles, has been set...
by John Prince Some amazing creations have gone up this year in Hornsea ahead of the town’s Remembrance commemorations next month. Volunteers from Hornsea Community Craft Group, Hornsea and District Royal British Legion and Hornsea Poppy Appeal have been dressing the...
by Sam Hawcroft Withernsea’s Christmas celebrations are set to spread across the town centre this year, with road closures, a festive market and the return of a real Christmas tree as part of an expanded Dickensian event. Mayor Cllr Kristina Richardson has outlined...
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...
by Sam Hawcroft From the towering figures beside the road to the sign above its village pub, Welwick keeps its connection to the Gunpowder Plot in plain sight. This November 5 marks 421 years since the failed attempt to blow up King James I and Parliament – a...
by John Prince It is not often you hear it called by its full title, but Halloween takes its name from the eve of All Saints’ Day in western Christianity, and the will-o’-the-wisp could hardly have asked for better conditions on Saturday as thick, ghostly fog...
Two Withernsea RNLI volunteers have qualified as launch authorities, with one already putting his training into practice during a search for a missing person. Darren England and John Hickey, a former member of HM Coastguard, passed their assessments "with flying...
