All three INEOS chemical plants at Saltend are being mothballed after the company said high UK gas prices had made production uneconomic. Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart is seeking an urgent meeting with government ministers over the announcement, which...
I’ve been following a series of local issues and wrote to Graham Stuart along the lines detailed below, so thought I’d share especially given the further recent news on INEOS making a start on redundancies at Saltend. I, like many others, am deeply concerned about the...
by Andrew Spence Plans for a rare earth metal processing plant at Saltend have been scrapped after the firm behind it decided against proceeding, the Government has confirmed. The site would have processed materials for magnets used to produce renewable energy....
by Sam Hawcroft INEOS has announced it will cut 20 per cent of the workforce at its Acetyls plant at Saltend, with 60 skilled jobs set to go amid what the company describes as “sky-high energy costs” and “anti-competitive trade practices”. The firm says cheap,...
by Andrew Spence Associated British Foods (ABF) has announced the closure of Vivergo Fuels, its UK bioethanol production plant at Saltend. The news comes after the Government decided to not directly fund the bioethanol industry which it says "would not provide value...
by Sam Hawcroft A revived heritage weekend has been hailed a success after raising thousands for a local cancer charity. Winestead Heritage Weekend, held on October 10-11, brought back an event that had previously taken place at Welwick, with steam and stationary...
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 Sam Hawcroft A revived heritage weekend has been hailed a success after raising thousands for a local cancer charity. Winestead Heritage Weekend, held on October 10-11, brought back an event that had previously taken place at Welwick, with steam and stationary...
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...
