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 former Church of the Holy Trinity on Sunk Island was deconsecrated some years ago but thanks to a small group of trustees and volunteers it became the Sunk Island Heritage Centre. Built in early English style in 1877 it has many architectural...
by Ray Duffill Seeing is believing! By the time you have journeyed halfway around the upstairs exhibition room at Hedon Museum, you will be convinced that the Dodo, first encountered by Europeans in the late 16th century on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean,...
Trustees of the Sunk Island Heritage Centre are calling for new volunteers. As part of ambitions to keep the centre open, people are needed to help in a variety of roles from maintenance and gardening to running events. The group also has plans to run more events...
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...
