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Yorkshire Coast BID to disband after businesses vote it down
The Yorkshire Coast Business Improvement District (BID) – which was established to promote, protect and support businesses along the region’s coast – is set to ...
Credit union keeps ‘fatcat bonuses’ in the local economy as it marks 25 years
An organisation set up to help families in Hull manage their finances estimates that it has saved members across the region £25 million in interest ...
Farewell to school’s ‘fashionista’ receptionist
by Rebecca Hannant The beloved “fashionista” receptionist at Holderness Academy has retired after 18 years of service. Since 2006, Joy Harrison has worked front of ...
Shock as popular Stackhouse Bar closes suddenly
by Michelle Horst Stackhouse Bar has been an attraction for real ale fans in Hornsea for almost 10 years – but customers arrived over the ...
Region to honour heroes of D-Day
by Gazette Reporters Beacons are being lit across our region and the country to mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings – the Allied ...
Exhibition to ‘bring home grim reality of war’
by Ray Duffill Hedon Museum is staging a special exhibition at St Augustine’s Church to coincide with the town’s D-Day commemorations. The exhibition, starting on ...
Trail of 6ft rats to honour guitar legend Ronson
by Rebecca Hannant First, there were the toads, the moths, and then the puffins – now 6ft rats are set to be released across East ...
National competition success for Sea Cadet
by Tim Nuttall A teenager from Burton Pidsea is celebrating after helping her detachment achieve first place for Drill and Inspection at the Sea Cadets’ ...
New mayor takes part in first official event
by Ray Duffill The election of the 677th mayor of Hedon took place on Thursday, May 23. Following his formal election and having been invested ...
Church gives thanks for new bell
by Sam Hawcroft The bell at St Matthew’s Church in Withernsea is chiming once more, for the first time in two and a half years. ...