by Ray Duffill Preston Women’s Institute held its annual meeting on Tuesday, March 31. Secretary Mary Wood reflected on another busy and exceptionally successful year. Entertaining, interesting and knowledgeable speakers gave insights into their respective worlds of...
A motorist has been arrested after a fatal collision near Preston on Bank Holiday Monday. Police received a call at about 12.20pm on Monday, August 25, to reports that a grey Audi A5 had been travelling east along Lelley Road when it is believed to have been in...
by Rebecca Hannant Preston is set to be taken over by a colourful collection of knitted dolls this month, thanks to a heartwarming initiative by the local Women’s Institute. Known as Izzy Dolls, these small, hand-knitted figures will be hidden in and around the...
Local telecoms giant KCOM has announced a new infrastructure sharing project, allowing any company to use its ducts and poles to provide internet competition. KCOM is offering companies, for the first time, a product akin to Openreach’s PIA (Physical Infrastructure...
by Ray Duffill “Preston WI have done it again!” declared secretary Mary Wood last week when reviewing the latest success of the village’s Women’s Institute branch for the Gazette. For the 11th consecutive year, they lifted the Group Points Trophy at the annual South...
by John Prince Two sixth-form students are organising a pub quiz to help fund a volunteering trip to Kenya, where they hope to make a difference to children's lives and gain a new perspective on their own. Freya Grubb and Chloe Bennett from Hornsea School and...
by John Prince East Riding Council has said that a new path connecting Seaton with Hornsea that took 20 years to build after it was first proposed, faced funding hurdles before work started on it earlier this year. The path was pushed for by Seaton Parish Council who...
by John Prince The clock is ticking for customers at a jeweller’s shop in Hornsea, which has launched a competition to raise money to help support a nursery that was vandalised earlier this year. An outdoor play area and a shed were damaged at Hornsea Nursery School...
Questions over why dozens of Hedon streets have been given 20mph limits prompted a debate at the town council’s latest public participation session. Councillors defended the scheme’s aim of reducing speed across the town, but acknowledged concerns about Acklam Road...
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...
