Blue Light Weekend shortlisted for top tourism award
Blue Light Weekend has been named among the finalists for a major tourism award after a record-breaking number of entries from across Hull and East Yorkshire. The annual Withernsea event is in the running for Remarkable Tourism Event of the Year at the 2026 Remarkable...
Would you like to own a nuclear bunker?
by John Prince Even though the monitoring post at Tunstall isn’t up for sale – and it’s unlikely it ever will be – there is a chance of owning your piece of Cold War history just up the road. That’s because a nuclear bunker is on sale in Skirlaugh, but it comes with a...
Saltend plant closure ‘could hit local farmers’
by Angus Young Arable farmers in Holderness who supply a bioethanol plant on their doorstep are facing an uncertain future after being told it could shut within days. Saltend-based Vivergo Fuels, the UK’s largest producer of bioethanol, says it cannot compete with...
Inheritance tax changes ‘will make for a grim future for farmers’
More than 20,000 farmers and supporters descended on Westminster on Tuesday to protest against Government plans to bring in 20 per cent inheritance tax on properties valued above £1 million. The Government says that, depending on people’s individual circumstances, up...
Village praised for banding together to rebuild pavilion
Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart has praised the village of Skirlaugh for how it pulled together to get its new pavilion for its football and cricket clubs installed. After a fire, Skirlaugh’s sports clubs were left without a home until the village stepped in....
