Where is Hedon, signage “Leading to the Historic Town of Hedon”

AROUND SPRING of this year I contacted the town clerk via email, the latest on 27th Nov, in regard to a sign that I hoped would be placed near to the Kingstown Hotel, possibly adjacent or on the Preston sign, this would say “Leading to the Historic Town of Hedon”.
Why? Because I have been asked [...]

Community Legal Advice Network – New Service for East Yorkshire

THE EAST YORKSHIRE Citizens Advice Bureau has won the contract to run the UK’s first Community Legal Advice Network (CLA Network), funded by East Riding of Yorkshire Council and the Legal Services Commission. Community Legal Advice is a free confidential advice service paid for by legal aid.

The CLA Network is expected to open on the [...]

East Riding News November 2009 – available online

THE LATEST COPY of the council newspaper East Riding News should have dropped through your door by now. But did you know it was also available online to download on your computer? This is very useful if you want to keep a version that doesn’t take up storage space or if you want to send [...]

Blue wheelie bins – new council advice

CANS AND PLASTIC BOTTLES can now be mixed with paper in the East Riding Council’s blue wheelie bins according to a council update printed in the Holderness Advertiser last week.
Prior to this latest advice you had to put cans and plastic bottles into a plastic carrier bag first. Now residents are being asked to wash [...]

PRIME – A ‘What’s On’ Guide for the East Riding

ERVAS the East Riding Voluntary Action Services have teamed up with the East Riding Council to bring residents an online “What’s On” guide.
PRIME – Participation Recreation Information Motivation and Education is a large database of activities and groups aimed particularly at over 50’s but will be of interest to all adults.
Go to www.eastriding.gov.uk/PRIME and you [...]

Clocks go back 1 hour – Report broken street lights in Hedon!

DON’T FORGET!! The clocks go back by one hour at 2am on Sunday 25th October 2009!
NOTE: The prospect of shorter daylight hours and long winter nights can make more people worry about crime and personal safety.
Many will return home from work, school, shopping in darkness and may feel more vulnerable, especially those people who live [...]

Hedon Youth Club Opens Tonight

A new voluntary youth club for Hedon will open its doors to the town’s young people for the first time tonight Friday, 16 October 2009.
The youth group will be based at the Red Cross Hall in Sheriff Highway, and will be open every Friday 7.30pm until 9.30pm for young people aged between 12 and 17 [...]

Insufficient evidence of foul odours from Saltend – Pong expert to be employed.

A report to be presented to the East Riding Council today claims that there is not enough evidence that foul odours from Yorkshire Water’s waste water treatment plant are causing a public nuisance.
This Blog reported on a three week study that was carried out by council environmental officers in June 2009.
During the three weeks 62 [...]

East Riding News October 2009

The East Riding of Yorkshire Council may be having problems with its internal communications contract (see Hull Daily Mail) but is still producing excellent external publications for its residents:
The latest October edition of East Riding News, the free monthly newspaper of the Council has been delivered to local residents. Back in May I started [...]

Waste Incinerator plan suffers funding blow

A SMALL VICTORY!
Supporters of HOTI (Hull and Holderness Opposing The Incinerator) must surely be celebrating tonight as the news ripples out that East Riding Council and Hull City Council will not be pursuing private cash to finance the development of a waste burning incinerator near Hedon.
John Skidmore from the East Riding Council, quoted in the [...]