COMPETITION ENTRIES are now available to view for the Capturing the East Riding Photo Competition. It is well worth a visit to the Online Gallery – some truly breath-taking shots! I also spotted at least six photos depicting local scenes… How many can you find? Visit: Capturing the […]
A PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION organised by the East Riding’s Cultural Partnership closes today. Unfortunately the Hedon Blog did not get enough interest to hold its own competition for Capturing the East Riding, however we did get sent photographs from some people. We have encouraged them to enter the competition […]
COMMUNITY GROUPS in the area might want to note that two small grant schemes are available to support projects and initiatives – but deadlines for the next rounds are fast approaching! See the articles on HU12: Community and voluntary organisations from across the East Riding can apply for up to […]
THE DIGITAL TV SWITCHOVER – STAGE 2 is taking place in this part of East Yorkshire tomorrow WEDNESDAY 17th AUGUST 2011. The existing analogue TV signal will be switched off and replaced with a new, stronger digital TV signal. If you have Freeview, BT Vision or Top Up TV you’ll need to […]
WHAT IS THE EAST RIDING? Answers in a photograph please! Is the East Riding a series of beautiful landscapes – the picture postcard East Riding? Or is it the people, their activities and their quirkiness that characterises and depicts the area? These are the questions posed by the East […]
THE DIGITAL TV SWITCHOVER is taking place. The existing TV signal will be switched off and replaced with a new, stronger digital TV signal. Research done by DigitalUK does indicate that nine-out-of-10 homes in the area have gone digital but thousands of viewers still need to get ready […]
TODAY IS YORKSHIRE DAY! It is the day when the declarations of integrity should be read in five different dialects from modern English to old Norse whilst facing towards the county’s ancient capital of York. The declaration commences at the time that coincides with the number of years since […]
VISITORS TO SPURN during recent years will be only too aware of the spring and early summer invasion of the Brown Tail Moth caterpillars! The caterpillars amass in such large numbers that they can cause health problems to people. They have tiny hairs which can cause irritation to the […]
HULL AND EAST YORKSHIRE TRIATHLON CLUB is now Swimming at Kelsey Gardens in Burstwick on Thursday evenings and Sunday mornings. Triathlon is a multi-discipline sport involving a continuous race over various distances in the three disciplines of swimming, cycling, and running. A standard triathlon is made up of […]
ROLL UP! ROLL UP! Libraries across the East Riding are getting ready to introduce children to a summer circus spectacle that will keep them reading throughout the school summer holidays with the 2011 Summer Reading Challenge. ‘Circus Stars’, the Summer Reading Challenge 2011, is an immensely popular and successful […]
THE EAST RIDING FOOTBALL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT will be running its first holiday soccer school this summer at South Holderness Technology College, where a five-day course is to be held at the South Holderness 3G pitch. The soccer school will run from Monday, 22 August to Friday, 26 August […]
THE FIRST EVER HUMBERSIDE POLICE VIRTUAL COMMUNITY MEETING took place on the (click link) Humberside Police website last night. This was a ground-breaking effort to use the internet to reach a wider and different audience and seems to have been a success. Sgt James Main from the Neighbourhood Policing Team in Scunthorpe who facilitated the virtual […]
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