Thieves have recently targeted farms across the East Riding stealing a number of large, valuable items of plant machinery.
Bridlington Spa has today revealed its exciting plans for live indoor performances in September as the venue slowly comes back to hosting live events regularly.
Emergency funding is available to residents in the East Riding whose income has been reduced as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
A new exhibition, ‘Duty Done Again’, will open on Wednesday, 2 September at Sewerby Hall and Gardens, marking exactly 75 years to the day since the official end to all hostilities in Europe and Japan.
East Riding Libraries have launched a new free service to digitally download a variety of popular eNewspapers.
NHS East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) will be holding their Annual General Meeting (AGM) next month, and they are extending an invitation to patients and the public to join them online as the meeting takes place virtually for the first time.
East Riding Libraries’ ‘At Home' Service normally delivers books to isolated and vulnerable housebound customers, who are unable to visit a library in person, and have no other help to collect and return books.
Network Rail is urging cyclists and pedestrians to use level crossings safely, after shocking CCTV footage shows people recklessly misusing a crossing in East Yorkshire.
The newly released CCTV footage was captured at Mingledale level crossing near Harpham, where trains travel on the busy line between Driffield and Bridlington at speeds of up to 70mph.
It shows incredibly dangerous behaviour, ranging from irresponsible photo opportunities on the tracks, to an individual carelessly leaving their bike on the middle of the track to help a friend open the gate. Each incident could have resulted in fatal or life changing consequences.
Trains cannot stop quickly or swerve out of the way, so it is vital that anyone using a level crossing follows the guidance and crosses quickly, without stopping, to avoid any horrific incidents or delays to train services.
In 2019/20, 316 near-misses involving pedestrians or cyclists were recorded at level crossings in Britain; an increase of 4.6% on the previous year. There was also a near-miss at Harpham level crossing in May.
The Department for Transport recently reported that during lockdown, cycling in England had risen by up to 300% on some days.* This, combined with the usual spike in outdoor exercise during the summer months, makes it even more important for people to be aware of how to use level crossings safely.
In 2018, Network Rail produced seven virtual reality (VR) films to give people a seemingly real experience of how dangerous level crossings can be when they are not used correctly. The short, 3D episodes, which include trains passing at 120mph, can be found on YouTube and used by anyone with VR equipment.**
Vicki Beadle, Operations Risk Advisor for Network Rail, said: “The behaviour we have seen at Mingledale and Harpham level crossings is deeply concerning and shows that people are completely oblivious to the dangers they are putting themselves and their friends in.
“More people are exercising outdoors during the summer, and may be taking new, unfamiliar routes, but the railway is not a photo opportunity and it is never safe to stop or hang around on the tracks.
“It is crucial that people take extra care to cross quickly and directly, once they’ve checked it is safe.”
Humberside Police have issued an appeal to ID a man in connection with vehicle damage in Driffield.
Humberside Police are appealing for witnesses to a collision that happened on Thursday 6 August at around 3.40pm on the A166 Garrowby Hill, near to Hill Top Farm.
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