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from the Hull Daily Mail/East Riding Mail on Wednesday, October 8

The Mail is today urging readers to back our fight to scrap Humber Bridge tolls or reduce them to just £1 for cars. Our A Toll Too Far petition calls on the Government to enable this to happen by cancelling the landmark’s £350m debt. A report this week revealed that reducing the toll could benefit East Yorkshire’s economy by £1.1bn over the next 25 years. People can sign the…

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from the Hull Daily Mail/East Riding Mail on Saturday, October 11

Residents in an East Yorkshire village are being urged to join an action group against plans for a wind farm on their doorstep. Fears about homes being devalued has led to opposition to a scheme for a five-turbine wind farm on land at Sancton, near Market Weighton. Sancton Windfarm Action Team (Swat) was set up after a ballot of villagers at a public meeting showed that 85 were…

from the Hull Daily Mail/East Riding Mail on Saturday, October 11

Fabulous fashions, fantastic bargains and vital fundraising for an East Yorkshire charity have come together under one roof. Dove House Hospice opened a new store in Hull’s Prospect Street yesterday – its first shop in the city centre for more than eight years. Shoppers surged through the doors of the shop, the charity’s 27th, as soon as it opened. Marisa Coleman, acting head…

from the Hull Daily Mail/East Riding Mail on Saturday, October 11

Residents are being invited to have their say on the area’s future as part of East Riding Council’s Planning For Real project. Sessions will be held at the Moorlands Centre on Tuesday from 1pm to 4pm, Friday from 1pm to 3pm and Tuesday, October 23, at Marshlands Primary School on Tuesday, November 4, from 5pm to 7pm.

from the Hull Daily Mail/East Riding Mail on Saturday, October 11

A group of 14 volunteers from electricity company npower’s billing department in the city got stuck into clearing a pond at St Anne’s Special School in Welton, as part of a task to improve the aarea. The team had to remove fish from the pond, clear it of silt, cut back weeds and plants around the pond, empty it of water and replace the liner. They then enhanced the sensory garden…

from the Hull Daily Mail/East Riding Mail on Saturday, October 11

Students, friends and colleagues gathered at the University of Hull to unveil a memorial plaque following the death of John Franks. The former head of the university’s careers and appointments service died suddenly earlier this year. Mr Franks was well known at the university as well as in the city, particularly among the business community. Margaret Dane, Chief Executive of…

from the Hull Daily Mail/East Riding Mail on Saturday, October 11

East Riding College has revealed the green credentials set to make its £17m new Bridlington campus one of the most environmentally friendly buildings in the region. The structure, which will open in August next year, is being built on the grassed area at the college’s St Mary’s Walk campus. Architects have included a range of environmentally friendly features for the building…