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£1 million affordable housing project in Bridlington completed

East Riding of Yorkshire Council, in partnership with its contractor Geo. Houlton & Sons, has completed a development of new affordable housing in Bridlington. The £1 million project involved constructing a two-storey building, called ‘Milne House’, containing six one-bedroom flats, three on each floor, on an area of land in Thornton Road, off Bessingby Gate. […]

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COASTAL STROKE SERVICES AT RISK

NHS Trust is planning to permanently remove all stroke services from Scarborough (and therefore Bridlington) to be replaced with the Hyper Acute Stroke Unit (HASU) at York – or possibly Hull or Middlesbrough. This is extremely bad for all of us in the coastal communities and is the exact opposite of what Chief Medical Officer […]

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Free compost giveaways return this month

The free compost giveaways run by East Riding of Yorkshire Council are returning Around 5,000 bags of compost will be handed out for free to local residents. Residents are invited to drive along to their nearest event, where two 15kg bags of compost will be placed into each car boot. All events will be Covid-safe […]

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MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT – WORLDS BIGGEST COFFEE MORNING

Friday the 24th of September is the date for this year’s ‘Worlds Biggest Coffee Morning’, in aid of Macmillans Cancer Support. Last year would have been the Coffee Mornings 30th anniversary, but unfortunately, due to the Pandemic, events, other than virtual Zoom meetings, were cancelled. Speaking on Bridlington Gold, Laura Holohan, one of the Macmillan […]

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NEW EVENT COMING TO BRIDLINGTONS SOUTH BEACH

On Saturday the 25th of September, a new event will be coming to Bridlingtons South Beach in the form of a five-a-side beach touch rugby league tournament. The event is to be held on the South Beach between the Bridlington Lifeboat Station and Richie’s Cafe-bar. Speaking on Bridlington Gold, Stuart Morris, one of the organisers, […]

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MAN ARRESTED FOLLOWING REPORTS OF LITERATURE, OF A SEXUAL NATURE, BEING HANDED OUT IN BRIDLINGTON

A 64-year-old male was arrested on Friday 3rd of September and charged with two counts of sexual communication with a child. He has been remanded in custody and is set to appear at Hull Crown Court on Monday 4th of October. The charge relates to an incident in Bridlington in which a man is reported […]

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BRIDLINGTON KITE FESTIVAL IS BACK !!!

The annual Bridlington Kite Festival is back and will be held next weekend, Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th of September on Sewerby Cliff top from 10am to 5pm each day where some of the world’s largest inflatable kites will take to the skies above the dramatic cliffs above the East Yorkshire coast. Kites of all […]

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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED – DO YOU HAVE SPARE TIME ON YOUR HANDS?

Age UK ‘The Promenade’, Bridlington have an ongoing Volunteer Recruitment Programme and are looking for people to join their amazing team. Whether you are unemployed, looking for work, retired and have spare time on your hands, joining the team is a fabulous way to learn and use skills whilst, at the same time, becoming a […]

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LOCAL COMMUNITY PUB GETS A THUMBS UP FROM LOCAL POLITICIANS

Local politicians from the region have given their backing to the new community public house at Rudston, near Bridlington and gave the enterprise a big thumbs up after a recent visit. East Yorkshire MP, Sir Greg Knight, together with East Riding of Yorkshire Council leader, Cllr Jonathan Owen and ward Councillor, Cllr Jane Evison, took […]

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HUMBERSIDE POLICE APPEAL FOR INFORMATION FOLLOWING AN INCIDENT IN BRIDLINGTON

Officers are appealing for information following an incident at approximately 1:30am in the morning of Thursday 26th of August.​ Police were called to a property on Marlborough Terrace, Bridlington after receiving reports that a man had sustained a serious head injury. ​ They are now appealing for information to establish the circumstances surrounding the incident […]