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Bridlington tourist information centre reopens after relocating in Bridlington Spa

The Bridlington tourist information centre has now reopened its doors from its new location in the main entrance foyer of the Bridlington Spa. The new tourist information centre (TIC) includes new custom-built welcome counter and digital display screens showing plenty of interesting tourist information. The TIC will be available to serve the public from Wednesday […]

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HUMBERSIDE POLICE APPEAL FOR WITNESSES TO RTC

Humberside Police are appealing for witnesses and dash cam footage following a two-vehicle collision on the A165 at Fraisthorpe yesterday afternoon, Monday 20 September. A blue Ford Puma and white Mercedes minibus collided at approximately 3.50pm, with the driver of the Puma sustaining serious injuries. He remains in hospital in a critical condition. The two […]

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BRIDLINGTON CHRISTMAS TREE TRAIL 2021

This is it!!. The day has arrived!  The 2021 Christmas Tree Trail is now launched! This year, the theme is…. (drum roll)….CHRISTMAS MUSIC. Dress your trees, or make a tree to represent your favourite Christmas song, carol or piece of music. HOW CAN I JOIN THE TRAIL ? We need you to fill out one […]

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BABY LLAMA BORN ON 16TH OF SEPTEMBER AT SEWERBY HALL ZOO

The team at the zoo at Sewerby Hall and Gardens are very pleased to announce the birth of a new female Llama cria, born on Thursday the 16th of September at around 11.15am. Both the baby and her mum Gladys are doing well. The zoo staff were on hand to check everything was fine for […]

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Sewerby Squirrels are back!

Sewerby Squirrels, the weekly sessions for Under 5s at Sewerby Hall and Gardens, are returning from Monday, 20 September, between 10am and 11.30am in the Orangery. The first session will be Garden Explorers, a chance to explore outside and hunt for colours in the walled garden. Other forthcoming sessions will be themed on Edwardian life, […]

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West end star Martin Neely returns to Bridlington Spa twenty nine years on from his Bridlington stage show debut

Twenty-nine years after making his theatre stage debut in the amateur production of Grease at the Bridlington Spa, West End star Martin Neely is set to return with the touring production of Back to Bacharach on Friday 1st October. Growing up in Bempton, Martin recalls waiting in Bridlington Spa’s wings to appear as Doody as a 17-year-old […]

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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 […]