HUMBERSIDE Chief Constable Lee Freeman says police legitimacy is hanging by a thread following the recent disturbing case of David Carrick, who pleaded guilty to dozens of rape and sexual offences against 12 women committed w... Read More

EAST RIDING households face a council tax hike of 4.99 per cent to cover a £40.7 million increase in the cost of providing services, this year’s draft Budget has proposed. Council Head of Finance Julian Neilson said in an... Read More

THOUSANDS of schools are expected to close after members of the National Education Union backed walkouts in a row about pay. Contingency plans could see agency staff and volunteers brought in to cover lessons. ... Read More

CONTROVERSIAL plans for a vertical farming facility on a site in Woodmansey have been given planning approval after a decision was previously deferred last year. The plans, by Key Growing Ltd, include a vertical farm complex... Read More

BEVERLEY market trader John Dyson, a stall-holder on Saturday Market for more than 50 years, retired at the weekend, receiving a send-off from other traders with a framed painting of the market square and bandstand.... Read More