Pocklington Town Council is planning to meet with East Riding Council officers in a bid to protect the future of the town’s youth centre.

Burnby Hall and Gardens recorded one of its busiest weekends ever as over 4,000 visitors flocked to the venue to experience it’s first tulip festival and May Day celebrations earlier this month.

Pocklington Lions Club welcomed a new recruit recently with members delighted at the club’s continued growth.

Campaigners battling to re-open the Beverley to York rail line have suffered a major setback after East Riding Council confirmed it will no longer protect the proposed route from housing development.

An enthusiastic team of fundraising women made over £2,700 at a sponsored moonwalk in London earlier this month, to help fight breast cancer.

A variety of support was on hand for residents in and around Holme-on-Spalding Moor earlier this month.

The entries are in and the competition is almost ready to kick off at the annual Wetwang Scarecrow Festival.

Birds will be given a fright on Bank Holiday Monday when Market Weighton holds its first scarecrow festival.

Young Brownies enjoyed a fun-filled weekend in Goodmanham recently.

Ex-committees of the now closed Allerthorpe Park Golf Club have donated thousands of pounds to charity.

A First World War hero and Victoria Cross recipient has been left off a village war memorial, it has emerged.

The new Mayor of Market Weighton aims to improve car parking and keep a close eye on housing development in the town over the next 12 months.

A vacancy for a new councillor has opened up on Pocklington Town Council, with former mayor Tony Marron deciding to step down.

Residents are urged to be vigilant after an attempted burglary in Market Weighton.

The first cinema in Pocklington was in the Victoria Hall (where Betterton Court is now) it was on the top floor which subsequently became English’s mill.

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A new £10,000 tractor to cut grass and grit the town’s footpaths has been unveiled by Pocklington Town Council.

Despite the poor weather, this year’s much-anticipated Flying Man Festival in Pocklington was one of the most successful yet, attracting around 1,000 people and raising over £8,000 for All Saints’ Church.

A convenience store in Stamford Bridge has been raided for the fourth time in about four months.

Friends of Bugthorpe School will hold a car boot sale to raise funds for a much-needed car park improvement.