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Plea for consistency on Roos turbines plan

Chartered town planner Wendy Burden, right, chairman of  the planning inquiry into Renewable Energy Systems's plans for a nine-turbine wind farm at Roos.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Power company Renewable Energy Systems has urged consistency during the opening of a public inquiry into a nine-turbine wind farm in the East Riding.

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Inquiry hears how a proposed wind farm would blight the landscape

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

The visual impact of a new nine-turbine wind farm in the East Riding has been raised as a major concern at a public inquiry. Renewable Energy Systems...

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Wind farm protester's planning warning

Cherie Blenkin  at the site of the proposed wind farm in Roos

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

A wind farm protester has warned the planning process is at risk if a nine-turbine development at Roos is granted. A public inquiry into the plans is...

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It'll be all plain sailing now for Skidby Mill

A workman fixing the new sails on to Skidby Mill.

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Enthusiasts are celebrating the end of restoration work on historic Skidby Mill. Yorkshire's only working windmill is now back to its former glory.

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Traders to give ideas to extend free parking

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Saturday, March 06, 2010

East Riding Council is asking traders and town and parish councils to come up with funding solutions to allow free parking to be extended in their...

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Cycle shops' anger at Council's pilot choice

'REMOVING CHOICE': Ian Bolton, left and Ed Neilson, from Cliff Pratt Cycles in Spring Bank, Hull,  are unhappy at the council's plan to use only Halfords for their cycle-to-work pilot.

Friday, March 05, 2010

HULL City Council is seeking to quash fears it has made a national retailer the sole dealer for its cycle-to-work scheme. Independent cycle shops in...

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Election to take toll on bridge decision

The Humber Bridge.

Thursday, March 04, 2010

Transport Secretary Lord Adonis has hinted a decision over the future of the Humber Bridge toll is unlikely before an expected May 6 election.

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Environment Agency dredging pilot scheme

Environment Agency project manager Phil Walker,  left,  and national project manager Adrian Rushworth at Burstwick Drain.

Wednesday, March 03, 2010

The Environment Agency hopes a pilot scheme at Burstwick Drain will decide definitively whether dredging and water maintenance can tackle flood risk...

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East Riding coastal flood warning issued

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Monday, March 01, 2010

A flood warning is in place for parts of the East Riding coast after heavy rain swelled the region's rivers. The Environment Agency has issued the...

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Roads closed due to flooding

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Flooding has caused a number of road closures in East Yorkshire. The A165 between Grindale Road and B1229, in Grindale, near Bridlington is closed....

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