DRIFFIELD: More than �7,700 has been donated to the restoration of an historic East Yorkshire waterway.
Outgoing Driffield mayor Paul Rounding raised the money during his year of office, which ended earlier this month.
The money will go towards making the town end of 11-mile Driffield Canal fully navigable again.
Councillor Rounding said: "It is a personal ambition to see boats sailing in the canal again, and I'm delighted to have raised so much money.
"The canal restoration has gone in leaps and bounds in the past ten years but has reached a bit of a standstill due to lack of funds."
Mr Rounding is chairman of Driffield Navigation Amenities Association (DNAA), which will use the funding for restoration projects.
The DNAA works with Driffield Navigation Trust, a group of commissioners who manage the 250-year-old canal.
POCKLINGTON: Budding entrepreneurs have scooped a prestigious business award.
A team from Pocklington School won the Humber region final of the Young Enterprise Company Programme Competition.
Pocklington School Young Enterprise team were awarded the accolade for their design, manufacture and retailing of rubber wrist bands.
The group of pupils fended off competition from across East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire to pick up the top prize.
They now go forward to represent the region in the young Enterprise Yorkshire and Humber final at the Merchant Adventurers Hall in York on, Wednesday, June 15.
BRIDLINGTON: A historic part of the seaside town is set to become a star of the small screen.
Camera crews visited Bridlington Old Town to film for the third series of popular BBC2 show Antiques Road Trip.
The show is about two experts visiting different parts of the country looking for antique bargains and trying to make more money than the other at auction.
Antiques experts Charlie Ross and Charles Henson were shown around by Penelope Weston, chairman of the Old Town Association.
"It was good fun having them here, and it also raises the profile of this wonderful part of Bridlington," she said.
The episode of the show featuring the Old Town will go out late in the summer.
LEVEN: Kids can learn all about wildlife at an outdoor fun event in the village today.
The free fun day is being held on Leven playing field from 10am to 2pm.
Representatives from Yorkshire Wildlife Trust will be on hand for activities, such as bug hunts.
Other activities include arts and crafts, face painting, tents, games, and much more.
Today's fun event is for 6 to 14-year-olds, and is being organised by Leven Youth Club.
HORNSEA: An appeal against refusal of planning permission for a new takeaway has been allow.
East Riding Council had previously blocked plans for the hot food outlet in Cliff Road.
The main issue was the effect it would have on living conditions for local residents.
Planning inspector Graham Snowdon said he was imposing conditions in the planning consent to prevent nuisances for neighbours from the takeaway.
EAST YORKS: East Riding Council is stepping up its food waste recycling programme.
The new brown food waste caddies are being rolled out to more areas of the county.
They include Pocklington, Market Weighton, Stamford Bridge, North Cave, Holme-on- Spalding Moor, and surrounding villages.
Waste recycling officers will be around during the roll out to advise householders how to use the new service.
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