GRAHAM STUART MP is urging constituents who are concerned about the Saltend water treatment works to attend one of the hour-long sessions to be held at Hedon Town Hall on Wednesday 24th August from 3pm to 8pm. Graham, who represents Beverley and Holderness, recently brought councillors, officials and Yorkshire Water together to sort out an … Continue reading »
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Yorkshire Water Public Drop-in – Wednesday 24 August 2011
YORKSHIRE WATER are inviting the public to a series of ‘drop-in sessions’ at Hedon Town Hall on Wednesday 24th August, 3pm – 8pm. This will be run as five one-hour long sessions. The Company says on its Hull and Saltend News website: “We’re holding a public drop-in about our waste water treatment works at Saltend. … Continue reading »
Yorkshire Water Smells Campaign hits the news!
RESIDENTS CAMPAIGNING against the Yorkshire Water Saltend Smells were in the news today! And it all started from a simple text message from Jo Gardner to BBC Radio Humberside complaining about the odours. That text message lead to interviews with radio, TV and press. BBC Radio Humberside interviewed Jo from Paull and Ray Duffill from … Continue reading »
Petition: Smells from Waste Water Treatment Works are a public nuisance!
HEDON IS A PLACE OF AMBITIONS! We want to celebrate and build upon our history and heritage and create an even better place for people to live, work and visit! We have an active community of groups and individuals that are striving to improve the quality and enjoyment of life for all its residents. Hedon … Continue reading »
BP at Saltend fined £30,000 over gases leak
BP CHEMICALS has been fined £30,000 at Hull Magistrates Court after pleading guilty to a leak of Syngas containing carbon monoxide from its plant at Saltend in 2009. Between 10th November and 11th December 2009, a total of 572 tonnes of combustible Syngas was released into the atmosphere from BP’s Saltend chemical works when a valve … Continue reading »
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Yorkshire Water Smells – What residents are saying
THE SMELLS from the Yorkshire Water Waste Water Treatment Works have been particularly bad again over the last three weeks. Since 27th June there have been 114 complaints recorded at Yorkshire Water. Fix My Street has captured the mood of some disgusted residents: “What a stink, the directors of the site should live near it … Continue reading »
Humber Enterprise Zone… the Paull site
YESTERDAY THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED that it had received 29 bids for ten Enterprise Zones it will support to bring economic growth and jobs to specific areas. The Humber Enterprise Zone is one of these bidding for funding and is described as the Humber Renewable Energy Super Cluster and is believed to cover 10 potential development sites in Hull … Continue reading »
Sports and Family Fun Day
EASTSIDE COMMUNITY SPORTSFIELD, SALTEND is the venue for a sports and family fun day. The event is being held by a group of people to raise money in the memory of two of their friends who were lost to illness in the last few years. The event which is held on Sunday 10th July from … Continue reading »
