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National lifetime achievement award for road safety cycling instructor
 A road safety instructor from the East Riding has been honoured with a national lifetime achievement award.
Julie Turner, 67, has worked as a road safety instructor at East Riding of Yorkshire Council for 25 years - and as a volunteer for three years before that - and during that time she has helped to teach more than 15,000 children and adults across the area how to ride bikes safely.
Entries sought for 2026 Festival of Words poetry competition
 Launched for 2026, the theme of this year's contest is ‘The stories that made me’. Will your stories be from books that shaped how you grew, or the very tales born of your own experience?
Entries will be judged by a panel consisting of celebrated Yorkshire poets Matthew Hedley Stoppard and Wendy Pratt, and led by local writer and poet James Nash, who shares his time between Leeds and Bridlington.
All poems will be judged anonymously, purely on their merits.
The closing date is Sunday, 10 January 2027.
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Heritage Open Days across the East Riding
 More than 100 free events are available to attend this September, as part of the East Riding’s Heritage Open Days.
The programme, running from Friday 11 September to Sunday 20 September will include venues and events across the county, including locations normally closed to the public.
The Walking East Yorkshire Festival returns
 The Walking East Yorkshire Festival returns from Saturday, 12 to Sunday, 20 September with a programme of walks and experiences across the county.
Designed for all ages and interests, the programme features scenic walking routes across the countryside and coastline, cycling trails, cultural tours, heritage experiences and food and drink discoveries.
'Race the Waves' returns to Bridlington
 ‘Race the Waves’, an internationally recognised vintage motoring event, will return to Bridlington from Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 September.
The event has been organised by Backfire, in conjunction with East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Visit East Yorkshire team. It will see an array of vintage European and Americana Hot-Rod vehicles and motorcycles racing in pairs, along a 200-yard course along the beach.
It will also include two days of racing on South Beach on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 September.
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Can you spare five minutes to help shape our business plan? As part of our engagement programme with residents, we want your views on which services you think are most important for the East Riding. So, whether it’s maintaining roads, providing affordable housing, supporting businesses to invest, supporting vulnerable children or any of the hundreds of other services we provide, your feedback will help to inform the development of our business plan so we can better understand your needs.
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