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Project Gigabit is a £5 billion government programme to improve broadband speeds in rural areas Broadband supplier Quickline has been awarded contracts worth nearly £300 million to improve broadband in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire The project is set to start in the coming months and will connect 20,000 East Riding of Yorkshire rural residents to high-speed internet Up to 20,000 rural homes and businesses in the East Riding of Yorkshire are Read more

The sixth annual High Wolds Poetry Festival will be held on Saturday 28 September at North Dalton Village Hall The festival is now taking entries for festival reading slots and book submissions This year’s theme is Wealth & Work, submissions deadline 30 August The High Wolds Poetry Festival, funded by the Arts Council of England via the Humber Museums Partnership, is back again this September. The festival is taking entries Read more

The plans for a purpose built film studio complex have been approved by Hull City council Northern Films and Television would create the 1,830sq m sound-stage on land at Priory Park. Managing Director Andrew Fenton said the facility would create career opportunities for local people without having to travel to Leeds , Manchester or London. The hope is that the £3m studio complex could be open by the end of Read more