EAST YORKS: More people travel to work in a car in the East Riding than in Hull, a study has shown.
Just 4.6 per cent of people in the East Riding use public transport to get to work, with 4 per cent cycling. In Hull, 14 per cent use public transport and 8.3 per cent get on their bikes.
A study by the GMB union says 79 per cent of people in the East Riding travel to work in a car, compared to 64.6 per cent of workers in Hull.
The union has used the figures to show how the rising cost of fuel will affect drivers.
Tim Roache, GMB regional secretary for Yorkshire, said: "The cost of putting fuel in the tank and paying fares to get to work is an essential and unavoidable item in the household budgets of nearly three quarters of the workers in this region who travel to work.
"It is no wonder that household budgets have taken a hammering.
"The low numbers using public transport outside the main cities is a reflection on the sheer lack of availability giving people no alternative to using their car.
"For the region as a whole there is an on-going need for investment in an integrated transport policy for all modes of travel."
BRIDLINGTON: A new website providing details into the workings of the town's harbour has been launched.
The site, www.bridlingtonharbour.com, is run by the Harbour Commissioners and includes details of the harbour's history, tide times and local events.
Margaret Hyland, chief executive of the Harbour Commissioners, said: "The website exists to provide our regular harbour users with essential information on rates and tides but we also hope it will be of interest to everyone who works here, lives here or visits here.
"The development of this new and much more extensive website is down to the vision of our chairman, George Traves, who has been keen to show the wider community how important the harbour activities are to the town.
"There is also scope on the site for local businesses to join us in promoting the harbour and our resort by providing information on forthcoming activities, charity fundraising, special events, or just simply as a forum for local information and debate."
HULL: Four friends are taking on a 215-mile bike ride to raise money for a charity that helps people who need a bone marrow transplant.
Shop manager Dave Harrison, 29, and three friends will cycle from Southport to Hornsea over three days in August to raise money for the Anthony Nolan Trust.
Mr Harrison, who lives in the city, said: "We been training really hard for this, and it was something I wanted to do before I was 30.
"I've lost more than 2st since I started and would like to lose another before we set off. Its personally a massive challenge for me as I've never done anything like this before and I am really excited to be doing it."
The trust runs a register of donors willing to donate their blood stem cells, or bone marrow, to people with blood cancers.
Visit http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/dnmcoast2coast to donate.
WEST HULL: A woman has been evicted from her home after having "noisy parties" until 5am.
The woman was evicted by her landlord from the privately rented house in Bristol Road after residents complained to police.
PCSO Adele Hinch, from the Derringham neighbourhood policing team, spoke to the landlord about the issue, who evicted the woman on the same day.
WEST HULL: Police are holding a crime reduction event at a local primary school.
Officers will be marking bikes and giving crime prevention advice at event at Ainthorpe Primary School on June 14.
It will take place from 9am to 2pm at the school in Ainthorpe Grove. All residents are welcome to attend.