Skipsea Play Park is holding a grand opening of its new facilities next month. The new playground features a twin activity tower, a toddler playboat, a seesaw, a car springer, a double basket swing and a double cradle swing. It also includes a disabled-friendly...
The annual Welwick Two Wheelers charity bike ride will once again take place on Good Friday, which this year is on March 29. The event, in aid of the Castle Hill Hospital heart unit and East End Cancer Relief, will leave from Moat Farm (next to the traffic lights) at...
Popular local band the Pub Lads played their first gig of the year to a packed crowd at Holmpton Village Hall on Friday, March 8. The six-piece band play cover songs from the 1960s up to the present day and donate their fee to the Daniel Wilkinson Foundation. The...
By Rebecca Hannant Year nine students at Holderness Academy have donated a collection of items to Hedon Food Bank. On Monday, March 1, the pupils handed over a number of tinned and packaged items to Anita Jewitt-Holder, a volunteer at the food bank. The students...
Congregation members from three churches spent an hour on Friday, February 23, literally “Praying over Withernsea.” Withernsea Churches Together had originally planned this event in March 2020 but had to cancel because of the first lockdown. The 12 participants...
An 81-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving after a motorcyclist died in a collision near Ganstead. Police were called to Longdales Lane at about 9.15am on Wednesday, September 9, following reports of a collision involving a...
by Sam Hawcroft Three youngsters have raised enough money for three lifesaving throw-line stations through their Humberside Police Lifestyle project. Rosie, Summer and Lexi, whose team is called the Water Wardens, raised a final total of £2,044.53 during their...
By Sam Hawcroft Former pupils of Withernsea dance teacher Irene Lawson BEM are being asked to share their memories as part of the project marking her life with a blue plaque. A questionnaire has been launched by the Withernsea Riff Raff Heritage Project to build up a...
by John Prince A brand-new tarmac path that will dramatically improve access between Seaton and Hornsea along the A1035 has been welcomed by an East Riding councillor who has been fighting to get it built for almost two decades. North Holderness ward councillor...
by John Prince Paul Harper from Hornsea who has been collecting money for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance for around ten years by displaying his collection of handmade wooden tractors, has surpassed his target of £30,000. 89-year-old Paul, who we featured in the Gazette...
by Sam Hawcroft Seventeen local darts players had the chance to take on 10-time world champion Trina Gulliver when she visited the Ship Inn in Keyingham for a special exhibition night. The pub hailed the event on Saturday, October 3, as a great success, with...
