Did you miss me last week? I wasn’t away on holiday, or anything (as if!) – I just couldn’t fit my witterings in, is the honest answer. Sometimes deadlines and column space conspire against me, and last week was one of those times. This page (known in the trade as the...
We lead with the late Queen again this week, her state funeral having been on Monday. Some will think the continued coverage is appropriate, some may not. But it was undeniably a truly historic event, watched by the vast majority of people who have televisions (the...
These are strange times to be a local newspaper editor. We all knew the day would come at some point, but nevertheless it was still a huge shock when the Queen’s death was announced last Thursday. I was working from home that day, and I’d put the BBC News channel on...
I thought August was going to be quiet… We’ve not had quite as hectic a week as last week, but the bank holiday hasn’t helped our schedule here at the Gazette, and as I write this, the printers are breathing down my neck to send the final pages. And I’m not sure quite...
The day this paper comes out is A-levels day, so we wish the young people at schools in our region the very best of luck. It can’t have been easy for students this past couple of years, with Covid severely disrupting studies and forcing a lot of learning to be done...
In the paper this week, we feature an in-depth interview (page 14) with Shores CEO Jayne Nendick on the increasing cost-of-living crisis, after last week’s front-page story told how more and more people were needing the services of the Withernsea community centre and...
Time and space are a bit against me again this week. That sounds rather grander than it is – it’s nothing to do with science fiction, but the necessity driven by newspaper column inches and strict deadlines. Such is life… and I can’t quite believe where the time goes...
I do hope you came through it unscathed, although on the coast it was, in my experience, significantly cooler because of the sea breeze. It’s never not windy on the East Yorkshire coast, is it? When I left Withernsea on Tuesday evening the car thermometer read 24.5C,...
Just before the Jubilee weekend, which seems about a million years ago now, our small but perfectly formed team here at the Gazette produced a 56-page paper packed with previews of the many events going on across our region. On the day of publication, my colleague Zoe...
WOO HOO! The sun’s out! And I’m sitting here indoors putting this paper to press. I hope you appreciate the terrible sacrifice I am making, as I should really be in a beer garden somewhere… It’s about time we saw some sun, although, predictably, the warm weather will...
by John Prince Half an acre of prime land right on Hornsea seafront could be developed as a new leisure attraction after East Riding Council put part of Grainger’s Field up for lease. The council is inviting businesses and investors to come forward with proposals for...
by John Prince Two sixth-form students are organising a pub quiz to help fund a volunteering trip to Kenya, where they hope to make a difference to children's lives and gain a new perspective on their own. Freya Grubb and Chloe Bennett from Hornsea School and...
by John Prince East Riding Council has said that a new path connecting Seaton with Hornsea that took 20 years to build after it was first proposed, faced funding hurdles before work started on it earlier this year. The path was pushed for by Seaton Parish Council who...
by Gazette Reporter More than 200 students at Hornsea School and Language College learned how to save a life when Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) volunteers visited as part of this year’s Restart a Heart Day. Four YAS volunteers attended the school, teaching CPR...
by Gazette Reporter Households are set to receive a £100 winter energy payment, motorists will benefit from an extended fuel duty freeze and thousands more small businesses will escape business rates under a Budget aimed at easing the cost of living. Chancellor John...
by Sam Hawcroft The newly reformed Ruby Reds are set to make their debut in a Christmas variety show raising money for Withernsea community group Townsmart. Ruby’s Christmas Cracker takes place on December 5 and 6, bringing together Ruby’s Dancercise, local singers,...
