by Terry Bearpark The music of stars such as Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Mariah Carey and the Spice Girls will be featured in Withernsea High School’s latest production next week. The school is hoping to maintain its track record of presenting top musicals...
February sees the return of the Stage4Beverley winter music festival in Beverley, which has become a major event in the town’s calendar, bringing music, comedy, the spoken word, and for the first time dance (Northern Soul) to venues around the town. Workshops, the...
Current and former BBC presenters and staff are "getting the old gang back together" to stage their much-loved family panto in Bridlington and Hull this month. Twenty-five years after the team staged their first pantomime – Cinderella – they are set to present...
By Sam Hawcroft George Harrison is often dubbed “the quiet Beatle” – but this touring production set out to prove that he was anything but. Led by Liverpool-born stage star Daniel Taylor and an extremely talented band, Something About George: The George Harrison Story...
An actress from Roos has landed her “dream role” in the musical Crazy for You at Hull New Theatre. The award-winning Hessle Theatre Company are about to perform their version of the hit Broadway musical that is packed with Gershwin showstoppers including I Got Rhythm,...
by John Prince Hornsea Inshore Rescue has cancelled its annual New Year’s Day swim for good because of safety concerns following this year’s tragedies along the coast. They've said that after much thought and careful consideration, they have made the difficult...
by John Prince Gritter drivers across the East Riding have received specialist CPR and defibrillator training - with hopes that the life-saving devices could eventually be carried on winter maintenance vehicles. Hornsea town councillor Kev Nicholson, who works as a...
Questions over why dozens of Hedon streets have been given 20mph limits prompted a debate at the town council’s latest public participation session. Councillors defended the scheme’s aim of reducing speed across the town, but acknowledged concerns about Acklam Road...
by John Prince The future of the former council offices in Skirlaugh remains uncertain after the For Sale sign disappeared from outside the building. The sprawling complex on Main Road, which includes a Grade II-listed former workhouse and a Cold War nuclear bunker,...
by John Prince All 25 lamppost poppies in Hornsea that were put up last week have been taken down temporarily, following concerns that some are being vandalised or stolen. Hornsea and District Royal British Legion say they think some of the poppies will have been...
Residents across parts of North and Mid Holderness have been left without electricity after Storm Boelo battered the region. Northern Powergrid said in an update at 6.30pm on Sunday, October 25, that severe weather had caused significant damage to its network,...
