by John Prince A new postbox that can be used by bereaved families and friends to post private messages for their late loved ones is to be installed in Hornsea. The white and gold box, which will be called Letters to Heaven, is being put up in Memorial Gardens. The...
by John Prince The redevelopment of the former library in Hornsea has got under way. The 1970s building on the corner of Newbegin and Cinema Street is being converted into seven residential apartments with eight parking spaces by developer Bridgestock Construction. In...
A Hornsea man has been jailed for one year and eight months after sexually assaulting a teenage girl in a park in the town. Matthew Full, 44, of Lindale Avenue, was sentenced at Hull Crown Court on Friday, November 7. He was also given a 10-year restraining order and...
by Rebecca Hannant An author has launched a new children’s book with half of profits going to Hornsea Inshore Rescue. Last month, writer and radio host Gavin Wynne, of Beverley, launched his first self-published book titled The Adventures of Foggy Goggles. Illustrated...
by John Prince New cameras have popped up at a Hornsea car park to deter drivers from staying for too long during the day. The automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras have been installed at the Cinema Street car park just off Newbegin, and will be switched...
by John Prince A former bank that had been neglected and left in a run-down state for the good part of 15 years has finally sold at auction. The old HSBC building on the corner of Bank Street and Newbegin in Hornsea went under the hammer a few weeks ago, and a final...
Withernsea RNLI volunteers will feature in the latest episode of the documentary series Saving Lives at Sea. The episode, to be broadcast on BBC Two at 8pm on Tuesday, September, 15, follows the crew responding to reports of a person stranded at the base of a cliff...
Sam Hawcroft reflects on her memories of the day that changed the world – and the generation now coming of age who have no memory of it… There are some moments in history when everyone old enough to remember them can tell you exactly where they were. For an earlier...
A man has been jailed for 39 weeks and banned from three Withernsea shops for five years after admitting 23 shop thefts. Alfie Caller, 21, of no fixed address but formerly of Kirkfield Road, Withernsea, pleaded guilty to the offences at Hull Magistrates’ Court on...
by John Prince The clock is ticking for customers at a jeweller’s shop in Hornsea, which has launched a competition to raise money to help support a nursery that was vandalised earlier this year. An outdoor play area and a shed were damaged at Hornsea Nursery School...
by John Prince A couple from South America have visited the UK to meet a father and son who are living with the same rare birth condition. Seven-year-old Joshua Arnott and dad Mike from Hornsea both have arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC) – or just...
