by Rebecca Hannant A year eight pupil at Holderness Academy has continued his efforts to support the Hedon Food Bank, saying he has made it his “mission” to make sure no one in the area goes hungry this winter. In October, Alfie Jewitt was celebrated by staff at the...
Hedon Methodist Church has been awarded £1,000 from Cadey (Community Access Defibrillators for East Yorkshire) to install a life-saving defibrillator – and hosted local MP Graham Stuart on Friday to receive the funding. The church’s fundraising was spurred into action...
The Government has said it is tightening up the complaints process covering the installation of broadband poles in the face of strong opposition from local people. It comes after Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart hosted Hedon campaigners in Parliament on...
By Terry Bearpark A charity is celebrating its 10th year of fundraising having given out donations of more than £133,000. The Kerry Key Foundation was formed in 2013 after the death of Hedon woman Kerry Key (née Megson), who had fought breast cancer for seven years....
by Ray Duffill The Holderness Lions have announced their Christmas schedule which includes their Santa Sleigh events. It will kick off on Sunday, November 19, with their Christmas hamper at Sandhills Nursery in Preston. On Sunday, November 26, Santa and his sleigh...
A man from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, has been prosecuted and ordered to pay £580 for abandoning a van in the village of Skirlaugh. Octavian Boncea of Frederick Street, Barnsley, left a silver/grey 2007 Renault Master...
A Patrington man found to have more than 110,000 indecent images and videos of children across dozens of devices has been sentenced at Hull Crown Court. Daniel Greaves, 35, of Station Road, pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children and...
by John Prince After eight months and 411 miles, Hornsea’s marathon man Mark Williamson has finally completed his epic fundraising challenge. In January, Mark set out to run six ultra marathons in a year to mark 50 years of CM Allott and Son Funeral Directors in...
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 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...
