A Hedon man has received a suspended sentence and been ordered to pay £2,000 in compensation and costs after illegally storing hazardous waste at a site in Aldbrough. Stephen Coates, 58, of Souttergate, appeared at Hull Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, June 29, after...
By Ray Duffill Mavis Lane of Hedon was 90 on Wednesday, June 21, but did she take it easy? Not at all! Mavis took part in her weekly walk with the social walking club, the Preston Walkers. This is an activity she has taken part in almost every week for the past 12...
by Rebecca Hannant A Hedon boy has been praised after he saved a child from drowning while on holiday. Earlier this month, while swimming in the pool on holiday in Belek, Turkey, 10-year-old Lewis Smith came across something at the bottom that he thought was rubbish....
by Ray Duffill The Hedon penny throwing event last Thursday also served as an introduction to the town’s 676th mayor, councillor Di Storr. The traditional event, normally the first public act of the new mayor, is a fun event, a historical parody of when Hedon was a...
by Ray Duffill It was a long bank holiday weekend of birthday celebrations for Hedon resident Gladys Lewis – but this was no ordinary party. Friends and family queued for 30 minutes to get into the Hedon British Legion Club on Monday, May 29, to mark Gladys’s 100th...
Two men who enticed a man they knew into a car before robbing, restraining and assaulting him in Hornsea have been jailed. Mason Senior, 25, of Mirfield, admitted kidnap and robbery and was sentenced to five years in prison at Hull Crown Court on Wednesday, August 12....
DON'T MISS OUR 12-PAGE PICTURE SPECIAL IN PRINT AND ONLINE THIS WEEK! by Sam Hawcroft The fourth annual Blue Light Weekend has been hailed a success after thousands of people flocked to Withernsea to enjoy two days of activities on land, sea and in the air. This year,...
by John Prince Following a meeting between the Royal British Legion (RBL) and Hornsea Town Council, it has been concluded that more volunteer marshals are needed for the town’s Remembrance commemorations to go ahead in November. The Gazette revealed a couple of weeks...
by John Prince Older and disabled residents across the East Riding will finally get the same all-day free bus travel as people in Hull starting in April 2027. The Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority approved the change after listening to months of requests from...
An urgent safety review has been demanded after a second car overturned at the same spot near Hull City’s Cottingham training ground in less than three weeks. The latest incident happened in Mill House Woods Lane on Thursday morning and involved a new Mercedes...
by John Prince An 18-month long experimental traffic order on roads in Hedon that has restricted traffic to 20mph has been made permanent. Forty-six roads in the town are now subject to the restrictions which came into force on Sunday, September 20, in a move to...
