The award-winning Puffins Galore! project has published a colourful calendar to raise even more funds for its chosen charities. Earlier this year, Puffins Galore! Launched a competition inviting the public to submit their puffin sculpture photos, to be chosen for...
Members of Skeals (Spurn, Kilnsea and Easington Local Studies Group) have have been working hard to update and improve their website. The site has now been brought up- to-date and improved with features highlighting the history of the local area. It also includes...
by Rebecca Hannant TV presenter Timmy Mallett stopped off in our region during his mammoth round-Britain cycling challenge – and spoke of its welcoming people and dramatic landscapes. Although Timmy became a household name in the 1980s, presenting the hit children’s...
A public art event that makes puffins the stars of stories of conservation, global warming and green energy has arrived in Holderness. Organisers of Puffins Galore!, a trail stretching along the coast of East Yorkshire, have placed six sculptures in Hornsea, five in...
by Sam Hawcroft Hedon endurance runner Mike Humphreys has passed a staggering 10,000km on his epic run across South America – and surpassed an existing world record by completing 163 consecutive 50km ultramarathons. The challenge, which at the time of going to press...
by Sam Hawcroft From the towering figures beside the road to the sign above its village pub, Welwick keeps its connection to the Gunpowder Plot in plain sight. This November 5 marks 421 years since the failed attempt to blow up King James I and Parliament – a...
by John Prince It is not often you hear it called by its full title, but Halloween takes its name from the eve of All Saints’ Day in western Christianity, and the will-o’-the-wisp could hardly have asked for better conditions on Saturday as thick, ghostly fog...
by Sam Hawcroft Former Shores Centre chief executive Jayne Nendick has received her MBE at Windsor Castle for services to the community in Withernsea and South East Holderness. Jayne, who was recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours, attended the ceremony on...
by John Prince The value of protecting coastal communities from the advancing sea – and what could be lost if that protection disappears – is being examined as part of a £15 million project along the Holderness coast. Residents have been taking part in workshops...
by John Prince Figures have revealed that the work done by volunteers at Hornsea First Aid Centre could have helped to avoid almost £135,000 in NHS treatment costs in 2025. The charity, which was established in 2018, provides free first aid to residents and visitors...
