Richard Lusmore, the Gazette’s Easington correspondent and author of the acclaimed Hull City book Not All Ticket, is to hold a launch event for his eagerly awaited follow-up volume. Special Attraction continues his account of following Hull City through the late 1980s...
by Angus Young A Colombian drug smuggler arrested after landing half a ton of cocaine on Easington beach has been jailed for 13-and-a-half years. The high-purity cocaine had an estimated street value of £42 million. It was unloaded off a “mother ship” in the North Sea...
A motorist has been arrested after a fatal collision near Preston on Bank Holiday Monday. Police received a call at about 12.20pm on Monday, August 25, to reports that a grey Audi A5 had been travelling east along Lelley Road when it is believed to have been in...
Thorngumbald Young Farmers carried out a charity tractor pull (and push!) on Saturday, April 26. They pulled and pushed the vehicle between Thorngumbald, Hedon, Preston and Lelley. The stopped for a group photo in Hedon town centre, below.
Lelley Fields Crematorium in Preston has won a national building award. Opened in February 2022, the £9.6 million facility was named the Best Public or Community Building at the Local Authority Building Control (LABC) Building Excellence Awards, held in London. The...
A Withernsea businessman has been appointed to lead the board overseeing a £19.6 million regeneration programme, as its boundary expands to include the whole town and Rimswell parish. Howard Gant, who also chairs Withernsea AFC, has taken over from interim chairman...
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 Social care is once again at the centre of the political debate – and for families across the East Riding, the outcome could have a very real impact on how much a loved one may be expected to pay towards their own care, and how much of their savings and...
A Withernsea businessman has been appointed to lead the board overseeing a £19.6 million regeneration programme, as its boundary expands to include the whole town and Rimswell parish. Howard Gant, who also chairs Withernsea AFC, has taken over from interim chairman...
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 Social care is once again at the centre of the political debate – and for families across the East Riding, the outcome could have a very real impact on how much a loved one may be expected to pay towards their own care, and how much of their savings and...
