by Sam Hawcroft A new exhibition at Withernsea Lighthouse celebrating people with connections to the town has been officially opened by the town’s mayor. Made in Withernsea shines a light on local talent and achievement across the arts, music, sport, broadcasting,...
By Sam Hawcroft Withernsea is not in the grip of a crime wave - but police say they can only tackle the problems that residents actually report. That is the central message from PC James Stothard and Sgt Mick McLaughlin, of Humberside Police's neighbourhood policing...
by Sam Hawcroft A four-year-old girl with terminal brain cancer will be given a “true Withernsea welcome” when she arrives in the town on Sunday as part of a special biker ride-in. Indi Atkinson was given nine to 12 months to live in September last year, and her...
by Sam Hawcroft New Withernsea mayor Kristina Richardson has chaired her first annual parish meeting, as community groups from across the town gave updates on their work over the past year. The meeting, held at the Meridian Centre on Wednesday, May 27, heard from a...
by Sam Hawcroft The new microbusiness kiosks in Withernsea’s Valley Gardens are beginning to open, with all six expected to be trading by this weekend. Whitehall Estate Tea Rooms, run by Whitehall Estate of Winestead, was the first to open on Saturday and Sunday....
by John Prince Two sixth-form students are organising a pub quiz to help fund a volunteering trip to Kenya, where they hope to make a difference to children's lives and gain a new perspective on their own. Freya Grubb and Chloe Bennett from Hornsea School and...
by John Prince East Riding Council has said that a new path connecting Seaton with Hornsea that took 20 years to build after it was first proposed, faced funding hurdles before work started on it earlier this year. The path was pushed for by Seaton Parish Council who...
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 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...
Fireworks will light up Withernsea seafront on Friday night as the finale to a major community event centred on coastal safety. The display, at 6.45pm, will bring Cllr Kristina Richardson’s Coastal Community Safety event to a close following an afternoon of...
by Sam Hawcroft Withernsea Carnival’s chairman is stepping down after 20 years, with organisers and supporters calling for more people to help secure the event’s future. John Patchett, known to many as “Mr Carnival”, hopes to remain on the committee as attention turns...
