by Sam Hawcroft Hedon & District Men in Sheds has renewed its appeal for suitable premises after a potential location fell through following about four months of discussions. The group, which was formed last year with the aim of establishing a workshop serving...
EXCLUSIVE by John Prince Hornsea Inshore Rescue’s CEO and station manager, Sue Hickson-Marsay MBE, has given a moving account of the emergency search and rescue operation that unfolded almost two weeks ago, as crews fought darkness, exhaustion and rising seas in the...
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 had revealed that the...
Main Street in Preston is expected to reopen on Saturday after repairs to damage caused by last weekend's major burst water main were completed. Yorkshire Water said on Friday that work to repair the consequential damage to the highway had been finished and the road...
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....
Withernsea RNLI volunteers will feature in the latest episode of the documentary series Saving Lives at Sea. The episode, to be broadcast on BBC Two at 8pm on Tuesday, September, 15, follows the crew responding to reports of a person stranded at the base of a cliff...
Sam Hawcroft reflects on her memories of the day that changed the world – and the generation now coming of age who have no memory of it… There are some moments in history when everyone old enough to remember them can tell you exactly where they were. For an earlier...
Hull City's Sorba Thomas has escaped unharmed after his car overturned near the club’s Cottingham training ground this morning. His grey Land Rover Defender was pictured on its roof, with broken windows, in Millhouse Woods Lane, a small side street close to the...
by Terry Bearpark An international artist who has chosen a Yorkshire seaside town as his base has now opened a new gallery in the resort. Three years ago, Mark Fox, who is self-taught, moved from Derbyshire to Withernsea and has held two exhibitions at the lighthouse...
Withernsea mayor Kristina Richardson is looking for 99 people to join her in what she admits may be her “wildest challenge yet” – walking barefoot over hot coals to raise money for new lifesaving equipment on the prom. Cllr Richardson will lead a firewalk as part of...
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...
