by Rebecca Hannant Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart visited charities and organisations across Withernsea last week, including the Armed Forces Breakfast Club, Shores and the Withernsea Pier and Promenade Association. On Friday, January 13, Mr Stuart visited...
By Tim Nuttall The continuing cold and unsettled weather, coupled with the spiralling energy bills that are contributing to the cost-of-living crisis, has inspired Withernsea Methodist Church to step in and offer a weekly opportunity for members of the community to...
Hundreds of people turned out to pay their last respects to long-serving volunteer lifeboatman Steve Medcalf as his coffin was transported along Withernsea's promenade on the way to his funeral. Steve, 52, a local builder who had held numerous roles with the RNLI in...
Withernsea High School has written to parents and carers to inform them about proposals to turn it into an academy. In a letter that went out on Tuesday, January 3, head teacher Mark Crofts said that, for the past two years, the school had been in talks with...
Although the weather was good on Boxing Day, the sea was still very cold as some two dozen hardy dippers took to the North Sea off Withernsea. Under the watchful eyes of members of Withernsea RNLI and Withernsea Coastguard, the brave dippers, some doing it for the...
A man who died while trying to help others in the sea off the coast at Withernsea has been named as 67-year-old Mark Ratcliffe, as police continue their inquiries into the tragedy. Mr Ratcliffe died on Friday, January 2, after entering the water during a major...
The search operation off the coast at Withernsea has now been fully stood down by HM Coastguard after continuing into a second day, with police now leading the ongoing investigation. Emergency services had resumed shoreline searches on Saturday morning for one...
Two people have died and another remains missing amid a major incident in Withernsea that began on the afternoon of Friday, January 2. Here is a timeline of the key events: Around 3pm–3.10pm – First emergency calls Emergency services receive reports that a number of...
Police are appealing for witnesses after a 38-year-old motorcyclist died in a collision near Burton Pidsea. The single-vehicle crash happened in Fieldend Lane, Elstronwick, shortly after 3pm on Friday, August 28. A dark-coloured Suzuki motorcycle was travelling...
by Gazette Reporter Charlie Dewhirst MP has been appointed Shadow Minister for the Union as part of a reshuffle of the Conservative frontbench. Mr Dewhirst, who is MP for Bridlington and The Wolds, will serve in the shadow cabinet office and shadow Northern Ireland...
by John Prince A long-awaited car parking review across Hornsea is live on the East Riding Council website, allowing people to put their suggestions forward about current parking and access issues across the town. Hornsea has faced growing parking pressures in recent...
