by Sam Hawcroft Entries are now open for the 2025 Blue Light Weekend Colour Run – and this year promises to be bigger, better and messier than ever. The family-friendly event will return on Saturday, August 2, with up to 16 colour powder stations along Withernsea’s...
by Terry Bearpark The music of stars such as Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Mariah Carey and the Spice Girls will be featured in Withernsea High School’s latest production next week. The school is hoping to maintain its track record of presenting top musicals...
by Rebecca Hannant The Southern Holderness Resource Centre in Withernsea – better known as Shores – is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month. Since 2005, the centre has offered vital support to the local community with a range of services including access to...
by Tim Nuttall A jumble sale organised to help raise funds for Withernsea Methodist Church has raised more than £300 to support the work of the church and its community event provision. Sale organiser Lorraine Courtney said: “A massive thank you to everyone who...
by Angus Young Funding for vital sea defences at Withernsea and Mappleton will continue under the new-look mayor-led combined authority for Hull and East Yorkshire. Ahead of the first mayoral election in May, councillors at both existing councils have backed a £24.6...
by Sam Hawcroft Paull Primary School head teacher Paul Rowe was given an emotional surprise farewell as pupils and staff looked back on his teaching career and 16 years at the school. Mr Rowe, who is retiring this summer, was approaching the end of...
EXCLUSIVE by Sam Hawcroft More than £2,400 raised in memory of Sarah Keeling and her daughter Grace has been presented to Withernsea RNLI during a poignant visit to the lifeboat station. Members of the Jammie Dodgers netball team and their families travelled from...
by Sam Hawcroft Withernsea is preparing to welcome a runner at the end of an extraordinary 104-mile challenge inspired by his mother’s stage four lung cancer diagnosis. Tom Knifton-Smith, 30, will run from his home in Buxton, Derbyshire, to Withernsea – the town where...
by Sam Hawcroft Hedon Museum has marked a major milestone as volunteers, supporters and local dignitaries came together to celebrate 30 years since it first opened to the public. The museum, tucked behind Hedon Town Hall off Watmough’s Arcade, opened on September 28,...
by Sam Hawcroft A powerful evening organised by Preston WI brought together campaigners, charities, community leaders and support organisations to raise awareness of domestic abuse – and to ask what more can be done locally to help those affected. The No More Violence...
Harmony will come to Hedon this month as two singing groups take to the stage at St Augustine’s Church to help raise funds for its repair and restoration. Male chorus Humber Harmony and mixed group One Hull of a Chorus will perform at the church on Saturday, October...
