Withernsea RNLI will be marking two special anniversaries – as well as the launch of its new shop – at a garden party at the town’s lighthouse. At the event on Saturday, June 15, from 10am to 3pm, visitors to Withernsea Lighthouse will have the chance to meet the...
An organisation set up to help families in Hull manage their finances estimates that it has saved members across the region £25 million in interest charges during the quarter of a century since it was launched. HEY Credit Union – which was founded by a small group of...
By Terry Bearpark A Patrington man was honoured to be invited to attend a garden party at Buckingham Palace last month as part of the RNLI’s 200th anniversary celebrations. Malcolm Watkinson had the added bonus of being one of just 18 attendees to be selected to meet...
by Gazette Reporters Beacons are being lit across our region and the country to mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings – the Allied invasion that began the liberation of France in the Second World War and laid the foundations for victory in Europe. Known...
A mother and daughter from Withernsea were among the guests at a Buckingham Palace garden party to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the RNLI. Marie Woolsey and Mandi Hibberd were invited to the event by the CEO of the RNLI, Mark Dowie, to mark the anniversary, and...
Hull KR will return to Wembley on Saturday as they face Wigan Warriors in the Betfred Challenge Cup Final. The Robins, who are the current holders of the trophy, will take on the Warriors in the men’s showpiece at 3pm, with thousands of supporters expected to travel...
by Sam Hawcroft A coroner has paid tribute to the bravery, love and compassion shown during and after the Withernsea sea tragedy, saying the way Mark Ratcliffe, Sarah Keeling and Grace Keeling lived should be remembered above the circumstances of their deaths. Closing...
by John Prince A retired soldier has taken to the road to raise money for a veterans support group, by riding thousands of miles on his bike to the northernmost part of mainland Europe. Ian Blowes, 48, from Thorngumbald, who is a Royal Signals veteran, set off at the...
by John Prince It has been confirmed this week that the refurbishment of Pybus Court in Hornsea is to last until at least next spring. The sheltered housing complex in Southgate faces one of the town’s main roads, and scaffolding and large wooden hoardings have...
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...
All three INEOS chemical plants at Saltend are being mothballed after the company said high UK gas prices had made production uneconomic. Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart is seeking an urgent meeting with government ministers over the announcement, which...
