by Rebecca Hannant A new club to combat social stimulation and boost mental health has been launched in Withernsea. On Thursday, August 31, the Shores Centre held the launch of the 1pm Club, an initiative that aims to combat social isolation and help people gain new...
The Masonic Hall in Beverley Road, Hull – whose origins lie in Withernsea – will be open to the public on Saturday, September 9, as part of the Heritage Open Days scheme. Holderness lodge was formed in 1911 in the Queens Hotel in Queen Street, Withernsea, and was...
A project to create an “opera in a day” that involved scores of performers from across Hull, the East Riding and North Lincolnshire finally came to fruition at the Freedom Festival last weekend. As previously reported in the Gazette, Withernsea Ladies’ Choir was among...
The lifeboat at RNLI Withernsea was called out to incidents off the town’s coast twice over the past weekend – and one proved to be a “day of firsts” for two crew members. On Friday night, the crew was paged to launch after multiple 999 calls to the Coastguard about...
East Riding Council’s compost giveaways are back this September and more bags will be handed out than ever before. About 6,500 bags of compost – 75 tonnes – will be handed out free to residents over nine events held across the East Riding between September 5 and 20....
A Patrington couple have been left stranded in Abu Dhabi after flights were abruptly suspended amid escalating military tensions across the Middle East. Zoe and Simon Rawson had been due to fly home to Manchester today (Saturday, February 28) after a week-long...
Mid-Holderness councillor Samantha Christon-Whyte has defected from the Conservative Party to Reform UK. On Wednesday, February 26, Mid-Holderness councillor Samantha Christon-Whyte, who was first elected in 2023, officially announced her defection from the...
by John Prince After weeks of speculation over the future of the old nuclear monitoring post that dropped down the cliff at Tunstall, it has been confirmed that it will now be left where it is. The Crown Estate, which has responsibility for the beach below, had...
by Sam Hawcroft Extra measures to tackle dust are to be introduced at a major housing development in Withernsea following complaints from neighbouring residents. East Riding Council planning enforcement officers have visited the Vistry Homes site in Hull Road after...
by John Prince The directors of a much-loved market which is closing later this year after 40 years on the same site have revealed that they have found a new home – just a few hundred yards up the road. Skirlington Market, between Hornsea and Skipsea, is to shut at...
by John Prince If you ever go along Main Street in Roos, you might be wondering why a huge metal robot is standing guard outside one of the village’s hostelries. Dominating the frontage of the Roos Arms is an 8ft scale model of a Transformer from the Hollywood film of...
