This summer will see the return of the popular Have a Field Days in Hornsea and Withernsea. Created by East Riding Council’s Destinations and Active Communities Teams, the free events give residents and visitors the opportunity to take part in a day of outdoor fun,...
By Tim Nuttall Withernsea Methodist Church’s popular Food, Friendship and Fun event returns next week with a long-awaited performance from local folk collective Morning Dew. The five-piece band were originally scheduled to play back in February, before illness forced...
The date for the closure of the last remaining bank branch in Withernsea has been pushed back six months. In April, it was announced that the town was set to receive a new banking hub after Lloyd’s Bank announced the closure of its Queen Street branch. Originally, the...
By Rebecca Hannant Withernsea residents are being invited to have their say on plans for a new housing development in the town. Developer North Country Homes says that the 191 homes planned for a site in Hull Road will bring much-needed low-cost housing into the area...
A new project working with community groups and choirs to create an Opera in a Day is holding two open workshops in Withernsea. They are part of a series led by experts in voice, movement-making and circus across the East Riding, Hull and North East Lincolnshire. The...
by Rebecca Hannant One of the country’s largest closed-road rally events is set to take place across East Yorkshire this weekend, with hundreds of competitors, teams and spectators descending on Beverley and Holderness. The East Riding Stages Rally will return on...
A body has been found in a wooded area on the outskirts of Easington, with police believing it to be that of pensioner Malcolm Curtis, who has been missing since last June. Humberside Police said officers were alerted on Sunday, February 15, after the body of a man...
by Tim Nuttall A collective worship and celebration assembly has been held at Roos C of E Primary School to recognise the contribution of one of its longest-serving members of staff. Wendy Clark, a higher level teaching assistant (HLTA), was praised for her service to...
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...
EXCLUSIVE by Sam Hawcroft A private ceremony has been held to recognise members of the emergency services and other organisations who responded to the Withernsea sea tragedy earlier this year. Representatives of the services involved in the events of January 2-17...
by Sam Hawcroft and John Prince Yorkshire Water has acknowledged that a storm overflow operated shortly before discoloured water was reported at Hornsea beach – but insists that sampling showed it was disturbed boulder clay rather than sewage. The company addressed...
