Organisers of this summer’s Blue Light Weekend have announced a competition to win a flight in the wartime Tiger Moth that will be performing a flypast at the event. The 1939 biplane will be part of an air show on Sunday, August 13, after which one lucky person will...
by Rebecca Hannant Withernsea Town Council has reaffirmed its decision not to rename the Hull Road playing fields in memory of a local football stalwart despite residents’ overwhelming support of the idea. Since 2020, the family of Withernsea AFC “legend” Frank Windas...
Staff at a shop in Withernsea have presented a cheque to the RNLI after their latest fundraising efforts. The Original Factory Shop, in Queen Street, handed over a donation of £416.03. Peter Crawley, vice-chairman of the Humber and Holderness Fundraisers, a local...
More than 1,000 people have signed a petition to save the 30 jobs at Withernsea’s bus depot. The petition was launched by Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart amid rumours that the garage in Bannister Street was due to close after a fatal fire at a neighbouring...
By Terry Bearpark A South Holderness resident has been honoured for his long and dedicated service to the community. Ernie Oldfield recently stepped down as a member of Ottringham Parish Council, after serving as a councillor and chairman for well over 20 years. Prior...
Hundreds of mourners gathered on Friday to say a final farewell to Sarah Keeling and her daughter Grace, as their joint funeral service took place following the tragic events off the coast at Withernsea last month. The funeral cortege was met by crowds lining the...
A ship’s captain has been jailed for six years over a collision in the North Sea off Withernsea last year which claimed the life of a crew member. Vladimir Motin, 59, of Primorsky, St Petersburg, Russia, was captain of the Solong container vessel. He was found guilty...
by John Prince Even though the monitoring post at Tunstall isn’t up for sale – and it’s unlikely it ever will be – there is a chance of owning your piece of Cold War history just up the road. That’s because a nuclear bunker is on sale in Skirlaugh, but it comes with a...
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...
by John Prince A former bank that had been neglected and left in a run-down state for the good part of 15 years has finally sold at auction. The old HSBC building on the corner of Bank Street and Newbegin in Hornsea went under the hammer a few weeks ago, and a final...
by Sam Hawcroft and John Prince Towns and villages across Holderness are all set to give the Tour of Britain a colourful welcome as one of the biggest free-to-watch sporting events in the country races through the area this Friday. Stage three of the Lloyds Tour of...
