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The largest beach fishing competition in Europe – the Paul Roggeman European Open Beach Championship – is coming to Holderness this coming weekend.

Pictured is last year's winner, Scott Poultney.

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09.03.2026 18:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Happy International Women's Day from all the team at the Gazette office! Zoe, Sam, Rebecca, Sal and Angela 💚

This year's #IWD2026 theme is Give to Gain. Find out more: www.internationalwomensday.com/

08.03.2026 11:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A surprising Withernsea link has emerged in the UK’s entry for this year’s @eurovision.tv – with a mug from the lighthouse making a cameo appearance in the official music video.


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06.03.2026 19:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The latest edition is out now!

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05.03.2026 13:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A Patrington couple have been left stranded in Abu Dhabi after flights were abruptly suspended amid escalating military tensions across the Middle East.

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28.02.2026 12:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Mid-Holderness councillor Samantha Christon-Whyte has defected from the Conservative Party to Reform UK.

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27.02.2026 10:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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The latest edition is out now!

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26.02.2026 14:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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St Patrick’s Church in Patrington has launched a £100,000 campaign to restore its historic church bells.

📸 Rebecca Hannant

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22.02.2026 13:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Rovers survive late Broncos comeback to be crowned World Club Challenge winners - The Holderness and Hornsea Gazette Hull KR survived a late Brisbane Broncos comeback to be crowned World Club Challenge winners after a dramatic 30–24 victory at the MKM Stadium. After a packed pre-match build-up and the national anthems, Hull KR kicked off in front of a full house and immediately set the tone. An early high ball was spilled by

🏆 @hullkr.bsky.social survived a late Brisbane Broncos comeback to be crowned World Club Challenge winners after a dramatic 30–24 victory at the MKM Stadium.

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19.02.2026 21:40 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The latest edition is out now.

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19.02.2026 15:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The latest edition is out now.

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12.02.2026 12:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Hundreds line streets to bid final farewell to Grace and Sarah Keeling - The Holderness and Hornsea Gazette 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 route, including pupils and staff from Grace’s school, Quarrydale Academy,

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 year.

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06.02.2026 16:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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📰 The new edition is out now!

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– Withernsea's clean-up organisation, TownSmart, launches new 'Poo Patrol' to tackle dog fouling

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– Andy’s Man Club plans new Hornsea group

And much more!

05.02.2026 12:59 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A major conservation project protecting one of the UK’s most successful little tern colonies near Spurn has secured £94,000 in funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

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02.02.2026 14:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Tech issues delay launch of new Humber Bridge payment app - The Holderness and Hornsea Gazette Motorists using the new Humber Bridge tolls system will still be able to pay online from today - Monday, February 2 - but the launch of the new payment app has been delayed because of technical issues. Bridge bosses confirmed that while the new Humber Bridge Toll had gone live as planned, the accompanying app

Motorists using the new Humber Bridge tolls system will still be able to pay online from today – Monday, February 2 – but the launch of the new payment app has been delayed because of technical issues.

More here: holderness-gazette.co.uk/tec...

02.02.2026 12:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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All parish councillors in Long Riston have resigned amid growing concern over the future of the village hall following months of dispute over its management and funding.

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02.02.2026 11:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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The deadline for motorists to pay their Humber Bridge toll will change when the new tolling system launches next week.

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Going, going… gone! Cold War era building near Tunstall finally falls - The Holderness and Hornsea Gazette An old nuclear monitoring post perched on the edge of the eroding cliffs near Tunstall has finally fallen down, following days of national attention focused on its precarious position. The former Cold War-era structure fell at some point overnight on Thursday, January 22, into Friday, January 23, after gradually leaning further and further out from

An old nuclear monitoring post perched on the edge of the eroding cliffs near Tunstall has finally fallen down, following days of national attention focused on its precarious position.

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23.01.2026 13:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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And... it's gone!

📷 John Prince

#Tunstall #holderness #bunker #ColdWar #nuclear

23.01.2026 12:37 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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📸 With the kind permission of local photographer John Biggs, these images taken late afternoon today (Thurs Jan 22) show just how far the Tunstall Cold War-era building is leaning out from the cliff now. How long will it hang on?

22.01.2026 17:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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📢 The latest edition is out now.

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22.01.2026 12:25 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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A body has been found among the rocks on the beach to the south of Withernsea during the ongoing search for teenager Grace Keeling, police have confirmed.

Emergency services and HM Coastguard have been in the area of Holmpton Road since the discovery was made yesterday morning (Thurs, January 15).

16.01.2026 15:34 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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📍Just a reminder that we are now at 170 Queen Street in Withernsea - our signage should be going up around the end of the week. We’re selling the RNLI Withernsea raffle tickets - please do pop in!

13.01.2026 12:26 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Brown bin collections across the East Riding are set to move to a weekly service, with the change being introduced in stages from next month.

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12.01.2026 15:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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We’re in the process of getting reconnected at 170 Queen Street in Withernsea - so please bear with us! But you’re more than welcome to pop in and buy raffle tickets for the big RNLI fundraiser 💚

09.01.2026 11:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

‼️ PLEASE NOTE: Our office in Hubert Street is CLOSED today as we are in the process of moving to 170 Queen Street.

We should be open tomorrow but please bear with us as we settle in!

08.01.2026 08:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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📰 In the edition out now, read the first part of our look back on 2025! The second part will be in the next edition, out on New Year's Day.

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28.12.2025 15:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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📰 In the edition out now: Christmas TV listings, The Year That Was part 1, a festive short story, history feature with Hedon History Walks, news, sport, opinion and much more!

🛒 Available in print and online via holderness-gazette.co.uk

19.12.2025 18:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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🎄 The Gazette office is now closed for Christmas! Our current edition is on the shelves now and available online – and our next edition is out on New Year's Day (but you can always pick it up the next day if you're a bit worse for wear... 😉)

We will be back open on Dec 29-31 and on Friday 2nd.

19.12.2025 12:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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💚 The Gazette tree is up at St Nicholas Church in Withernsea! Thanks to Rebecca for doing the honours today as well as making some of the newspaper-themed decorations. And Zoe did the 'crackers'... recycling in action! ♻️

The Christmas tree festival is on Dec 13-14 and again on Dec 20, so do pop in!

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