When native Norwegian Torkel Larsen first washed up on the shores of East Yorkshire, he never imagined he would be the one to rebuild its most significant pier. But for the last six years, Larsen has ...

A ‘selfless hero’ who died trying to help two people in freezing waters off the West Yorkshire coast has been named and pictured. Mark Ratcliffe, 67, died while attempting to rescue a teenage girl who ...

A major search is under way following reports of a “number of people in difficulty in water’ at a popular Yorkshire seaside town. The alarm was raised just after 3.30pm on Friday (2 January) in the ...

Winter can be a tough time for many with temperatures plummeting and nights drawing in. Once Christmas is over it can be a very bleak time and for our seaside towns it can be especially tough. Many ...

Withernsea’s seafront could be transformed with new beach huts, kiosks for businesses and plans to pedestrianise roads. The proposals would see beach huts installed along the front of the town’s ...

The search has been called off for a third person missing after a teenage girl was "washed away" off the UK coast, officials have said. Two people died when tragedy struck on the beach at Withernsea, ...

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Three people involved in the Withernsea tragedy have today (Sunday, January 4) been named. Mark Ratcliffe, 67, tragically died after going to the aid of two people "in difficulty in the water" near ...

Plans to rebuild an East Yorkshire seaside town's pier have been scrapped. Withernsea Pier and Promenade Association (WPPA) said the project was "no longer viable" after its two main funders pulled ...

Two of the people involved in the tragedy that unfolded in Withernsea on Friday were mother and daughter, police have revealed. Humberside Police has named a teenage girl who is still missing after ...