Tributes to David Hockney's assistant
A studio assistant to the artist David Hockney has died in hospital after being taken from the painter's East Yorkshire home.
A studio assistant to the artist David Hockney has died in hospital after being taken from the painter's East Yorkshire home.
The funeral of Samantha Hudson whose three children were killed in a house fire in Bridlington more than two years ago will be held today.
A mother from East Yorkshire, injured in a house fire which killed her three children, has died.
A mother from East Yorkshire, injured in a house fire which killed her three children, has died.
Samantha Hudson succumbed to Pneumonia on Sunday, more than two years after the blaze at her home in Bridlington.
The murder of a grandmother from East Yorkshire is going to be re-investigated.
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Police are to re-open their investigation into the murder of a grandmother 15 years ago, in an attempt to bring her killer to justice. Fifty nine year old Winnie Deighton was found dying on land near her home in Thornton Road, on June 10, 1997.
She had been kicked six times in the head, suffering brain damage, before she was dragged across open ground, sexually assaulted and strangled. Now, Humberside Police's Major Incident Team hopes the public will play a role in bringing her killer to justice.
A doctor whose bungling surgery left a Bridlington woman able to breath only through a tube is being allowed to return to medicine.
Read the full storyA public inquiry has begun into proposals for a nine-turbine windfarm overlooking Bridlington Bay. TCI Renewables wants to install the 420ft windmills on farmland at Fraisthorpe. Planning officers recommended the plan be refused.
But the company appealed to the Secretary of State when East Riding Council failed to determine the application within the required time. Objectors claim it would be a blight on Bridlington Bay.
Humberside Police are investigating a burglary in which the Mayor of Bridlington Councillor Michael Charlesworth's home was broken into while he was being treated in hospital. The civic chains, valued at £15,000, were among items stolen.
Bridlington's civic chains have been stolen from the home of the mayor who is currently in hospital after suffering a stroke. The chains, valued at £15,000, were stolen from Councillor Michael Charlesworth's house, some time over the weekend.
A safe containing the chains, a wedding ring and engagement ring belonging to the mayor's late wife, together with a Salvation Army charity box, were stolen when his home was burgled between 11am on Friday October 19 and 4.30pm on Sunday October 21.
A Bridlington mum has been awarded compensation after suffering burns while undergoing an emergency caesarean section.
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*RNLI lifeguards from Bridlington were reunited with a man on whom they performed life-saving first aid, in a special ‘thank you’ meeting in York. *Graham Warriner from York was visiting Bridlington, with his wife Alyson, when he collapsed after suffering a cardiac arrest.
The incident occurred at the Promenade at Bridlington North beach. When RNLI lifeguards rushed to the scene, they found Graham desperately struggling for breath.The lifeguards continued with CPR until the ambulance arrived. Graham spent eight days in hospital, three of which were in intensive care.
He has since made a full recovery and wanted to meet the lifeguards to say a big ‘thank you’.
The Environment Agency has issued a flood alert for high tide between 3pm and 5.30pm at Bridlington. The alert is in force as wind and wave conditions are forecast to cause spray and overtopping at Bridlington South Pier.