All eyes in Cleethorpes have been trained on the horizon for the first of the exciting air displays, as part of Armed Forces Weekend. First to roar into view was the RAF Typhoon Display Team, which had the opening act in front of a packed Central Promenade. People were jostling for position to get the best views of the RAF Coningsby-based display aircraft, which was scheduled to fly in from another Armed Forces Day engagement further up the east coast, in Scarborough. The thrilling show of airborne manoeuvres left onlookers in awe at the pilot skills. Typhoon pilots perform their aerobatic sequences at around a height of 5,000ft, the exciting entertainment demonstrating the outstanding performance abilities of the aircraft. The Typhoon Display Team’s season began in May and this year will see over 50 sorties across 30 locations, at air shows, family days and many other events, not only showcasing the combat aircraft in the UK, but in Europe and also for 2024, in Canada. The appearance at Armed Forces Weekend in Cleethorpes follows on from a display earlier today at Scarborough’s Armed Forces Day celebrations. Anyone concerned about the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it nature of the Typhoon showcase will have another chance to see the aircraft in action tomorrow. The team is scheduled to display for Armed Forces Weekend again tomorrow (Sunday, June 30) at 4.30pm, conditions permitting, before flying on to make an appearance at the Shuttleworth Festival of Flight. READ MORE: More than 80 faces celebrating Armed Forces Weekend 2024 in Cleethorpes

Crowds have flocked into the resort for the start of this major occasion on the North East Lincolnshire calendar The region’s largest celebration of the Armed Forces is underway in Cleethorpes. Armed Forces Weekend (AFW) has brought crowds flocking into the resort to enjoy the sights and sounds that accompany this huge recognition of service personnel, veterans and their families. AFW brings together civilians and military in a show of support like no other, and the Cleethorpes event is brought together and delivered by the Armed Forces Major Events Team (AFMET). Armed Forces Weekend launched last night (Friday, June 28) and will run throughout today and Sunday. A packed programme of parades, entertainment, flying displays and capability demonstrations will capture imaginations of visitors of all ages – the weekend attracts over 180,000 into the seaside town. A spokesperson for the Armed Forces Major Events Team said: “A full programme of totally inclusive events to promote all our Armed Forces will be delivered to attract and secure the best possible integration between our civil and military communities.” AFD24 flags are also prominent on all major public buildings across the borough for 14 days, another way of keeping the UK Armed Forces community, including reservists and cadets, in the public eye. Grimsby Live will be capturing all the best moments of the weekend and our photographer Donna Clifford has already been out and about among the crowds – can you spot your face among these pictures?

A colourful and lively kaleidoscope of smiles and spectacle marched through Cleethorpes on Friday evening to mark the start of the 2024 Armed Forces weekend. The carnival parade returned once again featuring dozens of floats along with hundreds of performers and participants, bringing the resort to life and kicking off one of the year’s most anticipated weekends. There was a huge turnout of people both young and old in a fantastic display of community spirit. We have put together a gallery of pictures from the parade below taken by Grimsby Telegraph photographer Donna Clifford. Meanwhile, Armed Forces weekend will continue on Saturday and Sunday with a packed line-up of attractions both in the air and on the ground. There’ll be things going from from Sea Road to the Boating Lake including displays and activities to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. At 1.45pm on Saturday, the main Armed Forces Day parade will get underway from Grant Street featuring military bands, members of the Armed Forces, veterans and cadets. The aerial displays are scheduled to include the likes of the RAF Typhoon, RAF Tutor and the Red Arrows. You can find a schedule of key events here.

Cleethorpes band EVER have taken a giant leap in their musical ambition by signing a contract with a top producer in LA, USA. EVER members, McKenzie Hillyard, 15, Isaac Stratford, 16, his elder brother Connor, 28, and Max McNiven, 15, on drums have signed with Rob Cavallo, who is management boss and producer for legendary band Green Day. He has also worked with Linkin Park, Alanis Morrissete and Eric Clapton. He works with his sister Lisa, who will be coming to Cleethorpes this weekend to see the band play on the Armed Forces stage at the Remembrance Gate on Saturday evening. In a Facebook post the band announced their management contract with Done Deal Management. They will be heading to Los Angeles in November to record an album which could take around three weeks. They described Rob Cavallo as a legend in the music industry. Their post said: “We are so grateful to Lisa @moxiemop Kim @kimanebergcavallo and Rob Cavallo for this amazing opportunity, this is HUGE for us, and we are excited to see what the future holds! We also want to thank everyone who’s supported us on our journey so far! Isaac, McKenzie, Max & Con.” The band’s first single Don’t Know How To Love was a viral sensation and has been quickly followed this year with Overdrive. They went to see Green Day in Manchester last week and were inspired by their musical heroes. Isaac’s mum Shelley told Grimsby Live: “It feels unreal. It’s huge. The opportunities this will give the lads are amazing. They have been on Zoom calls constantly to the US for three months. Every time they came home from school, they were straight on to calls with Done Deal. “Rob Cavallo is a great producer and he will be working with the band on their album and it’s all happening in LA. We are still sorting out which parent will be going with them. It will be great for them.” Shelley said visitors to Armed Forces Weekend will get a chance to see them free on stage at the Remembrance Gate from around 8pm. EVER will also be performing at The Signal Box Inn at Cleethorpes on Sunday afternoon. Shelley said she is looking forward to welcoming Lisa Cavallo to Cleethorpes for the weekend.

Forget the great British fry-up, granary toast and marmalade or a bowl of granola for your breakfast. They are old hat – didn’t you know a frumpet is where it’s at? I have to admit to being ignorant of this alternative brekkie offering until a couple of weeks ago. It was thanks to the free food magazine that I like to pick up in Tesco for meal inspiration that I was introduced to the supermarket’s “treat of the week” – chocolate cherry frumpets. It has to be said the emphasis needs to be on “treat” here. READ MORE: The Tesco traffic-light labelling on this recipe flags mainly amber nutritional tags, plus a red for the sugar content (oddly, the printed version shows amber for its salt content but green on the online version), but it is described as an “indulgent” cross between fluffy crumpets and French toast (hence the name frumpet), so it’s not intended for daily consumption. The ingredients were easy to source and the instructions were simple to follow. It did prove a bit of a faff, however. The first thing to do was pit the cherries – amazingly, a garlic press I have had gathering dust in a drawer has a cherry pitter incorporated in its handle, I discovered, and, while this proved effective at its job it was like cherry Armageddon in my kitchen. How Deborah Hall’s version of chocolate cherry frumpets sized up against the Tesco magazine recipe (Image: Deborah Hall/Hull Live) Dark-red juice spattered the worktops, the storage jars, the wall tiles and my skirt. Half of the de-stoned cherries went into a pan with some sugar (I reduced the amount given, slightly) and a splash of water, to be heated until “saucy and slightly softened”. In the meantime I set to dunking the crumpets in a mix of milk, beaten egg and cocoa powder and sugar (again I reduced the latter slightly) and even though I left them longer than the one-minute each side that the recipe suggested, they still didn’t soak up all of the liquid, to that was a bit of waste (I guess I could have made a small portion of sweet, chocolate scrambled egg with it, but that didn’t appeal). I’d left my cooked cherries cooling and the “saucy” bit had set on the bottom of the pan. I fried the frumpets in unsalted butter for the said two-to-three minutes and dished them up with some Greek-style yogurt, the cherries and a scraping of their sauce, now like jam, the remaining fresh cherries and a grating of dark chocolate over the top. To say I’m used to a very simple treatment of crumpets – double-toasted so they are really crispy and lathered in butter – the softer and somewhat soggier frumpets were surprisingly good and you could make out the cocoa flavour which went really well with the sweet cherries and sharp tang of the yogurt. By the time I’d finished faffing, my breakfast had turned into brunch and this substantial dish was filling enough to stave off any hunger pangs for hours. Join the FREE Grimsby Live WhatsApp Community Get all the latest stories, sent straight to your WhatsApp – all you need to do is click the link. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don’t like our community, you can check out any time you like. If you’re curious, you can read our Privacy Notice.

A group of talented young performers will offer everyone the chance to relive the romance and love of a classic production, Beauty and the Beast. Grimsby’s Blaze Youth Music Theatre will put top class drama and music at the top of the agenda and transport audiences away from UK politics and Euro football for four nights at the start of July. The talented cast will be under the directorship of Jacqueline Wilson, owner of Blaze theatre, who has been working on the show all year. She is proud to have brought the brilliant young cast of performers to Louth for their 10th year in a row for the Summer Show time, having smashed out School of Rock last year. READ MORE: She said: “This is a show I’ve longed to put on for ages and I am thrilled to be bringing this ‘Beast’ of a show to Louth.” The musical is packed with classic songs and tells the fairy tale of the enchantress who casts a spell on the prince and his servants. But can the Beast learn to love and be loved before the last petal falls or can he be transformed back to his former self? Gareth Bates will give his all in the show as he always does and will be supported by Harry Giles, as Gaston. Mr Giles is embarking on a career in theatre by going up to Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts this summer. The role of Belle will be double cast with Isabel Hibbard and Lucy Curtis taking on the Beast. It is a vote-winning cast of young players from Blaze presenting Beauty and the Beast, which was originally directed by Robert Roth. It is from the book by Linda Woolverton and with a musical score from Alan Menken. The lyrics are by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice. The show will be performed at Louth Playgoers Theatre from July 3 to 6 and tickets are available from the box office or online at louthriverheadtheatre.com or by calling 01507 600350.

A rundown seaside theatre that was brought back from the brink of dereliction is in the running for a national award. Paddy Prince has owned the Dunes Complex, Mablethorpe, for about 12 years and is “chuffed as anything” to be listed among the finalists at the Great British Pub Awards 2024 in the category of Best Pub for Entertainment. Paddy said the hospitality industry had been a challenge over the past few years and he decided to enter the Dunes for a bit of recognition. “I am chuffed as anything we have managed to get shortlisted,” he said, “especially in the kind of field we are competing against.” Ex-youth worker and teacher Paddy, who has lived in the Mablethorpe area for about 30 years, took over the formerly council-owned Dunes and has been restoring it over the years to make it into the community hub it is today. READ MORE: “We’re a pub that does food,” said Paddy, “and what we have tried to do is put on a good entertainment package that is predominantly low-cost; we’re a low-income area. We try to offer something for everybody, from kids’ entertainment to burlesque nights. “We have games nights, including bingo, and games that all the family can take part in, with a certain amount going to charity. We have wrestling and speak-easy nights – it’s all about trying to keep things going and trying to keep things fresh.” The Dunes Complex, Mablethorpe, is licensed for civil weddings (Image: dunescomplex/facebook.com) The Dunes is also licensed for civil weddings, putting on about five to six weddings a year, and can hold a variety of functions as part of being the go-to venue for all ages and all occasions. Paddy said: “The Dunes was an old theatre on the seafront that the council used to run and they put it out on long-term lease. “It went into quite a bit of disrepair. They had mothballed the theatre element of it and gutted it and turned it into a kids’ area; we restored it and it has taken a lot of time, effort and money. We’ve gradually put everything back in new. “Because we are on the seafront we put on outdoor entertainment when the weather is with us and it’s a great attraction that benefits the businesses around us. As a business we go from five members of staff to about 30 in the summer and a lot of young people start their working life with us. “In our time we must have had about 150 people through our door who have gone on to university or are doing their own thing in the trades. Developing young people for work is something I have always wanted to see happening.” The Dunes Complex, Mablethorpe – brought back from the brink of dereliction (Image: dunescomplex/facebook.com) The Great British Pub Awards 2024 celebration for finalists will take place in Manchester on September 17. The Dunes is up against finalists from London, Bournemouth and Somerset in its category, with a total of 16 awards being competed for. Paddy said: “We are going to Manchester, we are going to make an event of it. Some of the more established staff members will be going, along with some of our partners in the entertainment we put on.” The organisers of the Great British Pub Awards said: “We’d like to say a huge congratulations to all of the incredible pubs that have made it this far. You brilliant pub owners and operators truly are the backbone of this historic industry – keep it up – and the next stop is the big night itself.” Last year’s Best Pub for Entertainment winner was the Kings Arms, Bexleyheath, South East London. Join the FREE Grimsby Live WhatsApp Community Get all the latest stories, sent straight to your WhatsApp – all you need to do is click the link. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don’t like our community, you can check out any time you like. If you’re curious, you can read our Privacy Notice.

Many of us will have fond memories of nights out in Grimsby or Cleethorpes in the 2010s – the music, the fashion and the bars and clubs we all love. We have collated Caught on Camera pictures from various events in and around Grimsby and Cleethorpes between 2010 and 2015. These include general night outs, charity events, and themed occasions, among many others. Take a look at our gallery below to see if you have been pictured!

An up-and-coming comedian who splits his time 50/50 between his dangerous job on the oil rigs and performing as ‘The Hippie from Grimsby‘ has opened up about his journey into the comedy scene. Brayden Kerr, 25, will soon perform for nine days at the world-renowned Edinburgh Fringe Festival, in which comedians and performers from across the globe showcase their skills in thousands of shows across the Scottish capital city. His show, ‘The Hippie from Grimsby’, combines hilariously controversial jokes and wild and physical “chaos” with Brayden’s storytelling about him becoming a “modern-day hippie”, in Grimsby of all places. READ MORE: It was during his time studying for a film-making degree at Leeds Beckett University that Brayden first realised he was on the “wrong end of the camera”, and decided to try his hand at comedy after being a “class clown” for most of his life. In 2022, after his performance of ‘All Night Long’ on karaoke at The Jubilee Inn on The Wybers left punters in fits of laughter, the owner of the pub invited Brayden to perform his first ever 90-minute comedy show. Within a year, Brayden was performing in bigger cities across the country, including six one-hour solo shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Brayden bases much of his comedy on being from Grimsby (Image: Submitted) Speaking to Grimsby Live, Brayden said: “I’ve always been the class clown. Growing up, making people laugh was more important than focusing on whatever else I was doing. I’d go to school with it in my mind – teachers would be talking and it was always me doing something so ridiculous that everyone would have to stop what they were doing. “I’ve worked as a plant operator on the Humber Oil Refinery for two years, it’s quite dangerous and when I’m at work I have to be a lot more focused on what I’m doing, but it gives me that strength of mind to put into what I really want to do. My time is split 50/50 between my job and comedy. “This is what I want to do and it’s who I want to be. It’s what I believe I’m meant to be doing, it’s pretty much my life. I don’t see an outcome for me where I’m not doing it, so the end goal for me is to become a full-time comedian.” Brayden one day wants to become a full-time comedian (Image: Submitted) Much of Brayden’s comedy is centred on him being a “modern-day hippie” whilst living in Grimsby. He said: “I’m doing nine days at Edinburgh Fringe Festival this year and the show is called ‘The Hippie from Grimsby’. It’s about me, my approach to life and how I found myself in spirituality and being what I call a modern-day hippie. The world makes you a bit mad, but I’ve found balance and peace by looking at things in a more humorous light. “That’s what I base my shows on – how a crazy and creative mindset is the key to a happier life, and how I’ve figured all that out growing up in Grimsby, which isn’t renowned for its crystal healing – more so its manual labour and battered haddock. It’s not a place you’d expect to find that rhythm within a person, so it’s often surprising that someone like this is coming out of somewhere like Grimsby.” Recently, Brayden has organised a monthly comedy show with performances by local and national comedians at Willy’s Pub and Brewery in Cleethorpes named ‘Comedy on the Coast’. He said: “I want to make a really big comedy scene in Grimsby and Cleethorpes because it’s such an incredibly bizarre but beautiful place to be. My life has been inspired by growing up in a place as unorthodox as here, that’s what’s inspired me to be who I am. Comedy on the Coast is certainly going to be here to stay.”

When I made the decision recently that I was going to eat less meat, I knew it would be challenging – but I felt a whole lot better about it as soon as I tried the veggie burger option at a popular New Waltham pub. Being a massive meat lover, the decision to eat more plant-based foods instead of meat was not an easy one to make, but because of a long-term health condition I have that is largely impacted by my diet, I thought I’d at least give it a try. Don’t get me wrong – I’m still planning on eating meat a couple of times a week. I don’t think I’m strong enough (yet) to cut it out entirely. But, a couple of weeks in, and incorporating more vegetables into my diet seems to be doing me some good. READ MORE: So, when the three of us went for tea at The Farmhouse on Station Road recently, I know I’d more than likely be going for the veggie option. The Earth Burger – priced at £13 – is described on the menu as ‘crispy coated buttermilk-style burger layered with Violife, Asian style slaw and a Sriracha glazed mushroom, served with a side salad instead of fries’. However, diners have the option to switch the vegan cheese to Monterey Jack cheese and the side salad to fries, which I did. The Earth Burger with skinny fries (Image: Grimsby Live) I love buttermilk chicken, so I figured that I’d probably still enjoy it, even if it’s not actually meat. And I wasn’t wrong – I enjoyed it so much more than I thought I would. The food was served within about 15 minutes or so – my partner went for the Spicy Chicken Burger (£14.50) and my daughter chose the grilled beef burger with chunky chips and peas from the Pick ‘n Mix Kids’ Menu, with the Luxury Biscuit Sundae for dessert – that came to £5.50 altogether. It sounds so cheesy to say, but as soon as I tried the Earth Burger I was in absolute heaven. I had to look at the buttermilk “patty” a few times just to double-check that it definitely wasn’t meat, because I really couldn’t tell the difference – to me it just tasted like buttermilk chicken. I loved the flavour combinations, too – the fieriness of the Sriracha sauce combined with the creaminess of the slaw and cheese slice was just delicious. We were obviously all in the mood for a burger! (Image: Grimsby Live) I don’t think I stopped going on about how lovely it was and that I couldn’t believe it wasn’t meat throughout the whole meal. I even made my partner try it just to see if he felt the same – he said he’d be ordering it next time. And I think I will be, too. The Earth Burger at The Farmhouse is well worth a try, whether you’re a proud meat-eater, a vegetarian or vegan. In case you missed it (!), I honestly couldn’t believe it wasn’t meat, because I couldn’t tell the difference. The whole experience just showed me that vegan/veggie food can be just as delicious, if not more so, than dishes with meat in them, and it made me feel so much more willing to go for the meat-free option on the menu at other restaurants in future.