Snooker legend Jimmy White MBE was in Filey at the weekend, undertaking an exhibition event at Filey Sports Bar and Lounge on the Station Approach. Jimmy stayed the night at The White Lodge. Here is the man himself, pictured with the hotel’s duty manager, the lovely Hannah.

On Sunday, in a fitting conclusion to the commemorations of the 242nd anniversary of the Battle of Flamborough Head, Filey’s Sea Cadets made their way to the Memorial Gardens for a short service of remembrance for the 400 sailors, of all nations, who died in the battle. Sadly, due to the intervention of a Filey […]

The Trackrod Rally returns to Filey this weekend. On Friday evening at 6pm the ceremonial start will take place on Filey seafront. The drivers will then be flagged away by the Mayor of Filey at 7pm. Rally fans can take photographs with the cars, get autographs and speak with the crews before the event. The cars then travel to Dalby […]

The fabulous Filey Folk Festival has begun, filling the town’s pubs and streets with music and song. From virtually every pub comes the enticing sounds of live music, something that is even more wonderful to hear after the long covid lockdowns. On Thursday evening the festival opener flew out of the blocks at a packed Glasshouse. […]

Police are appealing for witnesses after a cyclist was knocked off his bike by a car on Scarborough Road, Filey near East Lea Farm. The car failed to stop and drove off leaving the cyclist injured in the road. The cyclist was a man in his 60s, he remains in hospital where he is being treated […]

Perhaps we are getting complacent? A little blasé even. Filey’s beach has featured in yet another ‘best beaches’ article. They seem to be almost daily. Perhaps it is because we have always known that our beach is on a par with anything? Everyone else seems to be catching on. We partly joke of course. It is […]

Once again Filey has been named among the best beaches in Britain. This time by the New York based Condé Nast. Of course, there are many such lists and understandably Filey appears in virtually them all. This time the beaches aren’t listed in any order, so Filey is one among a selected forty-four of ‘the best beaches […]

Scarborough Borough Council and Filey Town Council are looking to develop a new vision for the future of Filey. Over the coming six months they are undertaking a residents’ survey where ideas can be contributed that will help identify priorities for the town. The survey can be completed online and there are also drop in […]

Television and radio reception in Filey, and across a large part of north east England, has been lost after lightning struck the Bilsdale transmitter mast near Helmsley. Firefighters were called to the mast on Tuesday after an engineer working on the site reported a fire within the structure. The 1,032 foot mast was photographed with flames […]

Between Saturday 28 August and Tuesday 31 August, Filey Sailing Club will be hosting the 2021 RS Tera National Championship. It will be quite a spectacle as one hundred boats will take part in the main regatta, with many more expected to take part in two other events. The RS Tera is a single-manned sailing dinghy, […]