Beverley News

With Halloween just around the corner, East Riding Libraries’ successful costume swap scheme is returning to selected branches and mobile libraries.

The scheme gives children the opportunity to donate a costume and collect a “new to you” costume to take home from selected sites.

Yorkshire Cricket, the Rugby Football League (RFL) and the three Football Associations representing North Riding, East Riding and Lincolnshire, have formally joined the Humber and North Yorkshire UNITED collective, a pioneering initiative launched in April 2025 to unite sport in Humber and North Yorkshire around mental health, suicide prevention, and self-harm awareness.

Rent East Yorkshire is hosting a must-attend Landlord & Investor Evening on 4 November 2025, from 5:30pm to 8:00pm at The Potting Shed, Beverley. The event will bring together local landlords, property investors, and experts to unpack upcoming legislative, tax, and regulatory changes that stand to impact rental portfolios starting in 2026.

Volunteer drivers are being sought for a new community transport service running in Bridlington. 

Bridlington Local Community Lift aims to help local residents without their own transport get to vital medical appointments they might otherwise struggle to attend. 

Smoking remains the single leading cause of preventable ill health and death across Humber and North Yorkshire, with smoking rates still higher than the national average. This Stoptober, with more help, support and options available than ever before, it’s a great time to give quitting another go.

Stoptober – now in its 14th year – aims to empower people to give up smoking during October, as evidence shows people are 5 times more likely to quit for good if they can make it to at least 28 days smoke free.

Wednesday, 24 September is National Fitness Day, to celebrate East Riding of Yorkshire Council are offering current members the opportunity to ‘Bring a Friend for Free’ across all East Riding Leisure centres.

This fantastic offer will run for one week from Wednesday, 24 September to Wednesday, 1 October. Members are able to bring a friend or family member to enjoy the use of facilities including swimming, classes, gym and sports hall.

When the York-based theatre company, Next Door But One last took their production of She Was Walking Home on tour, The Office for National Statistics (ONS) had just released data on how safe people feel in different public settings.

East Riding of Yorkshire Council is inviting comments on a draft supplementary planning document (SPD) on planning obligations. The consultation will be open from Monday 8 September until 11.59 on Monday 20 October.

Supplementary planning documents provide more detailed advice and guidance on the application of policies in a Local Plan. This draft SPD will complement the policies in the East Riding Local Plan Update, which was adopted in April 2025.  

A new campaign has been launched across Humber and North Yorkshire to reduce medicine waste – and encourage people to only order the repeat prescriptions they need.

The campaign, Only Order What You Need, highlights the cost of unused medicines to the local NHS, as well as safety concerns and the environmental impact of medicine waste.

East Riding of Yorkshire Council Trading Standards Services is advising residents to beware of a Winter Fuel Payment scam, where fraudsters target vulnerable pensioners with details of a bogus and unnecessary application process.

Pensioners are targeted by a text message inviting them to make an application to claim the Winter Fuel Payment. The text contains a link to a fake website with an application form that requests personal information, including bank details.

Beverley Theatre Company (BTC) are pleased to announce that their next production will be a brand new play telling the story of Jack the Ripper and his victims. Written by BTC members Anthony Musgrave and Nev Slater, who wrote the very well-received version of Dracula that sold-out at ERT in 2023, the storyline is a mixture of fact and fiction, giving the victims of Jack the Ripper a voice and telling us their perspective on events.