Beverley Art Gallery is working with ‘The Critical Fish’ and East Riding Theatre in a competition for young people.
Two paintings from the Art Gallery collection are the subject of the competition. They are ‘In The Studio’ by Fred Elwell which shows his fiancée Mary as an artist in her studio.
Beverley Town Council has sent a card to the inspirational Captain Tom Moore who turned 100 today.
As the nation struggles during the Covid-19 pandemic, Captain Tom has captured the hearts of everyone while raising over £30M for the NHS Charities.
Beverley Town Council has unsurprisingly decided not to purchase the building formally occupied by the Crown Post Office.
The Post Office in the Beverley has been empty since closing as services were franchised to the retailer WH Smith.
Hull University Teaching Hospitals Trust’s official charity WISHH has expressed their gratitude to communities across the region for their fundraising efforts.
As a result of the pandemic sweeping across the nation, the charity launched the WISHH COVID-19 Appeal.
St Mary’s Church Beverley – home to some of the finest medieval architecture of any parish church in the country – announces that the first phase in its major restoration programme has reached the halfway point on schedule, despite the coronacrisis and the three storms which have passed through since the scaffolding was put up in February!
East Riding Libraries are encouraging families across the region to celebrate the bedtime story and reading together.
They want families to join them in this year’s Pyjamarama, an event organised by the BookTrust that takes place on Friday 1 May.
MP Graham Stuart has welcomed changes made by the Department for Transport that will help keep the countries supply chains moving.
His comments come after they confirmed that drives of buses and lorries licence renewal will be suspended as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
With so many young people feeling sad that Lifestyle 2020 has been cancelled those behind the incentive have come up with a new idea.
Lifestylers are being invited to take part in an art-based scheme that can be completed from the comfort of their own home.
Latest figures show the UK is on course to record the highest number of deaths within Europe as a result of COVID-19.
More alarming is that the UK has now reported more deaths for the past four days than France. This is despite the fact the UK only includes deaths in hospitals. While the French who include care homes in their daily death figures.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council has submitted a planning application for its proposals to improve the A164 and the Jock’s Lodge Junction near Beverley.
Subject to planning permission being granted, the council intends to carry out a major overhaul of the road system to replace the junction, which currently links the A164 and the A1079, in order to improve congestion problems on one of the East Riding’s busiest roads.
The new Active East Riding website includes lots of ideas for Under Fives – including babies – and families to do at home during this lockdown period.
Rainbow signs thanking NHS staff and carers in the East Riding for their work during the COVID-19 outbreak are to be installed on five roundabouts by East Riding of Yorkshire Council.
A legal firm soon to open a branch in Beverley is already doing their bit in the community. They have stepped up to support local NHS staff during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Beverley Art Gallery is staying active during the lockdown. Even though it has to remain closed for the time being it has launched several campaigns on social media.
East Riding Youth Dance (ERYD) term has had to be shortened by three weeks because of the government restrictions currently in place, and the Platform event that should have taken place at Bridlington Spa at the end of April has had to be cancelled.
COVID-19 has certainly had a huge impact on our lives but there could be some real positives to come out of this bleak situation.
Beverley, like the rest of the country, is on lockdown, and as a result of this is having to adapt. While many businesses have been forced to close some adjusted to continue some level of trading.
Lockdown in the UK will most certainly last for many more weeks here in the UK. Talk of people returning to some sort of normal life in May is nothing more than wishful thinking.
Life behind our doors is not easy. The novelty of being housebound for many has long since worn off. For some as each day passes they watch their lively hoods slowly eroding in front of them.
From now until 19 July, young East Riding residents are being urged to keep calm and carry on reading, with the Big Spring Read-In.
The aim is to encourage children to read every week and submit online reviews. They will then receive certificates after they have submitted five, ten and 15 reviews.