The Summer of Fun at Sewerby Hall and Gardens is here, with a varied programme of fun activities and events throughout the school holidays running till Friday, 31 August.
Highlights of the Summer of Fun will include Yorkshire Day on Wednesday 1 August, from 11am to 3pm with a spectacular celebration of all things Yorkshire.
Definitely one for the diary is Cottingham Food and Drink Festival, returning to the East Yorkshire location on Sunday 16th September 2018 (10am to 5pm).
Returning for the sixth year running, the event will feature stalls in Market Green, King Street and Hallgate for this one-day foodie extravaganza.
Brough’s Terry Gibbon participated in the fourth round of the 2018 British Truck Racing Championship at Donington Park – the closest circuit to the team’s home driving T Sport Racing’s MAN.
“Convoy in the Park“, a massive show truck exhibition formed part of the event. Thousands of spectators attending the two-day event had plenty to see and do: there were 10 truck races – divided into two classes – as well as trade stands, a kids fun fair and an action arena including caravan smashing.
A microbrewery in Hull is adding a bit of fizz to the menu at Trinity Market.
Fellows and Vittle is developing a range of ales to compliment the wide range of food on offer after the market was granted a licence to serve alcohol.
Sportsability Fitness Training is helping would-be fitness and gym instructors onto the career ladder with qualifications in fitness instructing and personal training.
The fitness industry in the UK has never had it so good, as the 2018 State of the UK Fitness Industry Report shows, it is worth an estimated £5bn with over 7,000 official gym locations and one in every seven Brits having a gym membership.
The popular Veterans Weekend will take place in Hull’s East Park on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 July.
Now in its thirteenth year, the free family weekend will be a fantastic experience for people of all ages, recognising and celebrating the role of our armed forces both past and present.
Primary and secondary school students across the East Riding took the chance to thank NHS staff and express exactly what the service means to them as the nation came together to celebrate 70 years since its creation.
Students were given the opportunity to exercise their imagination to come up with their own creative representation of what the NHS means to them, with the award of a Fitbit for the overall winning artist.
Humber Street Gallery is proud to present “Measures of Life”. This new exhibition is produced in collaboration with The Lumen Prize for Digital Art.
The family-friendly and interactive exhibition will be open daily (except Mondays) from 10am – 6pm across the summer from 21st July to the 30th September.
In a world of endless possibilities, get ready to fuel your imagination and rediscover yourself and the incredible city of Hull as Freedom Festival Arts Trust reveals its 2018 programme.
On Friday 31 August 2018 Hull will come alive for a weekend of wonder with events and shows for the whole family to enjoy.
Multi-award winning documentary maker Reggie Yates told students at an East Yorkshire college they can achieve their dreams by staying true to themselves, as he helped them celebrate completing their studies.
Critically acclaimed Reggie, whose documentaries include the Extreme series shown on Netflix, was the special guest at Bishop Burton College’s annual presentation day event.
A new initiative which will gather memories and stories of life on and around the River Hull is announced by the organisers of Hull’s Open Bridges project.
‘Open Bridges: A River Full Of Stories’ is supported by the National Lottery and will preserve and publicise the heritage of the River Hull, its bridges and the vessels which have used it over the years by gathering and sharing stories from people who currently or previously lived or worked on and around the river.
If you look up on Thursday you may notice that Hull has turned a shade of blue.
To help mark the NHS’s 70th birthday, buildings, historic monuments and other high profile sites across the country will be ‘lighting up’ blue on the evening of Thursday, 5 July.
Dickinson’s Real Deal is coming to Bridlington later this month as they look to uncover people’s hidden treasures in the region.
The ITV Hit Antiques show , presented by David Dickinson is looking for local people to cash in their antiques & valuables.
Dignitaries and Civic Leaders gathered at the Humber Bridge on Saturday to celebrate the iconic structure’s place at the heart of the local community.
Mayors of Hull, Barton and North Lincolnshire; the Lord Lieutenant of East Yorkshire and Vice Lieutenant of Lincolnshire, and; representatives from the four local authorities and town councils near to the bridge, all took part in the Civic event which included a tour of the bridge and a trip up the north tower.
Visitor numbers for the first five months of the year at Ferens Art Gallery have shown a 91% increase from the same period prior to Hull’s year as UK City of Culture 2017.
The figures, comparing the first five months of 2018 and 2015*, are promising for both the gallery and the city as Hull looks to build on the momentum from Hull 2017.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council will be recreating Bridlington beach at the Great Yorkshire Show in Harrogate in an attempt to showcase the East Coast.
East Riding Council have sponsored the beach as part of the Welcome to Yorkshire stand at a cost of £4,000 for the duration of the event that takes place in July.
Three of the brand-new 2018 Mercedes Sprinters fitted with Paneltex temperature-controlled bodies made their world debut at the Mercedes-Benz Van Experience Live event, held recently at the Millbrook Proving Ground.
After a sneak preview at the CV Show, Hull based refrigerated bodybuilder Paneltex demonstrated the first ever refrigerated body on the new style third generation Mercedes Sprinter chassis cab at this event.
Käthe Kollwitz (née Schmidt, 1867–1945) was one of the leading artists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, notable for the emotional power of her drawing, printmaking and then sculpture.
This exhibition focuses on works from the British Museum’s remarkable print collection, celebrating the enduring impact of Kollwitz’s powerful and affecting images.