The Culture Train and Bus Tour 2018 will once again bring a taste of the Hull music scene to communities in East Yorkshire located both alongside the railway lines and accessible by EYMS buses.
The ‘Culture Train and Bus tour’ will bring musicians from Paragon Station to play free concerts at eight venues including the station itself as part of a project.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s annual compost giveaways enjoyed one of their busiest and best years yet – with 5,000 bags given away free to residents.
Ten giveaway events were held across the East Riding during May in Beverley, Market Weighton, Elloughton, Preston, Goole, Pocklington, Carnaby, Withernsea, Hornsea and Driffield.
Organisers of a fete that will take place in an East Yorkshire village this month are promising a fun-filled day of music and entertainment.
Fete in the Field will take place at Shiptonthorpe playing fields, Station Road, between 11am and 4pm on June 30.
An avid Wargamer and collector, Nathan Long, who turned a hobby into a business is bringing ‘Ambush!’ a dedicated Wargames Show to the East Riding.
Nathan, who runs the store Mighty Lancer Games in Bridlington says after years of being a fan of Wargamer he felt the East Riding was missing out on having its own event.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s annual free compost giveaways begin on Saturday 12 May.
Around 5,000 bags of compost will be given away free to residents at 10 events across the East Riding
East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s annual compost giveaways will be held over two weeks at 10 locations across the area, starting in Beverley on Saturday 12 May.
The council say they will be looking to give away Around 5,000 bags of compost free to residents in the East Riding next month.
Buoyed by the success of the 2017 event, the Folk in the Field Festival returns to Shiptonthorpe, East Yorkshire playing fields with two new artists for 2018.
The third Folk in the Field festival takes place on June 30 at The Playing Fields, Station Road, Shiptonthorpe.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s children’s centres are celebrating after achieving international recognition for a baby-friendly initiative.
Centres across the East Riding, including Anlaby, Beeford, Beverley, Bridlington, Brough, Cottingham, Driffield, Hedon, Hessle, Hornsea, Howden, Goole, Market Weighton, Pocklington and Withernsea.
A company director has been ordered to pay £1,763.50 after his firm illegally put signs up across the East Riding advertising a Christmas event in Beverley.
Paul Leonard, director of Cottage Industrys Ltd of Ings Lane, Dunswell, had a significant number of advertising boards placed on the public highway without permission in October last year to promote a Mistletoe Fair at Beverley Racecourse taking place in November.
On Friday, 23 February, there will be a chance to enjoy a February walk along quiet country lanes and along the Hudson Way, also known as the Beverley to Market Weighton Rail Trail.
The five-mile walk will start outside the Light Dragoon pub in Etton, at 9.30am. It will be an opportunity to spot early spring flowers on the verges and up on the trees.
Supporters of the Minsters Rail Campaign are questioning the priorities of East Riding of Yorkshire Council after they ‘wrecked’ hopes of saying the region is open for Rail Expansion projects.
Cllr Peter Hemmerman, Market Weighton Town Councillor and Chairman of Minsters Rail Campaign says that Conservative Councillors instead voted on the focus of the council being put into roads and flood defence.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s countryside access team has launched its Countryside Events 2018 programme that includes walks starting in Beverley.
From rambles and themed walks (including photography, navigation, bushcraft, geocaching and orienteering) to wildlife watching events; from Kids Go Wild events to workshops, conservation days and natural craft workshops – the programme includes something for everybody with an interest in the outdoors. The programme also links to the council’s Active Coast initiative this year.
Councillor Denis Healy says that he will be urging the East Riding of Yorkshire Council to get behind the reinstatement of the Beverley to York railway line.
On the day that the Government announced a £47bn overhaul of the railway network, including restoring rail capacity lost in the 1960s and 1970s, which closed down in 1965.
The Yorkshire Party are inviting local people to attend a meeting where they plan to outline the benefits an independant Yorkshire would gain.
Taking place in Market Weighton, The East Yorkshire Group of the Yorkshire Party hope residents of the county will come along to join their discussion.
Campaigners opposed to changes to Sheltered Housing provision have been bolstered over the weekend with news that opposition to Council proposals is growing.
The consultation with residents closes tomorrow with those who are against the plans say residents through the East Riding are voicing their concerns.
R-evolution will be providing 3,000 refurbished bikes over the next three years as part of a programme to promote the benefits of cycling.
The charity was set up two years ago and thanks to the support of several local and regional organisations has proved a huge success.
Lit Up Festival is thrilled to present a newly commissioned work by one of the UK’s most performed playwrights, John Godber, which will tour East Riding Libraries at the end of this month, as part of the Out of this Word programme.
John has worked alongside a trio of emerging playwrights from The Writing Squad: Georgia Affonso; Ruby Lawrence and Lydia Marchant, to re-imagine East Riding histories. The piece is entitled HERE and NOW and it will see three trainee librarians battling with books, boilers and bad parking as they uncover amazing stories!
Adoption staff from East Riding of Yorkshire Council are holding a series of information sessions to encourage more people to consider adopting a child.
As part of National Adoption Week (16 to 22 October), staff will be at venues in Beverley, Market Weighton and Haltemprice to talk to people who may be considering adoption, to hand out leaflets and to answer any questions they may have.