East Riding of Yorkshire Council has received National Lottery funding of £8,943 which will be used to deliver the ‘Serves Tennis’ programme in Withernsea.
Part of the Active Communities Everywhere project, the programme aims to encourage young people in deprived areas to have access to fun and engaging tennis sessions. It is especially aimed at those children who would not otherwise have access to such activities.
Humberside Police have executed a successful drugs raid. As a result of the raid a large number of cannabis plants in East Yorkshire.
Police say the action was taken following a tip-off from members of the public who noticed the smell.
East Riding Libraries now offer Games Groups – a chance to enjoy a wide range of games and meet new people.
Eleven libraries across the area have been provided with a Scrabble set and a games compendium with equipment and instructions for 30 games, including chess, draughts, ludo, snakes and ladders, Yahtzee, a pack of cards, dice and dice cup, dominoes, and Halma.
East Riding Youth Dance is looking for young people to sign up for their exciting community dance programme alongside recruitment for the East Riding Youth Dance County Company.
Community dance is a fantastic opportunity for young people, Year 5 and upwards, to work closely with professional dance artists in a fun, energetic and inspirational environment over a twelve week period.
Tickets available for The Multi-Story Orchestra which will be visiting Beverley’s out of town retail Park, Flemingate.
Conducted by Christopher Stark the Orchestra will be visiting the Flemingate Shopping Centre on Saturday, 8 September from 5PM with a programme they say will delight the family.
There are still tickets available for The Multi-Story Orchestra, conducted by Christopher Stark, who will be visiting Flemingate Shopping Centre, Beverley, on Saturday, 8 September at 5pm with a programme to delight the family.
The Multi-Story Orchestra, conducted by Christopher Stark, will be visiting Flemingate Shopping Centre, Beverley, on Saturday, 8 September at 5pm with a programme to delight the family.
They started in 2011, presenting extraordinary performances in unexpected settings. From car parks to schools and festivals, they create amazing live classical music experiences performed by incredible musicians.
A special afternoon tea held in memory of the late Mary Beal, a local business lady, raised £2000 towards the Mary Beal Withernsea lifeboat appeal.
The Beal family have donated half of the money required to purchase a new lifeboat for Withernsea with the remainder to be raised by charity.
Caitlin Macnamara has clear sights on the future after joining Hull and East Yorkshire law firm Williamsons as a commercial property solicitor at their Beverley office.
Caitlin, who is the daughter of a solicitor, said it was the perfect place to develop her career after working with another regional practice as a trainee and recently qualifying from the University of Law.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council, in partnership with Orchestras Live, are celebrating the news that their RPS award winning programme, Classically Yours, has received a grant of £95,434 from Arts Council England to allow it to continue until March 2020.
This means that the pioneering work to bring classical music to venues and communities which would not normally be able to enjoy and benefit from it can continue in various locations across the East Riding.
Jane Hawkard, Chief Officer at East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), along with representatives from City Health Care Partnership CIC and Yorkshire Ambulance Service (which runs NHS 111) has met with Graham Stuart MP and Withernsea Councillors to discuss in detail how the new urgent treatment services work across the East Riding area.
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.
A new display by the Skidby Mill volunteer team has just opened. ‘Historic hospitals: care in the East Riding before the Health Service’ examines the beginnings of organised public health provision in the region in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Some of the places covered in the exhibition are Castle Hill hospital, Cottingham; the Lloyd cottage hospital in Bridlington; and Withernsea convalescent home.
East Riding Libraries and Customer Services are inviting people to join them this half term for a fun-filled, dinosaur themed, free storytime session in Beverley and across the the East Riding.
The storytime sessions will focus on the book ‘I Love My Dinosaur’ by Giles Andreae, illustrated by Emma Dodd.
Local MP Graham Stuart has pledged more action to tackle hare coursing in rural areas of Beverley and Holderness after it was revealed that Humberside Police spent 1200 hours combatting the crime in the past year.
A review by the force showed over 500 reports of hare coursing activities across the latest season 2017/18, which runs from the autumn harvest until early spring.
Beverley Town Reserves clinched the title on the final day of the season with a 4-2 win over Holme Rovers at Longcroft School.
Town, started the game knowing that a point would be enough to secure the title though started poorly and found themselves two down inside the first ten minutes.
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
The council’s Sport, Play and Arts Service, in partnership with the local England Netball Development Officer Pauline Hardy, recently celebrated the third anniversary of Walking Netball starting in the East Riding of Yorkshire with a tournament at East Riding Leisure Beverley.
Teams which are based in the East Riding leisure centres of Beverley, Haltemprice, Withernsea, Driffield and Bridlington attended the competition.