All the lastest news in Beverley East Yorkshire, updated with reporst and exclusive videos and images of the topics that effect those living in Beverley East Yorkshire.
Humberside Police are taking part in a national incentive to tackle the issue of motorists using their mobile phones while at the wheel.
Switch Off Before You Drive Off aims to tackle the growing problem of people using their phones to call, text and even live stream their journey which they say is putting other road users at risk.
The Yorkshire Party say they are in the process of creating a vision of how Yorkshire would should any plans for devolution be successful.
Their vision will outline the possible changes to localised government, introductions of a Mayor and also the economic impact on the region.
East Riding Campaigners have been overwhelmed by public support for their Care Homes petition which calls for earlier intervention by the Council when private care homes are threatened with closure.
Across the East Riding, nearly 1000 people queued at a number of petition points to sign the petition over a 2 hour period. on Saturday morning.
Northern Powerhouse Minister Andrew Percy has visited Hull as it is announced that the Humber region has received £27.9m of Local Growth Funding as the Growth Deals 3 are announced by government.
Humber Growth Deal 3, follows on from two previous Growth Deals, to help create jobs, support businesses and encourage growth.
Humberside Police have released an CCTV image of a man they would like to identify following a theft that happened at the Flemingate Centre.
In a statement released police said that around 10.25am on Wednesday 28 December committed a theft from the Superdrug store.
The Stage4Beverley Winter music festival will be presenting some of the cream of young UK talent in its February event.
Headlining their “Rising Stars” concert on Saturday 18th February, will be two time BBC Folk Award winners Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar, one of the most sought after young acts on the English Folk Scene.
Local charity groups, Jacob’s Well, the Rotary club and the And Albert Foundation have come together to build a £25000 specialist medical river boat that will take health-care to some of the world’s poorest communities.
The Northern region of Ghana is desperately poor. The climate is harsh, the land semi-desert. It is one of Ghana’s most remote regions, far from infra-structure of roads, schools and hospitals. If people become ill in this region, they usually die.
MP Graham Stuart has welcomed news that Hornsea is to receive £10,000 to help develop plans to boost the town’s seafront a place he once called depressing.
Mr. Stuart who for some years has been calling for more to be done to support the tourism industry in Hornsea says it will be exciting to see the proposals residents and businesses come up with.
Campaigners across the East Riding will, this Saturday morning, simultaneously launch a petition in defence of care home provision at a number of locations across the region.
The Petition reads ‘Care for the elderly in the East Riding has been rocked by recent announcements of a number of private care home closures. We call upon the Council to enter into immediate discussions with all relevant stakeholders in an effort to secure future provision and retain homes currently in operation.’
Beverley’s first 24-hour fitness club is coming to the Flemingate centre. Rapidly-expanding Anytime Fitness will offer 24/7 access to the club, which will benefit from an investment of more than £500,000 in fit-out and gym equipment.
It will be the first Anytime Fitness club in East Yorkshire and occupy a 7,500 sq ft first-floor unit with ground-floor entrance close to Debenhams and Outfit at the heart of the Flemingate centre.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council has announced that essential maintenance work on seven bridges over the A1079 between the roundabout at Bishop Burton and the east of Jocks Lodge interchange is about to be carried out.
The £500,000 project, funded through the highway maintenance grant allocated to the council by the Department for Transport, will begin on Monday 23 January, and is scheduled for completion by the end of March, 2017.
Poetry will be at the top of the Agenda when one of Beverley’s social events of the year takes place on 28 January.
Beverley and Holderness’ Burns Night Supper at the town’s Memorial Hall will however be a mixture of poetry and politics with one of the strongest voices in from the Trade Unions heading to Beverley.
Reported crimes in the East Riding of Yorkshire have seen a 13pc increase according to latest figures published by Office of National Statistics.
Figures show that for the 12 months to September 2016 when compare to September 2015 a sharp increase in Robbery, Violent Crime and Theft.
VIDEO showing Molescroft Grange & the New Bypass From skies above Beverley. Much has been said about the new housing and the new road which is still not open to traffic.
This video shows how the new housing development is coming along and also provides an birds eye view of the new bypass and housing located close to it.
2017 marks the coming of age of the much loved Beverley & East Riding Early Music Festival, (Friday 26 – Monday 29 May) as the Festival celebrates its thirty years of music-making alongside an extraordinary year for culture in the region, as Hull is 2017 City of Culture.
Initiated by the local authority, with the aim of attracting visitors to the area to discover a rich medley of history, striking architecture and music of the past, over the years the Festival has grown to be recognised as a ‘jewel in the cultural crown’
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is inviting families with children under 5 years old to discover the new free resources at the Treasure House Museum in Beverley.
In any weather, families can have fun ‘At the Beach’ with the new interactive beach mat, natural seaside objects and sea creatures. They can also enjoy looking at seaside-themed books while sitting on ‘pebble’ cushions.
An old photograph dating back to the 1940s has been sent into the HU17.net by Gainsborough resident who hopes it will interesting to someone in Beverley.
The picture that shows an collection of troops in 1947 was discovered after Michael Hill purchased an old frame to put one of his own paintings in when opened revealled the hidden treasure.
Beverley Racecourse today announced Flemingate as its new partner for Ladies’ Day for the next three years, in an exciting move for one of Yorkshire’s leading social events of the summer.
Flemingate’s opening in 2015 has already made a big impact on Beverley as a retail and leisure destination with its high-quality fashion, beauty and homeware brands, supported by a range of restaurants, cafés, hotel and cinema.