Garness Group Launches Dedicated Block Management Company

Garness Group Launches Dedicated Block Management Company
April 4, 2022

Yorkshire-based property firm Garness Group has today announced the launch of its block management subsidiary, Pure Block Management.

Pure Block Management provides specialist block management services to leasehold owners, freeholders and developers of residential complexes in Hull, East Yorkshire and York.

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Residents Urged To Complete Survey On Fast Food Litter

Residents Urged To Complete Survey On Fast Food Litter
April 4, 2022

Residents in the East Riding are being encouraged to complete an online survey about fast food litter.

The waste and recycling team at East Riding of Yorkshire Council is asking people to take part in the consultation to air their views on how the littering of packaging from fast food outlets affects the area.

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Tributes Paid To Son Of Viola Skipper Who Saw So Much In His 104 Years

Tributes Paid To Son Of Viola Skipper Who Saw So Much In His 104 Years
April 4, 2022

The son of a former skipper of the Viola trawler who missed out on his own nautical career after being sent by an orphanage to work on a farm has died at his home in Hull at the age of 104.

George Eric Tharratt, who was known as Eric, went from farming into pharmaceuticals and spent 46 years with Smith & Nephew. But he never lost his love of the sea and, with his daughter, Pat, made the first public donations to the campaign to bring the Viola trawler back to Hull.

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Funding To Reduce Violent Crime Welcomed By Crime Commissioner

Funding To Reduce Violent Crime Welcomed By Crime Commissioner
April 1, 2022

The Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Humberside, Jonathan Evison, has welcomed a Government funding announcement to tackle violent crime in our region.

The Home Office announced today that the Humberside policing area will join 19 other regions by establishing a Violence Reduction Unit to identify the causes of violent crime and lead the local response to reduce violence through targeted interventions and education.

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Irish Folk Greats Dervish To Take Beverley Crowd By Storm This May

Irish Folk Greats Dervish To Take Beverley Crowd By Storm This May
March 31, 2022

Dervish, one of the world’s most imaginative interpreters of Irish folk music, will take to the stage at East Riding Theatre, Beverley on Monday 23 May as part of a run of live dates across the UK.

Recently recognised with a BBC Lifetime Achievement Award, the Irish folk icons will be returning to stages across England and Wales this May, with dates in Beverley, Kendal, Bury, Cambridge, Grantham, London and Cardiff.

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Birds, Books And Belfries: A New Exhibition At The Treasure House In Beverley

Birds, Books And Belfries: A New Exhibition At The Treasure House In Beverley
March 31, 2022

In the 1800s there was an explosion of interest in natural history.  Clergymen were particularly enthusiastic in embracing the subject, leading to the name parson-naturalist.  

The new exhibition, which is now open at the Treasure House in Beverley, ‘Birds,  Books and Belfries,’ explores the remarkable life and work of parson-naturalist Reverend Francis Orpen Morris (1810 – 1893) who studied nature, wrote books and campaigned for wildlife, all combined with his role as vicar of Nafferton and later Nunburnholme.  

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Graham Visits Local Guest House For English Tourism Week

Graham Visits Local Guest House For English Tourism Week
March 31, 2022

To celebrate English Tourism Week Graham Stuart MP visited Jayne and John Scott, owners of the Trinity Guest House in Beverley.

He made the visit to talk about how they are planning for the return of international and domestic tourists now that all Covid-19 restrictions have ceased in England.

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Seven Year Old Jack Fulfils Riley’s Fundraising Wish

Seven Year Old Jack Fulfils Riley’s Fundraising Wish
March 30, 2022

Inspired by his friend’s incredible selflessness, and in celebration of his life, Jack, aged 7, is donating his hair and raising funds for Hull Women and Children’s Hospital’s Neonatal Unit at a fundraiser to be held at the Moulders Arms pub in Beverley.

Riley was a 15-year-old who inspired all those he met with his kind and generous nature. Riley sadly lost his baby cousins Mason and Miles in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

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Pint-Sized Businesses Boost Daisy Appeal

Pint-Sized Businesses Boost Daisy Appeal
March 29, 2022

A village micro-pub and other pint-sized businesses are helping the Daisy Appeal pursue its fundraising target as it works towards opening a UK-first Molecular Imaging Research Centre (MIRC).

Regulars at the Centurion Arms in Brough are continuing their fundraising for the Daisy Appeal under new licensee Angie Tooke, who stepped into the role at the beginning of March.

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Spring Into Fitness With East Riding Leisure

Spring Into Fitness With East Riding Leisure
March 23, 2022

East Riding residents can celebrate the arrival of Spring with a great offer from East Riding Leisure – Spring into Fitness.

Available to anybody over 14 years of age who is not already a member of East Riding Leisure, the offer will run from Monday, 4 April until Sunday, 1 May, 2022.

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