New Bus Services Announced To Replace Routes Being Axed

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March 18, 2022

New bus services have been announced to make sure residents still have access to public transport on two East Riding routes after some commercial services were axed.

East Riding of Yorkshire Council is to fund replacement bus services for passengers between Bridlington to York, via Driffield, and Hull to Goole, via Elloughton, from next month.

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MP Urges East Riding Council To Apply For New Tree Planting Funds

MP Urges East Riding Council To Apply For New Tree Planting Funds
March 16, 2022

The Forestry Commission has re-opened two major grant schemes for tree planting in nonwoodland areas: the Local Authority Treescapes Fund and the Urban Tree Challenge Fund. 

Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, has encouraged East Riding Council to apply for these streams of funding, which are integral to the Government’s Nature for Climate programme.

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Cast Announced For New Play About Beverley’s Best Known Artists

Cast Announced For New Play About Beverley’s Best Known Artists
March 16, 2022

The cast has been announced for a brand new play about Beverley’s best-known artists, Fred and Mary Elwell, whose lives and work will be celebrated in April at the East Riding Theatre in Beverley and Hull’s Ferens Art Gallery.

The cast for ‘Paint the Town Fred’ will include four local actors, who will form an ensemble to portray a number of characters between them.

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Quickline Doubles Team In 6 Months

Quickline Doubles Team In 6 Months
March 14, 2022

Rural broadband specialist, Quickline Communications, has welcomed its 100th employee as the company enters a rapid growth period following its acquisition by Northleaf Capital last summer. 

The appointment means Quickline has doubled its team in the last 6 months – and they expect to double it again over the coming year.

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Reduced Cost Insulation In The East Riding

Reduced Cost Insulation In The East Riding
March 14, 2022

Residents in the East Riding are being offered the opportunity to install cavity wall and loft insulation for just £99 to homeowners and private sector tenants.

Heat Insulation Ltd, a family-owned, and local company established for 30 years have gained access to funding to install the cavity wall insulation and loft insulation for just £99 each insulation installed.

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Duo Emerge From Isolation Of Remote Recording Sessions To Launch Second Hurdy-Gurdy Album

Duo Emerge From Isolation Of Remote Recording Sessions To Launch Second Hurdy-Gurdy Album
March 14, 2022

A lockdown music collaboration made in Yorkshire is catching the ears of aficionados from international specialist magazines and bloggers to pop superstar and BBC Radio 6 presenter Tom Robinson with audiences doubly impressed by the fact that the pair behind the project didn’t meet at all during the recording process.

Agent Starling – which comprises bass player and singer Lou Duffy-Howard and hurdy-gurdy player Quentin Budworth – have just released their second album in a year with all the tracks recorded remotely.

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Warm Welcome For New Woodmansey Local Store Owner

Warm Welcome For New Woodmansey Local Store Owner
March 10, 2022

The new owner of Woodmansey Convenience Store Ltd has been given a warm welcome to the area following a personal letter drop to locals.

Liz Harvey, originally from Northampton, officially took the reins at the beginning of February after previous owners sold the business at the start of the year.

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World Kidney Day: 25 People In East Riding Need Transplant

World Kidney Day: 25 People In East Riding Need Transplant
March 10, 2022

With kidney transplants dropping a third during the pandemic, it’s more important than ever for people in East Riding of Yorkshire to share their organ donation decision and consider living kidney donation

NHS Blood and Transplant says kidney transplant activity is recovering but this World Kidney Day thousands of patients are waiting and could wait longer

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Last Few Weeks To Visit Reflections Of Japan In East Yorkshire

Last Few Weeks To Visit Reflections Of Japan In East Yorkshire
March 9, 2022

The popular exhibition at Beverley Art Gallery, ‘Reflections of Japan in East Yorkshire’ will close at 3.45pm on Saturday, 26 March.

‘Reflections of Japan in East Yorkshire’ is a unique exhibition bringing together a selection of items from private collections across East Yorkshire and contemporary woodblock prints by Laura Boswell.

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More Students Excel In Accountancy Training Programme

More Students Excel In Accountancy Training Programme
March 8, 2022

Forrester Boyd Chartered Accountants are delighted that two more of its trainee accountants have passed their qualifications and can now look forward to careers as chartered certified accountants.

Abigail Dunning and Lydia Marsh have both passed their final exams of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and can now celebrate being fully qualified chartered certified accountants within Forrester Boyd.

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Beverley Racecourse And Hull Trains Confirm Partnership For 2022

Beverley Racecourse And Hull Trains Confirm Partnership For 2022
March 8, 2022

Hull Trains is to support another local sporting institution after they announced their partnership with Beverley Racecourse.

The train company say they are delighted to be a key sponsor at Beverley Racecourse for the upcoming season which will see their branding feature at the Westwood course throughout the 2022 season.

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Bishop Burton College Opens Its Doors To Celebrate Spring In Style

Bishop Burton College Opens Its Doors To Celebrate Spring In Style
March 7, 2022

Bishop Burton College is thrilled to announce they are hosting an exciting new family-friendly day out on Sunday 20 March.  

Building on the hugely popular Lambing Sunday that the College ran for many years, Spring Live is an all-new fun-packed day, which will allow the public to explore the beautiful campus grounds and enjoy an array of family-orientated entertainment and activities.  

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Meet Artist Lee Karen Stow In Beverley On Saturday

Meet Artist Lee Karen Stow In Beverley On Saturday
March 7, 2022

As part of the exhibition, ‘Hidden: Cold War Women’, artist Lee Karen Stow will be giving a talk in the Treasure House in Champney Road on Saturday, 12 March at 1.30pm.

The talk will be a chance to hear about Lee’s photographic travels that have revealed the unheard stories of women survivors of war and conflict from around the world, as well as close to home. This event marks this year’s International Women’s Day.

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The East Riding Housing Needs Survey Now Live

The East Riding Housing Needs Survey Now Live
March 7, 2022

A chance to tell East Riding of Yorkshire Council about your current home and what the future need for housing might be in your household.

The council say that the views of residents in the East Riding are important and the information provided will help them to build a comprehensive picture of the need for homes in our area and help us to ensure we meet the needs of our diverse communities.

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