Wombles of Beverley Offering Two Years Free Membership

Wombles of Beverley Offering Two Years Free Membership
January 29, 2022

The Wombles of Beverley has reached a huge milestone with those involved with the group saying they are delighted to launch its inaugural membership scheme.

The scheme, accessed via the Wombles website, is available to everyone in Beverley and the surrounding villages who has an interest in litter picking.

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Beverley Racecourse & Porsche Centre Hull Announce Ladies Day Title Partnership

Beverley Racecourse & Porsche Centre Hull Announce Ladies Day Title Partnership
January 28, 2022

The hugely popular Ladies Day, hosted by Beverley Racecourse, will have an exciting new title partner in 2022 with the announcement of a new three-year Ladies Day partnership with prestigious local car dealership Porsche Centre Hull.

Due to take place on Wednesday 10 August 2022, the Racecourse confirmed the addition of the aspirational, luxury brand, which will help drive forward one of Yorkshire’s best days at the races. Working alongside each other, Beverley Racecourse and Porsche Centre Hull will help increase reach and awareness of the day as well as collaborate to showcase the latest Porsche car models.

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Latest Figures Show Decline In Crime Within Humberside Region

Latest Figures Show Decline In Crime Within Humberside Region
January 27, 2022

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) most recent recorded crime figures to September 2021 show a drop in crime in the region.

Humberside Police crime has decreased by 6.3% against a national average of 0.4%. Sexual offences have dropped by 7.6% across Humberside against an average increase of 12.1% nationally.

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Restoration Not Demolition Say Beverley’s Civic Society

Restoration Not Demolition Say Beverley’s Civic Society
January 27, 2022

Beverley Civic Society is calling for the footbridge at Beverley Train Station to be fully restored and the unique Listed wooden canopy not to be demolished.

The group have voiced concerns following plans by Network Rail to replace the current footbridge canopy with something more modern and totally lacking in character.

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Winter Music Festival Stage4Beverley Will Soon Be With Us

Winter Music Festival Stage4Beverley Will Soon Be With Us
January 26, 2022

This year’s Stage4Beverley festival is almost upon us and with restrictions being eased, and one event already sold out, it promises to be a week full of excellent performances and entertainment.

Leading artists from around the country will be arriving in Beverley to bring their music, song, poems and more to venues around the town.

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New ERT Mobile App Brings Theatre to the Outdoors

New ERT Mobile App Brings Theatre to the Outdoors
January 26, 2022

ERT is delighted to announce the launch of the ‘Time Travellers’ Theatre Trail’ app.

Users can enjoy a FREE outdoor walking theatre trail travelling back into Beverley’s past, where they meet local characters and discover what the town’s theatrical life really looked like in times gone by.

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Rollits Recruits Highlight Career Path For Local Legal Talent

Rollits Recruits Highlight Career Path For Local Legal Talent
January 26, 2022

A leading law firm is celebrating the talent on its own doorstep as it builds for the future by putting local people at the heart of its recruitment strategy.

Rollits LLP revealed that nine lawyers joined the firm during 2021 and most have either grown up in the region or graduated from the University of Hull.

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Free Travel To COVID Vaccine Appointments

Free Travel To COVID Vaccine Appointments
January 26, 2022

Bus company East Yorkshire is working with East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group and East Riding of Yorkshire Council to allow people free bus travel to and from their COVID-19 vaccine appointments in the East Riding.

Around 9 out of 10 people in the East Riding of Yorkshire region have had at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, but there are over 28k people in the East Riding of Yorkshire who are still eligible to come forward for their booster vaccination.

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Reflections Of Japan In East Yorkshire Exhibition Gets Official Recognition

Reflections Of Japan In East Yorkshire Exhibition Gets Official Recognition
January 25, 2022

The popular exhibition at Beverley Art Gallery, ‘Reflections of Japan in East Yorkshire’, has received further official recognition from the Japanese Embassy.

The exhibition is an official event in the Japan /UK Season of Culture and has been featured in a new video of highlights from the Season of Culture, alongside events at the Ashmolean in Oxford and at Japan House in London.

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Health And Care Staff Thanked For Efforts During Latest Pandemic Surge

Health And Care Staff Thanked For Efforts During Latest Pandemic Surge
January 22, 2022

Local leaders would like to thank health and care staff for their hard work and the public for their support during the latest pandemic surge.

The Humber Local Resilience Forum (LRF) has declared a major incident due to the ongoing high levels of COVID-19 infection and the extra demand and pressures this is putting on local health and care services across Hull and the East Riding. 

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Yorkshire’s Reserves Hold The Fort in Kenya

Yorkshire’s Reserves Hold The Fort in Kenya
January 21, 2022

For the last three months, thirty-three men and women from the 4th Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, British Army Reserve have been responsible for force protection duties at the British Army Training Unit in Kenya (BATUK).

In the weeks before Christmas, the Yorkshire & Teesside based reserves from 4 YORKS took over the role at the East African training facility from 1st Bn The Royal Gurkha Rifles (1 RGR).

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Filling Station Developer Submits Plans For Phase Two Jobs Boost

Filling Station Developer Submits Plans For Phase Two Jobs Boost
January 20, 2022

Plans for business units and a drive-through coffee shop that could create more than 30 jobs have been submitted by developers working on the second phase of a project to regenerate a derelict site in East Yorkshire.

Lovel Capital Projects is aiming to add the facilities to its proposed development of a filling station and convenience store, plans for which were cleared last month after a planning inspector overturned the refusal by the East Riding of Yorkshire Council.

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Chatty Bus Coming To Beverley To Help Fight Loneliness

Chatty Bus Coming To Beverley To Help Fight Loneliness
January 18, 2022

Local bus company East Yorkshire is continuing its efforts in the fight against loneliness and social isolation by bringing back “Chatty Bus”, a project raising awareness of loneliness in society. 

This year, the bus company is partnering with Age UK Hull to bring chat and friendship to the region, helping the charity to recruit new people for its befriender scheme. 

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