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.
During this latest lockdown, East Riding Leisure is reminding residents of its popular YouTube channel.
Subscribers can view vlogs, short workouts and full workouts.
Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, has met with the Chair of the Humber County Priory Group for St John Ambulance to discuss how the charity has worked to support the NHS throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.
The meeting also comes after news that St John Ambulance is to close its Morton Lane base in Beverley, following a coronavirus-catalysed review of the charity’s estate.
COVID-19 is spreading and the ‘second wave’ is been felt hard in this area. While the UK is under lockdown measures, these are set to change in less than two weeks.
However, given the fact that this region is seeing such high numbers, it is highly unlikely much will change around here.
Funding awarded to East Riding Council to promote walking and cycling has been welcomed by local councillors and MP.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council will receive £467,400 from the Government’s Active Travel Fund. Both Cllr Denis Healy and MP Graham Stuart have welcomed the news.
This winter, vulnerable people in North and East Yorkshire will be colder, hungrier, more isolated, and more anxious than ever before.
As a result, the Two Ridings Community Foundation is launching an emergency appeal to raise £100,000. This money will be used for essential funding for the charities, voluntary organisations and community groups that will provide a vital lifeline to our region.
Time is running out to enter the East Riding Festival of Words Poetry Competition for 2020. It will reach its climax with an online event on Saturday, 28 January 2021.
The event will celebrate the winning poets, hear from the judges, and listen to the winning poems. However, the closing date for entries to be submitted and paid for will be Saturday, 28 November 2020.
New parents are being reminded they are not alone during these tough times caused by the pandemic. Being a new mum or dad is a wonderfully exciting time, but it can also bring many challenges.
The additional pressures of the Covid-19 pandemic mean that some new parents can find things especially difficult.
Couples in the East Riding were able to beat the clock and bring forward their wedding ceremonies before going into lockdown.
Staff from East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s registration and celebratory services team pulled out all the stops. They wanted to ensure couples could tie the knot before the second lockdown came into effect.
Showing support for local businesses is more important than ever as the coronavirus lockdown set to impact the Christmas trade that retailers usually rely on.
Shoppers in Hull and East Yorkshire can now discover a range of gift ideas and vouchers online through a dedicated new platform that highlights our region’s independent retailers.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council, as part of its pledge to deliver the commitments set out in the Armed Forces Covenant in the region, is working together with partners to improve the support for the local Armed Forces community.
New web pages now available on the council’s website have been designed around themes including employment, education and skills, families, children and young people, health and wellbeing, housing, money advice, together with general information and support.
The British Dental Association says that over 70% of practices left operating are at less than half pre-COVID capacity.
They have told the Department of Health and Social Care in an open letter that a package of capital funding now offers the only hope of restoring routine services to millions of patients across Yorkshire and the Humber.
Coronavirus cases continue to soar in this region despite the national lockdown. However, are we really doing enough to get the virus under control locally?
The second national ‘Lockdown’ feels nothing like the first one. The biggest difference is that it is business as usual for most.
The British Red Cross is urging the government to come up with a plan to tackle loneliness this winter.
Their calls come as a result of a new report shows that many people aren’t coping during the pandemic.
Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, has met with Cllr Richard Burton, the leader of East Riding Council, and its Chief Executive, Caroline Lacey, to hear updates on the council’s response to the coronavirus pandemic and to get the chance to feed local concerns back into Government Ministers.
Christmas dinners will be offered by a local business, The Queens Head this Christmas.
Local Publican Claire Martin says that plans to offer this service have been made due to the recently enforced lockdowns.
Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps, has given councils across Yorkshire and Humber a further £19.1 million to create safe space for cycling and walking.
The money comes as surveys and independent polls show strong public support for high-quality schemes.
MP for Beverley and Holderness, Graham Stuart, has celebrated that Beverley Minster and St Mary’s Church, also in Beverley, are to benefit from over £700,000 of government funding to help restart vital restoration of the cherished sites.
Beverley Art Gallery has launched a new series of lockdown videos, which can be enjoyed whilst the gallery has to remain closed.
Presented by curator Helena Cox, the videos look at some of the paintings and items which visitors can’t normally get to see, and which are kept behind the scenes in the repository in the Treasure House.