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.
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.
Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, has appealed to holiday parks in his constituency to stay open for those who are unable to return home to their primary residence for the month of November.
Following the announcement of a second lockdown across England, holiday parks have once again been asked to close to holidaymakers in order to reduce the spread of coronavirus in the face of rising cases across the country.
Humberside Police are supporting Operation Sceptre. It is a national campaign to tackle knife crime.
Op Sceptre aims to reduce the number of people, especially young people, carrying a weapon.
130 young musicians across East Riding are to feature in Big Play – a live-streamed performance taking place on Tuesday 10 November which will be watched by schools across the county from their classrooms. Friends and family are also invited to tune in from home or enjoy viewing later on catch-up.
An industrial site which has become home to an array of national brands is now at capacity after the latest tenant opened its doors.
MKM Building Supplies Ltd snapped up the last unit at The Trade Yard Scunthorpe, where it joins neighbours including Toolstation, Howdens Joinery, Valley Carpets, Motor Parts Direct and Hayley Group.
Household waste recycling sites in the East Riding are to stay open during the new lockdown – for essential waste only.
All 10 East Riding of Yorkshire Council sites will stay open from 10am to 5pm seven days a week throughout the new lockdown.
St Mary’s church and the Minster in Beverley are two of 445 heritage organisations across the country set to receive a lifesaving financial boost from the government thanks to the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund to help them through the coronavirus pandemic.
445 organisations will share £103 million, including St Mary’s church and the Minster in Beverley to help restart vital reconstruction work and maintenance on cherished heritage sites, keeping venues open and supporting those working in the sector.
A large number of cannabis plants have been discovered in Tickton following a joint police operation.
Proactive East Riding patrol officers, supported by #OpGalaxy, descended on an address on Scotts Garth Drive in Tickton. While there they discovered the large cannabis grow totalling almost 650 plants.
Now that England has begun its second period of lockdown, East Riding of Yorkshire Council is reminding residents of Active East Riding.
It is a website which is full of ideas and suggestions for people of all ages during this new period when many of the council’s facilities are closed.
As England enters a second lockdown set to last at least until early December, Big Issue sellers face a dire predicament as they are now not permitted to sell Big Issue North.
350 people who sell Big Issue North are self-employed, buying magazines for £1.50 before selling them on the streets of the north for £3.
Humberside Police hope the public will follow the new restrictions in place as the UK goes into Lockdown for four weeks.
In a statement, local police say they have faith that a majority of people will adhere to the rules. While they are also urging everyone to follow the guidelines outlined by the government.
Local bus company East Yorkshire has announced that their buses will continue running during the lockdown.
The operator’s buses will all run to normal timetables, to enable people to continue to travel to school, college, supermarkets and essential employment.
Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire residents are being urged to join the fight against Zombie batteries.
The call comes in a bid to tackle unintended fires in waste collections and at local household waste recycling centres caused by carelessly discarded dead batteries.
An East Yorkshire skincare expert has launched a specialist cleanser based on her research into skin feel.
‘1′ is a deep cleaning calming gel to milk cleanser that is inspired by Beverley based Dr Katerina Steventon’s 20 years’ scientific research and professional expertise and refined by her skin-feel research.