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Toll Gavel was given a treat on Sunday 1st December by a group of carol singers who were singing to raise money for Hull Samaritans. The group who comprised of Samaritans volunteers and friends and family raised an incredible £1,163 from passers-by.
As the festive season is nearly upon us, I would like to take this opportunity to extend my best wishes to all residents of East Riding of Yorkshire, for Christmas and for a peaceful, healthy and happy New Year.
This is a special time of year, a time when we spend precious time with our loved ones and take stock of the year that’s passed.
Christmas and New Year are the busiest times of the year for East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s bin collection teams.
More waste is generated during the holidays than at any other period.
The Yorkshire division of national homebuilder, Bellway Homes says a recent flurry of sales at its Bishop’s Gate development in Beverley show the Minster town is still very much the place East Riding buyers want to call home.
Being built on an 11-hectare site off Woodmansey Mile, Bishop’s Gate comprises 183 homes and to date virtually two thirds of them have sold; with buyers attracted by the location and strong mix of homes, which means it appeals to buyers from all walks and stages of life.
In recognition of T Level Celebration Week, T Level Agriculture, Land Management and Production students from Bishop Burton College near Beverley and Riseholme College just outside Lincoln met in a purpose-built virtual classroom.
Both colleges have been using virtual reality as part of the curriculum for some time but this exciting event marked the first time T Level students from both campuses have had the opportunity to interact together in this way. Virtual reality is now a commonplace tool for supporting learning on technical and vocational qualifications at both colleges, enabling students to practice and develop skills in a controlled and safe situation.
Tesco’s Beverley store has been pleased to work with the Beverley-based East Yorkshire Foodbank for over 10 years to help provide food to local people in crisis. Together with all Tesco stores in the UK, we hold a winter National Food Collection in partnership with either Trussell Trust or Fareshare.
A number of council services will be closed temporarily as they move their location to the newly refurbished Champney Treasure House.
Alongside the tourist information centre and customer service centre on Cross Street, Beverley Library will also be making the move from its temporary location within County Hall in Beverley.
Historic Beverley Minster provided a spectacular backdrop to celebrate the academic achievements of students from University Centre Bishop Burton (UCBB), in its annual Graduation Ceremony.
Family, friends and special guests were welcomed by Governor Susan Hamer, to witness students graduate in a range of subjects including Animal Sciences, Agriculture, Environmental Conservation, Sport and Exercise Science, Criminology, Equine, Floristry and Teacher Training.
East Yorkshire Buses is proud to announce that in honour of Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day, free travel will be available all day for veterans and currently serving members of the UK Armed Forces. This initiative, taking place on Sunday, 10 November and Monday, 11 November, reflects the company’s commitment to supporting and showing gratitude to those who have dedicated themselves to the country.
East Yorkshire Buses is excited to announce a series of significant updates to its bus services, set to take effect from 10th November 2024.
In response to customer feedback, these changes are designed to simplify routes, improve reliability and provide more frequent services to passengers across Hull and surrounding areas.
The Viewfinder Photographic Society’s ever-popular annual exhibition gets underway once again in October at Skidby Village Hall with the usual impressive array of images that include landscape and wildlife photographs captured both locally and from around the world.
Tesco Community Grants have funded thousands of local community projects across the UK, helping schools, junior sports teams, foodbanks, charities and community groups. Since 2016 over a hundred local projects voted on in Tesco’s Beverley store have received almost £200,000 in grants.
Beverley Town Football Club is helping promote Healthy Minds through their match kit.
Healthy Minds in East Riding information and support will be highlighted to thousands of families attending Beverley Town FC games in 2024 and 2025 through on the team’s match day kit.
Beverley Town Council is asking for residents to suggest names for new streets in the town.
When new housing developments are built, each street needs a name. The bank of potential street names for the Parish of Beverley, which is managed by East Riding of Yorkshire Council, currently contains only one suggestion – Thomas Davie, who was the long-serving Medical Superintendent of the former Broadgate Mental Hospital from 1927 to 1954.
The Defence School of Transport (DST) have recently unveiled a brand-new Simulator Suite at Normandy Barracks, Leconfield.
This landmark event was attended by Air Commodore Crawford CBE, Commandant of the Air & Space Warfare Centre, highlighting the significant advancement in modern driver training methodologies.
Business leaders from across the region will be sleeping rough this November as part of the Big Hull and East Yorkshire Sleepout 2024.
On Thursday 7 November, leaders of top local and regional companies are invited (arms twisted) to be stripped of all luxuries and left to sleep out in the cold concrete stands of Sewell Group Craven Park.
Dove House Hospice relies on appeals like their Summer Appeal to be able to support their local community of Hull and East Yorkshire, but they need your help. Over the past year the hospices costs have risen by a staggering £1 million, with only a small increase of £27,000 in government funding helping to offset these additional costs.
Can you help your local hospice to continue their vital services at a time when demand for hospice care is on the rise?
Local friendship group, Humber Wolds Oddfellows, is inviting people to amp up their ‘frenergy’ this September by taking part in one of its special energy-boosting events for Friendship Month.
The non-profit group, made up of around 350 local members who are mostly older adults, says the events are being held to celebrate how good it feels to spend time in friendly company.