YORSwitch Registration Now Open For Spring Auction

YORSwitch Registration Now Open For Spring Auction
May 19, 2020

YORSwitch, the scheme that helps save money on energy bills is still running despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, registration is now open for the Spring auction.

The auction takes place on Tuesday, 19 May and in the days following, the winning supplier will be announced.

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Courses By Safer Roads Humber Go Online

Courses By Safer Roads Humber Go Online
May 16, 2020

Safer Roads Humber is pleased to announce that it is now offering its driver safety courses online.

The partnership is rolling out the courses using Microsoft Teams and clients are being contacted to arrange a suitable date.

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15 Arrested As Police Tackle Online Sex Offences

15 Arrested As Police Tackle Online Sex Offences
May 15, 2020

15 people have been arrested in the last three weeks as part of a targeted forcewide operation to tackle online sex offences.

Detectives from the Internet Sex Offenders Team (ISOT) have been busy gathering evidence and making arrests to help protect our communities.

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Local NHS Warns People Not To Fall Victim To Health-Related Scams

Local NHS Warns People Not To Fall Victim To Health-Related Scams
May 13, 2020

Criminals are continuing to use the COVID-19 pandemic to scam the public and organisations. They are targeting people looking to buy medical supplies online, sending emails offering fake medical support and scamming people who may be vulnerable or increasingly isolated at home.

Reports from the public have included online shopping scams where people have ordered protective face masks, hand sanitiser, and other products, which have never arrived and a number of cases have been identified where fake testing kits have been offered for sale.

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Beverley Town Council Elect Youngest-Ever Mayor Virtually

Beverley Town Council Elect Youngest-Ever Mayor Virtually
May 11, 2020

History was made on two counts in  Beverley on Monday evening when the town’s youngest-ever mayor, Cllr Tom Astell, 24,  was elected using virtual meeting technology.

The ancient Mayor making ceremony was conducted online, with councillors electing their new mayor from their own homes due to the lockdown restrictions.

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Tributes Paid To Foster Parents During Foster Care Fortnight

Tributes Paid To Foster Parents During Foster Care Fortnight
May 8, 2020

A local fostering agency is celebrating the resilience and hard work of their foster parents during National Foster Care Fortnight.

The annual campaign which runs from 11-24 May takes the theme of #thisisfostering, aiming to convey a varied and authentic picture of the contributions of the people involved in fostering and how foster care transforms the lives of children and young people.

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Festival Takes Puppetry On-Line To Escape COVID Shut Down

Festival Takes Puppetry On-Line To Escape COVID Shut Down
May 8, 2020

Beverley hosts so many festivals throughout the year from early music to literature to folk and spoken word. Not least of which is the award-winning biennial Beverley Puppet Festival. 

But this year whilst the Minster may still stand, although it stands empty for the first time in almost a millennium, nearly every festival in the calendar has had to cancel or is soon going to face that tough decision as Covid-19 continues to wreak havoc the across the nation. 

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The Tattooist Of Auschwitz’ Comes To ER Book Club

The Tattooist Of Auschwitz’ Comes To ER Book Club
May 7, 2020

East Riding Libraries’ popular virtual book club, Face in a Book Club, has added many new titles.

In honour of the VE Day 75th anniversary, it will offer ‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’ by Heather Morris, the story of how Slovakian Jew Lale Sokolov fell in love with a girl he was tattooing at a concentration camp.

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Mayor Encourages Residents To Celebrate Beverley Virtual VE 75 Day

Mayor Encourages Residents To Celebrate Beverley Virtual VE 75 Day
May 7, 2020

Beverley Town Council had big plans to commemorate this special 75th anniversary of VE Day along with many other organisations, groups and churches within the town.  Due to the present pandemic of Coronavirus, all these activities had to be cancelled. 

However, this does not stop them from commemorating and celebrating this special occasion in our own homes following the government regulations ‘Stay at Home – Protect the NHS – Save Lives’.  

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Grants Awarded By Council To Help Commemorate VE Day Anniversary

Grants Awarded By Council To Help Commemorate VE Day Anniversary
May 7, 2020

East Riding of Yorkshire Council is distributing grants from its VE Day Community Fund to help commemorate the 75th anniversary of VE Day.

The rural team within the council’s planning department has supported projects proposed by 14 parish councils from the fund and the funding will allow the projects to take place in due course after COVID-19 restrictions are eased.

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