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The 413th Mayor of Beverley will be chosen later this month using Zoom virtual meeting technology. Beverley Town Council says the move to do this signals its determination to continue its civic traditions despite the lockdown.
The ancient office of the Mayor of Beverley dates back to 1573. It is usually passed on each May at the annual Mayormaking ceremony at Beverley’s Guildhall.
Deputy Mayor Cllr Tom Astell says the installation of signs around Beverley thanking key workers is a small but powerful gesture.
Beverley’s Deputy Mayor comments after Beverley Town Council announced they will be installing 20 signs around the town.
Beverley Art Gallery is working with ‘The Critical Fish’ and East Riding Theatre in a competition for young people.
Two paintings from the Art Gallery collection are the subject of the competition. They are ‘In The Studio’ by Fred Elwell which shows his fiancée Mary as an artist in her studio.
Beverley Town Council has sent a card to the inspirational Captain Tom Moore who turned 100 today.
As the nation struggles during the Covid-19 pandemic, Captain Tom has captured the hearts of everyone while raising over £30M for the NHS Charities.
Beverley Town Council has unsurprisingly decided not to purchase the building formally occupied by the Crown Post Office.
The Post Office in the Beverley has been empty since closing as services were franchised to the retailer WH Smith.
Hull University Teaching Hospitals Trust’s official charity WISHH has expressed their gratitude to communities across the region for their fundraising efforts.
As a result of the pandemic sweeping across the nation, the charity launched the WISHH COVID-19 Appeal.
St Mary’s Church Beverley – home to some of the finest medieval architecture of any parish church in the country – announces that the first phase in its major restoration programme has reached the halfway point on schedule, despite the coronacrisis and the three storms which have passed through since the scaffolding was put up in February!
East Riding Libraries are encouraging families across the region to celebrate the bedtime story and reading together.
They want families to join them in this year’s Pyjamarama, an event organised by the BookTrust that takes place on Friday 1 May.
MP Graham Stuart has welcomed changes made by the Department for Transport that will help keep the countries supply chains moving.
His comments come after they confirmed that drives of buses and lorries licence renewal will be suspended as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
With so many young people feeling sad that Lifestyle 2020 has been cancelled those behind the incentive have come up with a new idea.
Lifestylers are being invited to take part in an art-based scheme that can be completed from the comfort of their own home.
Latest figures show the UK is on course to record the highest number of deaths within Europe as a result of COVID-19.
More alarming is that the UK has now reported more deaths for the past four days than France. This is despite the fact the UK only includes deaths in hospitals. While the French who include care homes in their daily death figures.
The Treasure House in Beverley is gearing up to house a commissioned piece of contemporary artwork, following the release of an open art call.
The East Riding Visual Arts Uplift, working with the Humber Museums Partnership, is proud to be unveiling yet another contemporary artistic commission for interested artists to express an interest and submit their proposals.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council has submitted a planning application for its proposals to improve the A164 and the Jock’s Lodge Junction near Beverley.
Subject to planning permission being granted, the council intends to carry out a major overhaul of the road system to replace the junction, which currently links the A164 and the A1079, in order to improve congestion problems on one of the East Riding’s busiest roads.
The new Active East Riding website includes lots of ideas for Under Fives – including babies – and families to do at home during this lockdown period.
Hundreds of refuse collectors, road workers and maintenance staff continue to work flat out across the East Riding to make sure essential services are maintained during the COVID-19 crisis.
More staff employed by the East Riding of Yorkshire Council will be re-mobilised to tackle maintenance work on such areas as parks and open spaces, school grounds, and road repairs.
Rainbow signs thanking NHS staff and carers in the East Riding for their work during the COVID-19 outbreak are to be installed on five roundabouts by East Riding of Yorkshire Council.
Staff from children, young people and family service’s West Early Help team are raising money for charity Bundles of Joy, which will benefit children and families in the area.
A Hull-based construction and maintenance firm have been overwhelmed by the number of applicants for its Apprentice intake for 2020.
KWL had planned an Apprentice Open Day for the 18 April with over 150 candidates registering to attend the event.