The importance of a safe and loving home is more important than ever at the moment, as we all spend more time there.
It emphasises what a wonderful job hundreds of foster carers are doing for children across the East Riding.
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.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council has issued updates on its tourism facilities in the light of the revised government advice issued earlier this week, and offered advice to those thinking of visiting the area in the coming days.
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.
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.
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’.
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.
Central 42 owner Eyyup Demir says they have had a huge and positive responsive after they announced they will be offering take out service.
Based on Saturday Market, the popular Tapas restaurant has been closed for weeks as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
East Riding Theatre manager Sue Kirkman is hoping a collaborative venture between ten local venues can continue during the lockdown period.
Her comments come following a successful event held online which saw over 3,500 people tune in. As a result of this success ERT will be playing their part in another one due to take place on 10 May.
MP Graham Stuart says that ‘posties’ are doing a great job in what are difficult circumstances. Mr Stuarts also praised their efforts for helping families stay in touch during the lockdown period.
Post Office bosses say that they have seen a big increase in the number of parcels being sent as a result of the travel restrictions.
A new law came into effect in April which means puppies and kittens can only be sold by the person who bred them.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is keen to make animal lovers aware of Lucy’s Law, which insists everyone must be able to see the mother when they are buying a puppy or kitten.
Friends, family and colleagues have paid tribute to a father and daughter who had a great influence on public, business and charity communities across Hull and East Yorkshire but who lost their lives to Covid-19 within days of each other.
David Whincup and Joanne Rennison were both directors of Educare Nursery in Beverley and were widely known for their activities in many other sectors.
Walter Sweeney, a 71-year-old solicitor and former MP, is doing a sponsored walk of the 79 mile Wolds Way with his miniature Bull terrier Bernard to raise funds for Dove House Hospice.
Commenting on his fundraiser he said that he will be taking care to observe social distancing rules, keeping at least six feet six inches from the very few other people currently using the route.
To help with the increased demand due to coronavirus (COVID-19), GP practices, pharmacies and Urgent Treatment Centres (UTC) across Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire will remain open on the bank holiday Friday, 8 May 2020.
Councillors from Beverley Town Council are delivering life-saving, PPE face shields to key workers in the care home sector in Beverley.
The face shields have been designed by the engineering department at Hull University, who have been working round the clock with NHS consultants and industrial partners to create a state of the art face shield to protect health workers against the Covid 19 virus.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council has relaunched its Love Your High Street fund, to help more businesses across the area in these challenging times.
It has been expanded to cover the whole of the East Riding area but is still predominantly aimed at the ‘high street’ – including villages and rural businesses which offer a service to their local community.
The National Conference League Committee has with regret decided to suspend the 2020 season after clubs have only played a couple of league fixtures each.
As a result of this, it means Beverley ARLFC will see their season called off. News of the league’s decision has left Beverley’s coaching staff disappointed.
Humberside Police have issued a warning to residents following what they say is a notable increase in drink and drug driving.
They say that the number of people caught and arrested for driving whilst over the prescribed limit of alcohol or drugs has gone up in recent weeks.