Tailor-made teddies are taking off with charity supporters around the world to help raise money for a major medical facility which is close to completion at Castle Hill Hospital.
In addition to the best-dressed bears, customers of Cock of the Walk tailors in Hull have been placing festive orders for hand-made dogs and dinosaurs, with the amount raised for the Daisy Appeal now topping £1,000.
Beverley Art Gallery is releasing more mindful art recordings in the run-up to Christmas, part of the gallery’s Mindful Engagement with Art Project.
Mindfulness is a meditation technique that requires nothing but a few minutes of a person’s time to be spent focused – in the case of Beverley Art Gallery, this focus is aimed at paintings from their collection.
Laura Truscott a self-employed Colourist says she is shocked and honoured at being named Colourist of the Year in the Salon Awards.
34-year-old Laura who is a colour specialist at BB’s Hair Boutique in Beverley found out she won the prestigious title as Colourist of the Year in Yorkshire just days ago.
Holderness Health GP practice is one of the first practices to offer the COVID vaccination to their most at risk, vulnerable patients in the Holderness area.
Following the launch of the vaccine last week at Castle Hill Hospital, Peter Ainscough aged 84 became one of the first people in Holderness to receive the COVID vaccine.
Beverley Art Gallery recently launched a series of videos called ‘It’s in the BAG – Behind the scenes at Beverley Art Gallery’, presented by the gallery’s curator Helena Cox and showing remarkable paintings from the gallery’s repository.
For the festive season, the gallery is launching another batch of videos, this time presented by Jane Irisa, an East Riding based collector of traditional Japanese toys.
East Riding residents can now register for the YORSwitch auction, after its latest auction saw an impressive 4,500 households in the area register, saving an average of £150 by switching with the scheme.
Since the scheme started in 2013, YORSwitch has switched more than 35,000 households and delivered more than £7.4million savings for East Riding residents.
A Redrow site manager will build his 500th home while in charge of its East Riding development, Swanland Heights. It also marks his 20th year of site management.
Paul Douglass, a previous winner of Site Manager of the Year for Redrow in Yorkshire, is currently overseeing the build of 56 new homes at Swanland Heights, in the village of Swanland.
Value garden centre Cherry Lane Beverley has seen shoppers getting ready to spread Christmas cheer this year by stocking up early on festive decorations, cards and gifts.
Cherry Lane has just announced some of its top sellers over the past six weeks of the second national lockdown.
Visit East Yorkshire and Bridlington Spa are delighted to announce the return of the British Open and British Classic darts tournament to Bridlington in 2021.
The three-day tournament organised by Tri-Nations darts will be held at Bridlington Spa from Friday 15 to Sunday 17 October 2021.
Hull City Council is linking up with a major global organisation to help realise ambitious plans for a carbon-neutral future in the city.
The council, along with neighbouring East Riding of Yorkshire Council, has appointed the Carbon Trust to undertake an assessment of how it can become carbon-neutral.
Eligible East Yorkshire households now have the opportunity to reduce their energy usage and save money on their energy bills thanks to a partnership between Hull company Heat Insulation Ltd, East Riding of Yorkshire Council and ScottishPower.
A £2.5m scheme to transform the entrance to Bridlington Railway Station is now finished – and marks the completion of a major regeneration project for the town.
The Bridlington Station Plaza Scheme involved the creation of a new car park, exit road and a landscaped pedestrian area in front of the station to give passengers a warm welcome to the town.
Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, has welcomed the news that Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital in Cottingham, is to benefit from £5,925,000.
The £4.3m Queens Gardens refurbishment is set to feature a number of permanent art installations that will celebrate and bring to life Hull’s rich maritime past.
The installations, from internationally-renowned and award-winning artists Katayoun Dowlatshahi and Heinrich & Palmer, will include a new seating area in the Peace Garden, integrated artworks on new amphitheatre-style seating, as well as maritime-inspired installations and lighting along the boundary of the gardens.
Save the date for the hottest ticket in town as Hull Truck Theatre’s Christmas performance gets set to spread joy to residents across Hull and East Yorkshire.
This is thanks to an innovative partnership with Hull City Council and East Riding of Yorkshire Council.
Visitors to Beverley’s Flemingate centre can now immerse themselves in an exciting new sense of reality!
The Flemingate team has launched a free augmented reality app, ‘ARound’, which features fun games and challenges that come alive for visitors as they walk through the popular retail and leisure destination.
Graham Stuart, MP has met virtually 6th form students from Beverley Joint 6th form to raise questions and discuss their concerns about the A-level exams they will be taking next year.
The Prime Minister and Education Secretary have been clear that exams will go ahead in 2021.
A discretionary grant scheme to help households struggling in the run-up to Christmas has been launched.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council has launched the scheme to support those most in need with the cost of food, energy and other essentials.