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Discretionary Grant Scheme Application Deadline Extended

Discretionary Grant Scheme Application Deadline Extended

Small and micro businesses and charities across the East Riding who have not qualified for Government funding so far during the COVID-19 pandemic have been given more time to apply for grants of up to £25,000.

Businesses that share a workplace, B&Bs that pay council tax, market traders who have fixed property costs and charity properties could all be eligible to apply for funding through the Government-backed discretionary grant scheme.

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Aldi Offers Parents Bargains With New Specialbuys Baby Range

Aldi Offers Parents Bargains With New Specialbuys Baby Range

Aldi is launching its Baby Event in their Beverley store. It will see the supermarket roll out a range of great value baby products as part of its Specialbuys range.

Available from 18 June, local parents will be able to grab a bargain on a host of family essentials. Deals in the range for a limited time only include strollers, toys and learning equipment.

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Bus Checker Service Launched To Help Travelers Plan Their Journey

Bus Checker Service Launched To Help Travelers Plan Their Journey

East Yorkshire has launched two innovative travel tools for customers.  Along with social distancing, wearing face coverings and enhanced cleaning, the new tools aim to give people the confidence to use buses as customers return to work and school.

Customers will be able to use the ‘When2Travel’ tool when planning their journey, to see how busy a journey usually is using a sliding scale from green (very quiet) to red (very busy).  They will also be able to track a specific bus in real-time, to see how busy the bus actually is on the day.

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Council Team Takes On 100km Cycle Challenge – In Place Of Teachers

Council Team Takes On 100km Cycle Challenge – In Place Of Teachers

A team of council staff are taking on a 100km (62 miles) cycle challenge this week in place of teachers who need to stay in the classroom during the coronavirus lockdown.

Forty teachers from schools across the East Riding had been due to take part in the annual 100km bike ride as part of the Cycle4Life Challenge organised each year by East Riding of Yorkshire Council.

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Opening Day At Yorkshire Wildlife Park After Lockdown

Opening Day At Yorkshire Wildlife Park After Lockdown

A whole host of new animals met the public for the first time yesterday as the newly adapted award-winning Yorkshire Wildlife Park reopened.

YWP, which has introduced a wide variety of safety precautions to keep visitors safe, welcomed over thirty new arrivals during the lockdown.

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Deep Clean Will Help Top Restaurant Get Ready For Reopening

Deep Clean Will Help Top Restaurant Get Ready For Reopening

A specialist cleaning company is on standby to help one of East Yorkshire’s top restaurants get back to business as usual after the coronavirus lockdown.

Michele and Matthew Barker, the twins who run The Westwood in Beverley, are waiting for government guidance on when they will be able to reopen their acclaimed restaurant in the Grade II listed former Crown Court building.

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Humber Bridge Toll Booths To Reopen But Cash Will Not Be Accepted

Humber Bridge Toll Booths To Reopen But Cash Will Not Be Accepted

The Humber Bridge toll booths are set to reopen following the recent government announcements about the ‘Lockdown Exit Plan’ and going back to work.

The booths were closed on Sunday, March 29, as part of the measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19 as the country went into lockdown, and since that date, all traffic crossing the bridge has been using the open road ‘TAG Lane’ (ORT).

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Artists Commissioned To Celebrate Hull’s Maritime Story

Artists Commissioned To Celebrate Hull’s Maritime Story

Leading contemporary artists, Heinrich and Palmer, have created a new and stunning visualisation of one of the most popular objects in the Hull Maritime Museum’s permanent collection.

Lumen Prize-nominated artists behind the ‘Ship of the Gods’ at Hull Minster as part of Absolutely Cultured’s Urban Legends and Northern Lights, Heinrich and Palmer have been commissioned to create new and innovative public artwork to reflect the city’s rich maritime history.

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Yorkshire Wildlife Park Gears Up To Reopen As Government Allows Zoos To Open

Yorkshire Wildlife Park Gears Up To Reopen As Government Allows Zoos To Open

The award-winning Yorkshire Wildlife Park is delighted at the news that the government has reviewed its decision on current restrictions on the reopening of zoos and safari parks.

The park had taken a severe financial hit as even with 70% of staff furloughed there are still high care and feed bills for their animals. The lockdown has cost the park around £5 million in lost revenue and is impacting its ability to carry out award-winning conservation projects.

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Thousands Of Green Jobs To Be Created In Hull Over Next Decade

Thousands Of Green Jobs To Be Created In Hull Over Next Decade

Thousands of green jobs could be created in Hull over the next decade, according to a new report.

The Local Government Association (LGA) Local green jobs report has identified the number of green jobs needed in each local authority area to ensure the UK is carbon neutral by 2050.

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New Rules On Face Coverings Come Into Play This Week

New Rules On Face Coverings Come Into Play This Week

New rules requiring passengers to wear face coverings on their journey will come into force on public transport from Monday.

The advice is clear that people should continue to avoid taking public transport where possible. But if you do need to use public transport you will be required to use face coverings.

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Grants Now Available For Tree Planting Projects Across The East Riding

Grants Now Available For Tree Planting Projects Across The East Riding

Grants of up to £5,000 are being made available to private and public landowners, town and parish councils as well as other community groups in a bid to increase the number of native trees across the East Riding.

The East Riding of Yorkshire Community Tree Planting Fund is looking to support projects that will include creating new areas of native woodland, planting new clusters of native trees and hedgerows or establishing new groups of individual native standard trees.

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Making Caring Visible In The East Riding

Making Caring Visible In The East Riding

Caring for a loved one can be an extremely rewarding experience, however, without the right support, carers may often feel isolated and lonely.

In addition, some carers have reported feelings of guilt and shame when they feel they need a break from their loved one or an hour to themselves.

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