Nominations can now be made for the 2020 East Riding of Yorkshire Council Chairman’s Awards.
The annual awards, which will be held at Bridlington Spa in May, recognise people, businesses and projects that have helped improve the East Riding over the last year.
Children from Hull and across South Yorkshire had a special Christmas surprise when they made a visit to Amazon in Doncaster iPort to take part in a Christmas-themed day of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) fun with Barnardo’s.
Pupils from St Anthony’s Catholic Primary School in Hull joined children from the Barnardo’s Priory Family Centre in Barnsley to visit the Amazon fulfilment centre as part of a programme called Amazon Future Engineer.
The waste and recycling team at East Riding of Yorkshire Council has lent a helping hand to an environmentally-themed Christmas musical being staged for children at East Riding Theatre.
‘The Fairy Who Fell Off The Christmas Tree’ is being performed at the Beverley theatre from 17 to 31 December and is aimed at youngsters aged three and over.
We wanted to thank the people of Beverley and Molescroft for giving us the opportunity to serve them since our election in May.
It is a huge privilege for us to represent Molescroft, the historic heart of Beverley and the Model Farm and Swinemoor areas as your ward councillors on the East Riding of Yorkshire Council.
Beverley High School celebrated the festive season with their annual concert at Beverley Minster.
Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols featured their students who performed a host of festive carols and musical performances.
Michael Loncaster, Headteacher of Molescroft Primary School has been awarded the Millenium Cup by Molescroft Parish Council.
Mr Loncaster has been the Headteacher at Molescroft Primary School since 2001. His efforts have been acknowledged by the Parish Council who described him as an inspirational figure.
Bus company East Yorkshire have announced their Christmas bus schedules, including a dramatically increased service on Boxing Day.
More areas of Hull and East Yorkshire will be getting buses on Boxing Day, with new services for this year including buses between Hull, Beverley and York.
Christmas and New Year will create more waste than any other time of the year in the East Riding – but the good news is most of it can be recycled.
Last Christmas and New Year more than 9,000 tonnes of waste was collected from East Riding households – and 60% of that was recycled thanks to the brilliant efforts of residents.
As families gather to celebrate Christmas, NHS Blood and Transplant is urging everyone to take the time to consider and take time to talk about their organ donation decision.
The call comes as it launches a TV advertising campaign to highlight the upcoming changes to the law around organ donation in England.
Pupils from St Mary’s Primary School in Beverley hosted a Nativity Play that proved to be a real hit.
Following several weeks of hard work, pupils from the schools Foundation group took to stage performing live in front of their parents.
As revellers start to get into the Christmas spirit, taxi marshals will once again be on the streets of Beverley and Bridlington making sure people get home safely.
For the ninth consecutive year, East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s licensing team will be providing taxi marshals who will be working through the night on the streets of two East Yorkshire towns, to ensure Christmas and New Year celebrators are getting home safely.
On behalf of East Riding of Yorkshire Council, I would like to wish everyone a happy, healthy and peaceful Christmas and a prosperous New Year.
Christmas means different things to different people. For me, Christmas is a time for family, a time to reflect on the good and not so good things that have taken place during the previous 12.
Barratt Homes Yorkshire East is supporting the local community in Hull throughout the festive season by providing much-needed support to local food banks in the Trussell Trust’s network.
Food banks provide emergency food alongside compassionate and practical support to vulnerable individuals and families throughout the year.
An Opera North mainstage favourite as a baritone, Gavan Ring returns to the company as a tenor for the Viennese Whirl New Year concert at Hull City Hall on 31 December.
“This year has been a rollercoaster!” laughs the singer, who was born and raised in County Kerry, southwest Ireland. “I literally finished up being a baritone in May, then my first ever concert as a tenor – at the National Concert Hall Dublin – was broadcast by RTÉ in Ireland!”
The London Theatre Voices will be making a welcome return to Toll Gavel United Church, Beverley.
They will be back in Beverley on Saturday, 18 January 2020, at 7.30pm with ‘The Gentlemen of English National Opera’.
An East Yorkshire chef whose cookery is inspired by a global catering career spanning 35 years has launched her first recipe book.
Ali Bilton, who has worked in private catering and has lived in London, Spain and Hong Kong, was inspired to write Ali Bilton cooks…her favourites to bring together a selection of family favourites and recipes that evoke memories of the far-flung places where she has lived.
Four community groups in the East Riding and Hull have benefited from a grant scheme set up by five Yorkshire councils and funded by the construction industry.
Driffield Methodist Church, North Ferriby Primary School, Beverley Town Jaguars Under-16s and Rooted in Hull received a combined total of more than £30,000 in the latest round of awards from the YOR4Good fund.
Specsavers has celebrated a successful year in business at Kingswood Retail Park.
The store has been part of the Kingswood community since November 2018, with its dedicated team of 19 staff always on hand to provide professional advice across optical and audiology care.