Parents in East Yorkshire looking for activities to keep their teens and tweens entertained this February half term will be able to book their child on their very first driving lesson – from age 10!
Young Driver, the UK’s largest provider of pre-17 driving lessons, will be running driving lessons for 10 to 17-year-olds on Tuesday 11th February at the Defence School of Transport in Leconfield near Beverley.
This February, Vue invites you to experience one of the world’s most popular laugh-out-loud comedy shows, as Daniel Sloss brings his critically-acclaimed solo show Daniel Sloss: X to Vue Hull.
Performing off the back of an already glistening comedy career, Sloss’s record-breaking tenth solo show, and third comedy film, delivers a unique satire on the uncomfortable topics of modern society.
ArtWaves Festival launched the Environmental Project in 2019 as a strand of the overall festival to highlight current issues and raise awareness of negative practices impacting the environment.
February will have a few favourites at the Orangery at Sewerby Hall and Gardens with a selection of wide-ranging concerts.
On Sunday, 2 February at 1.30pm Peter Bull will play a variety of traditional instruments, including the hurdy-gurdy, bagpipes, dulcimer, recorders, flute and lute.
A chef who has raised thousands of pounds for charity by telling the tales of a career which took him from The Dorchester in London’s Park Lane to some of the top kitchens in East Yorkshire will share his stories on national TV this week.
Derek Baugh, who won acclaim as Managing Director of Willerby Manor Hotel and as owner with his wife Lee of the renowned Manor House Hotel in Walkington, will celebrate the broadcast by ordering a reprint of “Memories of a Dorchester Chef and Beyond” to raise more money for the Daisy Appeal.
Lots of fun is to be found this February as the Sewerby Squirrels sessions will take place at Sewerby Hall and Gardens.
The sessions – held for under 5s and their grown-ups on Mondays during term time (from 10-11.30am) – are based on seasonal events, Edwardian life and Sewerby Hall exhibits. They all include books to read, a sensory area and a quiet corner – plus themed activities.
A soldier from Beverley has scooped the British Army Photographer of the Year prize for her outstanding work. Corporal Rebecca Brown, 29, who attended Longcroft School says she is overwhelmed and also proud to win.
Cpl Brown is based at Army Headquarters with the Combat Camera Team. Before joining the military she used to work in health care but has always had an interest in photography.
Visitors to Vue Hull will be unleashing their inner dancers as the powerful Riverdance comes to the big screen in celebration of its 25th anniversary.
The dance extravaganza, which originated as a Eurovision interval act, hits screens for the first time as the special gala performance is filmed where it all began at 3Arena Dublin. Fans are able to see the show at Vue Hull for a truly remarkable experience.
Emma Hardy MP has signed the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment.
In doing so she pledged her commitment to Holocaust Memorial Day and honouring those who were murdered during the Holocaust as well as paying tribute to the extraordinary Holocaust survivors who work tirelessly to educate young people today.
A £1.2m project to update two pumping stations that reduce flood risk and drain low lying agricultural areas into the River Hull is set to begin soon.
The Hempholme and Wilfholme pumping stations, which operate on the River Hull between Driffield and Beverley, need to be refurbished in order for them to continue reducing the risk of flooding in the area at times of heavy rainfall.
Beverley ARLFC will face their first competitive action of 2020 away to Glasson Rangers.
The Blue and Golds will take to the field on 15 February in the BARLA National Cup.
A school and local charity are who were winners of the Tesco Bags of Help incentive have revealed what they have done the cash.
Beverley’s Cherry Tree Centre and Woodmansey Primary School both welcomed representatives from Tesco to view their projects.
A Beverley-based fostering agency is celebrating after receiving an outstanding Ofsted report. Furthermore, this was the second consecutive report to find them outstanding.
Orange Grove Fostercare Yorkshire is responsible for respite range of services in and around Hull and the East Ridings. These include emergency, permanent, long and short-term fostering placements for children.
The first residents have moved into an in-demand Beal Homes development in Beverley, including members of the award-winning housebuilder’s own staff.
Residents are settling into their new homes at St. John’s Fold, in the shadow of Beverley Minster and close to the heart of the historic market town, which is Beal’s fastest-selling development ever.
360 Chartered Accountants is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Personal Tax Trainee.
Jordan Taylor, 20, will be based at the firm’s Withernsea office, which opened two years ago following a merger with Walsh and Co.
Staff, clients and visitors at a business centre in Hull have launched the final push in their campaign to collect unwanted Christmas presents in support of Dove House Hospice.
The team at The Deep Business Centre are urging members of the public to join them in the effort to donate as many items as possible by the end of this month to help Dove House build a stock of prizes for raffles and tombolas.
A new comedy by John Godber OBE is to open at Theatre Royal Wakefield and East Riding Theatre Beverley, before transferring to Trafalgar Studios in the West End in May.
Billed as a companion piece to the critically acclaimed SCARY BIKERS, which was commissioned by Sky Arts 50. ANGELS OF THE NORTH concerns itself with a failing Yorkshire Taxi firm on the run-up to, and beyond, the election of 12 December 2019.
Ice-Cream Tiki Bar in Beverley has been shortlisted in Mumbler Awards. Based at Armstrongs Social Club the Ice-Cream Tiki Bar has been named a finalist in the ‘Favourite Child-Friendly Eating Out Venue.’
Manager of Armstrongs, Sally-Ann Rena says she is over the moon to make the final. While she also expressed her thanks to all those who took time to vote for them in the poll.