Young musicians from East Riding schools have been invited to perform at the Royal Albert Hall in London. They will take part in the national Festival of Music for Youth later this month.
The East Riding schools’ music service Senior Percussion Ensemble is to take part in a lunchtime concert. This will be held in the prestigious Elgar Room entitled ‘Spotlight on new music.’
Dove House Hospice, a charity caring for people with life-limiting illnesses in the East Riding and Hull, is delighted to announce that the new look Beverley Menswear shop is to be officially opened.
Dove House Hospice will officially open the new shop on Thursday 14 November at 10am to bargain-hunting charity shoppers.
CONNECT Partner, an IT system that allows police and partner organisations to share information on one core policing system for the first time. It has officially been launched in East Riding.
The IT new system will now allow police in East Riding to provide a bespoke service to proactively manage issues around specific individuals, locations and offenders, in order to test and identify its benefits.
Chloe Hopkins has been selected as Labour’s candidate for the Beverley and Holderness constituency. She will now stand in the general election 2019 that will be held next month.
Ms Hopkins was confirmed as the candidate by the local Labour Party. She said she is proud to have been selected.
I Wanna Be Yours is a funny, lyrical, and tender play about the intricacies and complexities of finding love and the difficulties of holding onto it once found.
A debut play for one of the London Poet Laureates, Zia Ahmed, this touring production, coming to the East Riding Theatre on Saturday 16th November is grown from the internationally acclaimed theatre company, Paines Plough.
Mr James Dick, OBE, DL, has become the new Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire.
He follows the Hon. Dame Susan Cunliffe-Lister, DCVO, who stepped down last week after 14 years as the Queen’s representative in the county.
The second Operation Safe Pass takes place tomorrow, targeting motorists that pass too close to cyclists.
Qualified cyclists will be out on the road once again, complete with helmet cameras, cycling at the correct distance from the kerb.
The Daisy Appeal went walkabout with award-winning tour guide Paul Schofield to raise money and awareness of the charity and of some of the region’s hidden history.
Some of the group of more than 40 people were tourists in their own town as Paul took them on a trip through the streets and alleyways of Beverley.
Rehearsals are already underway for Beverley Minster C of E Primary School’s next school production, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, which will take place in March.
This year, not only are the cast having fun and learning new skills but they’re also aiming to raise awareness of recycling, single-use plastics and how to keep oceans clean and safe.
International Men’s Day will be celebrated at Beverley Fire Station at a special event open to the public.
Taking place on 19 November, International Men’s Day celebrates the positive impact men bring to the world.
Five-star housebuilder, Barratt Homes Yorkshire East, continues to honour Hull’s war hero’s this Remembrance Sunday at its aptly named, Poppy Fields development in Cottingham.
To mark Remembrance Sunday, Barratt Homes is supporting the Hull branch of The Royal British Legion with a £1,000 donation to assist the charity in providing lifelong support to serving and ex-serving personnel and their families in the Hull region.
More than 650,000 illegal cigarettes and packets of tobacco have been seized in the past six months across Hull and the East Riding.
Tobacco dogs and local policing teams along with officers from Trading Standards have searched hundreds of premises using the intelligence they have gathered. These include houses, businesses, and vehicles.
Drone users, including children who get one for Christmas, will need to pass a test before they can take to the air.
New regulations come into play when it comes to drones on 3 November. Drone users who do not sit the test can face a fine of up to £1000.
With the new British judo season just starting Saturday saw the first of the major events, the Welsh Open.
This is the first of the 4 home nation tournaments and the seeding event for the British Championships.
High profile cyber-attacks on large businesses have raised awareness of the growing threat of cybercrime. However, many smaller businesses seem to be operating under a false sense of security, believing they are too small and therefore, safe.
A workshop run by the commercial insurance firm, HI Commercial and IT support company, Computanet, highlighted the risks small businesses expose themselves to every day, simply through employee emails, accessing free public wifi or, disgruntled employees. The message is simple; don’t equate small with safe – simple measures can help to prevent an attack.
With the election approaching here is how you can register to vote. The general election of 2019 is scheduled to take place on 12 December.
Anyone within the East Riding of Yorkshire who wants to take part needs to be registered. To register to vote only takes a few minutes and can be done online.
Beverley Town Football Club remains third in the Humber Premier League despite losing 3-1 to South Cave United at the weekend.
This was Beverley’s second defeat of the season in a match that gaffer Rich Jagger felt his side could have won.
Entries will soon be open for the 22nd annual Open Art exhibition, which will be at Beverley Art Gallery from 6 December through until 29 February 2020.
Budding participants should read the Conditions of Entry and bring their work and entry form to the Art Gallery between Saturday, 16 and Saturday, 23 November.