Residents in the East Riding are being encouraged to take part in a campaign to boost the recycling of metal packaging in their blue bins – following a successful trial held last year.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s waste and recycling team launched the MetalMatters campaign as they aim to encourage residents to place metal packaging items in their blue bins so they can be recycled.
A rare opportunity to join the maintenance team looking after the fabric of the building for Beverley Minster Old Fund has arisen – a dream job for a handy crafts person, with a head for heights and a love of historical buildings.
A member of the team is relocating to Scotland, making a full-time opening for the first time in nearly fifteen years.
MP Graham Stuart says he is confident that the people in the region will back the Conservatives at the next general election.
Mr Stuart also added that he believes ‘No Deal’ should remain on the table when it comes to negotiating with the EU.
Yorkshire parents and their children spend less than half an hour a day of ‘real’ quality time together, according to a One Poll study.
Researchers found fathers and their daughters are at a loss, getting the least quality time together than any other parent-child combo, with a quarter of an hour less every week.
East Riding College’s new level 2 marketing and events management full-time study programme starts this September, with it already proving incredibly popular.
The course is the first step towards a career in wedding planning, organising fashion shows, music events, promotions, sporting events, product launches and all manner of other marketing and promotional events.
Beverley Braves Rugby League Club is set to officially open at its new home on Thurlow Avenue, Molescroft on Saturday, 7 September.
The opening comes after completing the works funded by East Riding of Yorkshire Council as part of Commuted Sums, and receiving funding from Inspired Facilities.
Plans to transform some of Hull’s maritime treasures have been given the go-ahead at the council’s Planning Committee.
The decision now means that if the £13.6m bid to the National Lottery Heritage Fund is successful, funding would protect and promote 800 years of Hull’s seafaring history by creating the best maritime trail in the north of England.
The East Yorkshire community transport operator, Beverley Community Lift (BCL), has launched an appeal for new volunteers in the county as the charity approaches its 50th anniversary year.
The service helps dozens of people every week in the East Riding with car and minibus transport services, particularly those who have difficulties using public transport or have no access to a car. It operates in and around Beverley, Cottingham, Market Weighton, Holme-upon-Spalding-Moor and Pocklington.
Parking across the East Riding on the four weekends leading up to Christmas will now be free in all the council-operated car parks for the next three years.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Cabinet agreed to suspend all parking charges in the four weekends before Christmas as well as the weekend of Remembrance Sunday, for the next three years.
Hull’s popular Big Bus Day returns for 2019, with lots to see and do at the Streetlife Museum of Transport.
Jointly organised by local bus company East Yorkshire and Hull Museums, Big Bus Day attracts people of all ages and has become one of the Museum Quarter’s biggest events.
Beverley Building Society has sponsored new shirts for Beverley Grammar School Sixth Form’s football team.
The Society has donated £400 to fund a new shirt for each team member, to ensure they look the business as they prepare for their most challenging season yet.
The East Riding Festival of Words presents a Murder Day on Saturday, 19 October at Beverley Memorial Hall.
There will be an array of crime authors, put together by the Murder Squad, including Cath Staincliffe, and an expert panel of bestselling authors: Margaret Murphy, Helen Pepper, and Ann Cleeves.
Fit4dogsuk Canine Hydrotherapy Center in Beverley has been selected as one of 100 trail-blazing small businesses in the official count-down to Small Business Saturday.
Small Business Saturday is an incentive that encourages people to support their high street, This year it will take place on 7 December 2019.
Beverley will once again be taking part in the Heritage Open Days as a host of places will welcome the public in to have a look around.
A completely free event, Heritage Open Days in Beverley will take place from Friday 13 to Sunday the 15 September.
Rick Roberts has taken his talents to the USA and won International Haircut of the year at Behind the Chair One Shot Awards.
Held in Washington DC, the Beverley-based hairdresser beat off competition from little under 5000 entries. In all only 25 were put forward to the final, including Rick Roberts.
One hundred and fifty places are available to the general public to take part in a mass parade cycle ride ahead of the Yorkshire 2019 Para-Cycling International on Saturday, 21 September.
This is a chance for all to get involved in this inspiring day, with the unique opportunity to cycle part of the race route on closed roads through the Beverley Westwood just before the athletes depart.
Rampant forest fires in Brazil are threatening a pioneering project, sponsored by the Yorkshire Wildlife Park Foundation.
Volunteers and staff are working around the clock to keep the flames back from a sanctuary crucial to the survival of the Giant Otter.
August proved to be a busy month for Beverley based World Championship sidecar team of Sam and Adam Christie.
They have taken part in back to back rounds, firstly at Assen in Holland and also then on to Rijeka in Croatia.