Local police say dozens of knives have been removed from the streets in our region in just a few days.
Humberside Police say following a national campaign, Operation Sceptre, people have been giving knives up. They have been leaving them in bins located at a local police station.
The Burton Constable Foundation has received support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to increase its organisation resilience and sustainability.
Thanks to National Lottery players, the project aims to secure the future of Burton Constable by reviewing the effectiveness of the organisation, building capacity through adopting new ways of working, testing out ideas, increasing the skills of staff, volunteers and trustees and becoming more financially sustainable.
Sportsability Fitness Training is running a competition to win a place on their Level 2 Instructing Fitness Gym course, worth £550.
As the gateway qualification to the fitness industry, this Level 2 qualification opens up opportunities to become a Personal Trainer. It also provides a gateway to undertake add-on courses. These include spin sessions, aqua fitness and also to specialise in working with children and the elderly.
Auroras Encore, representing trainer Sue Smith, defied the odds to land the 2013 Aintree Grand National and was the last winner of the race to represent Yorkshire.
The county has seen a number of participants fall short in the intervening period, with none of them managing to follow in the footsteps of the Irish-bred bay gelding.
Ince Rose Bridge is next up for the Blue & Golds as they look to make it back to back wins in the National Conference League.
Beverley will be hoping to pick up where they left off last when they saw off Barrow Island 41-22 at the Leisure Centre.
Frank Stephenson & Son Funeral Directors in Beverley are collecting Easter Eggs which they will donate to the East Yorkshire Foodbank.
Manager Lewis Northen says that by running this incentive it enables them to do something they are very proud of. Helping people at some of the most difficult times.
A school in Beverley is appealing to the community for them to donate all their old dead batteries.
St Mary’s School wants the public to donate as many old batteries as possible as they take part in The Big Battery Hunt.
Angela Oldroyd, Director at The Promotion Company says she is delighted with how the 2019 Promote & Prosper event went.
Hosted at the University of Hull the Promote & Prosper was attended by almost 200 local businesses including a number from Beverley.
National Apprenticeship Week saw MP Graham Stuart spend time with young people who work for BAE Systems.
His visit gave him the opportunity to learn more about the importance of Apprenticeships in the workplace. It also gave him the chance to see first hand how young people are benefitting from taking an apprenticeship.
Enterprising youngsters have created a travel card making it easier and cheaper for young people to travel around the region.
The KAT Card, created by Hull’s Young People’s Parliament (HYPP), allows young people aged 19 and under to ride buses in Hull and parts of the East Riding for just £10 per week.
A rural company from Yorkshire says superfast broadband has transformed their business.
Cambrian Granite, which specializes in providing granite and quartz work surfaces to customers all over the UK, often found their systems crashing because a customer had sent them a file that was too big for their bandwidth to cope with.
Tickets are available now for a new series of Heritage Talks at Beverley Guildhall – a chance to discover more about the fascinating heritage of the town and the surrounding area.
Each talk will last about 45 minutes, and tickets cost £3.00 (including refreshments). Booking is advised.
HU17.net Magazine Issue 435 is out and available to purchase from Molescroft News on Woodhall Way.
This week’s issue features a selection of content that has appeared on the HU17 Web Site.
The blue and golds kick-started their season with this win which was harder work than the scoreline suggests. Barrow Island arrived in town looking to extend a seven-game winning run stretching back to last July but the hosts had other ideas.
Barrow looked to blow the opposition away very early on and raced to an 18-0 lead in only 11 minutes. Jack Howdle forced his way over from close range quickly followed by a try from dummy half by Tom Moor.
Beware the ides of March. But not this week. After the dismal affair a week ago at Dinnington Beverley were back on top form securing another outstanding bonus point win – the seventh in their last eight games.
Crossleyans started the match only one point behind Beverley but never really got a look-in and Beverley comfortably cruised home scoring six tries in the process all of which Phil Duboulay converted in difficult conditions.
Hull Trains gave its passengers and local key stakeholders a glimpse into the future of rail travel when a test version similar to its new £60m fleet visited the city.
Hundreds of people visited Hull Paragon Interchange on Friday to catch a first-hand glimpse of the state-of-the-art Hitachi Class 802 train.
A campaign encouraging drivers in the East Riding not to block pedestrian crossings when they park has now come to an end.
For the past month, civil enforcement officers from East Riding of Yorkshire Council have given out warning notices – instead of fixed penalty notices – to motorists parked across dropped kerbs.
There are still some tickets available for the welcome return of Simon Mayor and Hilary James to Beverley with A Riot of Music and Humour.
Simon is one of the world’s leading mandolin virtuosos. His many-faceted career includes his own series on BBC Radio 2, an album in the Classic FM Top Ten chart and causing mayhem at a Canadian humour festival.