A spectacular event is being held at Hull Central Library at the end of this month to celebrate a reading initiative that has seen hundreds of children pick up a book over the summer holidays.
fREADom Quest was launched at the start of the summer, encouraging children to read during the school holidays.
Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart has praised 22 year old Beverley resident Jordan Moor for the hard work he does campaigning and raising money for defibrillators in East Yorkshire.
Jordan Moor, who is a key member of Graham’s Community Access for Defibrillators in East Yorkshire ‘CADEY’ campaign, has raised over £25,000 since June 2017 and helped many local communities install AEDs.
Suicide is the leading cause of death among people aged from 20-34 and as part of World Suicide Prevention Day, partners from the East Riding are encouraging people to save a life by working together to prevent suicide.
World Suicide Prevention Day takes place on 10 September and East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Hull and East Yorkshire Mind, Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust, Hull City Council, Headstart and Humberside Fire and Rescue are working together to help prevent suicide.
Beverley AC celebrated the achievements of its Couch to 5k participants at Peter Pan Parkrun on Saturday 1 September, with runners taking part in the 5 kilometre run to successfully complete the 15-week course, which began in May.
Twenty-seven Couch to 5k runners completed the course at Peter Pan Park in West Hull, cheered on by marshals and encouraged by over 250 fellow runners, many of whom regularly attend to run the free 5k event every Saturday morning.
There is one less empty shop unit in Beverley after PHP Commercial helped a new shoe store get the ideal unit for them in the town centre.
First Feet, located on Walkergate is the business started by Marcos Dinsdale selling what he describes as affordable footwear.
A new exhibition, exploring the history of migration in British 20th Century art, is now open at Ferens Art Gallery.
Crossing Borders invites viewers to consider the politics of citizenship and national identity within the context of British 20th Century art. The exhibition features the work of British migrant artists who, by choice or necessity, crossed borders to live, work and often nationalise in Britain.
A plaque marking a key location in Hull’s medieval history is being unveiled on Hull Marina on Saturday (8 September).
The blue plaque will mark the location of Hessle Gate – once the most fortified entrance to the city due to its proximity to the River Humber.
Driffield Cricket Club is celebrating another sporting success – with a donation from regional developer Linden Homes East Yorkshire.
The donation to the junior section allowed the club to fund a selection of trophies presented to young winners at a recent presentation ceremony.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is launching a new campaign, ‘Stop. Means. Stop.’ with the aim of highlighting the importance of road safety.
The campaign focuses on the law behind school crossing patrols and will reiterate how they keep all pedestrians safe, not just children but adults and the elderly too.
Gourmet Burger Kitchen have brought in restructuring advisers to negotiate rent reductions and site closures with landlords.
The casual dining restaurant, that have a branch in Beverley at the out of town retail park Flemingate have around 100 stores throughout the UK.
Local business owner Richard Hayes has welcomed news that the East Riding of Yorkshire Council have completed a project to fix roads and help prevent potholes.
Mr. Hayes, who is a partner in Beverley Motor Works, a BMW and MINI specialist says the project is great news for car owners who use the road in the East Riding.
One of the north’s leading facialists has been shortlisted in the national Pure Beauty Awards for her signature Radiance Eye and Lip Serum, just months after it was launched.
Dr Katerina Steventon, founder of Beverley based independent skincare consultancy, FaceWorkshops, formulated the unique anti-ageing serum 9 that has been shortlisted in the Best New Premium Anti-Ageing Product category in the prestigious international awards.
Big crowds enjoyed a great day that was blessed by perfect summer weather at Beverley Races for the meeting which feature the Beverley Bullet.
Alongside race goer as were local youngsters who were raising money for their Lifestyle Project by cycling the equivalent distance from London to Beverley.
A local businessman and leader of Andy’s Man Club Hull is climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in October to create funds to set up clubs in other parts of the UK, in a bid to confront the biggest killer of men under the age of 45 in the UK, suicide.
Leon McQuade is taking on the African mountain as he says the physical feat is small in comparison to the emotional challenges faced by many young men in today’s society.
The winter nights will soon be creeping in and East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s associate director of public health is urging people who are eligible for the free flu vaccination to take up the offer.
Free flu jabs are available for people aged 65 and over, people aged from six months to less than 65 years of age with a long-term health condition, pregnant women, children aged from two to four years, people in long-stay residential care homes, and carers.
Tiny Treasures at The Treasure House in Beverley are free sessions designed for under-fives to explore the themes in the museum and art gallery collections.
Each session has a different play focus with hands-on activities, including messy play, handling objects, sand and craft activities. For these Thursday afternoon sessions, which run from 1.30-2.30pm, children must be accompanied by an adult or carer.
A charity golf day first launched in 2000 was only intended to be a one-off fund raiser for Cancer Research UK.
The event, organised by Steve Fulstow, a senior accountant with East Riding of Yorkshire Council, became an annual fixture in the local calendar and this year marked the 19th golf day. It took the amount that the event has raised over the years for the cancer charity to an amazing £51,711.
A dramatic weekend of cricket for Beverley Town Cricket Club brought three wins from three games on Saturday and a narrow loss for the 5th XI on Sunday.
The 1st XI secured promotion to the Yorkshire League North; the 2nd XI made significant strides in their own promotion ambitions and the 3rds continued to play a key role in the Holderness Division 2 title race with a narrow win over top of the table Patrington.