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OUT & ABOUT : The Hollywood Glitterball @ Lazaat’s

OUT & ABOUT : The Hollywood Glitterball @ Lazaat’s

Photos from The Hollywood Glitterball that was held at the Lazaat Hotel in aid of the charity Action Duchenne, a charity that helps improve the lives of those with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

A packed out venue enjoyed colourful event. Organisers Lesley Wegg and Emma Wilkinson thanked everyone for making the night a huge success.

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Train Journey Between Beverley & Hull - An Outdated Experience

Train Journey Between Beverley & Hull – An Outdated Experience

This week I had a pleasure of using our local public transport system which included a ride on train that looked like it should be on display at the train museum in York.

Operated by Northern Rail, when the train, between Beverley and Hull rocked up it was quite a shock to see how old the rolling stock was.

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Ex-College Student Returns As Guest At Beverley Food Festival

Ex-College Student Returns As Guest At Beverley Food Festival

East Riding College is welcoming back ex-student Peter Sidwell as he returns to Beverley to open the Beverley Food Festival as its special guest.

Pocklington-born Peter, who studied at the College when it was still Beverley College, is now a TV chef and presenter of the Channel 4 cookery show Lakes on a Plate. He is also well known as the author of the Simply Good Food range of cookbooks and runs a restaurant and cookery school in the Lake District.

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Construction Professional Visits Region To Answer Industry’s SOS For Skilled Workers

Construction Professional Visits Region To Answer Industry’s SOS For Skilled Workers

A well-known project manager from BBC’s hit tv show DIY SOS is visiting East Yorkshire to support a construction trade event.

Mark Millar, of BBC One’s DIY SOS, will be attending Foundations Live, a trade and careers event held to combat the skills and personnel shortage in the construction and engineering industries.

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Local Buyers To Be Given First Opportunity To View Liberty House

Local Buyers To Be Given First Opportunity To View Liberty House

Property firm, Iguana Developments is launching their next development at Liberty House which includes twenty-five high spec, high tech apartments for sale in the Old Town of Hull.

Local buyers are being given the first opportunity to view Liberty House which includes one, two and three bedroom apartments, designed for young professionals and people who want to enjoy the ease of city life.

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Funding Approved For Cherry Burton Sportsfield Improvements

Cherry Burton Sportsfield Award Funding For Major Improvement Project

Cherry Burton Sportsfield has secured funding for £37,836 from WREN that will be used to improve the pavilion and playing fields.

The money, awarded by WREN’s FCC Community Action Fund, will be used to replace the roof, purchase UPVC windows and improve the drainage on two football pitches at the Sportsfield in Cherry Burton.

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Hull Residents Being Urged Love Their Streets And Not Dump Litter

Hull Residents Being Urged Love Their Streets And Not Dump Litter

A team dedicated to tackling poor waste standards in hot-spot areas of Hull will be out on the streets talking to residents about their environmental concerns. 
 
Four highly-visible environmental improvement officers will be visiting residents and carrying out community surveys to understand what issues affect different areas of the city. 

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Five Inspirational Young Ambassadors Recruited By Hull City Council

Five Inspirational Young Ambassadors Recruited By Hull City Council

Five young entrepreneurial ambassadors have been recruited by Hull City Council to encourage others to develop enterprising ideas.

The five have been brought in by the authority’s Youth Enterprise Section to promote the Making Changes for Careers (MC4C) programme, which offers enterprise skills training and business support services to Hull young people who are not in full-time employment or training.

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East Riding School Children Celebrate Right To Be

East Riding School Children Celebrate Right To Be

An LGBTQ anti-hate crime project which has involved schools and communities across the East Riding was celebrated at an event in Beverley attended by a Home Office minister.

The Right to Be project is an initiative led by children’s charity Barnardo’s in partnership with East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s youth and family support service, following a £48,000 award of funding from the Home Office Hate Crime Community Projects fund.

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Innovative Beverley Racecourse Celebrates Bumper Crowds And Season Highlights

Innovative Beverley Racecourse Celebrates Bumper Crowds And Season Highlights

Beverley Racecourse is celebrating a memorable 2018 season, on and off the track.

The Westwood course enjoyed bumper attendances throughout the season as the Beverley Races team introduced a series of initiatives designed to provide an excellent raceday experience and improve inclusivity and accessibility for all.

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The Next Big Thing Is Coming To Bridlington

The Next Big Thing Is Coming To Bridlington

North Bridlington Library will be hosting ‘The Next Big Thing’ on Friday, 19 October, as part of the East Riding Festival of Words.

Debut authors, hotly tipped to become the bestsellers of tomorrow, will all be at the library that afternoon and evening, offering a chance for visitors to explore the best new literature on the market, with tickets from just £5 each.

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