Hull’s popular Playday Festival returns to Queens Gardens on Wednesday 1 August with the 15th festival in Hull getting underway from 11am until 3pm.
Queens Gardens will become a huge outdoor playground where children, young people and families can have a fun filled day, taking part in the annual celebration of the importance of play.
Hundreds of spectators from across East Yorkshire and beyond are expected to attend a spectacular international equine competition.
Bishop Burton College is hosting the highly prestigious FEI Pony European Championships at its campus near Beverley, from August 7 – 12.
Busy Bees nursery in Beverley, is celebrating after receiving an ‘outstanding’ rating following its latest Ofsted inspection on 3 July 2018. Less than 10% of early year’s settings in the UK hold this rating.
The nursery received this exceptional ‘outstanding’ rating from Ofsted, the official body for inspecting schools, after attaining a perfect score in three areas of inspection.
Degree students at Bishop Burton College are the happiest in East Yorkshire, a new survey has revealed.
The results of the National Student Survey (NSS) 2018 show 86% of students said they were satisfied studying their degree at the Bishop Burton College University Centre, an increase of 14% on the previous year and higher than any other provider in the region.
The final phase of the £995,000 road improvement scheme for Beverley’s town centre is due to begin on Monday 30 July.
A number of roads and roundabouts have already been resurfaced in Beverley as part of the East Riding of Yorkshire Council project – and next week work will start on resurfacing a section of parking bays on Norwood.
Butterflies Memory Loss Support Group have been presented with a £250 donation after the members of the Beverley Building Society elected them as the charity of the month.
Butterflies Memory Support Group are a local charity who provide special workshops for people of all ages who suffer or show the signs of memory loss.
The manager of an East Yorkshire cycling team is embarking on a remarkable challenge to raise money for a Barton man whose treatment for a rare and aggressive cancer is not yet available in the UK.
On 13th August, Rich Baldwin, who manages the Wold Top Actif racing team, will embark on a challenge that will see him scale the equivalent of Mt. Everest in a cycling phenomenon known as ‘Everesting’.
Beverley ARLC will look to win the National Conference League Division 3 title on Saturday, something they can do by beat in form Millom.
Saturday could see Beverley crowned Champions with games to spare and clinch the title and promotion at the first time of asking.
Hundreds of people supported the inaugural Cherryaid concert that was staged in Cherry Burton to raise funds for the local primary school and church.
Friends of St Michael’s Church and the Friends of Cherry Burton Primary School who worked together to deliver the event say they are delighted after raising £3000.
The hugely popular BDO British Open Darts Championship is returning to Bridlington with the cream of men’s and ladies’ darts from across the UK and Europe.
Once again Bridlington Spa confirms its renowned reputation as a hotbed for BDO darts, and plays host to stars and top ranked players within the BDO system.
The Summer of Fun at Sewerby Hall and Gardens is here, with a varied programme of fun activities and events throughout the school holidays running till Friday, 31 August.
Highlights of the Summer of Fun will include Yorkshire Day on Wednesday 1 August, from 11am to 3pm with a spectacular celebration of all things Yorkshire.
Mayor of Beverley, Cllr Bryan Pearson has thanked all those involved with brightening Beverley up as the town prepares for the visit of Britain in Bloom Judges.
Cllr Pearson, who himself has rolled up his sleeves and got his hands dirty also called for people in the town to make one last push ahead of the judge’s visit.
East Riding College and East Riding of Yorkshire Council have collaborated with local employers to develop a new civil engineering course.
Organisations have identified a gap in local provision of higher-level HNC qualifications in construction and civil engineering. Nationally, there is a shortage of workers in construction and civil engineering qualified at higher levels.
Definitely one for the diary is Cottingham Food and Drink Festival, returning to the East Yorkshire location on Sunday 16th September 2018 (10am to 5pm).
Returning for the sixth year running, the event will feature stalls in Market Green, King Street and Hallgate for this one-day foodie extravaganza.
Temporary pavement signs are to be installed at opposite ends of the centre of Beverley as a trial to encourage visitors to make the most of their time in the historic market town.
Known as roundels, the circular markers will display directions and distance information and will be located between North Bar Within and Saturday Market, and between Wednesday Market and the Flemingate centre, via Beverley Train Station.
Once again Beverley Town Cricket Club had three wins last weekend with the 1st, 2nd and 4th XIs all recording impressive wins, losing a total of only ten wickets in the process.
Beverley record wins against Malton & Old Malton, Sewerby and Gilberdyke on what proved to be a very successful day for the club.
Hundreds of runners descended on the village of Walkington to tackle the challenging course of the Walkington 10k and Family Fun Run in very warm conditions.
With the main event seeing 515 finishers, the top prize went to Jonathan Carter of Tipton Harriers, who was first home in a time of 32 minutes, 44 seconds.
It was a busy weekend for round six of the British Superbike Championship held on the famous Brands Hatch GP circuit for Beverley racers, Jordan Rushby (Pirelli National Superstock 1000 Championship-SSK1000) James Westmoreland (Dickies British Supersport Championship), and Sam Christie (Rider) and Adam Christie (Passenger) (Hyundai British Sidecar Championship).