East Riding poetry festival returns to the High Wolds and is calling for submissions on the theme of ‘connections’
East Riding Libraries to celebrate PRIDE this June
Compost giveaways prove as popular as ever with East Riding residents
Run With It Charity sees massive increase in work with special education schools
East Riding Schools: Breaking barriers to boost attendance
A new display by the Skidby Mill volunteer team has just opened. ‘Historic hospitals: care in the East Riding before the Health Service’ examines the beginnings of organised public health provision in the region in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Some of the places covered in the exhibition are Castle Hill hospital, Cottingham; the Lloyd cottage hospital in Bridlington; and Withernsea convalescent home.
The UK’s first ever dual-level ‘double-decker’ inflatable theme park is set to put the bounce into Beverley.
And the family-friendly new venue will also boast the UK’s biggest ball pool – home to a staggering 200,000 plastic spheres!
There are plenty of pranks and a ton of fun at East Riding Libraries this summer – it’s Mischief Makers, the Summer Reading Challenge 2018, in association with the Reading Agency!
The Summer Reading Challenge will be a chance to read library books over the summer holidays, join in with fun themed weekly activity sessions, collect special stickers and explore the map of Beanotown to find clues, but– Dennis the Menace is usually up to all kinds of mischief. He’ll make sure some of those stickers are extra stinky!
Jumping up a level on the Triangle course, Kilham’s James Cowton on Saturday at the North West 200 joined a select group that he’s been tipped to join for multiple years, that of becoming an international road race winner.
Hull City Council will this week find out if it has won prestigious awards for two impeccably planned projects. The local authority is in the running for two honours at the Royal Town Planning Institute’s (RTPI) Awards for Planning Excellence.
The RICS Hull and East Yorkshire Local Member Group is hosting a CPD morning for property professionals on Wednesday 13 June at KCOM Stadium.
The event will include demonstrations of exciting new technology available to the industry, plus guest speakers from The City of Culture Team will report on recent developments.
Humberside Police are appealing to members of the public for help in identifying someone they would like to speak with in connection with an ongoing burglary investigation.
Police have released a CCTV image of what is believed to be a man who is linked to the robbery of the jewellers, Hugh Rice in Beverley.
Endorsed by Radio 1 breakfast DJ during the Eighties, Mike Read, as being “like Live Aid meets Top of the Pops” – 80’S Mania is sweeping into town.
From West End producer, director, performer and choreographer Vikki Holland-Bowyer, the hit-packed production features back-combed hair, shimmying shoulder pads, wet-look neon leggings, the lairiest of leotards, indiscriminate double denim and 24-7 sunglasses – and that’s just a description of the audience of Europe’s official Eighties Reunion concert show.
Hull Trains, who operate a direct link between Beverley and London is delighted have revealed the first artist’s impression of the new trains set to hit the tracks as part of a major £60m investment.
From December 2019 onwards, customers will benefit from more seating capacity, enhanced interiors and faster speeds as part of a major £60million investment.
East Riding Libraries and Customer Services are inviting people to join them this half term for a fun-filled, dinosaur themed, free storytime session in Beverley and across the the East Riding.
The storytime sessions will focus on the book ‘I Love My Dinosaur’ by Giles Andreae, illustrated by Emma Dodd.
Sewerby Hall and Gardens has an exciting week-long programme of events for all the family planned for the half term holiday.
Between Sunday 27 May and Sunday 3 June visitors to the site will be able to take part in various educational and fun-filled activities.
The Business Day is delighted to announce the addition of Chief Executive of Welcome to Yorkshire Sir Gary Verity and internationally renowned leadership guru René Carayol MBE as speakers at the event being held at Bridlington Spa on Friday 8 June.
Fresh from delivering the spectacle of this year’s Tour de Yorkshire to 2.6 million spectators and with images being beamed around the globe to 190 countries, Sir Gary will be the first speaker of the day for 670 delegates attending The Business Day and will share the stage with Yorkshire cricketing legend Geoffrey Boycott OBE.
Local MP Graham Stuart has pledged more action to tackle hare coursing in rural areas of Beverley and Holderness after it was revealed that Humberside Police spent 1200 hours combatting the crime in the past year.
A review by the force showed over 500 reports of hare coursing activities across the latest season 2017/18, which runs from the autumn harvest until early spring.
HU17.net Magazine Issue 399 is out and available to purchase from Molescroft News, Woodhall Way.
This weeks edition features a selection of content including news and sport and Alfie White’s Christening at St Mary’s Church.
Beverley Town Cricket Club enjoyed another successful weekend as they clocked up wins for the 3rd, 4th and 5th teams and a winning draw for the 1st XI.
Only Beverley’s 2nd XI, beaten for the first time this season, failed to record a positive result.
The NHS East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (ERYCCG) has launched a survey to seek local views on ways to better support people with conditions affecting bones, ligaments, muscles and joints (for example back pain, shoulder and knee problems or muscular injuries).
In particular, the CCG wants to understand how the community musculoskeletal (MSK) service is used, how easy it is to access and how satisfied people are.
Beverley ARLC negotiated a potentially tricky trip up the A1 to maintain their 100% record as they beat Gateshead Storm in the National Conference League.
As has been the case on a number of occasions this season it was the first half performance which set them up for victory. Playing down the slope in the first half, the visitor’s pace caused countless problems for the opposition.
There are many jobs in the world that we tend to take for granted. The people in those jobs work tirelessly in the background, often not getting the thanks that they deserve – sometimes even receiving abuse instead.
It could be said that the men and women of the nursing profession perform such a job. Without them, our hospitals and GP surgeries could not function, but we rarely acknowledge this, nor do the nurses themselves ask us to do so.
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