A Hull and East Yorkshire charity, supporting people with visual impairment has today changed its name from HERIB to Sight Support Support Hull and East Yorkshire.
The rebrand and name change aims to engage more people, whatever their degree of visual impairment, through its wide ranging support services.
Hull’s open top city tour will return for 2018, and this time it’ll run for even longer. The Hull Explorer open top tour bus was launched in Summer 2017, taking visitors on a guided tour around the city to see Hull’s most iconic sights, such as Queen Victoria Square, Old Town, Hull Minster, The Deep and the Marina.
Run by local bus company EYMS, will run for the early May bank holiday weekend and May half term this year, as well as an extended run over the summer holidays and follows what was a successful 2017 season.
Celebrations for Care Home Open Day were extra special at Claremont House, Beverley as the Home celebrated its 1st anniversary.
Staff and residents welcomed guests to enjoy a “Big Commonwealth Lunch” as part of the Global Friendship campaign, choosing to create dishes from New Zealand – including mouth-watering lamb roasted with garlic and rosemary followed by mixed berry pavlova.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s archives service is looking for people with an interest in maritime heritage to get on board with a fascinating project.
‘Trawling Through Time’ is the story of Beverley’s former shipbuilders, Cook, Welton and Gemmell.
A new solo sculpture exhibition by David Sprakes will be at Beverley Art Gallery in the Treasure House from Saturday, 5 May to Saturday, 30 June.
The free exhibition includes fifty sculptures with drawings and research. The work is inspired by landscape and east coast vistas where sculptures in bronze, aluminium, steel, marble and acrylic evoke a sense of ageing, time and weathering.
‘Sewerby Squirrels’ – held at Sewerby Hall and Gardens for under fives and their families – is held in the Orangery on Mondays from 10am -11.30am, during East Riding term-time.
All the sessions feature activities based on seasonal events, Edwardian life, and exhibits on display at the venue. Each session includes a sensory area and quiet corner.
A fund-raising day for the Daisy Appeal at Castle Hill Hospital is being held by traders on Beverley Market this weekend.
The event, on Saturday 5 May, will include a children’s treasure hunt, a tombola and a grand prize raffle with more than 20 great prizes up for grabs.
HU17.net Magazine Issue 396 is out and available to purchase from Molescroft News, Woodhall Way. This week’s issues features a selection of content from the HU17 web site including news and a review of the key local sporting action.
Kilham’s James Cowton kicked off his 2018 roads season in race winning style, yesterday at the KDM Hire Cookstown 100, as the McAdoo Kawasaki racer added a feature Supersport success on the Orritor circuit, to his already ultra decorated roads CV.
Despite showing, accomplished, consistent form in qualifying, it’s fair to say the former Duke Road Race Rankings champion went into race day at Cookstown, a touch under the radar.
Beverley Athletic Club say they are excited to announce the news that Olympic gold and bronze medal-winning rower Phelan Hill MBE will be competing in the 25th running of the Pittaway Beverley 10k road race, on Sunday 13 May 2018.
As cox, Phelan steered the Mens Eight to bronze at the London 2012 Olympics and onto gold in Rio 2016. He has also coxed the Mens Eights to three successive rowing World Championship golds.
Members of the Beverley Building Society have named HER Breast Friend as their charity of the month for March.
Members of the Beverley Building Society voted for HER Breast Friend, a charity that support cancer sufferers, to win the £250 prize money.
Kingston Panthers coach Jo Richardson has described her club as ‘what dreams are made of’ following their most recent round of fixtures.
Kingston Netball Club currently hold their training sessions at South Hunsley School, Melton but games are played all around the Hull and East Riding area including Beverley at Longcroft School.
Captain’s of Beverley Town Cricket Club have expressed their thanks to the businesses and individuals who have sponsored the club for the forthcoming season.
Beverley Town CC, who play at the Norwood Recreation Ground provide cricket in the local area for all ages including free softball sessions every Monday.
Humberside Police are appealing for help to locate a driver who they say drove his car at another person in the East Yorkshire village.
In a statement released, police say they would like to contact the driver of the silver car following the incident that took place earlier in the week.
A major road improvement scheme for the Beverley area costing £995,000 will get underway next month.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s project will see the resurfacing of a number of town centre roads in Beverley, plus one in Leconfield, which are all currently showing signs of wear.
A man from Hull has been ordered to pay a total of £617 after rubbish he was paid to dispose of ended up being dumped in Beverley.
A large builder’s bag full of household waste and a plastic children’s paddling pool were found fly-tipped by the roadside in Shepherd’s Lane, Beverley, in January 2017.
The Deer Shed Festival has announced it will offer full weekend adult tickets to its ninth edition at a heavily discounted price of £50 (plus booking fee) for holders of adult full weekend tickets to the cancelled Beverley Folk Festival.
The 2018 Deer Shed line-up may not be designed solely for folk purists, but fantastic folk-influenced acts include: This Is The Kit, Scott Matthews, Rozi Plain, Pictish Trail, Siv Jakobsen, Bryde, The Lost Brothers, Seamus Fogarty, Night Flight, Holy Moly & The Crackers, Morrissey & Marshall, Riley Pearce, Bella Gaffney & Polly Bolton and more.
Local MP Graham Stuart has welcomed confirmation by the Northern Powerhouse Minister, Jake Berry, that the problematic Jock’s Lodge road junction to the south of Beverley needs improvement.
Graham had written to Mr Berry in support of a £50m funding bid to the Department for Transport by East Riding of Yorkshire Council.