The collapse of the Wakefield City Academies Trust which has left Goole High School in turmoil has led to campaigners calling for the return of failed schools to local authority control.
When Goole High School became an Academy in 2011 it was rated as Excellent. After 6 years under the control of the Academy Trust it’s now mired in failure.
Beverley RUFC registered their fist with on the season as they beat Middlesbrough 28-12 at Beaver Park to go fourth in the Yorkshire Division One table.
On the pitch the Beavers fielded a new look like side with some making their first team debuts in a match against a side like Beverley lost on the opening day.
East Riding Libraries have teamed up with the national Sporting Memories Foundation to offer a new kind of reminiscence group aimed at older people who may feel lonely and people living with dementia.
Reminiscence sessions, which are endorsed by the Alzheimer’s Society, have become an established part of the work that is being done at libraries across the East Riding with the aim of helping those with dementia and their carers meet others in a similar situation and share memories together.
The blue and golds were confirmed as semi-finalists in the end of season top four play-offs last Saturday when Bentley last to Batley Boys 14-4.
Bentley were the only side that could deny the blue and golds fourth spot. Their reward is an away trip to first placed Batley Boys this Saturday, with the other semi-final being between second placed Siddal Academy against third placed East Hull.
Two employees at The Insurance Partnership Financial Services Ltd (TIPFS) have obtained Fellowship of The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII).
Karen Spark and James Blake have both received FCII status from one of the main awarding bodies in the financial services industry.
The ninth Heads Up Festival takes place in Hull from October 12-21, 2017. The revolutionary festival, produced by E52 in partnership with Battersea Arts Centre, is a heady mix of the most exciting, challenging theatre and performance.
A host of shows head to Hull twice a year as part of BAC’s Collaborative Touring Network, with the programme also including the very best in homegrown talent.
Beverley’s James Westmoreland competed in round nine of the British Superbike Championship held around the Silverstone Circuit onboard the Gearlink Kawasaki, qualifying nineteenth with a 2min 07.6sec lap for the first of the weekend’s three races.
As the lights went green for the first race held on Saturday ‘Westy’ made a place up off the start and remained eighteenth until lap three before moving into seventeenth place.
Rich Jagger said he was pleased after he watched his Beverley Town side claim their first home win of the season as they beat South Cave 2-1 in the Humber Premier League.
Skipper Nathan White and the inform Alex Stark both found the back of the net in the second half as town secured a victory that moves them to fourth place in the table.
The owners of a garden centre in Sigglesthorne which was found to be selling items which posed a serious fire risk to customers have been fined £18,000 by magistrates.
Woodthorpe Hall Garden Centre Ltd, who are based in Lincolnshire and own Hornsea Garden Centre, appeared at Beverley Magistrates Court on Wednesday, 6 September where they pleaded guilty to nine offences of offering for sale furniture and cushions that did not comply with fire safety regulations.
Beverley Under 15s travelled to Goole for match which will be repeated in the Yorkshire Cup in two weeks time.
Goole claimed advantage this time round with a good win in what turned out to be a very competitive game from the kick off.
Two second half goals from Rob Northen ensured Beverley Town Reserves got off to a winning start in the East Riding County League.
Town, claimed all three points at Longcroft School against Queens County AFC who were won the division one title last season to earn promotion.
A Beverley restaurant has made it into the top ten best restaurants in Yorkshire, according to the 2018 Good Food Guide, published this week.
Having just completed nine full years of trading, Whites, in North Bar Without, has been featured in the guide every year since its launch in September 2008 and remains the only one in the town to be included.
Beverley Minster Primary School welcomed a special guest into the school as pupils got a chance to learn more about democracy.
MP Graham Stuart was invited to be officially handed a project that aims to put pressure on leaders in the developed world to support global education.
Beverley Community Lift is under starter’s orders for a great night of fundraising, and it’s inviting people to join in the fun, and help raise much-needed funds for this local community transport charity.
Taking place later this month, the race night will raise funds for the charity who provide a vital transport service within the community ensuring people are not isolated and cut off.
The local East Riding Dementia Friendly charity is hoping to increase participation on Thursday 28 September at the popular dementia friendly film screenings.
Screenings are held every other month at the Parkway Cinema in Beverley and are organised by local volunteers for those people living with dementia, their carer`s, families and friends.
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.
St Mary’s Ward Councillor Denis Healy says he shares the concerns of residents over the prospect of another ‘debacle’ during the roadworks planned in Molescroft.
Cllr Healy was speaking following the announcement by East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s about their £1.145million scheme to improve the A1079 Killingwoldgraves Roundabout.
Hodgsons FC continued their build up to the pre season with a friendly against South Cave at the Beverley Leisure Centre.
This Saturday the Tanners will get the new East Riding County League season underway with a home fixture against Harchester United.