East Yorkshire hotelier Paul Whymant is on the last leg of his marathon two-month cycling and poetry tour of England and Scotland during which he has visited 35 cancer hospitals and raised money for Macmillan Cancer Support in the process.
Paul, chairman of the family-owned Tickton Grange Hotel, near Beverley, will be dismounting his bike for the last time when he arrives at Castle Hill Hospital’s oncology unit on Friday morning (JUNE 30) at 9.30am.
Following on from the Superfast Beverley launch, Quickline Communications is offering village pubs around the town, FREE wireless internet connections.
Customers and staff can use the superfast connection in their public areas, with Quickline welcoming enquiries from landlords and pub-goers to take part in its ‘Connecting Communities’ campaign.
The newly established East Riding Dementia Friendly charity is looking to increase participation at the popular dementia friendly film screenings.
Held every other month the screenings are organised by local volunteers for people living with dementia, their carer`s and families.
Beverley Racecourse has announced a ground-breaking partnership with Yorkshire Cancer Research to raise awareness of the dangers of sun damage and over-exposure to harmful ultraviolet rays.
The campaign aims to protect racegoers and racecourse staff during the rest of the season following the recent hot spell which saw the UK record its hottest June day for 41 years.
Dog owners updating their pet’s microchip details online are being warned to check the website they are using is genuine after a number of bogus sites have been discovered.
Bogus sites came to the attention of East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s dog warden team after they issued a notice to a dog owner informing them they were breaking the law as the details on the microchip were not up to date.
The region’s tourism partnership Visit Hull & East Yorkshire is preparing to roll out the red carpet to welcome its 1,000th business parter.
The organisation offers support in all sorts of ways, including promotion locally, nationally and internationally through a wide range of campaigns, as well as training opportunities. And best of all, it’s free!
Hull based wealth management company, The Insurance Partnership Financial Services Ltd has won a technology award at the Change the Game Conference in Manchester for ‘Most Extensive Use’, presented by Hamish Purdy, CEO of Intelliflo.
The Insurance Partnership Financial Services Ltd made a significant investment in Intelligent Office (iO) technology, to streamline office systems in order to enable the team to further improve its service and support to clients.
Madeleine St John has been admitted to the roll of solicitors and is forging ahead on a career in wills and probate with Williamsons after benefiting from the firm’s training programme.
Madeleine, who has been with the practice for nearly four years as a paralegal and trainee in Hull, will move to the firm’s offices in her hometown Beverley at Tower House, North Bar Within.
Italian family business Poma, who have a cafe on Walkergate in Beverley, will next month celebrate a year since opening their gelateria in St Mary’s Court shopping arcade, North Bar Within.
Poma Piccolo is a stone’s throw from their retired business Rolando’s which the family closed at the end of 2015.
Beverley Leisure Group who host regular events at the Beverley Memorial Hall marked their 10th anniversary with a special get together.
With 150 members many of them got dressed up for a Friday afternoon where they danced and chatted while raising a glass to ten successful years.
An outline planning application has been submitted to East Riding of Yorkshire Council by developer Sewell Group for the Yorkshire Energy Park, a large-scale industrial development on the former aerodrome at the edge of Hedon and adjacent to Preston South.
Beverley is one of many towns and cities in Yorkshire to that is being lined as a host location for the 2019 UCI Road World Championships.
Harrogate has been named as the main competition town and finish location for each race while race start location proposed include Beverley, Doncaster, Leeds, Northallerton, Ripon, and York.
Beverley Town Council, in association with the National Gardens Scheme (NGS), is holding an Open Allotments Day on Sunday 9th July from 12 noon until 4pm on the Queensgate and Kitchen Lane allotment sites.
The event, which is included in the NGS ‘Yellow Book’, is open to local residents, visitors and anyone with an interest in allotments and growing their own produce. This year will be the sixth time that the event has been held in the town.
The Humber Museums Partnership, led by Hull Museums, with partners North Lincolnshire and the East Riding, is delighted to announce it will become an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation and receive over £3.9m in funding. The partnership is currently one of only 21 Arts Council Major Partner Museums in England.
Arts Council England has announced the next wave of funding to support arts, culture and libraries sector across the country and has awarded the Humber Museums Partnership £3.9m over the next four years between 2018 – 2022.
The sun was out, the sky was blue and Beverley Folk Festival 2017 was another resounding success.
Sun, song, dance and fun were the order of the weekend. Festival first-timers David and Rebecca King travelled with their three young sons from Gloucestershire.
ABBA – Forever, presented by Sweeney Entertainments, is one of the UK’s leading International tribute shows and theatre audiences from across Great Britain and Sweden have long enjoyed this superb recreation of possibly the world‘s greatest pop band.
The unique Abba sound is replicated with an incredible attention to detail, using a six-piece band featuring electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards and piano, drums and bass guitar.
Parents and carers in the East Riding looking for ways to keep their children entertained this summer can get a wealth of great ideas from the School’s Out 2017 booklet.
School’s Out 2017 will be delivered in early July to 20,000 homes of children aged between four and 13 who attend an East Riding school. It is full of ideas and activities to keep children active and has a sport theme for what promises to be a superb summer of international sports events.
Hull will soon be joining the likes of London, Edinburgh and Bath as a brand new city tour bus is announced.
The Hull Explorer will be an open top bus which will take visitors on a tour around the city centre’s most fascinating sights. Calling at the Cenotaph, Queen Victoria Square, the Wilberforce Monument, Old Town, the Museums Quarter, Hull Minster/Trinity Square, The Deep and the Marina, a tour guide will tell the story of the city, giving a fascinating insight into Hull, past and present.