Thousands of spectators are expected to line the streets of the East Riding on Friday, 28 April as the 2017 Tour de Yorkshire gets underway in Bridlington before passing through East Yorkshire and taking in Driffield and Pocklington for the first time.
The ceremonial start takes place outside Bridlington Spa, at 12.35pm, before the riders leave the town, passing by East Riding Leisure Bridlington and out via the A614.
A briefing session is to be held for candidates and agents who are considering standing in the general election.
The session is being organised by East Riding of Yorkshire Council and is for prospective candidates and agents for the constituencies of Beverley and Holderness; Haltemprice and Howden; and East Yorkshire.
Delegates attending the recent East Yorkshire Local Food Network (EYLFN) Spring Conference, held at Bishop Burton College, have been told how local food is continuing to grow in popularity and availability.
Chaired by Graham Ward OBE, the line up of speakers included presentations from John Geldard, who founded the highly-successful Plumgarths Farm Shop and Café, in the Lake District, and Sue Nelson of events business Yorkshire Food Finder.
Ed Dunlop will try to remain unbeaten at Beverley this season when he saddles Weloof in the feature race on Thursday (April 27).
The Newmarket handler enjoyed a fine start to the 2017 campaign at the East Yorkshire circuit when he secured a double at the opening fixture last Wednesday.
Staff and members bid a fond farewell to Chief Executive, Peter Myers at the Beverley Building Society AGM on Tuesday evening as he officially handed over the reins to new Deputy Chief Executive, Janet Bedford.
The executive team delivered a positive presentation at Browns of Beverley, reporting strong figures that are testament to Peter’s five year growth plan.
Major improvements are on the way to East Riding Leisure Francis Scaife in Pocklington, with a £300,000 refurbishment of the Tone Zone gym and cycle studio, and the introduction of online booking.
The Tone Zone gym and cycle studio will be closed from Saturday 6 May. The Tone Zone will reopen on Monday 22 May, when it will incorporate a new TRX wall, which has already proved popular at East Riding Leisure Beverley and Goole.
Humberside Police are appealing to the public for help to locate two men who entered the home of an elderly couple and stole money.
A wedding breakfast with a twist in a church, a comic musical chase through the streets and a puppet show in a café are among the performances you can expect if you go to Newland Avenue this summer.
For one day only in Hull’s Newland Avenue, a theatre festival will transform the most unlikely of places into pop-up performance spaces. The avenue is set to come alive as flashmobs, interactive shows, music, art and dance erupt in a variety of the area’s independent venues.
A new independent business in Beverley say they just knew the town centre was the right choice for their new venture, The Modern Draper.
Owners Chris Terry and Lisa Brown started trading in Beverley’s Georgian Quarter at the start of April bringing their own unique and personal shopping experience to the town.
Beverley’s leading amateur rugby team has scored a big win for the season – successfully converting a sponsorship deal with the Potting Shed bar and gardens.
The Potting Shed bar and gardens has signed up to support next door neighbours Beverley ARLC, whose community ground adjoins the bar’s beer garden.
HU17.net Magazine Issue 344 is out and features a selection of content that has appeared on the HU17 web site.
This weeks issue includes an interview with Cosmo’s owner along with a roundup of the weekend’s sporting action that saw the cricket season get underway.
Claire Jacques, Business Development Manager at 360 Chartered Accountants, has been selected to be a mentor for the prestigious Cherie Blair Foundation for Women Mentoring programme.
The year-long mentorship, which starts in May, aims to support and empower women in developing and emerging markets so that they can set up and grow successful businesses.
Studio by Preen latest collections are now available at Debenhams in Beverley. The range consists of utility chic wardrobe essentials, with a focus on modern day separates alongside easy day dresses which take you easily from work to weekend.
Inspired by Preen’s signature prints and key shapes, the collection offers a mix of bold, primary colours sat back to monochrome prints and tones.
Staff at Sewerby Hall and Gardens are celebrating the fact that the venue has been validated as a Learning Destination by Scarborough Children’s University, supported by the University of Hull.
The accreditation means that Children’s University passport holders who visit Sewerby Hall and Gardens outside school hours can be awarded an hour for visiting the house itself; an hour for completing one of the trails; an hour if they take part in a drop –in activity; and an hour for visiting the zoo.
Fitmums and Friends, the Hull & East Riding based not-for-profit running club which aims to make sure everyone has equal opportunity to enjoy exercise, are inviting members of the public on a running & walking tour of some of Hull’s most famous City of Culture sights.
Local supporters of Christian Aid are appealing to people in Beverley to give generously ahead of Christian Aid Week.
Taking place in May, Christian Aid is a scheme that was set up some years ago to aid people who lost everything due to conflict.
VisitEngland, the national tourist board has announced the finalists for the Awards for Excellence 2017 with Burton Constable Hall & Grounds named as a finalist.
Working collaboratively with industry, VisitEngland’s Awards for Excellence celebrate the best in English tourism.
RICS Hull & East Yorkshire Local Association (HEYLA) is running its annual CPD event on Wednesday the 10 May at KCOM Stadium. The event is aimed at professionals in property who would like the opportunity to network with like-minded professionals over breakfast, training and lunch.
RICS aims to make these events inexpensive and informative and consisting of three sessions, such as CDM 2015, Dilapidations and Cost Reinstatement, to help attendees keep their skills and knowledge up to date, relevant, competent and competitive within their field of work.