Well-known East Yorkshire hotelier Paul Whymant says he feels privileged to be alive after a three-year battle against cancer.
Now cancer free, he is determined to give something back to those who helped him through what he describes as “a journey through a tunnel”.
Monks Walk will be celebrating the first anniversary of its reopening with a special “pay as you feel’ concert provided by Leeds-based singer/songwriter Tony Lambert.
Tony, who has recently played alongside folk legend Rab Noakes, will also be performing at a string of festivals this year including Latitude, Green Man and Wilderness.
A dream has come true for pupils at a special school in the East Riding, who now have their own coach to transport wheelchair users to activities and events.
The 17-seater Sunshine Coach was provided to St Anne’s School and Sixth Form College at Welton by the children’s charity Variety, following the success of the school’s own fund raising efforts and generous donations from two local companies.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is reminding residents and visitors looking for somewhere to go on Easter Sunday 16 April can visit a top exhibition.
The Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition will be open on that day in the Treasure House in Beverley – its final Sunday opening. The exhibition closes for good on Saturday 22 April.
Beverley Town Football Club will Wolfreton School this weekend when they take on Hessle Rangers in the Humber Premier League.
With just two games remaining this season, gaffer Rich Jagger says no one is taking their foot off the gas as the club look to end the season by winning their last two fixtures.
360 Chartered Accountants is thrilled to have a spot on the Hull edition of Monopoly which has been officially launched.
As well as having their name and logo on the Tax space just after you pass ‘Go’ they also appear on one of the Community Chest cards, allowing you to collect £200 to fund your new business venture!
Inspectors led by Senior HMI have found that ‘The educational experience pupils receive is remarkable… Pupil, parents and staff are rightly proud of this inclusive and harmonious school’.
The report says: ‘The school environment oozes vibrancy and stimulation. In every classroom corridor and corner of the school, there are jaw-dropping examples of pupils’ creativity and learning.’
Hessle Sporting Club is appealing to local businesses to become Sporting Angels in a bid to raise £20,000 to finish a new community hub building after being left in the lurch by their builder.
The building should have been finished last May but nearly a year on and another 5 missed deadlines they have had to terminate the builder’s contract.
Graham Tait, the manager of the Flemingate Centre says he is sorry that Bolo has closed their store in Beverley thanking them for their contribution.
Bolo who were a fashion retailer relocated from the Town Centre to Flemingate as one of the first stores who were there from the opening.
The X Factor returns to look for the nation’s vocal talent, the X Factor Audition Team are hitting the road on search of the next big breakout music stars to join there ever-growing hall of fame.
The touring auditions give people a real opportunity quite literally on their doorstep to Audition for the show.
Humberside Police are appealing for members of the public to come forward with any information following a fatal accident on the A614.
In statement released police are asking witnesses to come forward after a motorcyclist sadly lost his life after being involved in a collision.
Hull City Council has announced the appointment of two new Corporate Directors.
David Bell, previously the authority’s Assistant City Treasurer, is promoted to the role of Director of Finance and Transformation after 19 years with the authority.
Some truly magnificent historic collections of items from bygone times are built up by antiquarians, but unfortunately they are all too easily lost, destroyed or split up and sold if the collector loses interest or dies.
Staff at the East Riding Archives at the Treasure House in Beverley come across this problem all the time, and it’s such a shame that precious parts of local history never have the chance of being preserved for the community.
Complementary therapists in Hull and East Yorkshire are invited to the launch of a new networking group, East Yorkshire Chamber of Complementary Therapists (EYCCT) on Wednesday 12 April from 6:30pm-8:30pm at the Hallmark Hotel, North Ferriby.
The monthly programme of events aims to provide a supportive environment with learning and networking opportunities. Each event includes two guest speakers, whose experience and suggestions aims to help improve complementary therapy businesses.
An established partnership between Ferens Art Gallery and the Royal Collection Trust will bring a total of five exceptional loans from Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace to Hull between 2017 and 2021 as part of Masterpieces in Focus.
Rembrandt van Rijn’s The Shipbuilder and his Wife (1633) complements Hull’s maritime heritage, the gallery’s strength in Dutch 17th century art and the latest exhibition of contemporary art on display:
Girls across the East Riding will be provided with increased opportunities to play football after a new nationwide participation programme was announced.
The programme will see 200 SSE Wildcats Girls’ Football Clubs opening throughout England this spring, each run in conjunction with the local County FA and their key partners.
After a summer of hard work, Freedom Five have won a trip to Flamingo Land as runners up in Humberside Police’s Lifestyle Project.
Freedom Five consisted of five Beverley girls whose project aim was to get kids off technology. The girls Millie, Laura, Chloe, Holly and Aimee had fun raising funds throughout their school holidays.
Local estate agents, Dee Atkinson & Harrison came up with an Egg-ceptional way to celebrate Easter with the children at Cherry Burton Primary School.
Pupils at the school were asked to decorate boiled eggs with the prizes being awarded to those that were picked out by the judges.