BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend is set to be one of the musical highlights of Hull UK City of Culture 2017 when it comes to Burton Constable in East Yorkshire on 27 and 28 May.
DJ Nick Grimshaw made the announcement that it would be coming to the area on this morning’s Radio 1 Breakfast Show.
The Yorkshire Party say they are in the process of creating a vision of how Yorkshire would should any plans for devolution be successful.
Their vision will outline the possible changes to localised government, introductions of a Mayor and also the economic impact on the region.
East Riding Campaigners have been overwhelmed by public support for their Care Homes petition which calls for earlier intervention by the Council when private care homes are threatened with closure.
Across the East Riding, nearly 1000 people queued at a number of petition points to sign the petition over a 2 hour period. on Saturday morning.
Northern Powerhouse Minister Andrew Percy has visited Hull as it is announced that the Humber region has received £27.9m of Local Growth Funding as the Growth Deals 3 are announced by government.
Humber Growth Deal 3, follows on from two previous Growth Deals, to help create jobs, support businesses and encourage growth.
Humberside Police have released an CCTV image of a man they would like to identify following a theft that happened at the Flemingate Centre.
In a statement released police said that around 10.25am on Wednesday 28 December committed a theft from the Superdrug store.
Beverley ARLC were on the wrong end of a big defeat as they were turned over 42-0 in their pre season friendly with Myton Warriors.
This match away to Myton, a National Conference Premier outfit demonstrated that there is significant gap between the three divisions that separate the two sides but still proved to be a useful pre-season workout.
The Stage4Beverley Winter music festival will be presenting some of the cream of young UK talent in its February event.
Headlining their “Rising Stars” concert on Saturday 18th February, will be two time BBC Folk Award winners Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar, one of the most sought after young acts on the English Folk Scene.
Bridlington Spa is delighted to announce the launch of the ArtWaves Festival Open Exhibition in advance of the full festival programme launch later this year.
ArtWaves is a visual arts festival taking place in May 2017 showcasing traditional, digital, contemporary and urban art through a vibrant programme curated for all; from the experienced artist to those simply looking to get creative.
Beverley Under 14s travelled to Grimsby this weekend, missing a number of players who were attending Yorkshire Trials, thereby giving good opportunities to other squad members.
The game started well for Beverley, with them dictating the play, the forwards carried and rucked the ball strongly, Harry Hesleton work hard and Captain Ben Wilkinson was a constant menace around the park.
Beverley Whitestar U16s suffered a narrow defeat as they were beaten by East Riding Rangers 4-3 at Longcroft School missing the chance to leapfrog their opponents in the table.
A big game for Whitestar they came very close to overturning Rangers who reside just one place above them in the Hull Boys Sunday Football League.
A second half header from Ben Thomson secured all three points for Beverley Town Football Club as they beat East Riding Rangers.
Gaffer Rich Jagger said he was ‘really pleased’ with the side after they also kept a clean sheet in this all important Humber Premier League match.
For the first time children will be able to access a fully functioning art studio that can accommodate a full class enabling them to gain a real insight into what it’s like to be an artist.
Inspired by the Ferens’ outstanding permanent and temporary exhibitions the pupils will explore the processes and skills of painting, drawing, sculpture or printmaking.
Local charity groups, Jacob’s Well, the Rotary club and the And Albert Foundation have come together to build a £25000 specialist medical river boat that will take health-care to some of the world’s poorest communities.
The Northern region of Ghana is desperately poor. The climate is harsh, the land semi-desert. It is one of Ghana’s most remote regions, far from infra-structure of roads, schools and hospitals. If people become ill in this region, they usually die.
MP Graham Stuart has welcomed news that Hornsea is to receive £10,000 to help develop plans to boost the town’s seafront a place he once called depressing.
Mr. Stuart who for some years has been calling for more to be done to support the tourism industry in Hornsea says it will be exciting to see the proposals residents and businesses come up with.
You’ve experienced Made in Hull the installation, now check out Made in Hull, the mini cruise.
Following the success of Hull UK City of Culture 2017’s opening event Made in Hull, which attracted more than 342,000 people over seven days, P&O Ferries is celebrating its partnership with Hull 2017 by launching a Made in Hull themed mini cruise.
A number of free parenting courses to explore techniques and approaches to leading a healthy family lifestyle are taking place at venues across the city.
The HENRY (Health, Exercise and Nutrition in the Really Young) parenting course, aimed at parents and carers of babies and young children under the age of five, are a unique and highly successful intervention to protect young children from the physical and emotional consequence of obesity.
Beverley Town Football Cub return to action this weekend as they travel to Cottingham for their Humber Premier League game against East Riding Rangers.
Town are just one place above Rangers in the table with five points separating the sides. Having played two more games than Rangers this is a match Town boss Rich Jagger and his side must win if they are to continue to climb the table.
Beverley ARLC will get their pre-season under way this Saturday with a trip into Hull as the club confirm their first friendlies ahead of the 2017 season.
With training now in full swing for the blue and golds in preparation for the fourth-coming 2017 campaign the club will start to look to get game time under their belts so they can hit the ground running.