A woman from Goole has been prosecuted for dumping waste in a back alley in the town after she was caught in the act on CCTV.
Yvette Marston, of Byron Street, Goole, left books, plant pots, a paint tin, some metal and wood, and black bin bags containing a carpet and household waste in a pile next to a rubbish bin in the access road between Milton Street and Byron Street, Goole.
A new full size 3G pitch is to be installed at East Riding Leisure Haltemprice thanks to commuted sums. More than £360,000 has been awarded towards the installation.
The total project cost for the new pitch exceeds £2m. This ambitious project is set to benefit the local community by providing a state-of-the-art facility for football enthusiasts.
Pickering is the latest area to be supported by Hull City Council’s Love Your Neighbourhood project.
Streets within the Pickering area of West Hull are now basking in the glow of a much-welcomed makeover, thanks to the council’s ambitious Love Your Neighbourhood initiative.
In recognition of International Women’s Day on 8 March, the local NHS is proud to highlight some of the significant efforts being made to enhance women’s health services across Humber and North Yorkshire.
Through the ‘Women Living Well Longer Programme’, twenty-four Primary Care Networks in Humber and North Yorkshire have become Women’s Health Hubs, covering over half of the Primary Care Networks across our geography. This is a significant achievement against A national NHS target of a single Women’s Health Hub in each ICB area.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council has completed a new affordable housing project on Burden Road in Beverley.
The development provides four new council houses, two two-bed houses and two three-bed houses, and were built using locally based contractors such as Geo. Houlton & Son.
In the heart of Hull, Dove House Hospice stands as a testament to the power of compassionate care. As part of this month’s “This is Hospice Care” campaign, which appeals for funding through gifts in wills, this touching story of a local family’s experience, highlights the vital role of hospice care in our community.
“Sitting by a pond, watching carp swim lazily, with doves cooing in the trees – it was peaceful and serene. I could have been on holiday,” wrote Prue, whose husband Dennis received care at Dove House in August last year, “But I was at Dove House Hospice, where my husband of nearly 57 years lay in his final days.”
East Riding of Yorkshire Council has been shortlisted for two Local Government Chronicle (LGC) awards.
The making a change team has been shortlisted in the Medium Team of the Year category, and Our Place mobile youth provision has been shortlisted in the Children’s Services category.
Due to its popularity over the last year, East Riding Libraries are bringing back their costume swap scheme just in time for World Book Day 2025.
Various libraries across the East Riding are offering children the opportunity to donate a costume and collect a “new to you” costume to take home.
East Riding residents are reminded never to throw their disposable vapes in household bins after the latest fire in a rubbish collection lorry.
A quick-thinking bin crew from East Riding of Yorkshire Council has been praised for dumping a pile of around two tonnes of smouldering rubbish after the load in their truck caught fire on Thursday (23 January) while they were on a regular round in Little Weighton, near Cottingham.
A new solar farm which would provide renewable, clean energy is planned for East Yorkshire, with local residents now being invited to share their views.
The Kingfisher Solar Farm, which would have a capacity of approximately 320 MW, is proposed on land three miles north of the town of Beverley and east of the A164. The proposals for Kingfisher are being brought forward by Ørsted, a global leader in developing renewable energy projects.
Wildlife Photographer of the Year – the world-renowned exhibition, now in its 60th year and on loan from the Natural History Museum in London, will open at Sewerby Hall and Gardens on Saturday 3 May, featuring exceptional images that capture fascinating animal behaviour, spectacular species and the breathtaking diversity of the natural world.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is calling for businesses to become fostering friendly businesses, to help more people become foster carers.
There is currently a national shortage of foster carers and a need for more people to come forward in the East Riding.
Humber Forest has planted almost 500 trees across at Driffield Showground, as part of a project to improve the local environment and enhance the showground. These trees absorb carbon, help to reduce flooding and provide food, shelter and habitats for wildlife.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is thrilled to announce that East Riding Leisure Beverley has achieved remarkable success at the prestigious Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE) Performance Networks Awards.
Beverley Leisure triumphed in both the ‘Most Improved’ and ‘Best Performing’ categories for sports and leisure facility management. These accolades were announced during the APSE Awards ceremony held in Blackpool on Thursday, December 5th.
Tesco Community Grants have funded thousands of local community projects across the UK, helping schools, junior sports teams, foodbanks, charities and community groups. Since 2016 over a hundred local projects voted on in Tesco’s Beverley store have received over £200,000 in grants.
Toll Gavel was given a treat on Sunday 1st December by a group of carol singers who were singing to raise money for Hull Samaritans. The group who comprised of Samaritans volunteers and friends and family raised an incredible £1,163 from passers-by.
As the festive season is nearly upon us, I would like to take this opportunity to extend my best wishes to all residents of East Riding of Yorkshire, for Christmas and for a peaceful, healthy and happy New Year.
This is a special time of year, a time when we spend precious time with our loved ones and take stock of the year that’s passed.
Christmas and New Year are the busiest times of the year for East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s bin collection teams.
More waste is generated during the holidays than at any other period.