A Beverley pub is leading a drive to encourage the community to come together more.
The move is on the back of research revealing that whilst eight out of ten people believe socialising is important to their wellbeing 74% feel they have got out of the habit due to Covid.
Public Health officials have said social isolation is now a bigger threat than Covid. A North Hull community centre aims to tackle this locally.
On a mission to combat loneliness and isolation, Unity in Community has appointed an Outreach Project Officer. Dawn Downs is supporting local residents who’ve become too nervous to leave their homes.
Parkway Cinema Beverley will be hosting special screenings where admission will be two cans of food per person, which will be donated to the East Yorkshire Foodbank.
Cliff Baillie, General Manager at the Parkway Beverley says he hopes film lovers will get behind the scheme and enjoy a film while helping others.
Two Yorkshire family farming businesses have collaborated to create recipes that celebrate Yorkshire produce.
The team at Thixendale based Yorkshire Rapeseed Oil has created a series of recipes using chicken from Middleton on the Wolds business, Soanes Poultry to celebrate provenance.
Work on converting a former radio studio into high-end office space and apartments has been placed on hold after the arrival in the building of a colony of puffins.
The birds may be fibreglass rather than flesh and feathers, but they appealed to Rachel and James Murray’s passion for culture and have brought work to a standstill at their site, The Boathouse offices, next to Hull Marina.
Make sure you pop into Beverley Building Society this week as the team there tackles a challenge which will see them cycle from Beverley to Buckingham Palace.
Part of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Anniversary celebrations the team will be raising funds for the Cherry Tree Centre in Beverley.
The Blue and Golds earned 2 points which will prove invaluable in a very tight relegation scrap in which the bottom 5 sides in division 2 now all sit on 6 points.
On a warm afternoon at the Potting Shed, the home side overcame a far bulkier Bradford outfit who clearly came with the intent of using that bulk to steamroller their opponents.
On Friday 3 June 2022, the Town Council is preparing for a once in a lifetime event taking place across the Town Centre.
The 70th anniversary of the accession of HM Queen Elizabeth II to the throne will be celebrated this year across the country, with Beverley setting the stage for a wide range of events and entertainment.
‘Birds, Books and Belfries’ will be celebrated at the Treasure House in Beverley on Saturday, 21 May, from 10am-1pm.
It explores the remarkable life and work of Reverend Francis Orpen Morris, a wildlife campaigner, writer, and vicar of Nafferton and Nunburnholme from 1810-1893.
Beverley & East Riding Early Music Festival returns with an action-packed weekend of music later this month.
Taking place from Friday 22 May to Sunday 29 May those behind the event are confident music lovers are in for a real treat.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is encouraging residents to learn what it means to be a foster carer during Foster Care Fortnight.
More people are urgently needed in the East Riding and Hull to help care for children and especially teenagers.
TaleGate Theatre Productions are working with Bafta-winning author, Nicholas Allan, on a new musical adaptation of his best selling book ‘The Queen’s Knickers’ due to tour UK theatres in 2020.
TaleGate Theatre is known for its bouncy and colourful children’s musicals having previously found success with Allan’s books.
So that blood donation saves even more lives, all sessions in Hull will help make medicine.
The red blood cells of the donors will still be used as normal and the donor will not notice any changes.
During its final journey through England this summer, the Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay will make a stop in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
As part of the build-up to the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Birmingham hosts the 16th Queen’s Baton Relay – an event that brings together and celebrates communities across the Commonwealth.
A new scheme has been launched by Humberside Police to help people protect their bicycles from thieves and keep them secure.
In Humberside, since 2018, thefts of cycles have accounted for 3.21% of all crimes. Nationally, thefts of cycles account for 2% of crime, however, in Humberside, thefts of cycles constitute 31%.
More than 40 puppet theatre companies will be descending on East Yorkshire at this year’s Beverley Puppet Festival which runs from Friday, July 15 to Sunday, July 17 in indoor and outdoor venues across the town.
Tickets are now on sale for over 60 events, plus a six-day puppet making workshop for adults, with the festival opening on Friday evening with the Eurovision Sock Contest, by the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre, and Zippy And Me, a talk by puppeteer Ronnie Le Drew.
Five-star homebuilder, Barratt Developments Yorkshire East is showing its support for servicewomen this VE Day, by installing Women in War figures at 16 of its developments across East Yorkshire.
Barratt Developments Yorkshire East, which includes the Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes brands, has teamed up with the Royal British Legion Industries
Fans of Neil Diamond’s music are in for an enjoyable evening at Bridlington Spa as Pretty Amazing Productions will present their lavish tribute production on Saturday 14th May.
A Beautiful Noise will celebrate the music in tribute to Neil Diamond for one night only this May.