The sun was out to greet the capacity entry for the first running of the East Riding Stages Rally, the first closed road rally in Yorkshire.
From the start at Bishops Burton College, it was a short drive to the opening stage at Wawne Common.
Future You Campaign Will Look To Inspire Hull’s Next Generation Of Entrepreneurs
Hull City Council and the Hull and East Riding Youth Enterprise Partnership have commissioned two young entrepreneurs in Lab Rascals and Engaging Education to raise the profile of enterprise skills and entrepreneurship within Hull amongst young people aged 29 and under.
It’s part of the “Future You” campaign to promote youth entrepreneurship and enterprise skills to young people in the city.
Memory Museum Offers Unique Insight Into Beverley’s History
Beverley Guildhall is hosting the first outing of a ‘Popup Memory Museum’ showing audio-visual presentations aimed at stimulating people’s memories of Beverley, and starting with a specially-created video of ‘Memories of Hodgson’s Tannery’.
The first memory museum will be on show to the public until July. The short film gives people a chance to relive the history of the town in a very different way.
Hull Vehicle Branding Company To Represent Yorkshire In National Awards
Hull-based vehicle branding company Brandfixx has scooped a top prize at the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Celebrating Small Business Awards.
They came top Business and Product Innovation category for the Yorkshire and Humber region after developing a revolutionary way to brand vehicles.
Police Appeal For DashCam Footage Following Indecent Exposure On Westwood
Officers investigating a reported indecent exposure on Beverley Westwood are appealing for dashcam footage.
It is reported that the incident took place at around 1:30pm on Saturday 26 February.
Blue and Golds Head To West Yorkshire For Season Curtain Raiser
The Blue and Golds will commence their 2022 league campaign this Saturday, with a trip to South Leeds to face Hunslet Warriors kicking off at 2.30pm.
What seemed an uncertain situation just before the Christmas break, with the club seeking a new head coach, has seen the club probably enjoy one of the most positive pre-seasons in many a year.
Bio-D Becomes Hull’s Only B Corporation Certified Business
Hull-based green cleaning company Bio-D has secured its status as the city’s only B Corporation (B Corp) certified business.
Measuring a company’s entire social and environmental impact, the certification cements Bio-D as a leader in the global movement for an inclusive, fair, and regenerative economy.
New Client For Expanding East Yorkshire Property Firm
The expanding Beverley property firm RPMS has been selected to manage the towns’ historic Westwood Park development.
Westwood Park is a former Victorian hospital in Beverley with stunning architectural features including some areas which are listed. It can be found on the edge of Beverley, overlooking Westwood Pastures.
Hidden: Cold War Women – Last Chance To See Lee Karen Stow Exhibition
The team at the Treasure House in Beverley are reminding visitors that the current exhibition of photographs by artist Lee Karen Stow called ‘Hidden: Cold War Women’ has less than three weeks to run.
The exhibition runs until Saturday, 19 March, and has proved very popular. Visitors have been enjoying finding out about this often-overlooked period of history and the stories of the East Yorkshire women who lived through it.
Graham Stuart Condemns Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine
MP for Beverley and Holderness, Graham Stuart has condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and says he supports the Government’s severe sanctions against Russia.
Graham Stuart MP has also signed a book of solidarity in the Houses of Parliament to Ruslan Stefanchuk, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, Parliament of Ukraine.
Graham Stuart MP Lobbying Government To Reconsider Farming Rules For Water
MP for Beverley and Holderness, Graham Stuart, met the NFU and local farmers to discuss the concerns and challenges of the Farming Rules for Water. The group consisted of arable, horticultural, poultry and pig farmers.
Skills And Connectivity Boost For East Yorkshire And The Humber
A new drive to improve the digital skills of thousands of people across the Humber is being launched today following match-funding from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). It comes as new figures reveal Hull and East Yorkshire’s tech sector is one of the fastest-growing in the UK.
Tech Minister Chris Philp has been in Hull to formally launch a new Local Digital Skills Partnership, a new campaign aiming to equip people for the region’s digital jobs boom and ensure more residents can benefit from the thriving local tech sector.
Investigation And Intelligence Specialists Offer Crime Prevention Expertise To Protect Private Sector
A business that has worked under the radar guiding governments in the fight against corruption and terrorism is now helping to protect businesses by applying high-level crime prevention techniques that have been tried and tested internationally.
Keith Hunter, appointed last year as Executive Director for Justice, Policing and Security by East Yorkshire-based Agencia, has sharpened the private sector offer by enhancing the company’s 25-year track record of transforming judicial systems with his own experience of dealing with businesses of all sizes during 35 years with the police.
Number of Children Offered First Choice Secondary School Increases
The proportion of Year 6 children in the East Riding who have been awarded their first preference of secondary school for September 2022 has risen again this year to 97%.
Parents and carers across the East Riding, as well as nationally, will find out which secondary school their children will attend in the next academic year, which starts in September.
Three Week Project To Enhance Beverley Bus Station Underway
A £150,000 improvement project is being carried out at Beverley Bus Station.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s major scheme has started and is expected to take three weeks to complete.
Road Improvements Worth In Dunswell Get Underway
A road improvement scheme near the village of Dunswell, near Hull, has started this week.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is investing £450,000 in a project to carry out vital resurfacing work along Dunswell Lane, Dunswell.
Blue and Golds Narrowly Beaten In Final Pre-Season Friendly
This was another very encouraging performance by the Blue and Golds as they signed off their pre-season preparations for 2022 with a narrow defeat.
Trevor Penrose commented; “We need not be downhearted about that one, we went toe to toe with one of the promotion favourites from division one and nearly pinched it at the death.”
Beavers Beaten But Effort and Commitment Can Not Be Faulted
The trip to Selby for the Beavers was always going to be a tough challenge, the physicality of the Selby pack and their ever-improving form in the league would always be a big test, especially for a Beverley team that has only won once this side of Christmas.
However, there was some hope as the weather relented the sun shone and the pitch was firm, although a little billowy there was a chance that Beverley’s own style of play might be allowed, and there was a sense of genuine hope that a victory might be achievable.