Excitement is mounting at Sewerby Hall and Gardens as the team prepares for the return of an Easter Sunday tradition at the popular venue – medieval jousting.
England’s number one jousting team from Nottingham will bring 20 jousters, including the Black Knight and Sir Michael of York on Easter Sunday, 17 April, and will be on-site between 11am and 4pm, with jousting displays at 1pm and 2.30pm.
NHS East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has confirmed that vaccination sites have been launched in the East Riding for children aged five to 11 with no underlying health conditions to be offered two paediatric (child) doses of the Pfizer vaccine, with 12 weeks between doses. Letters from the NHS are being sent to parents/guardians in the local authority inviting them to book their child’s first vaccine.
Beverley Racecourse has this season raised the prize money to £1.2million ahead of the curtain-raising meeting on Wednesday.
The horse racing industry suffered significant financial losses during the coronavirus pandemic, with Beverley one of many tracks to have felt the pinch.
The award-winning Beverley Puppet Festival has now opened its volunteer positions for this July’s festival, the first ‘in-puppet’ festival since 2018.
At the same time, festival directors Kerrin Tatman and Anna Ingleby have unveiled an exciting, rarely available puppetry workshop which will be running between July 10th-15th.
360 Chartered Accountants says it will be absorbing increased costs to help its clients as businesses face soaring energy and fuel prices as well as other increases due to Brexit and the war in Ukraine.
Hull City Council is proud to support a new, affordable travel initiative run by Hull Trains
The Hull Leisure Return ticket allows visitors to return travel to Hull and back, from Doncaster, Selby, Howden or Brough, for a discounted fare of £10 or less.
The build-up to this fixture in the week had been a stressful one. This was reflected in coach Sam French’s after-match comments following the Blue & Golds losing 40-8 to Heworth.
National treasure Gloria Hunniford OBE has been announced as the guest speaker at the launch of this year’s Women of Achievement Awards.
The launch, which took place on Thursday 7 April, also marked the opening of entries for the awards, giving people the chance to nominate themselves or others for one of nine award categories.
The last home game of the 21/22 season at Beaver Park was against Roundhegians RUFC, both teams equal on points in Yorkshire Division One, and the conditions were good, so there was a promise of an entertaining game of rugby, which the supporters were treated too.
An entertaining game of end-to-end rugby which saw Beverley finish victorious 31 – 21. Matchday sponsors Darren Hart from Groundtech and Iain Gillard from Big Box Group brought a good number of guests to the already excited ‘last match at home’ vibe, rounded off with a positive result meant the atmosphere at Beaver Park was buzzing.
East Yorkshire Local Food Network (EYLFN) celebrated the launch of a special 20th anniversary edition of the ‘Enjoy Local Food and Drink Guide’ during their recent Spring Event at The Manor Rooms on The Drewton Estate, South Cave.
The Blue and Golds will make the relatively short trip up to York this Saturday to face Heworth for the match at Elmpark Way.
The game, which will kick off at 2.30PM was a standout one when the fixtures were released, being the nearest thing to a derby.
Sunday, 4 September will see a brand-new event in Bridlington – the inaugural Bridlington Beach 5k and Fun Run.
The event will take place entirely on the beach and is restricted to 300 runners. There will be a Fun Run for children and those who do not wish to run the full 5k.
Hull and East Riding residents are encouraged to ensure they are prepared for the upcoming Easter bank holidays and reminded which NHS services will be available.
Urgent Treatment Centres (UTC) and out of hours GP services across Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire will remain open. However, GP practices and most pharmacies will be closed on Good Friday (15 April) and Easter Monday (18 April).
Work has begun at three East Riding of Yorkshire Council sites to decarbonise the buildings following the award of Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS) funding.
Phase 1 of the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS) provided £1 billion in grants, reflecting the public sector’s role in meeting the Government’s net-zero commitment by 2050. The Council was successful in receiving £1.9 million of funding from this scheme.
Housebuilder, Barratt Developments Yorkshire East, chose Safe and Sound Homes (SASH) as its charity of the year for 2021 and raised £50,000.
The chosen charity, SASH, which operates across East and North Yorkshire, helps young people aged 16-25 who are facing homelessness.
Humberside Police has issued a warning while asking for people to be vigilant as a result of two incidents of attempted street robbery.
On both occasions, suspects have mounted the kerb on mopeds and attempted to steal phones and handbags as they’ve ridden past.
Bishop Burton College is delighted to announce their hugely successful Football Academy has reached the final of the English Colleges Football Association (ECFA) Premier National Cup.
Two years after winning the ECFA Premier League, the college has reached the national cup final for the first time, firmly cementing Bishop Burton Football Academy’s place as one of the strongest college football programmes in the country.
East Riding Libraries will be hosting fun events and activities this Easter from 11 – 22 April.
For younger children aged 3 and under there are ‘Bounce and Rhyme’ sessions whilst for children aged four to eight.