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.
Volunteer Jimmy Receives National Football Association Award For 50 Years’ Service
A grassroots stalwart has received a national Football Association award for 50 years of dedication to volunteering in East Yorkshire.
Jimmy Traynor, 83, was recognised for his “relentless” service to football in a surprise ceremony at Beverley Leisure Centre.
Beverley Host Skirlaugh In Final Preparations Ahead Of New Season
Beverley ARLFC will play their final pre-season friendly fixture this Saturday, ahead of the commencement of the new season the following week.
NCL Division 1 outfit Skirlaugh will be the visitors to the Beverley Leisure Centre for the 2.30pm kick-off.
Yorkshire First Closed Road Rally Is Ready To Go
On Sunday morning history will be made as 100 crews set off on the East Riding Stages Rally, the first closed road rally ever to have taken part in Yorkshire.
Based in Beverley, the drivers will tackle eight stages in the country lanes. Before finishing at Bishops Burton College at 15.34.
The Armstrong Centre Opens Its Doors
On Saturday 12th February, the Armstrong Centre officially opened its’ doors to the public.
Based in the former Armstrong Sports and Social Club, the Centre offers exciting, new community space to the residents of Beverley.
Time Running Out To See Vera At Beverley Art Gallery
There are only a few weeks left to see the sculpture ‘Vera’ by Hannah Honeywill at Beverley Art Gallery before it is dismantled and removed.
Friday, 4 March will be the last day to see the work, which is part of the gallery’s Contemporary Arts Uplift funding from Arts Council England.
Housebuilder Reports Significant Contributions To East Yorkshire Communities
Barratt Developments Yorkshire East, which includes the Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes brands, has reported significant social, economic and environmental contributions across the communities in which it builds over the course of the last year.
The company have a number of ongoing development projects including some in Beverley.
East Riding Leisure Corporate Membership Extended To Slimming World Members
East Riding Leisure has added Slimming World members to their corporate memberships.
To qualify, Slimming World members simply need to show their Slimming World cards to join Corporate Membership for £25 a month.
Future Doctors Get Chance Of Extra Funding And Support
Haxby Group GP Practice has launched a new GP Mentoring and Support Programme, offering bursaries to people wanting to become a GP.
The new programme is designed to offer support to future doctors and those applying to medical school across the region.
The Hound Of The Baskervilles Announced As ERT’s Spring Production
East Riding Theatre (ERT) is thrilled to announce that its Spring production will be Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’.
Adapted for the stage by Steven Canny & John Nicholson, this outrageously entertaining version of the classic tale is sure to have you howling with laughter. Running for three weeks between April and May.
Solar Energy The Key To Powering Hull’s Carbon Neutral Future
Hull City Council have appointed specialists in the renewable energy sector to assess the feasibility of the council’s corporate sites for the installation of a number of green energy projects.
The council are looking at installing rooftop solar photovoltaics (PV), solar farms, wind turbines and solar canopies across their corporate sites.