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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, and founder of CADEY, is urging defibrillator owners to register their devices on a new national database, called The Circuit, which could help save thousands of lives from cardiac arrests in the coming years.
Victory Leisure Homes – the luxury holiday home manufacturer, with sites in Gilberdyke and Hull – has announced its chosen charity for 2022, which is an organisation particularly close to the heart of one long-serving member of staff.
Chris Rooks, flooring department team leader, has worked at Victory for over a decade. Four years ago, he became a dad to daughter Millie, who was diagnosed with Down Syndrome before she was born.
Humberside Police are issuing advice to local residents as a result of a number of recent burglaries which have led to the theft of a car from outside the properties.
The burglaries have occurred at houses across Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire over the past few weeks.