East Riding of Yorkshire Council has completed a new affordable housing project on Burden Road in Beverley.

The development provides four new council houses, two two-bed houses and two three-bed houses, and were built using locally based contractors such as Geo. Houlton & Son.

East Riding of Yorkshire Council has been shortlisted for two Local Government Chronicle (LGC) awards.

The making a change team has been shortlisted in the Medium Team of the Year category, and Our Place mobile youth provision has been shortlisted in the Children’s Services category.

Due to its popularity over the last year, East Riding Libraries are bringing back their costume swap scheme just in time for World Book Day 2025.

Various libraries across the East Riding are offering children the opportunity to donate a costume and collect a “new to you” costume to take home.

East Riding residents are reminded never to throw their disposable vapes in household bins after the latest fire in a rubbish collection lorry. 

A quick-thinking bin crew from East Riding of Yorkshire Council has been praised for dumping a pile of around two tonnes of smouldering rubbish after the load in their truck caught fire on Thursday (23 January) while they were on a regular round in Little Weighton, near Cottingham. 

A new solar farm which would provide renewable, clean energy is planned for East Yorkshire, with local residents now being invited to share their views.

The Kingfisher Solar Farm, which would have a capacity of approximately 320 MW, is proposed on land three miles north of the town of Beverley and east of the A164. The proposals for Kingfisher are being brought forward by Ørsted, a global leader in developing renewable energy projects.

East Riding of Yorkshire Council is calling for businesses to become fostering friendly businesses, to help more people become foster carers.

There is currently a national shortage of foster carers and a need for more people to come forward in the East Riding.

East Riding of Yorkshire Council is thrilled to announce that East Riding Leisure Beverley has achieved remarkable success at the prestigious Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE) Performance Networks Awards.

Beverley Leisure triumphed in both the ‘Most Improved’ and ‘Best Performing’ categories for sports and leisure facility management. These accolades were announced during the APSE Awards ceremony held in Blackpool on Thursday, December 5th.

Tesco Community Grants have funded thousands of local community projects across the UK, helping schools, junior sports teams, foodbanks, charities and community groups. Since 2016 over a hundred local projects voted on in Tesco’s Beverley store have received over £200,000 in grants.

Toll Gavel was given a treat on Sunday 1st December by a group of carol singers who were singing to raise money for Hull Samaritans. The group who comprised of Samaritans volunteers and friends and family raised an incredible £1,163 from passers-by.

Christmas and New Year are the busiest times of the year for East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s bin collection teams. 

More waste is generated during the holidays than at any other period.  

The Yorkshire division of national homebuilder, Bellway Homes says a recent flurry of sales at its Bishop’s Gate development in Beverley show the Minster town is still very much the place East Riding buyers want to call home.

Being built on an 11-hectare site off Woodmansey Mile, Bishop’s Gate comprises 183 homes and to date virtually two thirds of them have sold; with buyers attracted by the location and strong mix of homes, which means it appeals to buyers from all walks and stages of life.