There is still time to enter the East Riding Festival of Words Poetry Competition for 2021.
Your poem should be no more than 45 lines, on one side of A4 paper. All entries must be submitted and paid for by Saturday, 27 November 2021 at 11.59pm.
Yorkshire Chef Relocates Lockdown Inspired Frozen Food Business To Wolds Market Town
An East Yorkshire chef who was inspired to create frozen restaurant-quality meals during lockdown has set up a professional kitchen in Pocklington.
Ali Bilton, who grew up in East Yorkshire, but travelled the world cooking for private clients in a career spanning over 30 years, launched a range of chef-prepared dishes for people to enjoy at home during the first lockdown in May 2020.
Women At The Top In Global Technology To Tackle Dismal Diversity Figures
Women at the top of the global technology industry will seize the opportunities presented by an event in Hull to tackle the “dismal” figures for diversity in the sector.
Tech Expo, which takes place at the Bonus Arena on Tuesday 9 November and is part of Tech Week Humber, will bring together women from some of the biggest tech brands locally and internationally for a “Women in Technology” panel aimed at addressing the imbalance.
Residents Urged Not To Put Bullets In Recycling After Site Incident
Residents in the East Riding are being urged not to take live ammunition to recycling sites – after a bullet was accidentally fired at a site.
The bullet was set off by machinery sorting through waste sent from the Carnaby household waste recycling site but thankfully no one was hurt.
Celebrate And Remember Your Loved One This Christmas With Dove House Hospice
Light up a Life is a wonderful opportunity for hospice supporters and the wider community to gather together to share stories and fond memories.
Dove House Hospice welcomes everyone, regardless of how long ago your loved one died and whether or not they received hospice care. The generosity of those who honour a loved one through Light up a Life ensures Dove House is there for every family who needs them, at Christmas time and throughout the year.
The Hull Vigil Reaches 6 Month Mark In The Year-Long Event
The Hull Vigil has reached the halfway point. Starting on 3 May 2021 and finishing on 3 May 2022, every day at sunrise and sunset a vigil keeps watch over Hull from a bespoke structure located on top of the Hull College building.
So far 365 people will have taken part in the vigil, each having their picture taken following their vigil and setting out in writing their unique experience immediately after they leave the shelter.
Awards That Reward Region’s Best Tourism Businesses Returns
Awards that reward the region’s best, brightest, most successful, and innovative tourism businesses will return in 2022 and will continue to be a route to national recognition.
The 2022 Remarkable East Yorkshire Tourism Awards, the REYTAs, organised by tourism body Visit Hull and East Yorkshire (VHEY) will culminate in an awards event in March 2022.
Tech Skills Start-Up To Broaden Its Reach With New Training Centre
A trio of tech businesses that were set up to drive the development of digital businesses in Hull and East Yorkshire have secured a prime city-centre site as the home for a technology education and training centre.
Kingston House in Myton Street, Hull, will become the home for The Edge Hub, which was set up earlier this year by tech recruitment and event specialists who identified a skills gap in their sector.
Rollits Team Reinforces Wills And Probate Expertise And Steps Up To Raise Funds For Hospice
A leading law firm has reinforced the confidence of clients in its will and probate team with all five specialist solicitors now appointed to the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).
Rollits LLP, which has offices in Hull and York, has also drawn on the expertise of the team to help Dove House Hospice take the proceeds of its annual Make a Will Fortnight to almost £70,000.
Frost Hollow Hall Announced As ERT’s 2021 Christmas Production
East Riding Theatre is delighted to announce the return of the eagerly anticipated Christmas production which will run from 9th December to 2nd January 2022.
This year’s festive treat will be the first-ever stage adaptation of Frost Hollow Hall, a gripping Victorian mystery written by highly-acclaimed author Emma Carroll and adapted for the stage by ERT’s Artistic Director, Adrian Rawlins.
New Events At Beverley Guildhall
There will be two new events running at Beverley Guildhall over the winter months.
A new exhibition, ‘Views of Beverley’, opening on 3 November, uses 19th-century art from the Beverley Art Gallery collection to create a visual presentation of the Victorian town.
Vital Home Win Sees Beverley Climb The Table
Another Jekyll and Hyde day for Beverley – badly below par one week and at the top of their game the next. Having slipped in recent weeks to an uncomfortably low position in Yorkshire One they needed a good win and they got it.
Agencia Enhances Health And Justice Capabilities As It Approaches Milestone Year
A company from East Yorkshire which delivers transformational health and justice projects is drawing on the lessons of its work during Covid to sharpen its offer to customers internationally as it approaches its 25th year.
Agencia is enhancing its healthcare portfolio by building in more of the flexibility which supported the introduction of wellbeing programmes including buddy systems for staff in the network of primary healthcare services which it supports across the country.
Richard Durrant’s Candlelit Christmas Tour Is Coming Back To Beverley
The guitarist and composer Richard Durrant heralds the start of another Christmas season with his family-friendly Candlelit Christmas Concerts.
With Christmas songs and wintry folk music, traditional carols and solo guitar music this will be a seasonal, musical feast and Richard’s first live tour for nearly two years.
Household Support Grant Scheme Launched By ERYC
East Riding of Yorkshire Council has launched a discretionary grant scheme to support those who need it most with the cost of food, energy, water bills and other essentials this winter.
The Household Support Grant Scheme is funded from one-off central Government funding announced on 30 September 2021, and enables local authorities to provide financial support to households most in need over the winter months.
Hull and York Rail Route Given Green Light By Government Ministers
A bid to restore a 40-mile direct rail route between Hull and York has today been given the green light by Government Ministers.
The bid, sponsored by Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart, will now receive support from officials at the Department for Transport as well as funding for 75% of the cost of creating a business case, up to a maximum of £50,000.
Easy Bathrooms Taps Into The Trade Yard Network For Latest Expansion
A bathroom supplier which has built a network of more than 90 branches in less than 10 years has made its first move into East Yorkshire as it pursues plans to become the UK leader in its sector.
Easy Bathrooms, which was launched in Leeds in 2012, has opened a new showroom at The Trade Yard Willerby, part of the series of sites developed by Hull-based Allenby Commercial in recent years to support the construction and DIY sector.
MP Reacts To Environment Bill Sewage Amendment
MP Graham Stuart has responded to claims that he and fellow Conservative MPs voted against measures to prevent untreated sewage from being released across the East Riding of Yorkshire.
Members of an outdoor swimming group in Hornsea, who are using an app to monitor the quality of the water they swim in on any given day, have contacted the local MP to raise their concerns.