Charity Golf Day Raises £5,000 For Cancer Research UK

Charity Golf Day Raises £5,000 For Cancer Research UK

Annual Charity Golf Day, sponsored by Pepperells Solicitors has raised over £5,000 for Cancer Research UK.

This year’s event, held at Cottingham Park Golf & Country Club on the 9th July and organised by local man Steve Fulstow, saw over 180 players across 45 teams compete to win the converted medals for Longest Drive, Straightest Drive, Nearest to the Pin and Winning Team.

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Local Bus Drivers Star In New Video Aimed At Getting New Recruits

Local Bus Drivers Star In New Video Aimed At Getting New Recruits

Drivers from bus company East Yorkshire star in a new recruitment video, aimed at encouraging people to consider a career in bus driving.

The video shows bus drivers talking about their backgrounds, what they love about the job, and who they think would make a good bus driver – as well as addressing the issue of why bus drivers always wave at each other.

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Attracting Wildlife Pollinators To Kingswood Offices

Attracting Wildlife Pollinators To Kingswood Offices

As part of an ongoing environmental project to reduce carbon emissions, a local business has planted a wildlife area, transforming an unused spot of land at their head office premises.

A dedicated team of environmentalists at KWL, based on Kingswood are leading on this project as part of a grander scheme.

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Appeal For Witnesses To Assault On Mill Lane In Beverley

People Being Urged To Make Things Tougher For Thieves

Residents are being urged by Humberside Police to ensure their homes are secure to make it tougher for would-be thieves.

Detective Inspector Simon Vickers says that during the summer the police see an increase in ‘sneak in’ burglaries during the summer months.

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Rugby League World Cup 2021 Organisers On Schedule To Deliver Trailblazing Tournament

Rugby League World Cup 2021 Organisers On Schedule To Deliver Trailblazing Tournament

With just 100 days to go until the opening match, Rugby League World Cup 2021 organisers have confirmed that the trailblazing event will go ahead as scheduled in October and November.

With 61 matches across three competitions at 21 venues culminating with the men’s and women’s finals at Old Trafford, Manchester on 27 November.

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Leading Club Makes Key Appointment To Support Rugby Union Development Across The Region

Leading Club Makes Key Appointment To Support Rugby Union Development Across The Region

East Yorkshire’s leading rugby union club is stepping up to develop the game across the region with the appointment of a key figure who will combine duties as head coach with a programme designed to help young players at schools and other clubs.

As Head of Rugby at Hull Ionians, Graham Steadman brings rugby league experience which includes more than 200 appearances for Castleford and a rugby union CV which takes in the Ireland and Scotland national sides as well as Newcastle Falcons, Cardiff Blues and London Scottish.

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Re-Use Shop Reopens For Residents To Shop And Donate For A Good Cause

Re-Use Shop Reopens For Residents To Shop And Donate For A Good Cause

High-quality hospice care including family bereavement support, therapy sessions and music therapy are just some of the ways in which donations to the Electricals Re-use Shop have helped local families.

Since its opening in July 2020, the Electrical Re-use Shop has sold over 470 items raising over £20,000 for Dove House Hospice.

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Civic Society Book Lifts Lid On Regions Foods, Feasts and Festivals

Civic Society Book Lifts Lid On Regions Foods, Feasts and Festivals

Foods, Feasts and Festivals: Beverley and the East Riding, is the latest book from Beverley Civic Society available to buy.

 The three sections of its title describe how the great family of the Percy earls of Northumberland, and their household of 160 men, ate in the early years of the Tudor kings, and where the food and drink came from, and even how much it cost.

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Time Travelling App Returns With New Features And More Portals

Time Travelling App Returns With New Features And More Portals

East Riding Archives launched a virtual ‘time machine’ in 2019.  It was called the ‘What Was Here’ app, free to download on smartphones, and since then it has cemented its place as a heritage tourism experience for the region with two Finalist nominations in the Remarkable East Yorkshire Tourism Awards ‘REYTA’s.   

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Local Theatre Supports Stage Dreams Of Hull’s Youngsters

Local Theatre Supports Stage Dreams Of Hull’s Youngsters

An annual summer school run by two stars from stage and screen is taking place at a local theatre this year to help our youngsters take a step towards their dreams.

Britain’s theatres have been hit hard by restrictions surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic, but keen to support the city’s budding performers as the sector recovers, the STAGE-ed summer school in Hull which also has also run in London, on the Isle of Man, and in the Wirral, will this year be at the stunning £9.5m arts venue Middleton Hall, part of the University of Hull.

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