National treasure Gloria Hunniford OBE has been announced as the guest speaker at the launch of this year’s Women of Achievement Awards.
The launch, which took place on Thursday 7 April, also marked the opening of entries for the awards, giving people the chance to nominate themselves or others for one of nine award categories.
East Yorkshire Local Food Network (EYLFN) celebrated the launch of a special 20th anniversary edition of the ‘Enjoy Local Food and Drink Guide’ during their recent Spring Event at The Manor Rooms on The Drewton Estate, South Cave.
Hull and East Riding residents are encouraged to ensure they are prepared for the upcoming Easter bank holidays and reminded which NHS services will be available.
Urgent Treatment Centres (UTC) and out of hours GP services across Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire will remain open. However, GP practices and most pharmacies will be closed on Good Friday (15 April) and Easter Monday (18 April).
Work has begun at three East Riding of Yorkshire Council sites to decarbonise the buildings following the award of Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS) funding.
Phase 1 of the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS) provided £1 billion in grants, reflecting the public sector’s role in meeting the Government’s net-zero commitment by 2050. The Council was successful in receiving £1.9 million of funding from this scheme.
Humberside Police has issued a warning while asking for people to be vigilant as a result of two incidents of attempted street robbery.
On both occasions, suspects have mounted the kerb on mopeds and attempted to steal phones and handbags as they’ve ridden past.
Bishop Burton College is delighted to announce their hugely successful Football Academy has reached the final of the English Colleges Football Association (ECFA) Premier National Cup.
Two years after winning the ECFA Premier League, the college has reached the national cup final for the first time, firmly cementing Bishop Burton Football Academy’s place as one of the strongest college football programmes in the country.
East Riding Libraries will be hosting fun events and activities this Easter from 11 – 22 April.
For younger children aged 3 and under there are ‘Bounce and Rhyme’ sessions whilst for children aged four to eight.
Beverley Town Council is asking members of the public if they would be interested in forming twinning links with the Italian town of Fucecchio.
In a letter to the Mayor of Beverley Cllr Linda Johnson, her counterpart in Fucecchio Mayor Alessio Spinelli expressed interest in forging stronger connections with the town.
A new ‘Springboard’ programme has been launched in East Yorkshire with the aim to provide support and guidance with a view of giving individuals the confidence, skills and help to get them into education, training, or work.
Beverley Theatre Company (BTC) are pleased to announce that their Spring production will be the dark comedy ‘The Killing of Sister George’, by Frank Marcus.
This is our first production since November 2019 due to Covid and we are really looking forward to getting back on stage and entertaining the people of East Yorkshire.
Yorkshire-based property firm Garness Group has today announced the launch of its block management subsidiary, Pure Block Management.
Pure Block Management provides specialist block management services to leasehold owners, freeholders and developers of residential complexes in Hull, East Yorkshire and York.
Residents in the East Riding are being encouraged to complete an online survey about fast food litter.
The waste and recycling team at East Riding of Yorkshire Council is asking people to take part in the consultation to air their views on how the littering of packaging from fast food outlets affects the area.
A brand new exhibition at Beverley Art Gallery, opening on Saturday, 9 April, will present the outstanding work of Austrian-born sculptor, Alfred Gruber, and the artistic friends he encountered on his journey from Austria to East Yorkshire via Switzerland and Prague.
Beverley Chamber Choir, directed by Jeffrey Makinson, will perform a Good Friday Concert on Friday 15 April in St Mary’s Church Beverley
The concert will be a Sequence of music for Good Friday and will include the glorious and popular setting of the Miserere by Allegri.
The son of a former skipper of the Viola trawler who missed out on his own nautical career after being sent by an orphanage to work on a farm has died at his home in Hull at the age of 104.
George Eric Tharratt, who was known as Eric, went from farming into pharmaceuticals and spent 46 years with Smith & Nephew. But he never lost his love of the sea and, with his daughter, Pat, made the first public donations to the campaign to bring the Viola trawler back to Hull.
Humber Forest has celebrated their relaunch this week at one of its many tree planting projects in the East Riding area.
The project, which was brought forward by the Beverley Civic society and led by local charity The Conservation Volunteers, saw the planting of 1050 trees at the Archery Fields, Beverley.
The Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Humberside, Jonathan Evison, has welcomed a Government funding announcement to tackle violent crime in our region.
The Home Office announced today that the Humberside policing area will join 19 other regions by establishing a Violence Reduction Unit to identify the causes of violent crime and lead the local response to reduce violence through targeted interventions and education.
Dervish, one of the world’s most imaginative interpreters of Irish folk music, will take to the stage at East Riding Theatre, Beverley on Monday 23 May as part of a run of live dates across the UK.
Recently recognised with a BBC Lifetime Achievement Award, the Irish folk icons will be returning to stages across England and Wales this May, with dates in Beverley, Kendal, Bury, Cambridge, Grantham, London and Cardiff.