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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Beverley Town Football Club’s dream of gaining promotion to the Northern Counties East League took a huge step forward this week thanks to significant investment from local company Cranswick PLC.
The club has been raising funds to enable them to apply for a grant from The Football Foundation, which in turn will allow them to install floodlights and make improvements at their Norwood ground.
£850 million worth of COVID-19 support grants are still available nationally and firms in England have been encouraged to apply by Business Minister, Paul Scully.
The funding has been made available by the government to councils in England for them to provide to businesses in need in their local area. Businesses are encouraged to apply to their local council for funding.
Thanks to the continuing popularity of the ‘Reflections of Japan in East Yorkshire’ exhibition at Beverley Art Gallery, artist Laura Boswell has added some brand new works to the exhibition.
This half term – from 19 to 26 February – East Riding Archives are looking for local Minecrafters to make their mark on history.
Young Minecrafters can book a time slot to visit the Minecraft workstation at Bridlington and Beverley where an Archivist will be collecting pandemic experiences for the Archive collections.
A host of fun activities for the family are on offer at Beverley Minster during the half-term holiday.
Youngsters are being encouraged to make their way around the minster on the Sanctuary Trail, a specially designed route around the historic building where they can find answers to questions and complete puzzles as they explore.
Travel writer and adventurer, Simon Parker, will kick off his Riding Out tour this Spring with a series of theatre and literary festival appearances around the UK.
The show will come to Beverley on 30 March with the event being held at East Riding Theatre.