East Riding of Yorkshire Council is looking to recruit new foster carers to offer homes to children and young people across the East Riding and Hull.
The council is holding a series of information events during Foster Care Fortnight (May 13 to 26) at which people who may be considering fostering can find out more about what is involved.
A Canine Hydrotherapy Centre in Beverley has received a business boost from Retail Entrepreneur Theo Paphitis.
Kirsty Skeates, the owner of Fit4dogsuk Ltd Canine Hydrotherapy Center, tweeted Theo about her Canine Hydrotherapy business during ‘Small Business Sunday’.
Two of Yorkshire’s biggest bus operators are today announcing a new partnership to offer smooth and easy travel from East Yorkshire to Leeds and York and on York City Sightseeing services.
Local bus company East Yorkshire is teaming up with Transdev-owned Coastliner to make it easier for customers to use the bus directly from their nearest stop to travel to some of Yorkshire’s biggest cities, with great value tickets which can be used for through travel across both companies.
Tickets are selling well for The Spring Dayfest, a full day mini-festival featuring a hand-picked selection of Northern Writers. It will place at the Treasure House in Beverley on Saturday, 11 May.
Authors have been promoted by New Writing North. They work to promote and support writers in the North of England. This event is a prelude to the 2019 Festival of Words, which will take place in October.
There is still a chance for residents to visit the council’s electrical goods amnesty events, as they enter their final week.
Waste and recycling officers will be visiting Beverley to collect residents’ old, broken and unwanted electrical items.
The 2019 Tour de Yorkshire is just around the corner and residents will have two opportunities to see some of the world’s top cyclists pass through the East Riding.
On Thursday, 2 May, stage one of the men’s race will start in Doncaster and cyclists, including the four-time Tour de France and double Olympic bronze medallist Chris Froome, will make their way through the East Riding to the finish line in Selby.
A Beverley man has been fined £300 after rubbish belonging to him was found dumped in Kelk, near Driffield.
The man said he paid an unknown male £20 to take two bags of household waste from his home when he was questioned by streetscene enforcement officers from East Riding of Yorkshire Council.
In 2018, Stevie Rial from Beverley, owner-editor of Road Racing News, interviewed 365 road racers with his ‘Ten Question Challenge’ on www.roadracingnews.co.uk.
The huge success of the challenge inspired his first book, Who’s Your Hero?
An award-winning cycle training scheme for refugees in the East Riding has got back on the road for 2019.
Thirty refugees from Syria who have settled in the East Riding to escape the civil war in their country are being given training in cycling skills and road safety to help them navigate the roads in their new country.
Local charity Jacob’s Well will be holding a giant Warehouse clearance sale later this month. The Charity has also launched an appeal to help the people of Mozambique.
The sale will take place at their Swinemoor Lane distribution centre as they look to raise cash to support their projects.
Beverley Manor Nursery is celebrating after they secured their seventh straight Outstanding Report from Ofsted.
Executive Head Teacher Karen Hunter says the report is a testament to the quality of the team at the Nursery and their commitment to safeguarding the children who attend.
St Mary’s Primary School have taken part in their first ‘Global Citizenship Fortnight’ undertaking a range of projects to reflect on global issues.
During a two week period pupils at the Beverley primary school tackled issues being dealt with by groups in the town.
Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, has congratulated Bilton resident Dereck Hardman, founder of the Armed Forces & Veterans Breakfast Club on its upcoming 300th worldwide club.
The first AFVBC was established in 2007 by Dereck Hardman and since 2014 has been growing to hundreds of associated clubs across the world.
Beverley has been named in the top ten for the places where couples cheat on one another.
The survey conducted by the dating site Illicit Encounters said that 3.11pc of the population of Beverley cheat on their partners.
Sunjay, a popular folk artist will be making much eagerly await return the East Riding next month.
Ahead of his return The Processed Pea Folk Club Sunjay says not only will he be performing but hopes to take in some of the sights.
Beverley residents deposited 20 knives during a week-long national campaign to get people to surrender knives.
Humberside Police say that during #OpSceptre in total 500 knives were given up throughout the region.
Educare Nursery says it was a pleasure to host MP Graham Stuart and show him around their facility in Beverley.
Mr Stuart was given a tour of the Nursery on Mill Lane to see first hand the work they do and discuss their plans for the future.
Trading standards officers are investigating a number of garages across the East Riding after they were found to be selling part-worn tyres that were dangerous to the public.
As part of a Yorkshire and Humber-wide survey, trading standards officers from East Riding of Yorkshire Council visited four garages selling part-worn.