East Riding of Yorkshire Council has elected Anne Handley as its new leader following the annual general meeting.
Taking over from Councillor Jonathan Owen, Councillor Handley becomes just the fourth leader in the council’s 27-year history.
After the huge success of last year’s event, East Riding Leisure Beverley will again host a major What’s On event in memory of Ivan Usher.
The event will take place on Sunday, 25 June, when many local organisations, sports clubs and local residents will come together.
A Food & Drink Festival will be held in the East Yorkshire Market Town of Pocklington this April.
The event takes place on 22-23 April in the heart of the town centre, where stalls line Market Place, leading to a stage and seating areas in St Peter’s Square.
The next month will see major road improvements on a country road, Walkington Heads, near Beverley.
The East Riding of Yorkshire Council is investing £660,000 to upgrade the road surface along Walkington Heads, near Walkington, between Wold Lane and Coppleflat Lane.
A £3 million road improvement program is set to begin in the East Riding this spring and summer to protect against potholes.
146 stretches of road in the area will be upgraded as part of the East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s annual surface dressing programme.
Every household waste recycling site in East Yorkshire, including Beverley, has been presented with life-saving equipment.
Every site at East Riding of Yorkshire Council is equipped with a defibrillator machine, in case of an emergency and visitors or staff need it urgently.
A council tax increase of 4.99% for the financial year 2023/24 has been approved by councillors in the East Riding.
The East Riding of Yorkshire council approved the 4.99% increase at a special budget meeting, the maximum amount allowed by the government without a referendum.
A call for reopening England Springs Level Crossing, which closed without warning last month, has been backed by Graham Stuart MP.
Over one hundred pedestrians cross this crossing every day, but Network Rail has closed it.
A government fund of £30m aimed at reducing carbon footprints and reducing public spending in the highways sector has awarded the East Yorkshire council £3.3m as a share.
This is one of seven schemes in the country to receive cash awards.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council will close nominations for the Chairman’s Awards on Tuesday, 31 January.
East Riding residents, businesses, and projects will be honoured with the awards, which will be presented by chairman John Whittle in May.
It’s the biggest and best Beverley Gin Festival yet, with more music, more food, more fun, more friends and more gin than ever before.
Taking place at Beverley Minster over the weekend of May 12th and 13th, this third annual Beverley Gin Festival is firmly established in Yorkshire’s cultural calendar.
Beverley Town Council is strongly opposed to the development of the former Minster Towers care home site on Lord Roberts Road.
According to the Town Council, while it appreciates the strategic importance of this site as the last major development site within the town centre, it is concerned about several elements of the proposal.
In response to the completion of the Strategic Outline Business Case for reestablishing the York to Hull rail link, Graham Stuart MP, a passionate campaigner for the line for many years, is encouraging residents to share their thoughts on the Minsters Line.
The next phase of the campaign for the new Line will be an Engineering Study that will show how it would be built so that the plan for the Line can be oven-ready.
Members of the Armed Forces and their families living in East Yorkshire will be further supported by the new legislation for the Armed Forces Covenant.
In the area of healthcare, education, and housing, the new Armed Forces Covenant Duty, which came into force on 22 November, requires relevant public sector bodies to demonstrate ‘due regard’ for the Armed Forces community and the Covenant principles.
St Mary’s Church in the East Yorkshire Market town, Beverley, will host a Festival of Angels.
It will take place from Sunday, 11 December 2022 to Saturday, 14 January 2023, featuring enormous shining angels amid ethereal light and sound.
This week, the Made in East Yorkshire Christmas Market returns to Beverley for a second year to celebrate the best local produce.
From Wednesday, 7 December until Friday, 9 December, the Saturday market (main square) will be open from 10am to 6pm daily.
Beverley and East Yorkshire are hosting an array of Christmas events and late-night shopping opportunities.
Residents of many East Riding towns and villages will be able to support local businesses this Christmas through events.
Parking charges in Beverley and the rest of East Yorkshire will be suspended for four weeks before Christmas in all council-run car parks.
In an effort to boost trade and visitor numbers in towns across the East Riding, the council has offered free parking on four weekends leading up to Christmas for 14 years.