Have fun but stay safe and plan your journey’ is the message from East Riding of Yorkshire Council to party-goers ahead of the Christmas and New Year celebrations. The council is warning people to keep safe but be wary of bogus taxi drivers as they head out to celebrate over the next few weeks. As revellers enjoy the festivities in local bars and restaurants, or visit friends and family, the…
East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Archives and Local Studies Service, based in the Treasure House, Beverley, is continuing to host family history advice sessions on designated Saturdays throughout the year. Volunteers from the East Yorkshire Family History Society are on hand to give members of the public free advice on family history matters. Sessions are open to all levels, from a beginner wanting to further research their family to those…
As part of National Tree Week at Beverley Parks, East Riding of Yorkshire Council has organised an event in the roadside car park at the Millennium Orchard, Beverley Parks (sign posted off Long Lane), on Saturday, 26 November between 10.30am and 12.30pm. The Beverley Parks project aims to restore Beverley Parks back to traditional parkland. The Event is free and there is no need to book. For further information call…
Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, is working hard to encourage the Department for Transport to provide funding for the A164 Humber Bridge to Beverley Route Improvement Scheme and the Beverley Integrated Transport Plan. The East Riding of Yorkshire Council has made its final bid to the Department for Transport in the hope of securing the much needed funding for transport improvements across the East Riding. The Council has…
East Riding of Yorkshire Council has responded to concerns raised by the public and traders in Beverley by postponing maintenance work planned for the footways around Saturday Market until the spring. Instead, it is likely a similar scheme planned for North Bar Within will be brought forward. The council is consulting business representatives and St Mary’s Church and will now carry out face-to-face consultation with individual residents and tenants in…
Beverley Renaissance Partnership invites anyone who would like to find out more about their work to the annual general meeting on Thursday, 24th November, in room 1 at County Hall from 5.30pm. The meeting will look back on the partnership’s achievements over the last year, and forward to its plans for the future. The meeting will also feature the Mayor of Beverley, Councillor Peter Astell, representing the town council. He…
The iconic structure of the Humber Bridge will provide a stunning backdrop and host location for residents and visitors to welcome the Olympic Flame as the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay passes through the East Riding en route to the capital next year. Residents and visitors will be able to welcome the torch’s arrival in the East Riding and celebrate the achievements of the torchbearers from 18 June 2012 as…
One of the Coalition government’s biggest hitters spent the weekend in Beverley. Eric Pickles, Secretary of State for Communities joined up with local MP Graham Stuart and the head of East Riding of Yorkshire Council Stephen Parnaby to discuss the new Localism Bill with members of the town’s civic society and other members of the public. Graham said: “It’s great to have the Secretary of State here in Beverley and…
On Friday afternoon a car driven by a lady somehow ended up inside the Samman Road day Centre after driving through the window. It is not yet clear how this happened though an ambulance was on the scene and an elderly lady was taken to hospital. Humberside Police and Humberside Fire and Rescue attended the incident and representatives’ from East Riding of Yorkshire Council cleaning up the accident.
Two members of the East Riding Youth Assembly will join 300 young people from across the country to debate issues that affect them in the House of Commons. On Friday 4 November, 17-year-old Paige Peryer from Driffield and 15-year-old Beverley Longcroft student Tom Astell will join members of the Youth Parliament to discuss topics such as the provision of public transport for young people, a graduate tax as an alternative…
The Beverley Minster is to put on quite a display during their Christmas tree festival on the 9th, 10th and 11th December. The festival will display over fifty trees which are sponsored by local businesses and public figures such as Specsavers, the East Riding of Yorkshire Council and the Mayor of Beverley. The trees will be decorated either by the sponsors themselves or by local community groups who have been…
East Riding of Yorkshire Council would like to remind residents and visitors to Beverley that a traffic management plan will be in place on Saturday, 5 November for the Beverley Lions Bonfire at the Westwood. The plan will involve part closures of Keldgate Road, Westwood Road and Walkington Road, which will inevitably reduce the availability of parking close to the bonfire site. People attending the bonfire are therefore advised to…
With thousands of pumpkins ending up in landfill across the area at this time of the year, East Riding of Yorkshire Council is suggesting a couple of simple recipes. Preventing food waste is an important part of the council’s campaign to cut down on the amount that ends up in landfill. As well as using the shells for lanterns, the insides of the pumpkin make great eating and anything left…
East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s civil enforcement officers will be issuing dummy tickets for illegally parked vehicles across the East Riding from Wednesday, 26 October until 7 November. The dummy tickets will inform motorists what they have done wrong and will include a letter informing them about civil parking enforcement (CPE), which is due to start in November. No further action will be taken on offences committed during that period,…
East Riding Libraries are leading the way towards an online nation by inviting people to ‘Spend an Hour’ on the internet during national Get Online week, Sunday, 30 October – Sunday, 6 November. ‘Spend an Hour’ is the fifth annual Get Online week campaign from UK online centres and is being delivered in partnership with Race Online and the BBC. With the clocks going back on Sunday, 30 October, everyone…
On Saturday 15th October, Longcroft School and East Riding Youth Dance joined forces to pilot a Day of Dance. As an increasingly popular option for students at both GCSE and A-level, the day was aimed at students who want improve their dance skills and techniques in preparation for their examinations later in the school year. Jonathan Chapman, Assistant Headteacher and Director of the Performing Arts, explained: “There’s a lot of…
The first weekend of the Beverley Literature Festival saw queuing round the block for Val MacDermid and Mark Billingham; and the Beverley Treasure House was packed with children meeting authors, making stories and being spell-bound by performers at the children’s literature festival. On Thursday, Thomas Penn will be talking about his acclaimed, debut account of early Tudor history – it’s been admired by novelists (including Hilary Mantel) and historians alike. …
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is continuing its programme of replacing old, low-pressure sodium orange lighting with fluorescent white lights as part of a commitment to reduce carbon emissions and save energy. Lighting has already been replaced on the A1079 Beverley road, between Dunswell and Hull, and Boothferry Road, Hessle. Nearly all the street lights in Anlaby have been updated and similar works are now underway in Cottingham, with positive…