Longcroft School says that students from the school who took part in the Festival of Words was a positive one.
In all eight of their students contributed to the event that celebrates literature. They took part in an event held at the Treasure House in Beverley.
Beverley may soon be getting more electric vehicle charging points. East Riding of Yorkshire Council says that Beverley is being considered to get additional points.
ERYC confirmed Beverley was to be considered following the installation of two electric vehicle chargers in neighbouring Driffield.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council has announced that a highway improvement scheme is planned to start on Grovehill Road, Beverley, on Monday, 22 October, and is expected to take six weeks to complete.
The scheme extends from Grovehill Junction eastwards to Zarya Court and involves carriageway widening on the south side, along with the provision of a shared footway/cycleway.
Members of the ERYC Liberal Democrat will be asking the East Riding of Yorkshire Council to write to Government over the proposed changes to how ‘Fracking’ Applications are dealt with.
Anger has swept across the country following news that Ministers are going to make life easier for energy companies who will no longer need planning permission to prospect for shale gas.
A group of local businesses in Beverley have rolled up their sleeves and got the paint out to tidy up their part of the town.
Business owners on Ladygate contacted East Riding of Yorkshire Council after there were ‘missed out’ when the local authority cleaned up the town centre.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Museums Service will have a stall in Saturday Market at the annual Beverley Food Festival this year, organised by Beverley Town Council.
The Beverley Food Festival is a showcase for locally produced food and drink and will feature 130 stalls and Food Theatre marquee.
An LGBTQ anti-hate crime project which has involved schools and communities across the East Riding was celebrated at an event in Beverley attended by a Home Office minister.
The Right to Be project is an initiative led by children’s charity Barnardo’s in partnership with East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s youth and family support service, following a £48,000 award of funding from the Home Office Hate Crime Community Projects fund.
The historic market town of Beverley has been confirmed as the start location for the very first day of competition of the Yorkshire 2019 UCI Road World Championships.
The route and schedule for next year’s event was announced today (Wednesday, 26 September) in Innsbruck, Austria, where the 2018 championships are drawing to a close.
A number of local projects that support innovation, businesses, skills and employment are enjoying a share of European funding
The Advantage Coast Community-Led Local Development (CLLD) Programme is a £6.9 million investment from the European Social Fund and the European Regional Development Fund and is managed by East Riding of Yorkshire Council in partnership with Scarborough Borough Council, and aims to support less affluent communities within Scarborough, Bridlington and Filey.
Beverley’s Conservative teams for St Mary’s and Minster Wards have taken up residents’ concerns over the capacity of the town’s schools to accommodate the growing population.
St Mary’s Ward Councillor Elaine Aird has put questions to the East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Pupil Services Department asking how future demand for school places will be met.
The first junior football game to implement smoke-free sidelines will kick off the season on Sunday with an aim to promote healthy lifestyles and reduce chances for children to see adults smoking.
Smoke-free sidelines launched in June, as a joint initiative between Hull City Council, East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Hull & District Youth Football League, East Riding Girls League, Active Humber University of Hull, Tigers Trust and East Riding County Football Association.
Beverley has been presented with a prestigious national tourism award from the UK’s coach and bus industry.
The town has been awarded Coach Friendly Status by the Confederation of Passenger Transport UK (CPT), which represents the majority of bus and coach operators across the country.
Suicide is the leading cause of death among people aged from 20-34 and as part of World Suicide Prevention Day, partners from the East Riding are encouraging people to save a life by working together to prevent suicide.
World Suicide Prevention Day takes place on 10 September and East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Hull and East Yorkshire Mind, Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust, Hull City Council, Headstart and Humberside Fire and Rescue are working together to help prevent suicide.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is launching a new campaign, ‘Stop. Means. Stop.’ with the aim of highlighting the importance of road safety.
The campaign focuses on the law behind school crossing patrols and will reiterate how they keep all pedestrians safe, not just children but adults and the elderly too.
Local business owner Richard Hayes has welcomed news that the East Riding of Yorkshire Council have completed a project to fix roads and help prevent potholes.
Mr. Hayes, who is a partner in Beverley Motor Works, a BMW and MINI specialist says the project is great news for car owners who use the road in the East Riding.
The winter nights will soon be creeping in and East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s associate director of public health is urging people who are eligible for the free flu vaccination to take up the offer.
Free flu jabs are available for people aged 65 and over, people aged from six months to less than 65 years of age with a long-term health condition, pregnant women, children aged from two to four years, people in long-stay residential care homes, and carers.
A charity golf day first launched in 2000 was only intended to be a one-off fund raiser for Cancer Research UK.
The event, organised by Steve Fulstow, a senior accountant with East Riding of Yorkshire Council, became an annual fixture in the local calendar and this year marked the 19th golf day. It took the amount that the event has raised over the years for the cancer charity to an amazing £51,711.
This weekend (Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 September) will see the return of the Bridlington Weekend of Motoring 2018, organised by Tour Britannia on behalf of East Riding of Yorkshire Council.
Once again, the weekend will feature a wide range of events to appeal to anybody with an interest in any aspect of motoring.