British Open Darts Return To Bridlington Spa This September

British Open Darts Return To Bridlington Spa This September
July 26, 2018

The hugely popular BDO British Open Darts Championship is returning to Bridlington with the cream of men’s and ladies’ darts from across the UK and Europe.

Once again Bridlington Spa confirms its renowned reputation as a hotbed for BDO darts, and plays host to stars and top ranked players within the BDO system.

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New Course Aims To Tackle Skills Gap Identified By Local Organisations

New Course Aims To Tackle Skills Gap Identified By Local Organisations
July 25, 2018

East Riding College and East Riding of Yorkshire Council have collaborated with local employers to develop a new civil engineering course.

Organisations have identified a gap in local provision of higher-level HNC qualifications in construction and civil engineering. Nationally, there is a shortage of workers in construction and civil engineering qualified at higher levels.

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Investigatory Works To Commence Along The A164 Following Funding

Investigatory Works To Commence Along The A164 Following Funding
July 23, 2018

Following the announcement that the council has secured £40 million from the Department for Transport towards a major highway improvement scheme on the A164 and at Jock’s Lodge junction, the next stage of the scheme’s development includes investigatory work which will feed into the detailed scheme design.

The next phase of this work is based on assessing the highway drainage. This work will start on the evening of Monday, 23 July at Castle Hill Roundabout, Cottingham, working along the A164 northwards to Lincoln Way Roundabout, Beverley.

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Unemployed People Find Their Voices In New Workshop At ERT

Unemployed People Find Their Voices In New Workshop At ERT
July 22, 2018

East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Employment, Education and Skills Team has joined up with East Riding Theatre’s Artist in Residence – She Productions – to deliver an innovative training course for local unemployed people.

The Finding Your Voice Programme is designed to build confidence, communication, social and creative skills for local unemployed people.

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Beverley Woman May Face Eviction After Closure Order Breach

Beverley Woman May Face Eviction After Closure Order Breach
July 18, 2018

A Beverley woman could face eviction from her home after a court order put in place to stop anti-social behaviour at her property was breached.

Officers from East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s anti-social behaviour team were granted a closure order for a home on Coltman Avenue, Beverley by the town’s magistrates on 4 July, 2018.

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Council’s Cabinet Asked To Approve A Ninth Year Of Free Christmas Parking

Council’s Cabinet Asked To Approve A Ninth Year Of Free Christmas Parking
July 10, 2018

East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Cabinet will be asked to approve a ninth year of free Christmas parking for the four weekends in the run up to Christmas and to also suspend parking charges for Armistice Day on Sunday, 11 November.

Events will be taking place at cenotaphs and memorials across the country, including those in the East Riding, and will focus on the centenary of the end of the First World War – a conflict that claimed the lives of more than 700,000 British service personnel.

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Beverley Primary School Pupils Go To The Polls In Mock Election

Beverley Primary School Pupils Go To The Polls In Mock Election
July 4, 2018

Pupils at a Beverley primary school are set to go to the polls this week as part of a pilot scheme to introduce children to the electoral process.

On Friday, 6 July children from St John of Beverley RC Primary School will hold a mock election to bring to an end a project run in conjunction with East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s electoral services and the Hull and East Riding Children’s University about democracy and the importance of having the right to vote.

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Classically Yours Programme Receives More Funding

Classically Yours Programme Receives More Funding
July 3, 2018

East Riding of Yorkshire Council, in partnership with Orchestras Live, are celebrating the news that their RPS award winning programme, Classically Yours, has received a grant of £95,434 from Arts Council England to allow it to continue until March 2020.

This means that the pioneering work to bring classical music to venues and communities which would not normally be able to enjoy and benefit from it can continue in various locations across the East Riding.

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Bridlington Beach To Be Recreated At Great Yorkshire Show

Bridlington Beach To Be Recreated At Great Yorkshire Show
June 30, 2018

East Riding of Yorkshire Council will be recreating Bridlington beach at the Great Yorkshire Show in Harrogate in an attempt to showcase the East Coast.

East Riding Council have sponsored the beach as part of the Welcome to Yorkshire stand at a cost of £4,000 for the duration of the event that takes place in July.

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Community Covenant To Be Re-Signed At Beverley Armed Forces Day

Community Covenant To Be Re-signing At Beverley Armed Forces Day
June 29, 2018

A number of local organisations and community groups will re-sign the East Riding’s Armed Forces Community Covenant on Sunday, 1 July as part of Beverley Armed Forces Day.

The Armed Forces Community Covenant is a voluntary statement of mutual support between East Riding of Yorkshire Council, local representatives of the public, charitable and voluntary sectors, the civilian community and the armed forces community in the form of a written pledge.

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Noisy Dogs Cost Beverley Man As Council Fine Him £500

Noisy Dogs Cost Beverley Man As Council Fine Him £500
June 29, 2018

A Beverley man who’s barking dogs were causing a nuisance to his neighbours has been fined by magistrates.

Stewart Holland, 31, of Burden Road, Beverley appeared at Beverley Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, 27 June where he admitted to three breaches of failing to control the noise caused by his dogs barking and howling.

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Classical Music Event To Be In Multi Story Car Park

Classical Music Event To Be In Multi Story Car Park
June 27, 2018

Classically Yours, the award-winning arts initiative launched by East Riding of Yorkshire Council as part of the Hull 2017 City of Culture year, has won extended funding from the Arts Council to continue its work to increase the amount of high quality music available in the county and to encourage more anticipation in arts and culture.

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Experts Gather In Hull To Address Flooding Issues

Experts Gather In Hull To Address Flooding Issues
June 26, 2018

A workshop to address Hull’s relationship with water will take place with representatives from a number of sectors including business, housing, environment and health and wellbeing.

Earlier this year, Hull was selected alongside Miami, Cape Town, Amman and Mexico City to contribute to the development of a new City Water Resilience Framework (CWRF). 

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YORSwitch Collective Energy Switching Scheme Delivers Savings

YORSwitch Collective Energy Switching Scheme Delivers Savings
June 22, 2018

East Riding residents who signed up for the latest round of the East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s YORSwitch scheme can save an average of £165 each following an auction between energy companies.

The council partnered with iChoosr, the UK’s leading expert in collective energy switching, together were able to deliver bespoke and highly competitive tariffs.

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