Students at East Riding secondary schools have achieved their best ever GCSE results.
The East Riding is one of the best performing of the Yorkshire and the Humber authorities in the results which have been published, with some of the best Attainment 8 and Progress 8 scores in the north of England.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council has secured over £6.5 million of European Funding to support community development, business growth and enterprise along the Yorkshire Coast, with the majority of funds to be targeted at Bridlington and Scarborough.
A report, due to be considered by East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Cabinet on Tuesday, 17 October, sets out how the Yorkshire Coast Community Led Local Development (CLLD) Programme will be delivered, in partnership with Scarborough Borough Council, and will give local organisations and businesses the opportunity to apply for project grants from the European Social Fund and the European Regional Development Fund.
A landlord in Goole has to pay £2,638 after failing to licence a property in multiple occupation as well as failing to comply with fire safety regulations.
Alison Asadi-Aghdam, 54, of Sutton Street, Goole, appeared at Beverley Magistrates Court on Wednesday, 4 October, where she pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to license a property operating as a house in multiple occupation and another offence of failing to comply with management of houses in multiple occupation regulations in relation to fire safety.
Following a successful launch of walking netball and football in Bridlington by the East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Sport, Play and Arts Service the sessions are to continue free of charge until early November.
The new walking netball and walking football sessions will take place at East Riding Leisure Bridlington where they were launched earlier this month as part of Older People’s Day with a view to demonstrating that age is no obstacle playing sport and meeting new people.
R-evolution will be providing 3,000 refurbished bikes over the next three years as part of a programme to promote the benefits of cycling.
The charity was set up two years ago and thanks to the support of several local and regional organisations has proved a huge success.
Adoption staff from East Riding of Yorkshire Council are holding a series of information sessions to encourage more people to consider adopting a child.
As part of National Adoption Week (16 to 22 October), staff will be at venues in Beverley, Market Weighton and Haltemprice to talk to people who may be considering adoption, to hand out leaflets and to answer any questions they may have.
There are still tickets available for Britten Sinfonia’s presentation of Mother Goose on Saturday, 21 October 2017, at 2pm at Toll Gavel United Church, Beverley, as part of the Classically Yours series.
This will be an interactive concert, designed to introduce children to the delights of classical repertoire for chamber orchestra in a fun and collaborative environment.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council say they have no plans to remove wardens from shelter housing they offer but are merely looking to create new roles and make better use of the resources they have.
Their comments come after claims were made by George McManus, a member of the Beverley Labour’s movement who claimed they are about to scrap wardens to save cash.
A Hull man has to pay almost £600 after fly-tipped waste dumped on a field in Cottingham was traced back to him.
Carl Hessey of Manor Road, Hull appeared at Beverley Magistrates Court on Wednesday, 25 September where he pleaded guilty to one charge of failing in his duty of care.
More than 900 ‘Pauper’s graves’ in a Beverley cemetery are to be officially marked at a ceremony organised by East Riding of Yorkshire Council.
The council has installed a headstone, an information board and also planted trees around the unmarked graves in Queensgate Cemetery as a mark of respect and remembrance to the people buried there.
As winter approaches, East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s public health team is urging pregnant women and young children to take up the free flu vaccination and children in Year 4 are now eligible.
Pregnant women and young children are among those at high risk and mothers are advised to protect themselves, and their unborn babies, from the disease.
As of Monday 2 October for a period of 60 days, East Riding Health and Wellbeing Board (HWBB) will be consulting with the public about a review of the pharmaceutical needs of the community.
The HWBB will gather opinions about a draft Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) document – due to be published on 1 April 2018.
Five local councils have joined forces to strengthen the area’s local Armed Forces Covenants, which support those who are serving, veterans and their families.
Hull City Council, East Riding of Yorkshire Council, North Lincolnshire Council, North East Lincolnshire Council and Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council have secured £480,000 funding from the Ministry of Defence to form a Sub Regional Armed Forces Covenant Partnership. The funding will enable the local authorities to share good practice, develop training packages and working together to improve the support available for armed forces veterans and their families.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council has welcomed the news that Beverley has been chosen as a start or finish town for next year’s Tour de Yorkshire.
The inaugural race passed through Beverley in 2015. It then played a more prominent role in 2016, when it hosted the race start.
There has never been a better time to quit smoking: new data published today shows quitting success rates at their highest for at least a decade, up to 19.8% for the first six months of this year, significantly higher than the average for the last 10 years (15.7%).
Success rates among the less well-off have for years remained stubbornly low, but in a major turnaround the sharp increase in success rates is being seen entirely among this group.
The LitUp Festival presents an exciting newly commissioned exhibition and performance by Hull- born artist Patrick Coyle at East Riding Leisure Haltemprice, as part of the ‘Out of this Word’ programme.
‘High Enterprise’will be at one of the UK’s busiest Leisure Centres from Thursday, 28 September to Friday, 3 November.
East Riding residents are being reminded to trim their own private hedges and trees which overhang paths and roads to prevent them from causing an obstruction.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s streetscene enforcement team said overgrown vegetation can become a nuisance or even a danger to pedestrians, cyclists and drivers if it overhangs, obstructs or blocks visibility on the public highway.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council offers a range of support to people who are interested in becoming a registered Ofsted childminder.
Childminders are self-employed and care for children in their own home. They play an important role in providing a childcare setting which meets the needs of many parents and carers across the East Riding.