52nd Wildlife Photographer Of The Year Exhibition Opens In Beverley

52nd Wildlife Photographer Of The Year Exhibition Opens In Beverley
February 3, 2017

The world-renowned Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition, on loan from the Natural History Museum in London, will open at Beverley Art Gallery in The Treasure House in Beverley on Saturday 11 February, featuring 100 awe-inspiring images, from fascinating animal behaviour to breathtaking wild landscapes.

It is one of the East Riding’s major events as part of Hull UK City of Culture 2017, in which East Riding of Yorkshire Council is a principal partner.

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Manchester Camerata To Perform ‘String Serenade’ In Beverley

Manchester Camerata To Perform 'string Serenade' In Beverley This Month
February 3, 2017

There will be a chance to join Manchester Camerata’s 21 internationally acclaimed string players on Thursday 23 February, 2017, at 7.30pm, for an evening of some of the best-loved pieces for string orchestra, at Toll Gavel United Church in Beverley.

Part of ‘Classically Yours’, the concert is one of the key events in the East Riding’s celebration of Hull UK City of Culture 2017, in which East Riding of Yorkshire Council and Orchestras Live have joined forces to bring more orchestral music to the area.

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New Play Coming To Burton Constable Hall This Spring

New Play Coming To Burton Constable Hall This Spring
January 30, 2017

Burton Constable Hall and Lit Up will premiere a new play this spring, revealing the surprising story behind the scenes of one of the East Riding’s most treasured stately homes, and legendary 18th century gardener Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown.

Written and directed by Rachel Feldberg, director of Ilkley Literature Festival, Mr Brown’s Directions is a complex story of love, loss, entanglement and disagreements.

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Is This The Only Empty Care Bed In East Yorkshire?

People Put Politics Aside As Queues Form To Sign Care Homes Petition
January 27, 2017

Campaigners calling on East Riding Council to intervene in the private care home crisis will be out collecting signatures for a petition this Saturday morning in Hedon and Beverley.

They intend to raise the issue of the crisis in social care, when next the full council meets as concerns grow over how oplder people in community will be cared for.

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Time To Talk Day 2017 : Conversation Can Change Lives

Time To Talk Day 2017 : Conversation Can Change Lives
January 27, 2017

With one in four of us experiencing a mental health problem in any given year, it’s important to address the ongoing issue by talking and spreading the message that talking about it doesn’t have to be difficult.

Time to Talk Day takes place on Thursday, 2 February and encourages the nation to get talking about mental health.

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Everyone Has Banged Their Self Righteous Drums For So Long – Cllr Peacock

Peacock Should Do The Decent Thing And Resign Says Healy
January 26, 2017

Disgraced Councillor, Dominic Peacock has written back to East Riding of Yorkshire Council making it clear he has no intention of resigning despite calls for him to do so.

Cllr Peacock who made offensive and distasteful remarks in relation to a fund set up to raise money for the family of the assassinated MP Jo Cox says residents in his ward, Minster and Woodmansey do not want him to resign.

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Biggest Beach Angling Festival In The World Celebrates 24 Years

Biggest Beach Angling Festival In The World Celebrates 24 Years
January 26, 2017

With less than a month until the record breaking Paul Roggeman European Open Beach Championship (EOBC), the world’s largest three-day beach angling festival, entries are reeling in.

The event, renamed in memory of its founder, celebrates its 24th birthday this year and will run from Friday, 24 to Sunday, 26 February, with an estimated 1,000 anglers returning to the East Yorkshire Coast, with its HQ at Sand Le Mere Holiday Village, hoping to reel in a share of £35,000 in prize funds.

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Residents Offered Market-Leading Rates For Home Energy

Residents Offered Market-Leading Rates For Home Energy
January 25, 2017

Residents are being offered exclusive market-leading rates* for home energy thanks to the power of collective energy switching.

East Riding of Yorkshire Council teamed up with technology partner iChoosr, the UK’s leading expert in collective energy switching, in 2013 and has been able to deliver savings of £3.5million so far for East Riding residents.

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Public Help Council Wardens In Fight Against Dog Fouling

Public Help Council Wardens In Fight Against Dog Fouling
January 24, 2017

Better information from members of the public helped East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s dog wardens issue almost double the number of fixed penalty notices for dog fouling in 2016 than in 2015, figures have revealed.

In 2016, the council’s dog wardens issued 28 fixed penalty notices to owners who failed to clean up after their pets, compared to 11 in 2015.

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Nominations Wanted For 2017 ERYC Chairman’s Awards

Nominations Wanted For 2017 ERYC Chairman's Awards
January 24, 2017

Residents who would like to recognise people and businesses that help make their community a better place to live have until the end of January to nominate them for an award.

People can now make nominations for the 2017 East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Chairman’s Awards which are presented to individuals and businesses that have helped improve the area over the last year.

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BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend Is Heading To East Yorkshire

BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend Is Heading To East Yorkshire
January 24, 2017

BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend is set to be one of the musical highlights of Hull UK City of Culture 2017 when it comes to Burton Constable in East Yorkshire on 27 and 28 May.

DJ Nick Grimshaw made the announcement that it would be coming to the area on this morning’s Radio 1 Breakfast Show.

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BRIDLINGTON : ArtWaves Open Exhibition Launched

BRIDLINGTON : ArtWaves Open Exhibition Launched
January 23, 2017

Bridlington Spa is delighted to announce the launch of the ArtWaves Festival Open Exhibition in advance of the full festival programme launch later this year.

ArtWaves is a visual arts festival taking place in May 2017 showcasing traditional, digital, contemporary and urban art through a vibrant programme curated for all; from the experienced artist to those simply looking to get creative.

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Successful Funding Bid For Hornsea Welcomed By MP

Successful Funding Bid For Hornsea Welcomed By MP
January 21, 2017

MP Graham Stuart has welcomed news that Hornsea is to receive £10,000 to help develop plans to boost the town’s seafront a place he once called depressing.

Mr. Stuart who for some years has been calling for more to be done to support the tourism industry in Hornsea says it will be exciting to see the proposals residents and businesses come up with.

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GCSE Results See East Riding Schools Top The League Table

GCSE Results See East Riding Schools Top The League Table
January 19, 2017

East Riding secondary schools have topped the league of GCSE results in Yorkshire and the Humber for the first time, with one of the best scores in the north of England.

The new accountability measures for schools are published for the first time today in figures released by the Department for Education.

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Holderness Coast Fisheries Local Action Group Secure Funding

Holderness Coast Fisheries Local Action Group Secure Funding
January 19, 2017

Funding has once again been awarded to the Holderness Coast Fisheries Local Action Group (FLAG) by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, to continue its valuable work assisting the East Riding’s coastal communities and local fishing industry.

There is funding available for the fishing industry, fishing communities and groups and organisations involved in the social, economic and environmental wellbeing of the Holderness coast from the FLAG initiative.

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Motorists Face Possible Delays Due To Maintenance Works On The A1079

Roadworks Due To Start On B1248
January 19, 2017

East Riding of Yorkshire Council has announced that essential maintenance work on seven bridges over the A1079 between the roundabout at Bishop Burton and the east of Jocks Lodge interchange is about to be carried out.

The £500,000 project, funded through the highway maintenance grant allocated to the council by the Department for Transport, will begin on Monday 23 January, and is scheduled for completion by the end of March, 2017.

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Driffield Added To The Tour De Yorkshire Business Roadshow Line-Up

Driffield Added To The Tour De Yorkshire Business Roadshow Line-Up
January 18, 2017

A free roadshow will be held at The Showground in Driffield, designed to help businesses and the community maximise the opportunities presented by the 2017 Tour de Yorkshire, which will pass through the Capital of the Wolds for the first time.

Welcome to Yorkshire and East Riding of Yorkshire Council will host the event on Wednesday, 15 February, from 10am-12.30pm.

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