In 2023, the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) greenlit a £6 million investment toward cloud computing research. £2 million of that was earmarked for a cloud computing hub in Yorkshire as part of an effort by several British universities including the University of Leeds and the University of York, with aims to create digital links between local and international business communities. Since then, several successful tech companies have emerged from the area.
As part of the Yorkshire and Humber Climate Action Pledge, Hull City Council has committed to playing its part in tackling climate change.
A climate change summit held in Leeds this week launched the Climate Action Pledge by Yorkshire and Humber Climate Commission, a regional body set up to support and guide local organisations.
Couples in the quiet Market Town of Beverley in East Yorkshire are among the most likely to cheat on their partners.
The latest figures from IllicitEncounters reveal that Beverley is a hot spot for those looking for an extramarital affair. Guilford tops the list while Beverley is ranked fifth, making it a real hotspot for affairs.
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month (CCAM) takes place in September each year, with children’s cancer charities worldwide taking the opportunity to increase awareness of childhood cancer to raise vital funds to support their work.
Around 1,800 children are diagnosed with cancer every year in the UK with 150 children diagnosed in Yorkshire alone. Receiving a cancer diagnosis for a child is devastating and is the start of a long and gruelling journey for the whole family.
A new independent five times distilled vodka brand, featuring classic premium, passion fruit and strawberry flavours, is launching in time for spring/summer.
Friends Jake Chapman-Brown, Isaac Mayne and reality star Callum Alexandré Izzard have teamed up to create Amàre vodka, which is distilled in Yorkshire using the finest British ingredients.
A leading law firm is celebrating the talent on its own doorstep as it builds for the future by putting local people at the heart of its recruitment strategy.
Rollits LLP revealed that nine lawyers joined the firm during 2021 and most have either grown up in the region or graduated from the University of Hull.
The Leeds Children’s Hospital’s Congenital Heart Unit is the first in the United Kingdom to undertake pioneering research addressing challenges in the diagnosis and monitoring of infants with congenital heart disease.
The project aims to establish a new approach to imaging these patients by using a 4D Flow MRI prototype software from Siemens Healthineers, reducing scan time to under ten minutes whilst infants sleep in an MRI safe incubator.
A holistic therapist has boosted the wellbeing of a leading local charity by raising funds and awareness from a campaign that reached customers the length and breadth of the country.
The winning entries in the East Riding Festival of Words Poetry Competition 2020 have now been published online.
The winning entries in each category of the competition are shown on the website and reflect the high standard of the entries received, and the range of the poetry submitted in the various age groups.
A specialist in providing financial advice for older people has been awarded the coveted Later Life Advisor Accreditation.
Charlene Coulbeck, who lives in Beverley and works at the Hessle branch of Informed Financial Planning, is now considered to be amongst the country’s leading experts after gaining the qualification from the Society of Later Life Advisors (SOLLA).
The family and friends of a popular Market Weighton man with Motor Neurone Disease have pledged to raise £5,000 for the Motor Neurone Disease Association (MDNA).
59-year-old former Royal Mail manager and accomplished musician, Dave Foster was diagnosed with the debilitating disease in July 2019. His family and friends initiated the fundraising drive to raise awareness of the condition that affects up to 5,000 adults in the UK at any one time.
Bellway sales advisor, Sarah Fletcher said it with flowers on Valentine’s Day – and gave a house viewer from Swanland an unforgettable surprise.
Carmen Nevill, a lecturer in journalism at Leeds Beckett University, visited Bellway’s Swanland Grange development on West Leys Road at the beginning of February
Dig out the trainers from the back of the wardrobe as the world’s biggest 5K obstacle course is heading back to Leeds for a fifth successive year this spring.
Shed the festive excess and channel those New Year good intentions by tackling the ultimate in fun and fitness – the Gung Ho! giant inflatable obstacle course.
Maintaining the general stonework of such an iconic building as York Minster requires a regular supply of stone for the masons and carvers to create replacement ornate features for this landmark church building.
This vital job falls into the hands of the first Isuzu Grafter Green to be run by York Minsters’ own stoneyard.
East Yorkshire is guaranteed a prominent presence at this year’s International Road Races, following the recent confirmation that Lee Johnston will lead the newly formed Ashcourt Racing teams challenge.
Alongside competing on S1000RR BMW’s at TT 2019, the North West 200 and Ulster Grand Prix, six times International road race winner Johnston will also pilot in the Supersport encounters at the International events Yamaha’s proven, hugely successful YZF-R6 steed.
