• East Riding poetry festival returns to the High Wolds and is calling for submissions on the theme of ‘connections’
  • East Riding Libraries to celebrate PRIDE this June
  • Compost giveaways prove as popular as ever with East Riding residents
  • Run With It Charity sees massive increase in work with special education schools
  • East Riding Schools: Breaking barriers to boost attendance
Audience To Quiz Lifelong Republican Alastair Campbell At Business Week

Audience To Quiz Lifelong Republican Alastair Campbell At Business Week

A high-profile political figure who admits to being “something of a lifelong republican” will be quizzed at Humber Business Week about his belief that the Queen is “one of the great enduring winners of our lifetime”.

Alastair Campbell will be invited to discuss the stories and research behind his book Winners and How They Succeed when he appears in the first of this year’s Elevenses interviews at the University of Hull’s Aura Innovation Centre on Tuesday 7 June.

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Walk And Drink Wine For A Good Cause In Support Of Local Hospice

Walk And Drink Wine For A Good Cause In Support Of Local Hospice

A wine tasting event which explores the Yorkshire Wolds with a stroll through Little Wold Vineyard and a walk through different wine regions along the route is returning this year.

The Wine Dash course is a 5k course not only through the South Cave vineyard but also along part of the Wolds Way, with only the wine stations interrupting the views. 

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Once In A Lifetime Experiences Across The Globe For Students

Once In A Lifetime Experiences Across The Globe For Students

Students from Bishop Burton College were amongst the jet-set last month thanks to a number of study tours that have seen them enjoying life-changing experiences over 3 continents.  

Journeying to Sydney, South Africa and Seville Level 3 Sport, Business, Animal Management and Travel and Tourism students enjoyed a fortnight living, studying and participating in hands-on work experience placements in these far-flung and exotic locations.  

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This Year's Humber Business Week Aims To Redefine Resilience

This Year’s Humber Business Week Aims To Redefine Resilience

Humber Business Week event seeks to redefine resilience whilst also considering the obligations employers have in respect of hidden disabilities and neurodiversity in the workplace

Employers from across the region are signing up for a Humber Business Week event which will look at redefining resilience both personally and within the workplace plus protecting people and organisations from the legal pitfalls arising from the Equality Act, with a special focus on the impact of neurodiversity in the workplace.

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Conservative Defects To LibDems Saying ERYC Is Not Democratic

Conservative Defects To Lib Dems Saying ERYC Is Not Democratic

In a dramatic move at East Riding Council Annual General Meeting, Conservative Councillor Charlie Bayram crossed the floor at the start of the meeting to join the Liberal Democrats on the  Opposition benches.

The defection has also prompted the local LibDems to say they think there will be a seismic shift from Conservative to Lib Dem at the next local elections.

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East Yorkshire Announces Changes To Fares And Ticket Range

East Yorkshire Announces Changes To Fares And Ticket Range

Bus company East Yorkshire will introduce new tickets and fares from next week that will make travelling on bus easier than ever before.

In their first review of fares and tickets since September 2019, East Yorkshire has said that the changes, which are due to come into effect on Sunday 22 May 2022, will make travelling across the region simpler for customers.

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North Hull Community Centre Aims To Tackle Loneliness And Isolation

North Hull Community Centre Aims To Tackle Loneliness And Isolation

Public Health officials have said social isolation is now a bigger threat than Covid.  A North Hull community centre aims to tackle this locally.

On a mission to combat loneliness and isolation, Unity in Community has appointed an Outreach Project Officer. Dawn Downs is supporting local residents who’ve become too nervous to leave their homes.

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Cans Film Festival - Trade Two Cans Of Food For Access To Movies

Cans Film Festival – Trade Two Cans Of Food For Access To Movies

Parkway Cinema Beverley will be hosting special screenings where admission will be two cans of food per person, which will be donated to the East Yorkshire Foodbank.

Cliff Baillie, General Manager at the Parkway Beverley says he hopes film lovers will get behind the scheme and enjoy a film while helping others.

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Property Conversion Paused As Owners Open Doors To Puffins Galore

Work on converting a former radio studio into high-end office space and apartments has been placed on hold after the arrival in the building of a colony of puffins.

The birds may be fibreglass rather than flesh and feathers, but they appealed to Rachel and James Murray’s passion for culture and have brought work to a standstill at their site, The Boathouse offices, next to Hull Marina.

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