During its final journey through England this summer, the Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay will make a stop in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
As part of the build-up to the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Birmingham hosts the 16th Queen’s Baton Relay – an event that brings together and celebrates communities across the Commonwealth.
A new scheme has been launched by Humberside Police to help people protect their bicycles from thieves and keep them secure.
In Humberside, since 2018, thefts of cycles have accounted for 3.21% of all crimes. Nationally, thefts of cycles account for 2% of crime, however, in Humberside, thefts of cycles constitute 31%.
More than 40 puppet theatre companies will be descending on East Yorkshire at this year’s Beverley Puppet Festival which runs from Friday, July 15 to Sunday, July 17 in indoor and outdoor venues across the town.
Tickets are now on sale for over 60 events, plus a six-day puppet making workshop for adults, with the festival opening on Friday evening with the Eurovision Sock Contest, by the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre, and Zippy And Me, a talk by puppeteer Ronnie Le Drew.
Five-star homebuilder, Barratt Developments Yorkshire East is showing its support for servicewomen this VE Day, by installing Women in War figures at 16 of its developments across East Yorkshire.
Barratt Developments Yorkshire East, which includes the Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes brands, has teamed up with the Royal British Legion Industries
For beginners, learning how to drive can be an exciting time. To become a full-fledged driver, though, you have to get your learner’s permit, learn to drive with a supervisor, and take a driver’s test to get your license.
Fans of Neil Diamond’s music are in for an enjoyable evening at Bridlington Spa as Pretty Amazing Productions will present their lavish tribute production on Saturday 14th May.
A Beautiful Noise will celebrate the music in tribute to Neil Diamond for one night only this May.
From Wednesday, 18 May through Saturday, 4 June, East Riding Libraries will celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with various fun activities and events.
The event will be held in Beverley at the local library on Friday 27 May. Places for the event in Beverley can be booked online.
A nationwide business which provides care for people in their own homes has launched its latest branch at The Deep Business Centre in Hull.
Helping Hands Homecare has opened with three staff in the centre and they are assembling a team of carers to operate across the Hull area.
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee will be marked by a fun-packed four-day family event in Hull this June.
As part of the extended bank holiday weekend, the council has published a decision record to allocate funds for the event, which takes place from Thursday 2 – Sunday 5 June.
AA Global Language Services has added to its list of major contract wins by landing the job of keeping millions of Londoners and visitors connected with vital information about the capital’s transport system.
The company will begin work in September on the three-year contract with Transport for London (TfL)
Bus lane cameras in Hull have been switched back on this week.
The move comes in line with Hull City Council’s Cabinet decision made in December 2021 to retain 7am – 6.30pm bus lanes following a successful trial period in which buses reported nine per cent faster journey times.
Photos from the Beverley 10K that made a welcome return to the town. Hundreds of runners took local roads as they tackled the gruelling course.
After more than 100 years, a historic clock in the city centre will become automated.
The large clock on Hull’s Maritime Museum’s south-facing tower and its dialworks have been thoroughly cleaned, as well as the new automatic winding system measured.
The East Riding Leisure Centre in Beverley will host women’s walking football for the Over 50s.
It will take place from 10.30 am to 11.30 am on Tuesday, 17 May. After that, the sessions will be held every week for 10 weeks. The first session will be free, and subsequent sessions will cost £2.80 per person.
Quickline Communications, a rural broadband provider, is pleased to announce the appointment of a leading commercial expert. Sue Barnes joins the company as the new Chief Commercial Officer from Voneus Broadband.
With over 30 years of experience in senior commercial leadership roles, she has a proven track record of building world-class teams and driving growth in fast-paced environments across telecoms, digital, print and broadcast media within both start-ups and large organisations.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s health and wellbeing team are working in partnership with East Riding Leisure Beverley to launch a new multi-activity session, ‘Lets’ Get Moving’, suited to those people who would like to take part in some fun and friendly activity.
After a successful and extremely popular run in April, ‘Paint the Town Fred’, a new play about Beverley’s best-known artists, Fred and Mary Elwell, will return to the East Riding Theatre (ERT) in Beverley for an extended run in early June.
The play, written by Gordon Meredith, will be performed again from Thursday 9 to Saturday 11 June, 2022, at ERT, including a socially distanced matinee
Hull’s oldest boxing club has topped off a £1m refurb with brand new signage thanks to two well-known city-centre businesses.
Commercial property developer Allenby Commercial and Hideout Hotel – an apartment hotel on North Church Side – have clubbed together to provide the signage for St Paul’s Boxing Academy, also based on the north side of Hull Minister.