Organisers of the 2021 East Riding Festival of Words – which saw live events return – have declared this year’s Festival a big success.
With over 500 people attending the live events and 2200 attending the virtual events, the organising team from East Riding Libraries are delighted that so many participated in, and enjoyed, the varied programme.
Do you recognise the man in this image? We would like to speak to him in relation to a burglary that occurred on Molescroft Park, Beverley, on Friday 15 October.
Hull is to host the UK public film premiere of the internationally-award winning feature One Summer When You Went Away in the city’s Old Town next Friday evening, November 19th.
Set in Hull and East Yorkshire and starring Laurence Ellerker, Laura Peterson, Kenneth Mguni, Stan Haywood and Angela Stone, the new 90-minute film has been described as ‘gritty but moving’ and ‘surprisingly sweet’ by festival audiences.
The Business & IP Centre’s Start-up Day is back for 2021 at Hull Central Library to celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week.
A wealth of business support and expert guidance will be available for anyone with a business idea or a business they would like to grow.
Barratt Developments Yorkshire East is honouring war veterans and volunteers from the Cottingham branch of The Royal British Legion, by donating gift hampers to the volunteers that deserve an act of kindness most this Remembrance Day.
Veterans and serving military personnel will be able to travel on buses for free on Remembrance Sunday.
Bus company East Yorkshire will be showing their respect for the achievements and sacrifices of the armed forces by allowing current and past members of the military to board any of their buses for free on Sunday 14 November, to allow easier access to Remembrance Day parades and ceremonies.
East Riding College has expanded its Flemingate site in Beverley to include a new Yorkshire and Humber Institute of Technology (IoT).
The IoT in Yorkshire and Humber has brought investment of over £10million of capital funding into the region. The £2.1m Institute at East Riding College houses specialist high-level training facilities for engineering and technical disciplines.
The Re-Use Shop is located next to the Humberfield Household Waste Recycling Centre Site in Hessle and is open to the general public seven days a week.
Despite permits being introduced for East Riding to be able to use the local Waste Recycling Centre’s, you don’t need one to shop at Dove House’s Re-Use shop.
To accompany the new exhibition at Beverley Art Gallery, ‘Reflections of Japan in East Yorkshire’, there will be two talks in November.
Guide Dogs for the Blind is currently recruiting puppy raisers in the Beverley. The charity which supports people with sight loss is hoping volunteers will come forward to help raise the puppies they are training.
An estimated 25 people in the UK start to lose their sight every day. With the charity getting just 1% of its funding from government sources, volunteer’s play a key role.
Young people across the East Riding who want to make a positive change in the area they live and be a voice for young people are being invited to stand as candidates for election to the UK Youth Parliament.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council, working in partnership with East Riding Voluntary Action Services (ERVAS), which are receiving funding from the National Lottery Community Fund, is looking for young people between the age of 11 and 18 to nominate themselves as candidates.
The Ferens Art Gallery is calling for submissions from professional and amateur artists for the 2022 Open Exhibition.
The Ferens Open offers a platform to both seasoned exhibitors and artists looking to show their work for the very first time.
Lewis Northen Funeral Directors will be hosting an event in December for the community to celebrate the lives of those who have passed away recently.
There is still time to enter the East Riding Festival of Words Poetry Competition for 2021.
Your poem should be no more than 45 lines, on one side of A4 paper. All entries must be submitted and paid for by Saturday, 27 November 2021 at 11.59pm.
An East Yorkshire chef who was inspired to create frozen restaurant-quality meals during lockdown has set up a professional kitchen in Pocklington.
Ali Bilton, who grew up in East Yorkshire, but travelled the world cooking for private clients in a career spanning over 30 years, launched a range of chef-prepared dishes for people to enjoy at home during the first lockdown in May 2020.
Women at the top of the global technology industry will seize the opportunities presented by an event in Hull to tackle the “dismal” figures for diversity in the sector.
Tech Expo, which takes place at the Bonus Arena on Tuesday 9 November and is part of Tech Week Humber, will bring together women from some of the biggest tech brands locally and internationally for a “Women in Technology” panel aimed at addressing the imbalance.
Residents in the East Riding are being urged not to take live ammunition to recycling sites – after a bullet was accidentally fired at a site.
The bullet was set off by machinery sorting through waste sent from the Carnaby household waste recycling site but thankfully no one was hurt.
Light up a Life is a wonderful opportunity for hospice supporters and the wider community to gather together to share stories and fond memories.
Dove House Hospice welcomes everyone, regardless of how long ago your loved one died and whether or not they received hospice care. The generosity of those who honour a loved one through Light up a Life ensures Dove House is there for every family who needs them, at Christmas time and throughout the year.