Hanging objects on the wall is a big part of interior decoration, kitchen set-up, and even gardening.
If you are particular about the overall finish of your space, pesky fasteners such as nails and other invasive hangers may not be the most ideal way of displaying memorable moments or souvenirs in your home.
Burglars are only as successful as the people they rob. If you take a few precautions, your home and business will be much less likely to attract them and their sticky fingers.
Prevention starts with an awareness of how burglars operate. Most break-ins happen when burglars can access the building without being seen or heard by neighbours or passersby.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Active Towns project is aimed at encouraging and supporting communities and residents to be more physically, mentally, and socially active in Pocklington, Market Weighton, Goole and Howden.
East Riding Libraries Face in a Book Club on Facebook now has over 220 members who have been enjoying the books selected each month by the Libraries team. The club started back in February 2020, just before the first lockdown, and has gradually grown since then.
To mark this year’s National Gardening Week, a local housebuilder is encouraging residents to turn their outdoor spaces into natural habitats where wildlife can thrive.
Housebuilder Barratt Developments is encouraging Hull residents to join in with the largest garden wildlife survey in the world – the Big Garden Birdwatch, as part of its ongoing partnership with wildlife charity Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB).
Beaumont’s Garden Maintenance is backing a local club which is looking to grow the players of the future.
AFC Tickton Academy, which works with boys and girls under the age of six have been sponsored by the local firm.
An established East Yorkshire memorials business has collaborated with a local grief charity to support its clients.
Anna Buckley, from Melbourne based Mindful Memorials (part of J. Rotherham Ltd), has teamed up with Talking about Loss founder, Jacqui Gunn for a series of events to help people who have experienced loss.
A dramatic decline in insects in Europe has been recorded over the last few decades. Every study has shown falls in numbers, for example, recent research in more than 60 protected areas in Germany, showed flying insects have declined by more than 75% over almost 30 years. The same pattern can be found across the globe virtually wherever studies are undertaken.
Yorkshire parents and their children spend less than half an hour a day of ‘real’ quality time together, according to a One Poll study.
Researchers found fathers and their daughters are at a loss, getting the least quality time together than any other parent-child combo, with a quarter of an hour less every week.
The East Yorkshire based European division of American seed company W. Atlee Burpee & Co., has called on a North Yorkshire Technology Centre to help them produce plants in time for its first RHS Chelsea Flower Show in May.
Selby based Stockbridge Technology Centre is growing varieties of Burpee’s tomato, pepper and cucumber plants, including two, Cherry Baby and Crimson Crush, that were bred by Burpee’s European Sales and Marketing Director, Simon Crawford, in East Yorkshire.
Visitors at the Coletta and Tyson Garden Centre in Beverley and The Freedom Centre Hull were surprised by groups of over-60s performing Bollywood dance, tai chi and watercolour painting in the foyers, as part of Royal Voluntary Service’s volunteer recruitment drive.
Led by local instructors Sandra Thompson, Sheila Dickinson and Austin Holt, the classes were organised to demonstrate just a few of the activities residents in the area can get involved with, bringing more people together to have fun and create new friendships.
Salon ID say they are delighted after a fund raising night they held in their Georgian Quarter salon raised over £1,000 for a good cause by auctioning men off and selling tickets to a prize draw.
The event was organised to help support one of their clients who was recently diagnosed with Breast Cancer to help raise the funds needed for a real hair wig.
Tesco were pleased to welcome the ‘Five Angels and It’ Lifestyle team to bag pack in their store.
Residents, businesses and community groups in Beverley are being encouraged to enter the Beverley in Bloom Town Competition.
Bishop Burton Gardeners’ Club re-start their 2015-16 programme of meetings after their Christmas break on Tuesday 2nd February 2016 at 7.30pm
When looking for a new pet you might consider adding a dog or cat to your family, or if you are not ready for that commitment, perhaps a hamster or a fish?
With summer just becoming a bit of a memory, The Bishop Burton Gardeners’ Club meeting on Tuesday November 3rd 2015 at St Mary’s Parish Hall, North Bar Within in Beverley
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