East Riding is celebrating being breastfeeding friendly this World Breastfeeding Week with a Big Breastfeed.
World Breastfeeding Week, 1-7 August, provides an opportunity to highlight and celebrate East Riding’s Breastfeeding Friendly Scheme and the support available to breastfeeding parents. As part of this a variety of events are taking place that families can get involved in.
Cycling in and around Beverley, Yorkshire, offers a fantastic way to explore the picturesque countryside and enjoy a healthy, active lifestyle. Yorkshire is famed for its moors, rolling hills and stunning natural landscapes, untouched by industry or suburbia.
However, being safe around Beverley is still as relevant now, as ever. Road accidents involving cyclists can and do happen, often due to drivers’ errors or a lack of consideration. In such cases, understanding your rights and how to manage the risk of accidents is paramount. Here’s a cyclist’s guide to safety in and around Beverley
A Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) award in his name will honour a prominent businessman who died recently for his innovation and support of young people.
Businesses or organisations recognized by the judges for supporting young entrepreneurs or enterprising students will receive the Malcolm Scott Award.
There will be a closure of the Humber Bridge overnight to facilitate vital maintenance work.
It will involve changing two bearings at the Hessle Tower, although the actual date depends on the weather. The work will be performed overnight one weekend in September/October.
An art exhibition featuring the ships from Hull which sailed in the Falklands War Task Force is raising awareness and funds to help bring home the world’s oldest remaining steam trawler from its current resting place in the South Atlantic.
Larry Malkin, an artist based at Welwick in East Yorkshire, is displaying the paintings in the Stables Gallery at Burton Constable Hall. He will also donate 50 per cent of the proceeds from the sale of the works to the Viola Trust.
Hessle Lib Dem Councillors welcome the announcement of four play areas in Hessle to be given a major overhaul worth £288,000.
Hessle Mill play area, First Lane play area, War Memorial Tower Hill play area and Tranby Park play area are all to be redeveloped and fitted with new equipment.
A new vision for the Humber region has been revealed to give the public a glimpse into how Hull’s biggest regeneration proposal in a generation will turn the area into a must-visit destination and one where people love to live.
Businesses from the Humber Bridge to Hull marina have outlined their plans to celebrate The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in style against a spectacular backdrop of a flotilla and flypast.
Hessle Town Council, which is organising the Humber Platinum Jubilee Flotilla of 70 ships and boats on Thursday 2 June, has now confirmed details of a programme of family fun.
Organisers of a spectacular Platinum Jubilee flotilla and flypast have revealed plans to apply the finishing touch to the celebrations by flying the Union Flag from two of the highest points in the region.
Hessle Town Council has secured an agreement with the Humber Bridge Board to raise the flags on each of the two towers of the Bridge on the evening of Wednesday 1 June, the eve of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
For those planning to travel across the Humber Bridge on May 7th and 8th, additional travel time is advised because vital maintenance is scheduled.
As part of the work to resurface the southbound carriageway, a contraflow will be in place between 6pm on Saturday 7 May and midmorning on Sunday 8 May when the work is scheduled to be completed. Beginning at Hessle Tower, the contraflow will proceed south to Barton anchorage.
Hull-based Ideal Heating has announced a new, £1 million state-of-the-art training centre focusing on renewable energy.
Located at Wykeland Group’s Bridgehead business park in Hessle, East Yorkshire, the 15,000 sq ft training centre will open in spring 2022, and will welcome thousands of installers from across the UK to the region to learn new skills as the industry transitions from traditional gas boilers to greener alternatives.
Local housebuilder, David Wilson Homes has welcomed Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle MP, Emma Hardy, to its Hessle development after its site manager landed a coveted industry award.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s countryside access team is running the popular Kids Go Wild discovery days once again this summer.
Families can enjoy exploring the brilliant habitats and wildlife on the local nature reserves with the team.
East Riding Archives launched a virtual ‘time machine’ in 2019. It was called the ‘What Was Here’ app, free to download on smartphones, and since then it has cemented its place as a heritage tourism experience for the region with two Finalist nominations in the Remarkable East Yorkshire Tourism Awards ‘REYTA’s.
The Wombles of Beverley have certainly made an impact in Beverley in the short time they have been in existence.
From their humble beginnings with a handful of members, the group now has around 150 people picking discarded litter.
Following weeks of closures, as of Thursday 6th May, at 5am the Humber Bridge will reopen to the general public following a consultation period and safety upgrades.
Thereafter the bridge will remain open from 5am to 9pm every day with commuters wishing to cross outside these hours required to register with the bridge beforehand.
Pupils across the region are being invited to create murals that will decorate the Humber Bridge.
Themed ‘what the bridge means to me’ work will be displayed to mark the Humber Bridge 40th anniversary.
The team at a Yorkshire Wolds poultry business have received a generous donation from its communications provider.
Hull-based Cobus Communications has donated £1,000 to the staff memorial fund at Middleton on the Wolds business, Soanes Poultry.