Landlord business seminars
East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Private Sector Housing Team is inviting private landlords, who own properties in the area, to attend one of two business seminar events taking place in May.The...
View ArticleWelcome to your new-look Guardian
Longcroft School is celebrating an amazing turn around which has taken its Ofsted rankings from ‘inadequate’ to ‘good’ - in less than ayear.Only 11 months after being given a notice to improve by...
View ArticleChief Scouts gold award handover
On Tuesday April 30, four Scouts will be presented with their Chief Scouts Gold Award by Lieutenant Colonel Ian Crowley from the Yorkshire Regiment at St Nicholas Community Hall in Beverley.The Chief...
View ArticleBeverley Theatre company on tour
The Beverley Theatre Company will be taking their next production on tour in late May and early June, when they perform an evening of ‘one act plays’ at local villages including Kirk Ella, Cherry...
View ArticleVideo: East Yorkshire flag unfurled
A flag for the East Riding has been unveiled in a cermeony in Beverley.The public symbol to represent God’s own County was chosen after a competition.It is hoped the flag will:* Raise recognition and...
View ArticleVideo: Nafferton in Boom - bomb found near village rail station
Villagers who were digging flowerbeds for a village in bloom competition sparked a major incident when they unearthed a Second World War bomb.Army explosive experts were called to Nafferton, near...
View ArticleFortnightly wheelie bin collections to start very soon
Green wheelie bins in the Driffield area will be emptied once every two weeks from May 7 - a move which affects around 10,000 resdients.Households will receive letters in early May from East Riding of...
View ArticleParish council has two vacant seats
Kilham parish council has two vacancies.A by-election to fill the vacancies will be held if 10 electors of the parish write to the chief executive of East Riding of Yorkshire Council at County Hall,...
View ArticleSheltered housing plans go on display
Plans to convert an all-weather pitch in Beverley into a sheltered housing scheme yesterday went on display to the public.East Riding of Yorkshire Council intends to submit planning applications to...
View ArticleCity Health Care Partnership signs up to Humber Skills Pledge
City Health Care Partnership CIC (CHCP) has signed up to the Humber Skills Pledge as part of the Humber Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). The Pledge offers six ways in which businesses can invest in...
View ArticleForecourt row led to assault
A man who drove into another man on a filling station forecourt in a dispute over a suspected fake £1 coin has been ordered by a court to pay out more than £300.Danial Jordan Gaunt, 22, of Priestgate,...
View ArticleHannah’s parents call removal of roadside danger
The parents of a teenage motorist who lost her life after her car hit a telegraph pole and weather station are campaigning to have the structures permanently removed.Hannah Lodge, 18, died when her...
View ArticleMotorcyclist killed in Leconfield collision
Police are seeking witnesses following a fatal road traffic collision involving an 20-year-old motorcyclist.Kieran Steven Lovell, 20, of Cranswick Close, Leconfield had been travelling towards Beverley...
View ArticleScarecrow fest gets into gear
Preparations for an annual scarecrow festival are well underway with organisers hoping for another successful year.The Wetwang Scarecrow Festival will run from Saturday 25 May until Sunday 2 June.The...
View ArticleResidents invited to yearly council meet
The annual parish meeting of a council will be held next week.Driffield Town Council are set to hold the meeting at the Council Chamber Community Centre, in Mill Street, Driffield.It will begin at 7pm...
View ArticleCouncil road show to answer queries
Residents are invited to attend a council run road show concerning changes to housing and council tax benefit.The changes, made in April 2013, may affect residents of working age who are on a means...
View ArticleCrafty fund raiser set to go ahead
An exhibition displaying an array of quilts will take place in All Saints Church in Kilham.The Kilham Quilters are holding their bi-annual exhibition on the weekend of Saturday 11 May from 10am to...
View ArticleSummer courses for adult education
East Riding of Yorkshire Council are offering a range of adult education courses this summer in Driffield.Courses, run by East Riding Council’s adult education service in the town include cake...
View Article4000 litres of red diesel siphoned
Humberside Police are investigating the theft of red diesel from a farm at Burton Fleming.Between 9pm on Wednesday 17 April and 8am on Thursday 18 April the padlock was removed from a tank of which...
View ArticleBurton Agnes barn in arson attack
An arson attach has been carried out on a barn at Burton Agnes.Around 11pm on Sunday 14 April 2013 unknown people approached an open-sided farm barn and set fire to the bales of straw causing the barn...
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