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Blackburn Leisure Bowls Club have officially opened their new club room having been awarded £15,536 from East Riding of Yorkshire Council as part of Commuted Sums. The total project cost was £17,262 with the club adding £1,726 from their own funds and in-kind work. Blackburn Leisure Bowls Club are a 90-year-old independent outdoor bowls club based at Blackburn Leisure Sports Ground which provides the local community with social bowling as Read more

The Tobacco and Vapes Bill is back in Parliament today, Tuesday 5 November, being a step closer towards a smokefree future generation. The Bill includes measures to phase-out the sale of tobacco products across the UK to anyone aged 15 or younger. It proposes extending the indoor smoking ban to specific outdoor spaces, with children’s playgrounds, outside schools and hospitals all being considered. The Bill also includes a ban on vape Read more

East Riding of Yorkshire Council has relaunched the ‘Do It For East Yorkshire Community’ Grant, with a Welcoming Places grant programme, funded by the Household Support Fund. The fund offers grants between £1,500 to £2,500 for voluntary and community groups, as well as town and parish councils. Applications are open from Wednesday 6 November and will close on Wednesday 4 December, with all projects needing to be delivered by Friday Read more

Work has begun on a new affordable housing project on Burden Road in Beverley, by the East Riding of Yorkshire Council. The development will comprise of four council houses, two with two bedrooms and two with three bedrooms. Planning approval was granted in February 2023, with local builder Geo. Houlton & Sons appointed as the contractor in April 2024. The homes are designed to a high standard to meet the community's housing Read more