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Beverley’s Jacobs Well charity is making an urgent appeal for people to donate cool boxes or thermal picnic carriers and bags following a plea for help from the Central Blood Bank In Ukraine. They will be used to transport blood from main hospitals to field hospitals and smaller clinics. Jacob’s Well CEO John Beynon told Beverley FM: “We received an urgent request from the director of the central blood bank. Read more

East Riding Council is on standby to take Ukrainian refugees after receiving hundreds of inquiries asking how to help. The council’s Overview, Management and Scrutiny Committee heard the system for resettling Ukrainians displaced by Russia’s invasion was ever-evolving, even by the hour.  Council chief executive Caroline Lacey told councillors County Hall officials were currently working from one sheet of paper’s worth of guidance, which left many questions unanswered. And council Read more

Children's services across the East Riding, aspects of which were rated as “inadequate” by Ofsted three years ago, have now improved, according to reports following the latest inspection. This was the third visit by Ofsted since 2019, when inspectors had rated children and young people's safeguarding and support services as inadequate.  The commitment of East Riding Council through additional investment was acknowledged following the most recent inspection. Ofsted also reported Read more

Beverley mum Katie Cottingham, who sadly lost her young son Ryan to a rare form of pancreatic cancer in June of last year, is planning a special event next month to mark what would have been his third birthday. She’s calling it Ryan’s Memory Day and it will take place at the Armstrongs Centre in Beverley on Saturday April 23, raising money for the charity Candlelighters in the process.  The Read more

People across the East Riding are being invited to share their thoughts about where they live as part of a consultation which will go towards creating new design guidance for future planning developments.  According to East Riding Council, the aim of the guide is to preserve the unique identity and character of towns and villages, ensuring new developments and planning applications reflect the style of the area. When produced, the Read more

A week-long special operation by Humberside Police, working with other Forces across the country, resulted in 49 arrests of people suspected of being involved in County Lines drug dealing and the exploitation of children into organised crime. During the operation, eight weapons and approximately £48,000 in cash was seized. In addition, £5,000 of cocaine, 250 wraps of crack and heroin, and a large quantity of pills were also discovered.  Det Read more

One of East Yorkshire’s landmark pubs, the Ferguson Fawsitt at Walkington, has reopened this week after being closed since October 2020. Then, the shutters were put up with general manager Mike James citing losses in the face of the covid pandemic. Almost a year later the Fergie was sold to an investment company, who began marketing the lease, and this week saw a “soft opening” for friends and invited guests Read more

Beverley Town Council is hoping to see the return of Beverley Food Festival and the Beverley Christmas Festival of Food and Drink this year after both events had to be cancelled in 2020 and again last year, because of the pandemic. Next Monday’s full meeting of the council will consider proposals for the events to go-ahead but run by an external company instead of being managed by council staff, as Read more

Another 2,098 cases of Covid-19 were recorded in the East Riding in the week ending last Thursday - that’s according to the latest figures just released by the Government. It brings the total number of cases in the East Riding to 93,423 since the pandemic began.  The latest rolling figures, updated yesterday, show the case rate per 100,000 people across the region was 365.5 for Hull and 485.1 in the Read more