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02 September 2010East Riding Youth Dance in Beverley is now fully subscribed for 11 to 13-year-olds but there are still places available at other venues. Co-ordinated by East Riding of Yorkshire Council, the project includes weekly sessions with professional artists working towards performances each term. East Riding Youth Dance also gives young people the opportunity to learn from the country’s leading professional dance companies in workshops and live performances. 
01 September 2010Seventy years ago this summer, Goole-born artist Reuben Chappell died at his home at Par in Cornwall aged 70.  During his lifetime, it is estimated that he painted around 12,000 pictures of the sailing ships and steamers which sailed in and out of the port of Goole and (after 1905 when he moved south because of ill-health) the little harbours of southern Cornwall.   He was what was known as a 'Pierhead Painter', and solicited commissions from seamen to paint portraits of their...
31 August 2010A new inflatables session in the pool at Hornsea Leisure Centre will provide thrills and spills for children.
31 August 2010As children throughout the East Riding prepare to go back to school after their summer break, records at The Treasure House in Beverley show school attendance nearly 150 years ago.
31 August 2010Residents will have the chance to speak to officers from East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s antisocial behaviour and housing teams as well as officers from Humberside Police at a street surgery being held in Bridlington.
31 August 2010Monthly film shows chronicling the history of Beverley look set to start at the Treasure House in September.
31 August 2010Some of the more unusual documents preserved in the strongrooms of the Treasure House, Beverley will be revealed during a special presentation on Tuesday, 7 September.
25 August 2010All the results are now in from the East Riding and East Riding pupils have achieved their best ever results, with 78 per cent of pupils getting five A* to C grades. Fifty- nine per cent of pupils across the East Riding reached the ‘gold standard’ of five A* to C grades, including English and maths.
24 August 2010Yapham cum Meltonby Parish Council has a vacancy for a councillor.
24 August 2010The performance of East Riding schools at the end of key stage four has once again shown significant improvement. The hard work of schools and young people has been rewarded by record breaking levels of performance.
23 August 2010Children learning how to stay safe in the water will visit the beach to find out how lifeguards operate on the shore.
23 August 2010A reorganisation at Goole Library has made more room for local studies.
23 August 2010Congratulations to the sports clubs which have achieved the East Riding Club Accreditation Scheme (Ercas) award recently.
20 August 2010The council’s pensioner benefit help team (part of the Benefit and Money Advice Service) is urging pensioners who pay council tax to contact them. The team provides a home visiting service for customers aged 60 or over to help them claim council tax/housing benefit and other welfare benefits.
20 August 2010Since 5 September 2009, the Girl Guides have been celebrating their centenary year.  Almost as old as the scouting movement; guiding has played a major role in many girls’ childhood for generations.