East Riding’s Year 6 pupils should be proud of their outstanding results in the recent Key Stage 2 examinations, says Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness. East Riding’s results, which were released this week, put the Local Authority in the top 20% in the UK with 78% of students achieving level 4 and above in both English and Mathematics. This is a 5% improvement since 2009. “I am very…
Jamie Roe Takes Wickets As Beverley Earn Losing Draw
Beverley Town Cricket Club’s 2nd Xl’s up and down season continued when they were forced to settle for a losing draw away at bottom of the table Osbaldwick on Saturday. Skipper Tim Smith won the toss and asked the home side to bat first on a decent looking track. Beverley hoped to put pressure on Osbaldwick, who had been skittled for just 50 the previous week. The home side got…
Solid Performance By Kieran O’Brian Helps Beverley To Victory
Bevelrey Town Cricket Club’s 3rd XI travelled to bottom of the table Humbleton. The hosts won the toss and inserted Beverley on a wicket that is notorious for making batting difficult. At 66 for the loss of four wickets this trend was being followed with only the prolific Rich Moon (32) able to put a score together. James Emery joined skipper Kieran O’Brian to repair some damage with some dogged…
George Lees Scores Twice Though Braves Beaten
With the rain belting down at Oak Road Myton Warriors and Beverley Braves served up an entertaining game of rugby league, with the Warriors squeezing home by 3 tries to 2. Given the weather conditions the game was always going to be played down the middle of the park and the big Myton forwards were the difference between the two sides although the Beverley defence, missing several players on holiday,…
British Cycling: Random Pics From The Weeks Cycling in Beverley
Random gallery of pictures that were taken during British Cycling weekend that took place in Beverley last week. The photos feature images from the Friday Night in the centre of Beverley and of the Motorpoint team who stopped off at Rolandos for spot
Appeal For Help: Mystery Vandals Trash Garden
Any information leading to the apprehension of the gang of vandals that trashed my front garden will be rewarded with 2 front row seats at the next Ragamuffins Concert. The pictures gives the clearest indication as to the identity of the culprits in general terms. Unfortunately Humberside Police were not too interested in doing a DNA analysis on the samples left behind by the gang. Maybe they the Police have…
Town 4th’s Battled Hard To Earn Draw
The Beverley Town Cricket Club 4th XI picked up nine points from a losing draw with Skirlaugh at the Norwood Recreation Ground. The visitors, below Town in the league table, took full advantage of the fantastic batting conditions and rattled up 270 for 4 from their 44 overs. Andy Martin’s unbeaten century was the main contribution as Town’s youthful bowling attack laboured in the sun. With only four bowlers to…
Brid Bash Tickets To Be Won With HU17.net
QualitySolicitors Lockings is delighted to be this year’s sponsor of Viking FM’s Brid Bash which takes place at Bridlington Spa on Thursday 11th August. This year’s line up includes Olly Murs, Chipmunk, Loick Essien, The Feeling, Dionne Bromfield, Parade, The Reason 4 and Six-d with more artists to be announced. To be in with a chance to win two tickets, please complete the application form (CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD) and…
CCTV Tesco Morton Lane: Can You Help Identify These People?
Humberside Police are releasing CCTV stills of several people they would like to speak to in relation to thefts which occurred in Tesco’s, Morton Lane, Beverley. Officers would like to speak to the man in Image 1 (above) in relation to a shop theft which occurred at Tesco’s, Morton Lane, Beverley at 1340hrs on Monday 11 July 2011. A ‘3’ mobile broadband dongle was stolen. Crime reference 1850037. Officers would…
It’s A Dog’s Life – Charity Agility Day @ Beverley Maze
Popular East Riding attraction Beverley Maze is inviting dog owners to bring their pets to a charity dog agility day on 13th August. Organised by East Yorkshire Agility Club to raise funds for Hearing Dogs, the day will feature dog agility demonstrations and an opportunity for people to put their own pets through their paces on the course. There will also be a fun dog show with classes including the…
Coronation Gardens Vandalised
Residents in Beverley woke up this morning to discover that Coronation Gardens had been vandalised. The suspects were seen leaving the scene by East Riding of Yorkshire Council worker Brian Walker at around 7.30 this morning. A messy trail of ‘evidence’ appears to show that the two cows that Brian saw ambling back through North Bar had left Beverley Westwood for a bit of early morning window shopping in St…
Easier To Resgister To Vote
Each year the electoral registration officer is required to undertake a house to house canvass to identify all electors in the East Riding of Yorkshire Council area. This is done by sending a canvass form to every household in the East Riding. The form asks for information about who will be resident in a household on 15 October 2011. As far as possible the form is pre-printed with data based…
Colts Silence Beaver With Comfortable Home Win
The Humber Colts beat claimed bragging rights with a 3 – 1 home win over the Eager Beaver in tonights local derby. The Colts took lead through Daniel Atkinson before Jordon Dexter added a second to give the home side a two goal advantage at half time. In the second half a cracking shot from Colts Ben Thompson hit the underside of the bar and hit the back of the…
College Leading On Hybrid Vehicle Courses
East Riding College is set to become one of the first colleges nationally to offer a range of courses about hybrid vehicle technology. From September, it will offer three courses which start at general awareness raising of the technology and move up to more complex qualifications for those who will need to work on hybrid vehicles. Tutors hope that the courses, as well as appealing to motor mechanics and vehicle…
Phillip Matthews:We Can Beat Colts
Player manager of the Eager Beaver Phillip Matthews is confident his side can get a result in this evenings local derby against the Humber Colts. Matthews who took charge of the Eager Beaver this season said; “Anything is possible in a game like this, the word friendly goes right out of the window, it is all about bragging rights.” The Humber Colts who play two divisions high than the Eager…
Police Appeal: Theft Maple News Beverley
Humberside Police in Beverley are appealing for information following an incident which occurred at Maple News, Maple Drive, Beverley on Monday 01 August 2011. At 1225hrs, a man entered the newsagents and took a packet of chewing gum to the cash point. As the till was opened the man reached across and grabbed some cash from the drawer before running out of the shop. The man is described as white,…
Join The Paperless Generation
The cba partnership has operated a paperless office for almost 4 years, enabling them to reduce the amount of paper used by approximately 80%. The document management system files all incoming correspondence from paper, via email and outgoing documents are rarely printed, instead where possible pdfs are sent via email. Invu is the document management system used for its store and discover capability. Reports show that UK SMEs waste a…
Year 6 Pupils Hit All Time High
East Riding of Yorkshire Council would like to congratulate schools on their success as shown in the confirmed Key Stage 2 results, which were released today. Results for 11-year-old pupils clearly demonstrate the health of primary education in the East Riding. This places the East Riding as the highest performing authority in the Yorkshire and Humber region for both English and mathematics and as one of the most improved authorities…