• April Sees Track Dogs Bring Their Eclectic Sound To Beverley
  • Beverley Guildhall Will Host A Georgian Exhibition
  • Who Is Your Best Of Beverley?
  • “Confusions” Celebrates 50 Years Of Laughter At East Riding Theatre
  • Bishop Burton College Butchery Apprentice Wins National Award

Beverley Christmas Lights Switch On 2010

Follow Bertie Beaver and the Beverley Church Lads & Girls Brigade Band to help a local celebrity light the trees at Cross Street, Wednesday Market and then to Angel Square where Beverley Brass Band and the CLB will be playing for Community Carol Singing with School Choirs and the Beverley Male Voice Choir and the Chamber of Trade will be giving out prizes for their Children’s Competition. Beverley Town Council,…

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Darren Rodmell Sets New PB in Derwentwater 10 Road Race

In contrast to last year’s washout, conditions were dry and sunny for this year’s Derwentwater 10 road race which took place in the Lake District on Sunday.  The race attracted a record entry of 580 runners, 15 of them from Beverley AC. The challenging 10-mile course starts in Keswick town centre and follows the narrow and winding road around Derwentwater.  With long inclines and steep hills runners need a lot…

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Beavers Boosted With Return of Skipper For Trip to Birkenhead

After a week’s break Beverley RUFC return to league action this Saturday with a visit to Birkenhead Park, for their National League 3 (North) encounter. Birkenhead Park are in a similar position in the league table to the Beavers with a similar playing record so a close encounter is on the cards. Birkenhead is always a difficult place to visit and record a win, but has historically been a happy…

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Riverview Proud to Sponsor Beverley’s Premier Football Team

The owners of Groundtech Landscaping, Darren and Vicky Hart, have recently acquired the health club “Riverview Health & Fitness”. Since taking over Riverview on the 1st March 2010 they have met several members of Beverley Town Football Club, including the chairman Stuart Acaster. The football club currently trains at Riverview. Darren and Vicky thought it was appropriate that Riverview sponsored the club as a local business supporting a local team….

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Conversion of Exchange recognised in National Awards Scheme

The work of the council’s Building Control service has been recognised in a national awards scheme. The former Corn Exchange in Beverley’s Saturday Market, which was converted by a local businessman into Browns department store, has won the ‘highly commended’ award (best small commercial building category) in this year’s LABC National Building Excellence Awards. LABC is the member organisation representing local authority building control departments.  Unlike other industry awards, the…

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Strawberry and Clients Go Pink to Raise Money for Breast Cancer Campaign

Strawberry, one of East Yorkshire’s leading marketing and design agencies, is celebrating the success of its recent fund raising drive in support of breast cancer research. Strawberry, along with six of its clients including Gosschalks Solicitors, MKM, Dee, Atkinson & Harrison, Green Planet Solutions, Abbey Medical Group and BSC Solutions, gave its website a bright pink make over and raised over £1,400 for Breast Cancer Campaign’s: Wear it Pink Day…

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Beverley’s BEAU: ‘Wings For Victory’

A log book, recently discovered in the Borough of Beverley archive collection, provides a snapshot of the experiences of a Beaufighter aircraft during the Second World War. ‘Wings For Victory’ took place during 1943 and was a nationwide fundraising event, part of the National Savings Campaign, designed to raise money to buy planes for the war effort.  The town of Beverley did its bit, and managed to raise £383,965 to…

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Local Man Receives National Recognition

The Mayor of Beverley  Councillor Bessie Foot came to the Beverley Life Saving Club weekly club meet to present a trophy to Robin Scott a senior teacher at the Club. The Stanley Peck Trophy is  awarded  by the R.L.S.S. UK to a member who has done most to achieve the aims of the Royal Life Saving Society in their local area. Robin should have received this from Lord Norrie at…

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Angels Take Action and Use Initiative

Volunteers at the Beverley-based CSV East Riding project are celebrating the good news that they were hoping for. They have received feedback from the British Council giving them a strong indication that their application for almost 10 thousand euro will be accepted and official confirmation received in January. This core group are heading out east to Bridlington to develop this European Commission funded Youth in Action project with other young…

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Leskiewicz Claims Third in Deepdale Dash

The inaugural Deepdale Dash 10k road race took place at Barton-upon-Humber on Sunday and attracted a field of over 200 runners. The scenic undulating route provided some challenging hills but runners enjoyed the opportunity to compete on a new course. Beverley’s Jonathan Leskiewicz continued his good form and finished third in 34.43, only a few seconds short of his personal best at this distance.  Steve Evins, still in his first…

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And Now For Some Hypnotic Inspiration

Sheila Granger is an inspiring woman to be around.  In two short years she has taken a hobby which ran alongside her employment with the Department of Work and Pensions to a hugely successful clinical hypnotherapy business that has seen her succeed on an international scale. Her accomplishments have been no mean feat, and although Sheila herself will say that “anyone can do what I have done”, it certainly takes…

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21st Century Law Firm Brings Changes to Beverley

Quality Solicitors Lockings in Beverley welcomes Paul Kirby, Partner and solicitor from the Hull Head Office. Specialising in family law, Paul is now expanding the services previously available which mainly involved property and business transfers. Paul Kirby comments: “I am delighted to move to Beverley, it is a wonderful town and I am keen to drive forward the changes and make our firm the number one choice for advice on…

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Traditional and Unexpected Feel to East Riding Company Theatre Tour

Beverley-based actors Neil King and Richard Avery say the tradition of telling ghost stories on Christmas Eve is the inspiration behind their latest touring production, which is launched later this month in the East Riding (Friday 19 November). The duo, who run Other Lives Productions, have toured for the last three years with a first half of semi-dramatised readings around a theme, followed by a second half featuring a new…

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Safer Roads Humber A1079 Roundabout

Safer Roads Humber has been working closely with East Riding of Yorkshire Council and the contractors installing a new roundabout on the Beverley section of the A1079 to ensure safety during the road works. The roundabout forms part of a new access route for Swift Caravans which have funded all the works. Once this new access is operational it will relieve Cottingham of all traffic associated with Swift Caravans. The…

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Robbery, Tesco’s Car Park, Beverley

POLICE are appealing for witnesses following an alleged robbery in Tesco’s car park in Beverley. At 1421hrs on Thursday 28 October 2010 it is alleged as a 37-year-old man was leaving his parked white Vauxhall Caddy hire van (about 100 yards away from the recycling bottle bins) in the Tesco’s supermarket car park on Morton Lane in Beverley, his vehicle was approached. The suspect, described as being a white man,…

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Visiting Your Dentist Could Save Your Life

Perfect 32 is helping to raise awareness of Mouth Cancer Action Month in East Yorkshire by offering FREE MOUTH CANCER SCREENING on Monday, November 29 running from 8am – 7pm using an advanced oral cancer screening system called The Velscope. The practice will also be giving away specially designed information packs highlighting the warning signs and prevention of mouth cancer. In the UK mouth cancer is diagnosed in more than…

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Choices Centre Opens in Beverley

A new drop-in advice centre has opened in Beverley. The Choices Centre on Norwood provides advice and support for parents and carers and young people about everything from childcare and teenage pregnancy to careers advice and education courses. The centre can be used as a drop-in or appointments with advisors can be booked in advance. Teams such as the Families Information Service (FISH) and Connexions will be based at the…

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Out & About: Khans of Beverley & The Royal Standard

Khans of Beverley hosted a triple celebration night for around forty guests this Saturday. In the Royal Standard few local girls were partying in the back room before heading off into the town. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size

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