BBC’s Countryfile presenter Julia Bradbury has recently visited the Defence School of Transport, Leconfield. Despite DST being the world’s largest residential military driving school,Countryfile Visit Defence School Of Transport > Read the full post on: HU17.net
Hu17.net Magazine issue 146 is available from Molescroft News, Woodhall Way. This week features images from the May Making at the Beverley Guildhall, Beverley Ladies Circle Hand over and also the Beverley Town Football Club Sportsman's Dinner HU17.net Magazine Issue 146 > Read the full post on: HU17.net
Bishop Burton College has been named as one of only five new women’s rugby union centres for Advanced Apprenticeships in Sporting Excellence (AASE).Bishop Burton College Tackles Women’s Rugby > Read the full post on: HU17.net
Beverley Town Football Club held their first ever Sportsman's Dinner at Beverley Racecourse. The event featured John Stiles and former Liverpool legend Jan Molby, who gave a talk about his time in the game to over 170 who were there to support the club.Beverley Town FC Sportsman’s Dinner @ Beverley Racecourse > Read the full post on: HU17.net
East Riding residents have just a few more chances to get free bags of compost which are being given away by East Riding of Yorkshire Council. The giveaways are taking place at: 16, May West Park, Goole, from 4pm 17, May Brantingham Park, Brantingham, from 4pm 20 May, old council depot, Grovehill Road, Beverley, from 2pm 22 May, Sport & Social Club, Pocklington, from 4pm 23 May, South Holderness School, Preston, from 4pm. Up to 80 tonnes of free soil improver, the composted contents of the brown bins is being given away, a total of up to 5,000 bags. Giveaways have already been held in Market Weighton, Hornsea, Bridlington and Withernsea. Each resident will be allowed two bags which will be put directly into the car boot by council staff so that residents do not need to do any lifting. Councillor Symon Fraser, portfolio holder for environment, housing and planning, said: “The compost giveaways are among the highlights of the gardening calendar for many of our residents. “The compost is from the garden waste and food waste our residents put in their brown bins many months ago, keeping it out of landfill. It has since been composted to make good…
The Royal Windsor Horse Show concluded on Sunday (12 May) with an afternoon of top class sport, with some of the biggest names in showjumping – including three Olympians – taking part in the ... The post Shane Breen wins Grand Prix at Windsor appeared first on Equestrian News.
The Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP, Secretary of State for Transport, is today visiting the East Riding to mark the completion of highway works on the A164 and speak to users of the council’s Wheels to Work Scheme, in Goole, which was funded by the Department for Transport’s (DfT) Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF). The £10 million A164 Humber Bridge to Beverley Route Improvement Scheme, to which the council contributed £2.3 million, began in spring 2012 and was designed to reduce congestion, particularly at peak intervals, and improve traffic flows for up to 35,000 vehicles using the road each day. As well as the installation of a section of dual carriageway, between Willerby and Castle Hill, the council’s contractor, Jackson Civil Engineering, also reconfigured four roundabouts and constructed lengths of new footpath/cycleway. To commemorate the occasion, Mr McLoughlin, Councillor Stephen Parnaby OBE, leader of East Riding of Yorkshire Council, and Adam Tuke, contracts director for Jackson Civil Engineering, will be planting a tree at the site. In the afternoon, the Transport Secretary will be visiting Goole to view one of the schemes being funded by the £1.8 million the council successfully secured from the LSTF for the ‘Get Moving Goole’…
