Russell Bohling Missing for a Year

March 1, 2011

Officers investigating the disappearance of Russell Bohling are appealing for new information about his possible whereabouts a year after being reported missing. Russell Bohling (19), from West Ella was last seen by his family on Tuesday 02 March 2010. His car was later discovered at the car park at Bempton Cliffs. Russell is described as white around 5ft 8ins tall with a medium build with short straight brown coloured hair….

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Special Treat for fans of Choral Chamber Music

Explore St Mary’s Church Secret Rooms This Saturday
February 22, 2011

Choral Chamber Music Fans will be delighted to hear that Beverley Chamber Choir is well into rehearsals of J S Bach St John Passion. The performance for which will take place in St Mary’s Church on Good Friday April 22nd . Beverley Chamber Choir, under the direction of Mark Pybus, is fast gaining a reputation for presenting choral music to the highest possible standard. This quality of performance is resulting…

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Beverley Festival Scoops 3 BBC Radio 2 Award Winners

February 17, 2011

Beverley Folk Festival celebrated the success of three of the artists it has booked for this year’s festival this week, when they came away from the BBC Radio 2 Awards with no less than 4 awards. Headline act for the Sunday of the festival, Bellowhead, went home with the Best Group presented to them by Tamsin Greig, who plays Debbie in the Archers and Best Live Act , presented by…

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Beverley Minster

February 17, 2011

The most popular tourist attraction in East Yorkshire and the most important building in Beverley’s history. Beverley Minster is one of the finest parish churches in the country. It has been a site of pilgrimage and worship for 1300 years and is one of the oldest gothic structures in Britain. Larger than one third of all cathedrals and regarded as one of the most beautiful non-cathedrals in the UK, it…

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Ben Shires: Beverley’s Brightest Star

February 11, 2011

Ben Shires spent his youth reading books, cataloguing stamps and treading the boards in various school productions. The development of the Longcroft Performing Arts centre presented lanky-beanpole Ben with many exciting opportunities and after starring roles in Wind in The Willows, Sweeney Todd and My Fair Lady he developed a taste for the spotlight. After leaving school, Ben joined bands, recorded an E.P and made some hilariously clever YouTube videos…

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Beverley Folk Festival Announces Two of its Headline Acts For 2011

January 26, 2011

Organisers of The Beverley Folk festival are thrilled to announce Barbara Dickson on Saturday  and Bellowhead on Sunday as two of the headliners at this year’s festival taking place from 17 – 19 June at Beverley Leisure Complex. Chris Wade, Artistic Director of the festival said “I am delighted that we have been able to book these two bands for this year’s festival.  Barbara Dickson and her band reflect the…

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Turn Back Time: Beverley’s Changing High Street Talk

January 10, 2011

Beverley Library is ‘Turning Back Time’ with the BBC following the popular recent television series about how shops and shopping have changed since the Victorian era. Local authors, Margaret Sumner and Patricia Deans, will deliver an illustrated talk on the changing face of Beverley High Street, in Beverley library on Thursday, 26 January at 2.30pm. Due to limited seating, booking is required. Admission is free. In addition to the talk,…

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Young People Premiere Beverleyhem at Cineworld

December 8, 2010

Sixty Children and Young People aged 10 to 18, who created an original movie depicting the nativity in a fresh way, showcased their work in Cineworld, Kingswood on Sunday 5th December. Even the recent weather conditions couldn’t stop audiences packing in the cinema for two sell-out performances as they laughed, cried and applauded their way through the thirty minute show. Beverleyhem was inspired by the question “What if the Christmas…

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The Blooming Success Story of Fleurs de Lisa

November 26, 2010

Award winning florist, Fleurs de Lisa first hit the town five years ago and has been a blooming success since the day the doors opened.  Owner, Lisa Barrow studied floristry at Bishop Burton College and after working at a local florist for a few years decided to open her own shop.  “I won several awards over the years and starting my own business seemed like the natural way to progress….

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Turn Back Time: Beverley’s Changing High Street

November 24, 2010

Find out more about the story of Beverley’s shops and shopping with the authors of Beverley Through Time, Margaret Sumner and Patricia Deans. After an illustrated talk about the town, the two local historians invite people to see a range of books, period costumes, photographs and documents relevant to Beverley’s shopping and trade history. These will be on display in the reference library until Christmas. The library are also looking…

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Turning Back Time in Beverley’s High Street

November 19, 2010

Anyone who is enjoying ‘Turn Back Time – The High Street’ currently showing on BBC 1 may be interested to know that the project will be visiting Beverley between Monday 22nd and 26th November. The Video Nation Network (an online platform that allows people to submit and share videos, and add their voice, to BBC projects and news) will be bringing a bus kitted out with editing facilities to enable…

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BBC Children in Need Youth Café at Beverley Minster

November 5, 2010

For one night only, the Youth Café is giving away 250 FREE tickets to young people age 11-18 (usually priced £2) in the hope that lots of money can be raised for BBC Children in Need. The event on Friday 12th November at Beverley Minster starting at 7.00pm, will host young local DJ’s, lots of crowd games, giant inflatables and lots of fundraising challenges. Young people are invited to come…

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Concert: Miriam Roycroft & Anne-Marie Hastings Cello & Piano

October 28, 2010

Miriam Roycroft and Anne-Marie Hastings will be performing at The Toll Gavel United Church, Beverley on Thursday 11 November 2010 at 7.30pm. 2010 has been a very interesting year for fans of classical music.  Many of yesterday’s giants of composition have had important anniversaries to celebrate and this evening’s programme will include works by Schumann, Barber, Pergolesi, Beethoven and Chopin. Dublin-born Miriam Roycroft studied at the Royal Northern College of…

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Course: Researching Your Family History

October 5, 2010

A course on researching family history being held at the Treasure House in Beverley will help people to find out who they are and where they come from. Thousands of people find tracing their family history such a fascinating and rewarding hobby. Recent television programmes such as the BBC’s ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ show celebrities effortlessly tracking down their ancestor’s footsteps whilst the experts do the hard work…

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The Beverley Food Festival 2010

October 3, 2010

The Beverley Food Festival was held today and despite the poor weather organisers were pleased with the number of people who braved the rain to venture into the centre of Beverley. As the rain fell, the Beverley Brass Band lifted the spirits of people with their music, while inside the shelter of the Cookery Theatre Marquee, top local chef David Nowell hosted a series of food themed demonstrations. The event…

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Beverley Literature Festival 2010

September 22, 2010

Tickets are selling well for the first weekend of the Beverley Literature Festival 1-10 October.  And no wonder! Louis de Bernières kicks off the festival at 7pm on Friday night, followed by an astounding performance of Mary Shelley’s classic horror story Frankenstein. On Saturday, there is a chance to rethink all our assumptions about the Battle of the Somme with William Philpott, the supremely skilful author of a new book…

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Beverley Food Festival Awards 2010

September 21, 2010

The best in local food has again been celebrated in an Awards Night organised by Beverley Town Council, and sponsored by the East Riding of Yorkshire Council, to promote high-quality food produced in the local area, ahead of the Food Festival itself on October 3rd. The awards were presented to the winners of the following categories: Sausage – Pickle/Chutney – Preserves – Pie – Dairy Product – Dessert Drink –…

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