Hull Children’s University has been named as the Beverley Building Society Charity of the Month for January.
Members of the Society voted for the charity which delivers life changing experiences for disadvantaged youngsters in Hull and the East Riding.
A touch of London’s swinging West End is coming to the Parkway Theatre in Beverley.
Live on stage on Sunday 11 March ‘Swing Time’ with the Five Star Swing band promises an evening of Vintage Swing.
Victoria Derbyshire’s recent BBC programme about “uninhabitable” new build properties highlights the quality of construction and corners being cut by house builders in the UK.
It is unbelievable how building inspectors had signed off the properties in Victoria Derbyshire’s programme, which highlighted gas leaks, damp, holes in the floors and cracks in the walls, with issues continuing to appear within the first year after moving in.
Beverley and Holderness MP, Graham Stuart, has made his debut at the Despatch Box following his appointment as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for International Trade.
Mr Stuart will play a key role in directing UK trade policy across the world in his new role as a Minister at one of the newest government departments in Westminster.
A drone film made by the Aerial Picture Company about Beverley Minster has won an international award at the Washington DC Drone Film Festival 2017.
The film, ‘Beverley Minster Fly Through’ provides a completely unique perspective of Beverley’s most well known land mark scooped the award in the Architecture Category.
Comic-with-guitar Mitch Benn, well-known for his musical turns on Radio 4’s The Now Show, brings his new show, Don’t Fear The Reaper, to the East Riding Theatre in Beverley on the 25 November.
It’s been a morbid time for musical satirist Mitch Benn; he’s turned 46 — over the hill by anyone’s standards — his personal life is in turmoil, and his childhood heroes are dropping like flies.
Hull City Council, in partnership with Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership, have organised seven major events to inspire, connect and engage the next generation of entrepreneurs in Hull.
The city will host former BBC Apprentice contestant Adam Corbally and Antony Chesworth, founder of EKM Systems, as well as young entrepreneurs Aaron Conroy of Fenburg, who was once homeless, Eve Lodge of Get Barmy Bunting who is studying at University and Evie Sharp of Peaches & Dreams who runs her children’s clothing business from home. Chair of the Youth Enterprise Partnership, Ross Bennett, MD of Engaging Education will be the MC.
The region’s most eclectic music festival is on a roll … having already announced that Stage4Beverley had responded to demand by adding an extra day for its 2018 festival, the organisers have done it again, with news that the event will now stretch over five days.
The festival will once again be based at Beverley’s East Riding Theatre, taking over the theatre from February 14th to the 18th, with a line-up bridging diverse musical genres, from folk to blues, jazz to classical, Americana to world music and more.
Peter Snow and Ann MacMillan are familiar and popular names in journalism. Their careers have ranged across ITN, BBC’s Newsnight, Global TV and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Held in esteem and affection, they have seen and covered much between them and garnered many unexpected insights.
Now they discuss courage, cunning and compassion in the turbulence of war as they bring together the stories of thirty-four individuals, many untold until now. And they are coming to Lit Up Festival on Friday 20 October.
The time has come, the wait is over: THIS WEEK, THURSDAY NO LESS, sees the opening of the Lit Up Festival.
Clear your diaries, open your minds, get into gear and come along (more than once). From 28th September to 21st October, we bring you the world, the geniuses, the game-changers.
Over the last few months, Polish poet Bohdan Piasecki has been taking his Pop-up Poetry Station around Hull, gathering stories and writing poems with the local Polish community as part of Hull Gada.
Form Sunday 24 September to Saturday 30 September his work will be displayed in Princes Quay at Hull Gada Shop of Poems offering a glimpse into this foreign world, steeped in art and culture, just a language away.
BBC Radio 2 Folk Award Winners The Young’uns present their popular festive concert on Friday 8 December 2017 at St Mary’s Church in Beverley.
The Young ‘uns have proved themselves a unique proposition – writing and performing a cappella or subtly accompanied songs that tell it how it is alongside traditional songs from their native North-East and further afield.
Paul Matson founder of the charity Hull 4 Heroes says that the support from Beerhouse Self Drive Hire has been key to him helping local veterans.
Mr. Matson who is currently working on a project in Beverley said that the loan of a van from the company has been vital in Hull 4 Heroes being able to deliver a renovation project in the town.
Libraries, archives and museums manager, Kevin Hadfield says visitors figures to the amazing Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition were stunning.
His comments come after it was revealed that a staggering 74,425 people visited the Treasure House in Beverley to enjoy this unique opportunity.
VisitEngland, the national tourist board has announced the finalists for the Awards for Excellence 2017 with Burton Constable Hall & Grounds named as a finalist.
Working collaboratively with industry, VisitEngland’s Awards for Excellence celebrate the best in English tourism.
Award-winning aerial acrobatics, stand-up comedy, poetry, interactive theatre, live music and sing along films are coming to the heart of Hull’s neighbourhoods for the second in a series of ground-breaking festivals.
Hull UK City of Culture 2017 has today announced the line-up of the hotly anticipated May half term Back To Ours (30 May to 4 June) ahead of the tickets going on sale next Thursday (27 April).
The first live performances of Flood Part Two: Abundance, the latest chapter in a major new work by the acclaimed theatre company Slung Low, have now taken place as part of Hull UK City of Culture 2017.
Directed by artistic director Alan Lane and written by award-winning playwright James Phillips, Abundance is the next stage in Flood, an extraordinary year-long epic commissioned for Hull 2017, which is being told online, live in Hull and on BBC television.
Set at the CASE Centre of Excellence, Charles Street Hull. The pop up restaurant will open exclusively for 2 nights only on Wednesday 7 June and Thursday 8 June featuring winner of the BBC’s Great British Menu chef Colin McGurran.
Colin McGurran runs the Michelin recommended Winteringham Fields on the banks of the river Humber and the traditional and unique Hope and Anchor pub in South Ferriby.