The deadline for the Capturing the East Riding Photography Competition is fast approaching, on Friday, 30 September, with residents urged not to miss the opportunity to show off their creative talent and be in with the chance of winning a great prize. Entries have been coming in steadily and are being uploaded to the online gallery of the competition website www.eastriding.gov.uk/capturingtheeastriding The competition is open to all amateur photographers. Eligible…
The children at Toll Gavel United Church Pre-School Playgroup were making a real mess this week! But it’s o.k. . . .as they are doing their bit to help promote healthy eating in their community and to help celebrate the forthcoming Harvest Festival at Toll Gavel United Church It’s all part of the government’s and NHS initiative to its promote awareness of Healthy Eating in our schools and early learning…
Humberside Police have received a report of a member of the public receiving a letter purporting to be from Hong Kong, and suggesting that the recipient of the letter was due to receive a large amount of money. The letter stated that it was sent from a bank in Hong Kong, and that the recipient was due to receive a substantial amount of inheritance money – all they had to…
Military volunteers from the Defence School of Transport gave up their spare time to compete in a 12 hour Cyclothon against staff from the Tesco Store, Beverley on Saturday 17 September 2011. The event was supported and visited by, Mayor of Beverley, Peter Astell, Vice Chairman of East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Councillor Chad Chadwick and his Lady, Councillor Margaret Chadwick, Councillor David Elvidge, Councillor Kerri Harold, Councillor Dominic Peacock,…
Police in Beverley are appealing for help from the public in identifying four men they would like to speak to in relation to an assault which took place at the Cross Keys Public House, Lairgate, Beverley. At 2330hrs on Saturday 30 July 2011, an 18-year-old man was in the Cross Keys Public House when he was allegedly head butted by another man. The victim sustained a fractured skull as a…
Off Shoots Musical Theatre Company have secured the first amateur production of The Sound of Music for 2011. “This is a fantastic coup for our group of youngsters,” said Martin Cox, Chairman. “We had to get our bid in at the beginning of the year and because this production will be predominantly a youth production Josef Weinberger (the licensees) needed to be sure that we were capable of putting on…
A Beverley skincare specialist is inviting people to learn about the beauty benefits of home grown herbs at a charity event at Mires Beck Nursery later this month. Dr Katerina Steventon of FaceWorkshops will be talking about how herbs benefit our skin and how they can be used to reduce lines, wrinkles, puffiness and dry skin caused by an outdoor lifestyle and exposure to the elements. Katerina, who has a…
Local MP Graham Stuart gave his support to staff at Tesco and members of the Defence School of Transport as they completed a gruelling 12 hour Cyclothon. Teams from the store and world’s largest residential driver school peddled for 12 hours solid in the Tesco store on Morton Lane as they raised money for 4 service charities, Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, RAF Benevolent Fund, Gurkha Welfare Trust and…
Humberside Police are appealing for witnesses following a fail-to-stop road traffic collision on Sunday 18 September 2011. At 1545hrs a white coloured Mazda estate motor car was approaching the roundabout between the A614 and the A1079 when a car collided with the rear of the vehicle. The driver of the Mazda sustained minor injuries as a result of the incident and did not require hospital treatment. The driver of the…
Beverley Minster will be hosting a remarkable service on the afternoon of Saturday 1st October, from 1pm to 4pm. ‘Sensing God’ will be a service for people of all ages, for people with disabilities and people with none, to explore our environment though our senses and learn more about what God’s concern for our world is. The Revd Jeremy Fletcher, Vicar of Beverley Minster said; “We’re really excited about ‘Sensing…
Beverley Town Cricket Club is already well under way in planning its major fund-raising event for 2012. 2012 is the 150th anniversary of what we know as the modern Beverley Town Cricket Club and to help celebrate that landmark the club members and friends are tackling the Three Peaks Challenge. This means climbing the three highest peaks in England, Wales and Scotland within 24 hours. This event will take place…
It is with great pleasure that The Fairy Godmothers are providing a gown for Miss Hannah Hunter, to wear in the Miss Community Pageant. The Pageant will take place on the 24th September at the Black Lounge Bar Huddersfield. The finalists have had to raise money for Cancer research and a charity of their choice. Hannah, this year’s Miss Flintshire who now lives in Beverley and is attending Bishop Burton…
The rising star Alexandra Dariescu is to perform a lunchtime piano recital this September, as part of the Beverley Chamber Music Festival 2011. Dariescu was born in Romania and studied as a music scholar at Pocklington School, near Beverley, before moving onto the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. She then graduated from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama with a Masters degree. Described as “an outstanding communicator”,…
With the present buying season approaching, East Riding of Yorkshire Council is alerting companies and consumers to its powers to crack down on the over-packaging of goods. Authorities across the UK are taking action to stop over-packaging under The Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2003. Colin Briggs, trading standards manager, said: “Many companies have reduced their packaging, such as on cereal boxes, washing detergents, with many more now concentrates, or have…
The sun shone as Beverley St Nicholas primary school garden was reopened. The head teacher, Liz Pollard, welcomed all those who had turned out to join the celebrations. She then thanked celebrity interior designer Linda Barker for joining them. Cerys Burgin and Chloe Heselton chose to work on the garden as their project for the Humberside Police lifestyle project. With the support and help of family, siblings, friends and extended…
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is holding a public consultation drop-in event on Monday, 26 September, from 2-8pm, to consider proposals to reduce the risk of flooding in the Pasture Terrace and Willow Grove areas of Beverley. During 2007, properties in these areas flooded internally with further significant surface flooding in central Beverley. The council has already carried out some works to improve the old Walker Beck inlet screen at…
Tomorrow Graham Stuart will participate in a Cyclothon for charity to help benefit the armed forces. Graham will be competing on a team representing the Defence School of Transport, a residential driver training school, as they battle against the Tesco store in Beverley. The Defence School of Transport team will be participating on behalf of four service related charities including the Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, the RAF Benevolent…
Rapid Solicitors and SODEXO have teamed up with The Defence School of Transport at Normandy Barracks, Leconfield to create a unique monument to the camp’s services by funding the restoration of a Thorneycroft ANTAR, a heavy duty transport vehicle used between 1950s and 1980s. It was originally produced to move oil pipelines in Iraq but it’s immense power was ideal to cope with the increasing size and weight of the…
