Linda Barker Opens St Nicholas School Garden

September 19, 2011

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…

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George Beasley Meets Chipmunk On Stage!

August 12, 2011

George Beasley won a meet and greet through 96.9 Viking FM at Brid Bash last night. Chipmunk was impressed by 8 year old George’s moves and said he liked his confidence and that he will go very far. George asked if he could go on stage as a joke and Chipmunk replied “Yeah little man cause you can”. George and his mum thought it was a joke but Chipmunk was…

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Viking FM’s Brid Bash 2011

August 12, 2011

Thousands of people packed out the Bridlington Spa for Viking FM’s Brid Bash, in association with Quality Solicitors Lockings. The show was opened by Olly Murs who finished second in 2009 hit TV show The X Factor. Chipmunk, Loick Essien, Dionne Bromfield, The Feeling, The Reason 4 Paraded, SIXD, Thalay Riley and Dappy also performed to the thousands inside the Bridlington Spa. Local Rachel Frank was at the concert after…

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Viking FM Brings Top Pop Artists to Bridlington!

July 1, 2011

96.9 Viking FM have this week announced a star studded line up who will take to the stage at this year’s Brid Bash. The first artists to be announced are Chipmunk, Dionne Bromfield, Parade, The Reason 4, Six D and Loick Essien, who will all be performing at the summer gig, held at the seaside venue of The Spa Bridlington on 11th August, with more still to be announced. In…

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HU17 Meets The Cast of The Only Way Is Essex

June 5, 2011

Anyone thinking that the cast members of ITV2’s the Only Way is Essex are nothing more than narcissistic, vacuous cash splashers couldn’t be more wrong.  In the press area of Pozition nightclub in Hull, I was lucky enough to meet up with four of the stars from the BAFTA winning TV show – Mark, Lauren, Arg and Lydia – who were in East Yorkshire for an event organised by Beverley…

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The Only Way is Essex @ Pozition

June 4, 2011

Tonight the the cast of The Only Way is Essex partied with locals at Pozition night club Hull. Mark, Lauren, Arg and Lydia mixed happily with clubbers but have no immediate plans to move the show to Hull. Later this month more celebrities will arrive in East Yorkshire as Howard Marks makes a personal appearance at The Beaver Pub. Meet Howard Marks – Click Here

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HU17.net Magazine Issue 38

April 11, 2011

HU17.net Magazine issue 38, featuring pictures from the following events and sports fixtures: Jeremy Kyle New TV Show Filmed Locally Out & About: Bar Fusion Out & About: Lord Nelson Tracy’s 50th @ Hodgsons Beverley Races: Spring Back to Racing Beverley RUFC U13 Team Poster & Driffield Game Beverley RUFC U14 Eager Beaver Clinch Promotion Beverley RUFC Vs Hull Swinemoor Primary School Art Week Beverley Town Cricket Club First Match…

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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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The Beverley Festival of Christmas 2010

December 12, 2010

The 16th Beverley Festival of Christmas has once again attracted thousands of people to the town. This year the event was officially opened by local celebrity Vincent Regan at Wednesday Market. The parade made its way through the streets of Beverley which were full of children all hoping to see Santa and his reindeers. There was lots of live entertainment on the streets including the Beverley Pipe Band and a…

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Quality Solicitors Lockings Celebrates the Reigning Queen of the Jungle

December 7, 2010

Quality Solicitors Lockings are delighted to see Stacey Solomon, reign as  ‘Queen of the jungle’ after winning “I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here” 2010. Richard Allen, senior partner, Quality Solicitors Lockings, thinks she is a well deserving winner. He says: “In May, Stacey visited our offices in Hull and Beverley to help launch our new branding.  She was very charming, humble and down to earth and seemed very…

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Leeds Abbey Dash 2010: Glover Sets New PB

December 2, 2010

Six members of Beverley Athletic Club joined a field of top club runners, celebrities and fundraisers to run the Abbey Dash 10k race in Leeds the weekend before last. It was a family occasion for husband and wife team, Alan and Nicola Glover, who were joined by Nicola’s father David Robinson. David was the first of the trio to finish, crossing the line in 49.10 and in 16th position in…

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TV Star Sam Clark Performs @ Longcroft School

October 8, 2010

Sam Clark was in Beverley promoting his music at Longcroft School and Performing Arts College, Beverley. Since joining Neighbours in 2006 as ‘Ringo Brown’ Sam Clark has become one of the most loved and recognizable characters on the long-running show. But whilst acting is a great passion of Sam’s, his first love is music, and now Sam is having the opportunity to explore his first love. Sam’s first single ‘Broken’…

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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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Calling All Trombonists!

September 28, 2010

The British Trombone Society is holding a workshop day on Saturday, 2nd October at the East Riding Schools’ Music Service’s new home – The Hexagon Centre (Coltman Ave, Beverley, HU17 9LP). The day will be led and delivered by Brett Baker, who is an internationally renowned trombone soloist, brass clinician and principal trombonist of the world famous Black Dyke Band. There will be opportunities to take part in a trombone…

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Beverley Fashion: Something For The Girls

September 22, 2010

As the children go back to school fully kitted out with new uniforms and a cosy school coat to keep them warm on a chilly morning, it sadly signifies the end of Summer and the onset of Autumn. Mums everywhere will be packing away their summer tops and shorts and looking through the shops to find out what the trends are for the autumn and how they can match up…

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Beverley Racecourse: Season Finale

September 21, 2010

Beverley Racecourse held their final meeting of the season at the Westwood course. Some of the big names in racing were there, including Paul Hanagan, Ted Durcan, Haley Turner, Kieren Fallon and Joe Fanning.  Also at the track was the man responsible for guiding Hull City to the Premiership, former manager Phil Brown. The 3.30 final feature race of the season, ‘The Violet and Eddie Smith Memorial Conditions Stakes’, was…

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Theo Paphitis Attends WedgeWelly Launch Party @ Lazaat

September 17, 2010

WedgeWelly boots held a launch party for a new product on the outskirts of Beverley at Lazaat. The company successfully secured the financial backing and business expertise of Theo Paphitis after Mike & Sarah Longthorn and Laura Booth took part in the hit BBC TV show The Dragons Den. As a result of the show the company did a deal with Theo Paphitis who invested £65,000 in return for 25%…

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