East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Archives and Local Studies Service, based in the Treasure House, Beverley, is continuing to host family history advice sessions on designated Saturdays throughout the year. Volunteers from the East Yorkshire Family History Society are on hand to give members of the public free advice on family history matters. Sessions are open to all levels, from a beginner wanting to further research their family to those…
The hard work of pupils and schools across the East Riding has been rewarded by record breaking GSCE results. With a few results still to be processed, schools within the East Riding of Yorkshire Council have seen the number of learners achieving five passes at A* to C grade rise significantly to 81 per cent, more than 10 per cent above the national average of 69.9 percent. The GCSE average…
The museum service, in collaboration with the archives service and Beverley Library, is holding a special event for families entitled “Beverley 1900,” looking at life in the town 100 years ago. Taking place on Friday, 26th August (10am – 4pm) at the Treasure House in Champney Road, Beverley, the event will include music, displays and numerous activities for children. Members of The Pram Society and Spin Off Productions will be…
East Riding of Yorkshire Councils detached team held an event at the Beverley Leisure Centre Skate Park. The event which was aimed at 13 – 17 year olds featured a number of activities including a 6-a-side football competition and the Kit Kat challenge. The Mayor of Beverley Peter Astell, Cllr David Elvidge and Cllr Kerri Harold were also at the event which was held t6o help encourage young people to…
Youth workers from East Riding of Yorkshire Council have organised a fun, free event for young people on Monday, 22 August from 6-9pm at Beverley Skate Park, Beverley Leisure Centre Fields, Flemingate, to raise awareness of healthy living. Workers from the Beverley Town Council and East Riding Detached team have invited Sports Development workers from the leisure centre to organise a six-a-side football competition, which town councillors will attend, alongside…
East Riding Youth Dance is recruiting at a venue near you for the autumn term. Co-ordinated by East Riding of Yorkshire Council, the project includes weekly sessions with professional artists working towards performances each term. East Riding Youth Dance also gives young people the opportunity to learn from the country’s leading professional dance companies in workshops and live performances. The youth dance groups are based in five areas of the…
A man from Beverley will be sentenced at Hull Crown Court next month after admitting defrauding the public of at least £300,000 in a period from October 2009 to January 2011. Appearing at Beverley Magistrates Court on 10 August 2011, Lee Dennis Noble of Wray Close, Beverley, who operated a quad bike and vehicle repair business in Cottingham, pleaded guilty to seven offences brought by East Riding of Yorkshire Council…
Reanna Wardill, Samantha Novis and Lucy Norton have joined forces for the Humberside Police Lifestyle project 2011. Lifestyle is an excellent initiative which encourages children to do something for their local community in the school holidays. Their team is called the ‘Cool Camels’ and they have chosen to raise money for the Beverley Community Lift. The girls have decided to help this charity as a neighbour of Reanna relies totally…
For many, the Local Government Elections may seem sometime ago now, a lot has happened since. For me however (Stuart Pearce), the time has flown by. Since I heard the results on May 6th I’ve been on a steep learning curve. I am very thankful to HU17.net for always offering the chance for myself and other councillors to reach out to the Beverley community. The Town Council meets on the…
Residents in Beverley woke up this morning to discover that Coronation Gardens had been vandalised. The suspects were seen leaving the scene by East Riding of Yorkshire Council worker Brian Walker at around 7.30 this morning. A messy trail of ‘evidence’ appears to show that the two cows that Brian saw ambling back through North Bar had left Beverley Westwood for a bit of early morning window shopping in St…
Each year the electoral registration officer is required to undertake a house to house canvass to identify all electors in the East Riding of Yorkshire Council area. This is done by sending a canvass form to every household in the East Riding. The form asks for information about who will be resident in a household on 15 October 2011. As far as possible the form is pre-printed with data based…
East Riding of Yorkshire Council would like to congratulate schools on their success as shown in the confirmed Key Stage 2 results, which were released today. Results for 11-year-old pupils clearly demonstrate the health of primary education in the East Riding. This places the East Riding as the highest performing authority in the Yorkshire and Humber region for both English and mathematics and as one of the most improved authorities…
We are the Crazy CJ’s – our team consists of Cassie Wardill, Jasmin Shepherd and Chloe Emanuel. We are year 7 pupils from Beverley High School. We think the Humberside Police Lifestyle project is an excellent opportunity for local children to do something good for their community. The Crazy CJ’s decided that we wanted to make our local park at Normandy Avenue in Beverley a better place to play. A…
Jeremy Hunt won the East Yorkshire Classic this afternoon in Beverley. Hunt races with Team Sky broke away from the leading pack to win the road race n front hundreds of cycling fans who had linedNew Walk to watch the climax of weekends cycling in Beverley. Hunt who is 37 has spent 15 years as a professional cyclist which has seen him win two British road race tiles as well…
Beverley Beck has a special place in the hearts of people in the town. Many ‘becksiders’ remember the beck as a working waterway and the connections their families had to local industry, while others value it as a unique place to live and be outdoors. Since 2004, East Riding of Yorkshire Council has made a significant investment to improve the beck’s navigability and create a pleasant destination for residents and…
The museum service, in collaboration with the archives service and Beverley Library, is holding a special event for families entitled “Beverley 1900”, looking at life in the town 100 years ago, on Friday 26th August (10am – 4pm) at the Beverley Treasure House in Champney Road, Beverley. The event will include music, displays and numerous activities for children. Members of The Pram Society and Spin Off Productions will be on…
On Friday 22nd July I (David Elvidge) joined Graham Stuart MP and my colleague, fellow Cllr Kerri Harold to meet with residents on the Swinemoor Estate in Beverley to discuss issues that affect their everyday lives and that of their friends and neighbours. We walked to the all weather pitch and the residents seemed glad to be reassured that very soon the all weather pitch would become the responsibility of…
Around a 150 residents from the Parish of Molescroft attended a council meeting last night at the Molescroft Pavilion as to raise their concerns and voice the objections to two proposed developments in the north of Beverley. Cllr Mike Hildyard did his best to answer the questions put to him by residents while also stressing that the council would not and could not make any decisions until a planning application…
