Plans are underway for a £3.5 million Technology and Skills Centre at Bishop Burton College. This landmark building will house new agricultural engineering, construction, mechanisation and technology facilities.
JSR, The Yorkshire Wolds Cookery School and Michelin Star Chef, James Mackenzie of The Pipe and Glass Inn, have teamed up to launch ‘The Golden Apron’, a cookery competition designed to find Yorkshire’s best young chef.
Yorkshire’s largest Asparagus grower, Matthew Rawson has teamed up with the Barn House cafe in Walkington to celebrate British Asparagus Week which commences on St. George’s Day
Number 11 Manor Road has been boarded up for some time now and from what I understand has a compulsory purchase order issued against it. This may explain why the contents of the home have been cleared into the front garden ready to be carted off.
Planning applications have been submitted for two proposed housing developments in the North of Beverley near to Driffield Road and also on Woodhall Way. Back in July of this year around 150 residents’ (there are 6000 in the Molescroft parish) turned out as a show of force at a Molescroft Parish Council meeting to voice their concerns over plans to build new homes on what is widely regarded as green…
Popular East Riding attraction Beverley Maze is continuing its ‘Bee a Hero’ theme with an interactive visit from the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust on Monday 15th August. Farmer John Clappison chose the bee shaped design for this year’s maze to draw people’s attention to the importance of the honey bee food and farming and in addition to the maize plants that form the maze, he planted over 5000 sunflowers, two miles…
Following a recent increase in the number of 4×4 vehicles being stolen in the East Riding and other rural areas throughout the country, Humberside Police have joined up with Datatag to launch a new security marking and registering system. Over the past six months, thieves have targeted 19 4×4 vehicles; a number of these vehicles have been Land Rover Defenders belonging to farmers in the region. They are often stolen…
As we look at it today, the countryside of East Yorkshire is generally a patchwork of fields, containing a variety of crops, from oilseed rape to potatoes. It appears as a timeless scene, depicting the practice of farming that has gone on here for centuries. Although it’s true that East Yorkshire has long been a rural economy, the county has actually changed more than we imagine. A rare book, dating…
Formed by Belfast born five-string banjo player Pat McGarvey in 2006 and taking their name from the groundbreaking multi-racial union of sharecroppers and non-landowning tenant farmers founded in Arkansas in the 1930’s (the Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union), the Edinburgh-based Southern Tenant Folk Union are now the most highly rated folk and bluegrass outfit in the UK today. Now with their third album they’ve continued to appropriate themes and ancient sounding…
Issue: – Farm Watch – Remote Crime -Wednesday 10th November saw the launch of “Cesar”. A national scheme for the security and registration of agricultural and farm machinery. Two Farms from our area had nine items of farm machinery security marked. As a direct result of extensive press coverage and talks to local farming groups, farmers are ringing to make enquiries about the scheme and signing up to have their…
The Humberside Police Roadshow took part in the Driffield Show last week as part of its “We are Where You Are” summer campaign. Police officers, PCSOs and police staff were out in force, meeting the public, giving out crime prevention advice and finding out what really matters to local residents and communities. Members of the Beverley Rural Neighbourhood Police Team were canvassing local residents about their concerns and were on…
A Beverley farmer has embarked on a new business venture to provide gainful summer holiday employment for his daughters and other students in the region. John Clappison, from Risby, has given over 10 acres of his 600 acre farm and planted 60,000 maize seedlings that will grow into Beverley Maze and will provide part-time jobs for 10 people. John explains why he decided to invest in the tourist attraction that…
Situated on the outskirts of Beverley, a ten-acre maze constructed entirely out of maize can be found, which is an attraction part of a large area of farmland own by John Clappison. Going by the name of the ‘Giant Clown Megamaze’, the pattern made by the pathways resembles the shape of a juggling clown. ‘The maze is yet another good attraction for Beverley,’ says Mr Clappison, ‘Children can come here…
Such was the success of the inaugural Art and The Farm Open Day in April, that artists and craftsmen at Calf House Studios are repeating the experience this weekend. All six of Bishop Burton’s Calf House Studio’s resident craftsmen will be re-opening their stable doors and inviting visitors to see them at work during the second Art and the Farm event on 18th July. Based on a working farm that…
Four Australian tourists were given the VIP treatment in Beverley today as part of their visit to their ‘twin’ town. Bruce and Chris Mann and Lorna and Rich Barrett-Leonard are on a month-long tour of the UK. And being from the small farming community of Beverley in Western Australia, they just had to stop off in the town as part of their tour. They were introduced to the Mayor of…
Molescroft Grange Farm threw open its doors to the public on Sunday to provide an insight into local farming and its role in maintaining the environment. As part of Farm Sunday – a nationwide series of open days – visitors to Molescroft Grange Farm, including families and groups such as the 1st Molescroft Beavers, learned just what modern farming is about. Alongside walks organised by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, farm…
Beverley’s Molescroft Grange Farm is throwing open its doors to the public this Sunday (June 13) to provide an entertaining and educational insight into how your food gets on to your table. Visitors to the open day – which runs from 10am to 3pm – will also get to learn how farms work to protect local wildlife, as well as enjoy a variety of fun events aimed at all age…
MP says rural payment staff bonuses are a ‘kick in the teeth’ for farmers Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, today described news staff at the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) had received almost £2 million in bonuses as a woeful use of public money. Since being set up in 2005 the RPA, charged with organising the payment of European subsidies to farmers, has consistently been in the headlines for…