East Riding Libraries are advising their members that the way they access free audiobooks and magazines will change from the RBdigital app to the Libby app on Friday, 26 February.
Overdrive, the leading digital reading platform for libraries and schools worldwide and creator of the Libby app, recently acquired RBDigital, hence the change.
East Riding Libraries have launched a new free service to digitally download a variety of popular eNewspapers.
Library members can now access a choice of over 160 national, local and regional UK newspapers, as well as over 2300 from other countries, offering a range of digital publications in 59 different languages, and hundreds of back issues.
East Riding Libraries and Customer Services are delighted to have reopened as lockdown restrictions have eased.
Since re-opening on Monday, 6 July, the teams have dealt with thousands of queries and book reservations, and just as many books returned. However, during the lockdown, the teams focused on the other main purpose of Libraries and Customer Services – the local community.
East Riding Libraries are reminding people that EBooks, eAudiobooks and eMagazines are all available to download free for East Riding Library members, even though all East Riding Libraries and Customer Service Centres are now temporarily closed.
Anybody whose New Year resolution was to try to save money should consider stopping paying for eBook, eAudiobook and eMagazine subscriptions, as they are all FREE at East Riding Libraries.
EBooks, eAudiobooks and eMagazines are all available to download free for East Riding Library members.
How happy are you with your sex life? Whether you are married, in a relationship or just looking to have fun, you would want to be good in bed. Here is the thing – it’s not as easy as it sounds. And yet it remains one of the lesser topics discussed.
Richard, Amy & Nick return to Beverley with their eagerly awaited festive feast of great Christmas songs, early music and British folk, traditional carols and solo guitar works.
The evening will be family-friendly and full of midwinter charm.
Beverley’s winter music festival, Stage4Beverley returns for its fourth year in February (12th – 16th ), and as the event has gained in popularity with a sold-out show already and more about to sell out.
Wednesday 12th February sees the launch with the legendary blues duo Paul Jones and Dave Kelly, founder members of the Blues Band, followed by a rare performance by BBC Radio 2 and 6Music and Glastonbury TV presenter, Mark Radcliffe. He will be inviting the audience to an intimate evening of his own songs and accompanying stories.
One of the north’s leading facialists has been shortlisted in the national Pure Beauty Awards for her signature Radiance Eye and Lip Serum, just months after it was launched.
Dr Katerina Steventon, founder of Beverley based independent skincare consultancy, FaceWorkshops, formulated the unique anti-ageing serum 9 that has been shortlisted in the Best New Premium Anti-Ageing Product category in the prestigious international awards.
Described as the original suffragette, author and free thinker Mary Wollstonecraft was a pioneer of women’s rights, arguing that women should be educated, should be able to vote and to be in government: extraordinary claims for the 18th century.
This September Beverley is celebrating her story and her connection to the town as part of the national Heritage Open Days programme, with talks, walks and an illumination by the street artist Stewy.
Richard Smyth is a writer, researcher and editor based in Bradford.
He is a regular contributor to ‘Bird Watching’ magazine, and was a finalist in BBC’s Mastermind show, answering questions on British birds.
New Paths Music is delighted to announce the programme for its third annual festival in Beverley, Yorkshire, running from 5th to 8th April 2018.
The line-up of 40 events and 35 artists features song, chamber music, organ events, family concerts, late-night events, an outreach programme, a world premiere, talks, and a ceilidh.
Phoenix Dance Theatre will present their 2017 Mixed Programme at Bridlington Spa on Tuesday, 7 November, at 7.30pm.
They present a thrilling programme of work demonstrating the company’s internationally respected athletic power, emotional intensity and dynamic movement, including work by Douglas Thorpe, Aletta Collins and a new commission by Sandrine Monin, Calyx.
International music icon and ten-time GRAMMY® Award winner, Chaka Khan returns to the UK for a massive nationwide three-city tour this summer; presented by GeeStar.
An incredible opportunity to see this legend take to the stage at Bridlington Spa, tickets are on presale from the Bridlington Spa box office from Wednesday 5 April.
Potholes are a major problem on the UK’s roads. While some individuals have come up with creative ideas about how to solve the problem, many other potholes remain unrepaired, and grow, causing untold damage to cars and possibly even causing accidents.
They are formed over time, when water seeps into cracks in the road and weaken the layers underneath the bitumen surface, freezing and thawing, which in turn makes the layers above crumble and collapse. As more and more cars drive over these weak spots, the holes become bigger and deeper.
Finding the perfect family car can be a challenge – how can the kids be kept entertained? Is the price right? Does it cost much to run? Is there space for everything?
Fortunately, local Vauxhall retailer, Evans Halshaw, has the answer, thanks to Vauxhall’s latest Astra.
Beverley’s first 24-hour fitness club is coming to the Flemingate centre. Rapidly-expanding Anytime Fitness will offer 24/7 access to the club, which will benefit from an investment of more than £500,000 in fit-out and gym equipment.
It will be the first Anytime Fitness club in East Yorkshire and occupy a 7,500 sq ft first-floor unit with ground-floor entrance close to Debenhams and Outfit at the heart of the Flemingate centre.
HU17.net Magazine Issue 330 is out and features a selection of content that has appeared on the HU17.net Web Site.
This issues includes 1st Molescroft Scouts, Manor Road Nursery, plus the views of Cllr Denis Healy as he spends time with the Street Angles and also calls for a fellow councillor to resign.