Council Launches Year-long Cancer Awareness Project

Council Launches Year-long Cancer Awareness Project
January 24, 2019

A year-long cancer awareness project is being launched in the East Riding this month to help support residents through what could be one of the toughest times in their lives.

With so many of us experiencing cancer or the effects of cancer in a loved one, it’s important to talk about it and know what help and support can be accessed in the East Riding.

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Tossers Needed For The Annual Big Beverley Pancake Race

Tossers Needed For The Annual Big Beverley Pancake Race
January 23, 2019

The ‘Big Beverley Pancake Race’ is back again, after its revival last year. Some residents may remember it from several years ago when it was a regular calendar date, organised by the then, Beverley Arms Hotel.

Beverley Town Council in partnership with the Rotary Club of Beverley is running the event. The aim is to raise money for local charities.

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Rural Connectivity Given A Boost As Quickline Acquires Newark Wireless

Rural Connectivity Given A Boost As Quickline Acquires Newark Wireless
January 23, 2019

Wireless internet provider Quickline is delighted to announce its acquisition of network provider JHCS, which trades as Newark Wireless.

Quickline, which specializes in bringing superfast broadband to hard-to-reach locations, will now take over internet delivery to homes and businesses across rural Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire, without any disruption to service.

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HU17.net Magazine Issue 429

HU17.net Magazine Issue 429
January 22, 2019

HU17.net Magazine Issue 429 is out and available to purchase from Molescroft News on Woodhall Way.

This week’s issue features a selection of content that has appeared on the HU17 Web Site.

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Discover A New Place To Watch Wildlife In Beverley

Discover A New Place To Watch Wildlife In Beverley
January 20, 2019

Last year, local ornithologist Richard Baines carried out a wildlife survey at Beverley Parks Local Nature Reserve to find out how successfully birds nest on the nature reserve.

There will be a chance to hear about the findings of the survey on Tuesday, 22 January, and learn about which species make the fields, hedgerows and orchard their home. Where are the best places for birds to thrive, while living alongside us?

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Petition Opposing Post Office Relocation Handed Over To MP

Petition Opposing Post Office Relocation Handed Over To MP
January 19, 2019

Cllr Denis Healy has handed over a petition to MP Graham Stuart as he looks to put pressure on the government to overturn a decision by the Post Office to relocate services to the nearby WH Smith store.

Cllr Healy and his team have collected over 2,500 signatures since November from residents. The Cllr says people in the town are outraged by proposals put forward by the Post Office.

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Post Office Closure – Government Policy On Proposed Relocation

Post Office Closure - Government Policy On Proposed Relocation
January 18, 2019

Conservative Government Policy when it comes to the future of the 74 Crown Branches, including Beverley is quite clear.  They allow the Post Office to deliver this strategy as an independent business.

While much has been made of the six-week consultation, Post Office bosses remain adamant that the relocation to WH Smith will go ahead.

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Campaigners To Hit The Streets And Protest Over Post Office Closure

Campaigners To Hit The Streets And Protest Over Post Office Closure
January 18, 2019

Campaigners will be out in force on Saturday morning in support of the Post Office workers campaign to prevent the franchising of the town’s Crown post office to WH Smith.

Post Office managers are currently ‘consulting.roposals to transfer the town’s postal services to the high street stationer. The post office has been operating from its current site for over 100 years.

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