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On Saturday, 16 June, Beverley Art Gallery will be hosting two rather unusual life drawing sessions. Two clothed life models will appear in the gallery space in poses inspired by exhibited artworks.
The morning session will focus on the artworks in the gallery’s own collection, and the afternoon session will involve David Sprakes’s Rhythms in Sculpture exhibition.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council has officially launched the East Riding Economic Strategy 2018-2022.
The document has been prepared by the council and will act as a blueprint in guiding economic activity in the East Riding for the next five years, with the aim of promoting growth in all parts of the area.
Beverley Town Council, Beverley in Bloom and town volunteers are busy planning for the summer planting and associated horticultural, environmental and community projects within the town which will contribute to the RHS Britain in Bloom campaign 2018.
This is the first time that our beautiful town of Beverley has been a finalist in the RHS Britain in Bloom campaign, which is managed by the Royal Horticultural Society and entry is by invitation only.
Learning to drive has never been so expensive and the biggest chunk of the cost involved is the insurance. Drivers between 17 and 19 years old are paying, on average, over £2000 and some are being quoted figures as high as £5000.
It’s estimated that for drivers under 21, upwards of 10% of their salary will be spent on their car insurance.
Kelly Lund and Angela Wallace, the owners of The Wooden House in Driffield say they want to thank customers for their support as they celebrate reaching their four-year milestone.
The four-year anniversary comes as they also expand their presence within the Creative Lab, Flemmingate, Beverley, now in its second year.
The Beverley Puppet Festival team is encouraging visitors to the July festival to stay a little longer and visit the V&A Museum of Childhood touring exhibition ‘Clangers, Bagpuss & Co’ at Hull’s Ferens Art Gallery.
Not that enthusiasts need much more encouragement as the exhibition has been eagerly awaited by fans of Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin’s work.
HU17.net Magazine Issue 401 is out and available to purchase from Molescroft News, Woodhall Way. This week’s issue features a selection of news and sport. Some of the highlights in this issue include the visit of a touring side from the Beverley’s Twin Town, Lemgo.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s annual compost giveaways enjoyed one of their busiest and best years yet – with 5,000 bags given away free to residents.
Ten giveaway events were held across the East Riding during May in Beverley, Market Weighton, Elloughton, Preston, Goole, Pocklington, Carnaby, Withernsea, Hornsea and Driffield.
Musician Oli Brown says he is looking forward to performing in home town of Beverley as part of a selective summer tour. Oli is due to appear at the East Riding Theatre in July as he hits the road to celebrate the 10th anniversary since he launched his first blues album.
My mother Jane Yerbury Sweeney, who was born on 7th. January 1920 and died on 1st. June 2018 at Newbegin House in Beverley, was an extraordinary woman. Brought up in Kensington and Sussex, she was educated at home, mostly by herself. She read widely, but obtained no formal qualifications.
Her mother had been expelled from boarding school while her parents were living abroad, and her father, although he eventually qualified and became an eminent doctor with a successful practice in Kensington, had hated school, so the couple decided to keep Jane and her younger siblings at home.
Hague Print, IT Solutions and print specialists based in Yorkshire, began the year with the completion of the acquisition of the Print Management Division of Contrac.
Contrac was formed in 1976 and maintains an enviable reputation for effectively servicing a portfolio of major clients.
Bus users in Beverley are being reminded that certain services at certain times will be subject to slight changes to their routes during weeknights.
The local authority currently has a project to resurface the roads around Beverley with the latest phase of works causing some disruption to public transport.
Hull and East Riding Breast Friends is a charity run entirely by volunteers who themselves have been affected by breast cancer.
To support this, Millers Day Service in Beverley has organised an event to help the charity by collecting a target of 500 unwanted bras – which will be donated to Hull and East Riding Breast Friends to help people suffering from breast cancer.
A woman from Hull has been ordered to pay £680.79 after rubbish belonging to her was found fly-tipped in Walkington.
Wrapping paper, cardboard boxes, nappies and other household waste was found dumped at the side of the road in Walkington Heads in January this year.
It is without question Beverley’s most famous landmark and the people who are responsible for maintain Beverley Minster say Twitter has become a valuable tool.
Steve Rail and Paul Hawkins spend their time taking care of Beverley Minster and have for the past 12 months generated content showing the daily work they undertake which is shared on social media.
Beverley Town Council are looking into a project that the Town Clerk, Helen Watson feels would make a poignant tribute to those from the town who lost their lives in the First World War.
Beverley Town Council want to acquire a six foot silhouette sculpture of the solider called ‘Tommy’ from a national incentive called There Not But Not There.
Beverley and Holderness MP, Graham Stuart, has praised the generosity of East Riding residents and the hard-working staff at Dove House
Mr. Stuart met CEO Anna Wolkowski during a recent visit to hospice which provides a vital service to people in the region during what can be a very difficult time.
The next phase of the £995,000 road improvement scheme for Beverley’s town centre will get underway on Friday 1 June.
The East Riding of Yorkshire Council project will see the resurfacing of a number of roads and mini roundabouts in Beverley which have become worn.