Have Your Say On Proposals To Improve A164 And Jock’s Lodge Junction

Have Your Say On Proposals To Improve A164 And Jock’s Lodge Junction
November 2, 2017

East Riding of Yorkshire Council is keen to hear from members of the public on proposals to improve part of the A164 and the Jock’s Lodge Junction.

As part of its funding bid to the Department for Transport (DfT), the council has launched an online survey and has arranged drop-in sessions at Beverley Racecourse on Wednesday, 8 November (9.30am-6.45pm) and the Morrison’s Beverley store on Friday, 10 November (9.30am-6.45pm) to hear from the public.

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Interest Rate Rise Could Have Significant Impact On Home Owners

Interest Rate Rise Could Have Significant Impact On Home Owners
November 1, 2017

Homeowners are set to for a wake-up call this week as the Bank of England look likely to increase interest rates for the first time in ten years.

Currently set at 0.25pc experts say that this is likely to be increased to 0.5pc – a small amount but enough to have a significant impact on people with large mortgages.

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Humber Street Gallery Highlights The Effects Of War On Women & Girls

Humber Street Gallery Highlights The Effects Of War On Women & Girls
November 1, 2017

A moving new exhibition that highlights the effects of war and conflict on women and girls around the world is set to open at Humber Street Gallery.

The installation, called Torn, will be on display from Monday 6 November until Sunday 31 December and features photographs of wild poppies that have been picked, dried and torn apart by Beverley-based photographer Lee Karen Stow.

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How I Help My Pet Dog Get Through The Stressful Fireworks Period

How I Help My Pet Dog Get Through The Stressful Fireworks Period
November 1, 2017

If like me you have a pet who becomes very distressed by the noise created by fireworks then 5 November really is a weekend you can do without.

With bonfire night falling on a weekend it should mean there will be less nights of fireworks to deal with as most people will be able to hold their celebrations over the weekend.

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La Serenissima Bring Viva Vivaldi To Beverley This Week

La Serenissima credit - Eric Richmond
November 1, 2017

La Serenissima present Viva Vivaldi, a vibrant and buzzing concert of chamber music by Vivaldi and his close friends and rivals, on Thursday 2, November 2017 at 7.30pm at Toll Gavel United Church, Beverley.

Vivaldi wasn’t just a fine composer but also a legendary violinist in his own day as well and was said to have played ‘so high up the fingerboard that there was scarce room for the bow’.

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Potting Shed Looking To Make Bonfire Night Go With a Bang

Potting Shed Looking To Make Bonfire Night Go With a Bang
October 31, 2017

Bonfire Night will be going with a bang at the Potting Shed thanks to a fabulous professional fireworks display and a bonfire for customers to burn their own Guys on!

The bar will be lighting up the skies over Flemingate with two spectacular fireworks shows, starting at 8pm and 9pm, and offering free sparklers to anyone who wants to create their own mini version.

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HU17.net Magazine Issue 371

HU17.net Magazine Issue 371
October 30, 2017

HU17.net Magazine Issue 371 is out and available to purchase from Molescroft News on Woodhall Way.

This week’s issues includes photos from the Youth in Brass Concert, Masquerade Ball @ Lazaat Hotel and the Beverley Blues Weekender.

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Expanding Festival Expands Again!

Expanding Festival Expands Again!
October 29, 2017

The region’s most eclectic music festival is on a roll … having already announced that Stage4Beverley had responded to demand by adding an extra day for its 2018 festival, the organisers have done it again, with news that the event will now stretch over five days.

The festival will once again be based at Beverley’s East Riding Theatre, taking over the theatre from February 14th to the 18th, with a line-up bridging diverse musical genres, from folk to blues, jazz to classical, Americana to world music and more.

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Beverley Set To Have the Blues – All Weekend Long

Beverley Set To Have the Blues - All Weekend Long
October 27, 2017

Organisers of the Beverley Blues Weekender takes place this weekend with a host of live acts taking to the stage across two venues.

Armstrongs Social Club and The Sun Inn will home to the Blues Weekender which is in its seventh year and continues to grow in popularity.

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Unnamed Man Fined For Dumping Rubbish In Bishop Burton

Unnamed Man Fined For Dumping Rubbish In Bishop Burton
October 27, 2017

A Beverley man has been fined £400 by East Riding of Yorkshire Council for dumping rubbish in Bishop Burton.

A pile of waste including builders’ materials, offcuts of wood, screws, paperwork and cardboard boxes was found in the Deepdale layby at Bishop Burton on 6 October this year by a streetscene enforcement officer from the council.

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Speed Concerns ‘Not Reflected In Casualties’ Councillor Asks Officers To Think Again

Speed Concerns 'Not Reflected In Casualties' Councillor Ask Officers To Think Again
October 27, 2017

East Riding Councillors have asked Highways Officers to think again after concluding that Sigston Road residents’ speed concerns “are not reflected in casualties.”

In April this year, following a collision on Sigston Road, 15 year old local resident, Charlotte Burke, organised a petition which was presented to the Council’s Environment and Regeneration overview and scrutiny sub committee in July.

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