Tension Mounts In East Riding As Decision Is Awaited On Future Of Urgent Care

Tension Mounts In East Riding As Decision Is Awaited On Future Of Urgent Care
August 2, 2017

Following the announcement by the East Riding of Yorkshire CCG in March 2016 that it had plans to close the MIU units in Hornsea and Withernsea, Graham Stuart MP, Member of Parliament for Beverley & Holderness launched a hard-hitting campaign to stop the CCG from closing MIU units in Hornsea and Withernsea, supported by the Hornsea League of Friends, the Withernsea and District Health Forum, and the Holderness Health Alliance.

The survey conducted by the CCG as part of its consultation found very limited public support for the package of proposals, despite a number of very leading questions. In Holderness 90% of people did not agree with the question asking whether they would be prepared to travel further to visit an Urgent Care Centre.

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Latin Dance Champions Come To Region As Part Of Active Coast

Latin Dance Champions Come To Region As Part Of Active Coast
August 2, 2017

Latin dance champions will be coming to Sewerby Cliff Top on Thursday 10 August, as part of the Active Coast programme.

The Have A Field Day event will feature a wide range of activities for all the family, and a special highlight will be a chance to dance with Chantal Green and Andrea Borrelli, England’s Number One WDSF (World Dance Sport Federation) Amateur Latin dance couple.

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Fitmums & Friends Gain Registered Charity Status

Fitmums & Friends Gain Registered Charity Status
August 2, 2017

Athletics club, Fitmums & Friends is now a registered charity after the Charity Commission for England and Wales approved its application.

Its new status will enable Fitmums & Friends to support more people to become more active through its range of friendly and supportive activity sessions.

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HU17.net Magazine Issue 358

HU17.net Magazine Issue 358
August 1, 2017

HU17.net Magazine Issue 358 is out and available from Molescroft News, Woodhall Way, Beverley.

This week’s issue of HU17.net Magazine features a collection of content from the HU17 web site including photos from Tigers Trust NCS night and St Leonards Church Fund Raiser.

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Beverley Town Council: Northern Rail’s Economically Harmful Rail Proposal Must Be Scrapped

Beverley Town Council: Northern Rail’s Economically Harmful Rail Proposal Must Be Scrapped
July 28, 2017

Beverley Town Council unanimously agreed a Motion opposing Northern Rail’s plans to scrap the direct rail links connecting Beverley to Doncaster and Sheffield.

The Motion, presented by Councillor Ben Cooper, argued the changes to the 2018 timetable would unacceptably ‘harm and inconvenience the town’. It also called on Northern Rail to implement a full public consultation over any future changes that would affect Beverley.

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EYMS Poppy Bus Now In Its Fourth Incarnation

EYMS Poppy Bus Now In Its Fourth Incarnation
July 27, 2017

East Yorkshire’s well-known ‘Poppy Bus’, first decorated to celebrate the centenary of the start of WWI in 2014, has just been re-liveried again to mark 100 years since Passchendaele, also known as the second Battle of Ypres, which took place between July and November 1917.

EYMS chief executive Peter Shipp says the bus was so well received by people that the company have kept with the theme.

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Meet Artist Susan Beaulah At Beverley Art Gallery

Meet Artist Susan Beaulah At Beverley Art Gallery
July 27, 2017

Susan Beaulah, the artist responsible for the current exhibition at Beverley Art Gallery in the Treasure House – ‘Red Earth and Blue Water : Studies of Indian Life’ – will be holding free ‘Meet The Artist’ days this Saturday, 29 July, from 1pm-4pm, and the following Saturday, 5 August, 1pm-4pm.

Beaulah has been painting and exhibiting regularly since the 1980s in watercolour and oil. In recent years, her works have been mainly produced in India– from Rajasthan in the north to Kerala in the south.

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