Hull Trains Named UK’s Top Performing Long Distance Operator

Hull Trains Named UK’s Top Performing Long Distance Operator For Fourth Consecutive Year
July 25, 2017

Hull’s very own rail operator, Hull Trains, has once again topped the industry’s independent satisfaction league that compares every single train company in the UK on a range of customer-focused metrics.

Hull Trains scored a massive 97% satisfaction for service – 8% higher than the average long distance operator and a full 6% higher than the franchise competitor on the East Coast route, Virgin Trains.

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Police Appeal Following Break On Enterprise Park

Police Appeal Following Break On Enterprise Park
July 25, 2017

Humberside Police are appealing to members of the public for help following a break in at Enterprise Park in Beverley.

This is the second time in a month the units have been subject to a break in. Police did arrive on the scene though following a chase the offenders escaped.

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HU17.net Magazine Issue 357

HU17 Magazine Issue 357
July 25, 2017

HU17.net Magazine Issue 357 is out featuring a collection of content, including events, parties and news that has featured on the site.

This week issues includes pictures from the Cycle Race, Minster Primary Schools Leavers Party and the opening of the FIREPIT.

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East Riding Theatre To Mark Yorkshire Day With Yorkshire Eve Celebration

East Riding Theatre To Mark Yorkshire Day With Yorkshire Eve Celebration
July 25, 2017

Now then! Yorkshire folk are proud of their county, and rightly so, given all the wonderful things we’ve given the rest of the world.

And a new tradition, fast catching on locally, is celebrating all that’s best about God’s Own County.
Last year, Beverley’s East Riding Theatre celebrated Yorkshire Day (August 1st), on Yorkshire Day Eve – just like we celebrate New Year’s Eve.

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MP Pushes NHS England To Improve Dentist Availability In Beverley & Holderness

MP Pushes NHS England To Improve Dentist Availability In Beverley & Holderness
July 24, 2017

Graham Stuart, Member of Parliament for Beverley and Holderness, has pressed NHS England to improve the provision of NHS dentistry across the local area.

Of the practices listed by NHS England as providing access for patients in Beverley, none are currently accepting new NHS patients, and the situation is little better in the rest of the constituency. Residents have been told that they will need to travel as far as Cottingham or Hull in the hope of obtaining dentistry through the NHS.

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FIREPIT Smokehouse & Sports Bar Host Special Launch Party

FIREPIT Smokehouse & Sports Bar Host Special Launch Party
July 21, 2017

FIREPIT Smokehouse & Sports Bar put on a stunning display for guests as they arrived to discover its cool, quirky Americana theme and see chefs create signature dishes from the Deep South-inspired menu.

The venue has transformed a single storey at Flemingate, adding a vibrant US look and flavour with a unique combination of bespoke décor, smokehouse specialities and sports bar features including two full-sized shuffleboard tables, foosball, pool and beer pong tables.

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Beverley Guest House Owner Fined Over Misleading Four-star Rating

Beverley Guest House Owner Fined Over Misleading Four-star Rating
July 21, 2017

The owner of a Beverley guest house whose guests complained of dirty rooms needs to pay over £7,000 after admitting to falsely claiming the establishment had a four-star rating.

John Dixon Hart, 53 of Keldgate, Beverley and owner of Beverley Guest House, formerly known as Minster Garth Guest House, appeared at Beverley Magistrates Court on Wednesday, 19 July where he pleaded guilty to charges of advertising and running a guest house below the minimum standards expected by consumers as well as one charge of using misleading adverts to suggest the guesthouse was of four-star standard.

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New Scheme Launched By Guide Dogs To Help People With Sight Loss

New Scheme Launched By Guide Dogs To Help People With Sight Loss
July 19, 2017

A new service, East Riding My Guide Service being offered by the charity Guide Dogs For The Blind was launched at a special event.

Organised by the Health Trust, Local Government Staff and representatives from community based partner organisations, it help people understand the value that My Guide can bring to those from our community living with sight loss resulting social isolation.

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Mothers Invited To Take Part In Synchronised Breastfeeding Event

Mothers Invited To Take Part In Synchronised Breastfeeding Event
July 18, 2017

Mums and babies from across the East Riding are being invited to take part in events to highlight the benefits of breastfeeding and raise awareness of the support available.

Five Big Latch On events are being hosted by East Riding children’s centres, in partnership with the midwifery service and Humber Foundation NHS Trust health visiting service, as part of international celebrations to mark World Breastfeeding Week, August 1 to 7.

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Nature of Animals Tests Local Schools Wild Life Photography Skills

Nature of Animals Tests Local Schools Wild Life Photography Skills
July 18, 2017

From Saturday 22 July, 2017, and throughout the summer holidays, the Treasure House in Beverley will be hosting a display of pictures from the recent ‘Nature of Animals’ Schools Photography Competition.

During the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Exhibition held at Beverley Art Gallery earlier this year, schools across the East Riding were invited to take part in a wildlife photography competition.

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Mystery Death On The Hull To Beverley Railway Line

Mystery Death On The Hull To Beverley Railway Line
July 17, 2017

Nowadays rail travel is one of the most efficient and safest modes of transport. In the nineteenth century, the ease of rail travel gave women in particular a form of independence that few had previously experienced.

However, the reporting of events on 18 January 1853 on a train travelling from Hull to Beverley must have sent a shudder through many a female rail traveller.

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HU17.net Magazine Issue 356

HU17.net Magazine Issue 356
July 17, 2017

HU17.net Magazine Issue 356 includes photos from the Longcroft School Prom and also Suzie Featherstone’s  birthday meal at Maa Indian Restaurant and Dean Shaw’s 40th.

HU17.net Magazine Issue 356 also rounds up the local sporting action from the weekend. This weeks issue can be purchased from Molescroft news on Woodhall Way.

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Children’s Hospice Wins Beverley Building Society Charity of the Month

Children’s Hospice Wins Beverley Building Society Charity of the Month
July 17, 2017

The Beverley Building Society’s Charity of the Month for June 2017 has been announced, as Andy’s at St Andrew’s Hospice.

Andy’s offers free palliative care to children and young people up to the age of 25 with any progressive life-limiting illness. The service is available to patients throughout Hull, the East Riding of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.

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