All the lastest news in Beverley East Yorkshire, updated with reporst and exclusive videos and images of the topics that effect those living in Beverley East Yorkshire.
Taxis in the East Riding will be the first in the Humber region to be branded with distinctive white and green livery to help improve public safety.
The pilot scheme, which will run until May and is being implemented by East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s licensing team, will see white vehicles on taxi ranks across the East Riding sporting green markings and displaying a Yorkshire rose symbol.
Staff at the Treasure House in Beverley are celebrating the success of the Really Really Wild Day.
A stunning total of 2500 people visited the event, which featured Ben Shires from CBBC; a chance to see and interact with a polar bear; handle and learn about a range of animals; and be entertained by Professor Bumble the Badger and Headmistress Miss Nutella Nutkins of the Acorn Academy with their little gyspy cart.
Polls show that buying a house is ranked more stressful than divorce, bankruptcy or even mourning the death of a loved one, so it’s no surprise that many people avoid doing it, despite the long-term benefits.
Although many regard entering the property market as one of the most unpleasant aspects of modern life, taking a leap of faith onto the property ladder needn’t be a nerve-racking ordeal.
Plans for new banners that will help enhance the link between Beverley Town Centre and Flemingate have been presented to Councillors at Beverley Town Council.
David Donkin, Property Director at the Wykeland Group put forward plans that would see a number of lamp post banners installed to help join the two locations up.
Soon-to-weds could have even further cause for celebration at Beverley Racecourse next month.
Love is in the air on the Westwood as the popular East Yorkshire venue gears up for its first ever wedding fair on Sunday, March 5.
HU17.net Magazine Issue 335 is out and features a selection of content from the HU17.net Web Site. The magazine can be purchased from Molescroft News, Woodhall Way.
This week there is all the action that includes photos from the Beverley Ladies Circle Fund Raiser that was held at the Parkway Cinema, features on the music show Cilla and Ogino Japanese Restaurant plus much more.
Beverley Musical Theatre are back at the Memorial Hall from 14th to 17th June 2017 with another fabulous new musical production “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”.
Following their highly successful show ‘9 to 5’ last year, once again they bring a brand new musical to the area.
Neil Mudd and Sarah Meanwell in the cbaSadofskys’ tax department have each chalked up 20 years’ of service with the firm, running the department for Sadofskys prior to the merger with cba Accountants.
cbaSadofskys was established in 2015, bringing together two of East Yorkshire’s leading chartered accountancy practices.
The Humber Museums Partnership has recently been successful in raising £547,000 from a National Strategic Arts Council England fund, Ambitions for Excellence.
East Riding Museums is a member of the Humber Museums Partnership, alongside Hull Museums and North Lincs Museums.
The opening Beverley Building Society charity of the month for 2017 was won by Crohn’s & Colitis UK, which has a local group for Hull and East Yorkshire.
Beverley Building Society are donating £250 to the dedicated team in Hull, whose volunteers raise awareness, and funds.
Helping older people to enjoy fun activities in a relaxed and friendly setting is the aim of a new group which has launched in the East Riding to promote independence.
A new group, called ‘Tomorrow’s Youth’, has been set up in Beverley to offer those aged 55 and over weekly activity sessions which are designed to increase physical activity, create new friendships and lift spirits.
Residents on Burden Road have reason to celebrate after plans to build 14 new house on a playing field have been withdrawn.
An application to build a range of affordable homes to help ease shortage of housing in area was objected to by residents who will be pleased to know will now not go ahead.
As the Molescroft area continues to expand with all the new housing, the local primary school is having to turn down places for families living in its local catchment area.
Local ward Councillor, Denis Healy, asked County Hall education officials for a report on school place demand at Molescroft primary school, and discovered that 85% of applications made for a place at the school over the last 4 months have been unsuccessful.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s countryside access team has launched its Countryside Events 2017 programme.
From rambles and themed walks (including photography, navigation, geocaching and orienteering) to wildlife watching events; from Kids Go Wild events to workshops, conservation days and natural craft workshops – the programme includes something for everybody with an interest in the outdoors.
Potholes are a major problem on the UK’s roads. While some individuals have come up with creative ideas about how to solve the problem, many other potholes remain unrepaired, and grow, causing untold damage to cars and possibly even causing accidents.
They are formed over time, when water seeps into cracks in the road and weaken the layers underneath the bitumen surface, freezing and thawing, which in turn makes the layers above crumble and collapse. As more and more cars drive over these weak spots, the holes become bigger and deeper.
The Really Really Wild Day on Saturday 18 February at the Treasure House, Beverley, from 10am to 3pm, will be a free fun day for all ages at the start of the school half-term holiday.
It will be a chance to visit the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition in Beverley Art Gallery, and see a great deal more besides, and will include a guest appearance from CBBC presenter Ben Shires (presenter of Officially Amazing), from Beverley, who will give talks and entertain visitors with true tales about some amazing and remarkable animals from around the world.
There will be a chance to join Manchester Camerata’s 21 internationally acclaimed string players on Thursday 23 February, 2017, at 7.30pm, for an evening of some of the best-loved pieces for string orchestra, at Toll Gavel United Church in Beverley.
The concert is part of Classically Yours, one of the key events in the East Riding’s celebration of Hull UK City of Culture 2017, in which East Riding of Yorkshire Council and Orchestras Live have joined forces to bring more orchestral music to the area.
Cherry Burton and Beverley have one thing in common – they are both Fairtrade communities. This means that in both a steering group was formed to raise awareness and local support for Fairtrade, and to encourage retailers, caterers and customers to choose Fairtrade products.
The Fairtrade mark shows that farmers have been paid fairly and in this way are given the opportunity to trade their way out of poverty and exploitation.