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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.

Creative Community To Join Together At Flemingate

Creative Community To Join Together At Flemingate
February 14, 2017
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An innovative social enterprise is to provide a creative home for new, upcoming and established artists and designers at Beverley’s popular Flemingate centre.

Designed to promote and develop creative individuals, THECREATIVELAB will provide cost-effective shared retail space for the creative community to display and sell their work in a fully-staffed retail environment, without the usual costly overheads incurred by small businesses.

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HU17.net Magazine Issue 334

HU17.net Magazine Issue 334
February 14, 2017
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HU17.net Magazine Issue 334 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 Sun Inn who hosted a night of music in aid of charity, a tribute to Paul Fleming from Beverley Town Cricket Club plus much more.

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EU Regulation Is A Disaster For Holderness Fishermen Says MP

MP To Visit NHS Humber Foundation Trust To Discuss Mental Health
February 14, 2017
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Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart has condemned a new EU Regulation that threatens the livelihoods of Holderness coast beach fishermen and has written to the Fisheries Minister, George Eustice, to ask him to pursue an exemption for Holderness.

The Regulation includes a total ban on targeted sea bass fishing from the shore, jeopardising the future of men like Shaun Wingham, who fishes near Withernsea using the centuries-old practice of onshore fishing, whereby a net is stretched out along the shoreline at low tide and the catch is brought in when it retreats again. Sea bass is the most valuable part of their haul.

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Meditation Group Explores Methods To Achieve Peace And Relaxation

Meditation Group Explores Methods To Achieve Peace And Relaxation
February 13, 2017
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Have you ever thought that something needs to change in your life? Where is that peace and happiness that we all long for? Why does stress and anxiety seem to be on the up?

Beverley hosts a vibrant and friendly meditation group that explores and puts into practice time-honoured methods for achieving peace and relaxation that demonstrate reduction in stress and anxiety.

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Romance On The Menu This Valentines At The Potting Shed

Romance On The Menu This Valentines At The Potting Shed
February 13, 2017
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Stuck for ideas for a Valentine’s Day date? The Potting Shed in Beverley has shedloads of romantic treats lined up for lovers.

The gastro pub in Flemingate has a special PS I Love You menu to celebrate the day and, in keeping with its gardening theme, loved-up diners will be invited to enjoy little sheds, large sheds … and even a spot of pruning!

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Beverley Art Gallery Curator Says Exhibition Is Visually Stunning

Beverley Art Gallery Curator Says Exhibition Is Visually Stunning
February 10, 2017
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Beverley Art Gallery, in partnership with the East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Hull UK City of Culture 2017 and the Natural History Museum in London, are proud to showcase one hundred awe-inspiring images from all over the world in a major exhibition that will raise the profile of the Gallery as a must-visit venue for locals and visitors.

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REYTA Tourism Awards Shortlist Announced

Beverley Racecourse Confirm Fixture List for New Season
February 10, 2017
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Hull and East Yorkshire’s premier tourism awards, the REYTAs, have achieved record entries yet again.

And such was the quality, the organisers, Visit Hull and East Yorkshire (VHEY) had to introduce an additional category during the short-listing process because of the “overwhelming” numbers vying for the honour of Remarkable Tourism Event.

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Repairs And Drainage Works To Be Carried Out On Queensgate

Roadworks Due To Start On B1248
February 10, 2017
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Essential repairs and drainage works will be carried out on a busy stretch of road in Beverley later this month.

East Riding of Yorkshire Council will undertake the work on Queensgate over two days on Tuesday 21 and Wednesday 22 February, close to the double mini-roundabouts at the junction with Admiral Walker Road, Keldgate and Cartwright Lane.

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Cllr Denis Healy Questions ERYC Budget Cuts

Cllr Denis Healy Says He Will Vote Against Council Tax Increase
February 9, 2017
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The Liberal Democrats are the party now providing the real opposition to the Conservatives at County Hall after all their Councillors opposed the Conservative budget today.

The budget, which introduces a Council tax increase of 4.99%, also sees a reduction of 2.5% to the Council’s Public Health budget, and an eye watering 72% reduction in the Education Services grant, piling further pressures on already over stretched hospitals and schools.

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Local Music Talent to Stage Fund Raising Concert At The Sun Inn

Local Music Talent to Stage Fund Raining Concert At The Sun Inn
February 9, 2017
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This Saturday will see The Sun Inn host an evening of music featuring a number of local acts as they look to raise money for a worthwhile cause.

A Musical Evening which takes place from 7.30PM will feature four local musical acts, Greg Jones, a blue pianist, The Smugglers, a Folk Band, The Assembly Line Ukulele Band and Vocal Group, Answers on a Postcard.

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Join East Riding Libraries For A Library Safari This February Half Term

Jingle Bells And Funny Smells At East Riding Libraries This Christmas
February 8, 2017
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There will be a chance to join East Riding Libraries this February Half-Term (20-24 February) for an animal -themed storytime, inspired by the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Exhibition at Beverley Art Gallery, which runs from 11 February to 22 April.

The libraries team have selected some fun stories including ‘One to Ten, Animal Mayhem’ by Thomas Flintham, ideally suited to pre-schoolers; and David Walliams’s ‘First Hippo on the Moon’ which is fun for all the family.

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Local Beverley Dispensing Optician Wins National Award

Local Beverley Dispensing Optician Wins National Award
February 8, 2017
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Beverley Dispensing Optician, Sophie Johnson, has won a prestigious national award.

Ms Johnson, who is based at Eyesite Opticians, has been announced as winner in the category of Dispensing Optician of the Year in the AOP Awards 2017, which is run by the Association of Optometrists (AOP).

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Wildlife Photographer Of The Year – Events Programme Announced

Wildlife Photographer Of The Year - Events Programme Announced
February 8, 2017
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To accompany the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition at Beverley Art Gallery, one of the key East Riding events in Hull UK City of Culture 2017 (in which East Riding of Yorkshire Council is a Principal Partner), an exciting events programme has just been launched.

Staff at the Treasure House in Beverley have organised a range of fun family events, fascinating talks and captivating workshops to support this free, world-renowned exhibition.

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