Queens Head Rated Best Independent Pub At Awards Night

Queens Head Rated Best Independent Pub At Awards Night
November 24, 2016

The Queens Head has won a top accolade at the East Riding Best Bar None award’s night held at Beverley Racecourse.

The Queens Head Pub in Wednesday Market, Beverley was named as the best Independent Pub in East Riding of Yorkshire, an award the owners say shows they are a responsible place to eat and drink.

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Kings Head Beverley Crowned Best in the East Riding

November 24, 2016

A Beverley bar has been crowned the best in the East Riding at a ceremony to celebrate the best licensed premises in the county.

The King’s Head in Saturday Market was named the overall winner in the fourth East Riding Best Bar None awards, which were held at Beverley Racecourse on Wednesday, 23 November.

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Get Christmas Off To A Tasty Start At Food & Drink Festival

Get Christmas Off To A Tasty Start At Food & Drink Festival
November 24, 2016

If you are still stuck for ideas this Christmas then you could do worse than to visit the award winning Christmas Festival of Food and Drink.

Taking place this Saturday at Beverley Minster the Christmas Festival of Food and Drink which won East Yorkshire Local Food Network, Best Food and Drink event 2016 brings together a range of local stalls selling

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Accountant’s Great Wall Trek Raises Over £4k For Alzheimer’s Society

Accountant’s Great Wall Trek Raises Over £4k For Alzheimer’s Society
November 23, 2016

Beverley and Hull based chartered accountant, Tracy Hutty director of cbaSadofskys has completed the challenge of trekking the Great Wall of China, exceeding her target raising over £4,000 for Alzheimer’s Society.

The trek involved six days trekking the contours of hills and mountains on remote sections of the 13,000 mile long Wall, taking in historical sites of the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square and Beijing.

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Beverley Minster Will Be Turned Green For Macmillan Cancer Support

Beverley Minster Will Be Turned Green For Macmillan Cancer Support
November 23, 2016

Beverley Minster will once again be illuminated green in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support on Tuesday 6 December for the charity’s annual Christmas carol concert.

The concert marks the start of the Christmas festivities for many local people and will feature an evening of entertainment with a host of musicians, singers and readers, including the Bishop of Hull

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The 20th Annual Open Art Comes To Beverley Art Gallery

The 20th Annual Open Art Comes To Beverley Art Gallery
November 23, 2016

Open Art 2016 opens at Beverley Art Gallery on Saturday 26 November. The annual exhibition invites entries from all artists, amateur or professional, living in the East Riding of Yorkshire or Hull.

It will be officially launched by Councillor Caroline Fox, Vice Chairman of East Riding of Yorkshire Council.

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Shoppers Warned To Be Savvy Ahead Of Black Friday

Shoppers Warned To Be Savvy Ahead Of Black Friday
November 23, 2016

East Riding residents are being urged to be cautious and to think where they are buying from as they search for bargains in the run up to Christmas.

The warning comes from East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s trading standards officers as retailers gear up for Black Friday, which this year will take place on Friday, 25 November

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MP Stands Up For Blue Badge Clock Users Urging For Reform

MP Stands Up For Blue Badge Clock Users Urging For Reform
November 23, 2016

Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart is pushing for a fair deal for blue badge clock users with his constituent Katrina Gardner – an active thalidomide campaigner.

Ms Gardner, of Sproatley, is one of many thalidomides who are able to drive without use of their arms and has qualified for the Government’s Blue Badge scheme

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Successful Coach Campaign Extended For A Further Year

Successful Coach Campaign Extended For A Further Year
November 22, 2016

A coach campaign launched by Visit Hull & East Yorkshire (VHEY) to attract visitors to Beverley will be extended for another 12 months after helping raise the profile of the town and increase bookings by 30%.

The campaign was a finalist in two categories, Coach Tourism Innovation and Coach Friendly Destination, at the National Coach Tourism Awards 2016 and was praised by judges.

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Award Winning Duo Booked For Beverley Folk Festival 2017

Award Winning Duo Booked For Beverley Folk Festival 2017
November 22, 2016

Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman have long established themselves as one of the UK folk scene’s most rewardingly enduring partnerships.

Twice recent winners of the BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Best Duo – 2016 & 2013 – the couple’s intimacy and strength of passion on stage have won them many fans and an enviable reputation

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Flemingate Welcomes Families To Area’s Biggest Christmas Grotto

Flemingate Welcomes Families To Area’s Biggest Christmas Grotto
November 21, 2016

Visitors to Flemingate gasped in delight as Santa and his trusty elves opened the doors to the area’s newest and biggest Christmas grotto in the area.

Scores of families attended the first day of the Flemingate grotto on Saturday following a preview evening last Thursday, at which the Mayor of Beverley, Councillor Rob Begnett,

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More Stalls and Entertainment At Christmas Festival of Food and Drink

More Stalls and Entertainment At Christmas Festival of Food and Drink
November 21, 2016

With 8,000 people expected to visit Beverley Minster this Saturday for the Christmas Festival of Food and Drink, what can they expect from the event that is now in its fifth year.

Beverley Town Council who organise it have pulled out all the stops to ensure that for people attending there will be more new stalls and also additional entertainment.

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Capturing Beverley : Exhibition To Open At Beverley Guildhall

Capturing Beverley Photography Competition
November 21, 2016

A new exhibition opens at the Beverley Guildhall on Friday 25 November, showing the results of the recent competition to capture “the essence of Beverley” in photographs.

The exhibition, called “Capturing Beverley”, contains over 100 beautiful images that were submitted to the Guildhall website over the past year. The Capturing Beverley exhibition runs until 24 February, 2017

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Sam Davies Festive Design To Feature On MPs Christmas Card

Sam Davies Festive Design To Feature On MPs Christmas Card
November 21, 2016

A card designed by a pupil from Molescroft Primary School, Sam Davis has been selected by the MP Graham Stuart as to be used on his official Christmas Card for 2016 and be sent out some of the biggest names in UK politics.

Sam whose design featured a snowman in a snowy scene was selected from the hundreds of entries from school children throughout the area as the overall winner by Beverley based artist Nick Matson.

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