Beverley News

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.

Beverley Cinema To Screen Award-winning Film About Yorkshireness

Beverley Cinema To Screen Award-winning Film About Yorkshireness
June 16, 2022
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A film exploring the characteristic of Yorkshire folk has won a series of International Film awards ahead of its regional launch in July.

“Who is Yorkshire?” features stories by some of “God’s Own County’s” accomplished people, including Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, journalist Christa Ackroyd, rugby league star Jamie Peacock, playwright John Godber, presenter Stephanie Hirst, Lord David Blunkett and honorary Yorkshireman author and politician Alan Johnson.

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Ofsted Inspectors Say East Riding Social Workers Are Enthusiastic And Motivated

Ofsted Inspectors Say East Riding Social Workers Are Enthusiastic And Motivated
June 15, 2022
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Social workers are “enthusiastic and motivated” while they’re undertaking improved social work with East Riding children and families, according to Ofsted inspectors.

In a letter to East Riding of Yorkshire Council, inspectors found the “pace of improvement” had accelerated since their last focussed visit inspection in March, the fourth such visit since children’s safeguarding and support services were rated as inadequate during an inspection in 2019.

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Children And Families Will Be Wowed By The World’s Largest Festival Of British Puppetry

Children And Families Will Be Wowed By The World's Largest Festival Of British Puppetry
June 14, 2022
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The world’s largest showcase of British puppetry in Beverley this July is bringing classic fairy tales to life to wow families and kids in popular venues around East Yorkshire town.

Anna Ingleby, co-director of the Beverley Puppet Festival, said: “Over two days and three nights the festival is a gathering of all that is great in British puppet theatre and showcases some quite remarkable work right here in the heart of East Yorkshire.

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June Marks The Start Of The ‘Springboard Summer Tour’

East Riding Leisure Helps You Shape Up For Summer
June 13, 2022
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The ‘Springboard Summer Tour’ starts on 26 June 2022 at the Memorial Day for Ivan Usher at Beverley East Riding Leisure.

The ‘Summer Tour’ is engaging with 16–24-year-olds across the East Riding and speaking to them about helping with their next steps to education, further training or employment.

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Over 30 Ukrainian Refugees Helped By Local MP With Visa Applications

Over 30 Ukrainian Refugees Helped By Local MP With Visa Applications
June 13, 2022
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Graham Stuart, Member of Parliament for Beverley and Holderness, has assisted over 30 Ukrainian refugees with visa applications since the war in Ukraine began.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has resulted in Europe’s largest refugee crisis since the Second World War.  The Government launched the Homes for Ukraine scheme, which allows the British public to open their homes to Ukrainian nationals.

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Awards That Highlight Very Best In Local Tourism Return For 2022

Awards That Highlight Very Best In Local Tourism Return For 2022
June 12, 2022
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Awards that reward the region’s best, brightest, most successful, and innovative tourism businesses will return in 2022 and will continue to be a route to national recognition.

The 2022 Remarkable East Yorkshire Tourism Awards, the REYTAs, organised by tourism body Visit Hull and East Yorkshire (VHEY), has been officially relaunched culminating in an awards event in November 2022.

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Beverley Art Gallery Explores Beverley’s Role In European Art During 60s And 70s

Beverley Art Gallery Explores Beverley's Role In European Art During 60s And 70s
June 11, 2022
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An exhibition at Beverley Art Gallery sheds light on the fact that Beverley was at the centre of the European art world in the 1960s and early ‘70s…. 

In 1962, the Beverley-based sculptor, Jacqueline Stieger, met the Austrian sculptor, Alfred Gruber. A personal and creative relationship followed that not only brought Gruber to Beverley but also introduced his European artistic friends to the region.

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Community Event In Memory Of Ivan Usher To Take Place This Month

Community Event In Memory Of Ivan Usher To Take Place This Month
June 9, 2022
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Sunday, 26 June, 2022, will see a major community event at East Riding Leisure Beverley, when many local organisations, sports clubs and local residents will come together for the Beverley What’s On Community Event in memory of Ivan Usher, from 10am to 3pm.

Those attending will have the chance to try out a wide range of activities and sports, support local clubs taking part in football and rugby matches, and find out more about what’s going on in Beverley.

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East Riding Leisure Helps You Shape Up For Summer

East Riding Leisure Helps You Shape Up For Summer
June 6, 2022
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East Riding residents keen to give their health and wellbeing a boost this summer can take advantage of a great offer from East Riding Leisure.

The ‘Shape up for Summer’ membership is back for 2022 and includes three months of membership for £69 with no tie-ins or direct debit sign-ups, saving up to 30 per cent.

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The Story Behind Beverley’s Platinum Jubilee Beacon

The Story Behind Beverley's Platinum Jubilee Beacon
June 4, 2022
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At 9.45pm last Thursday evening, the Mayor of Beverley lit Beverley’s platinum jubilee beacon of fire before 200 people in Coronation Gardens and connected Beverley to the national and worldwide beacon celebrations that were happening to honour the Queen at that precise moment.

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Elizabeth Jane Hallett Awarded A British Empire Medal In The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

Elizabeth Jane Hallett Awarded A British Empire Medal In The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
June 2, 2022
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Elizabeth (Liz) Hallett was born and grew up in Beverley. 

For almost 30 years she was one of the local District Nursing Sisters. When she was 7 years of age and a brownie, she had her first taste of fundraising when her dad made her a box to go on the back of her bicycle and she wrote letters asking people to donate paperback books for the Blue Peter RNLI inshore lifeboat appeal.

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