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Tom Ford Collection @ Eyesite Opticians

November 18, 2010

Last weekend customers of Eyesite Opticians were as always, kept ahead of the pack, as the full 2011 Tom Ford collection was on view for the lucky shoppers. Amidst the warm settings of Eyesites Beverley store, customers and friends of the branch were invited to share in drinks and nibbles, whilst browsing through the prized collection. Guests were also invited to pre order some stunning frames from the highly acclaimed…

Will You Have to Sell Your Property to Pay for Care Home Fees?

November 18, 2010

Last year, 20,000 pensioners, an average of 60 a day, were forced to sell their homes in order to pay for residential care. At present, the law states that if you require care and have assets worth more than £23,500, you pay for the personal care you receive. A recent example in the national news was a widow who had developed Alzheimers. She was moved into a care home and…

Real Aid Aims to Increase Number of Gift Boxes

November 17, 2010

Tickton-based Real Aid, which has shops across the East Riding, is planning to deliver thousands of gift boxes to impoverished children in west Africa and eastern Europe. Last year, the charity delivered more than 4,000 Christmas boxes thanks to kind-hearted donors across East Yorkshire. The charity are hoping to send even more gift boxes this year with the help of local schools, churches, groups and residents. Barbara Raine, the charity’s…

Town Councillor Meets With Local Scout Group

November 17, 2010

Scouts in the Beverley St Nicholas group were treated to a top-level talk on their town by Councillor David Elvidge. They had many ideas of their own about Beverley, and grabbed the opportunity to pass them on to the Councillor. David Elvidge tells HU17.net his account of the evening “Following a meeting at the Scouts AGM last year I find I must have made an impression on at least one…

A Bright Future For Beverley

November 17, 2010

People from about ten local organisations and churches met on 14th November at the Friends Meeting House with an ambitious aim: to turn around the doom and gloom of climate change, energy shortages and economic instability. After a thought-provoking presentation by Diana Sandy, Phil Entwistle said “We can live well without ruining the Earth – if we do the right things. But we have to change direction within a very…

HU17.net Magazine Issue 19

November 15, 2010

Hu17.net Magazine issue 19 is available from Woodhall Way Post Office. This weeks issue features the following events and sporting fixtures that have happened this week in Beverley. The centre page is given over the Molescroft Rangers with a large full colour poster. Inside this week: Remembrance Day Armistice Day Youth Cafe Karen Jeffrey’s 50th Elizabeth Fernihough’s 40th Out & About: Durham Ox, Emilios, Luicia’s Molescroft Rangers FC Team Poster…

Beverley Remembrance Sunday Parade

November 14, 2010

The Memorial Gardens in Hengate, Beverley, was again overflowing for the Remembrance Service this Sunday, showing the strength of feeling that the people of Beverley have for our Armed Forces. Councillor David Elvidge told HU17.net “This was probably the best attended Remembrance Service and Parade I’ve ever been to. The addition of A Company 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment made it quite a spectacle and it’s always more meaningful to have…

Remembrance Sunday: By Andy Holey

November 14, 2010

Pictures from the Remembrance Sunday Parade and ceremony held at Hengate Gardens, Beverley, photographs by Andy Holey. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size [nggallery id=1065] HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size

Val’s Book Launch & Birthday Banquet

November 12, 2010

Val Wood, an internationally renowned author, launched her new book Homecoming Girls, as well as celebrating her birthday, with an exotic canape & drinks reception, followed by dinner at Inspiration in Beverley. The evening titled ‘Vals’ Book Launch & Birthday Banquet’ and was themed in chapters as several authors also be attended. Born in West Yorkshire, Val moved to East Yorkshire when she was 13 and now lives in Beverley….

KC Takes on Apprentices to Invest in Local Young Talent

November 12, 2010

Local phone and broadband provider KC has set eight young people on the road to careers by giving them apprenticeships at the company. The apprentices have begun working for KC in a variety of roles including engineering, data and systems analysis, publishing production and marketing. KC has employed the young people from Hull and the East Riding as part of the its ongoing commitment to investing in the local community,…

Beverley Remembers: Armistice Day 2010

November 11, 2010

This morning pupils from Molescroft Primary School and Keldmarsh Primary School held a special Armistice Day assembly in Hengate Gardens. At 11am the teachers, pupils and veterans stood in silence for two minutes as a mark of respect those who have died while serving their country. After the assembly the Mayor of Beverley, Bessie Foot came to Hengate Gardens to meet with members of The Royal British Legion that included…

Basketball For Girls Comes to Beverley

November 11, 2010

Girls Only Basketball Sessions are to be held at Beverley Leisure Centre on Saturdays 2 – 3.30pm, beginning 13th November. The club will continue to run on Saturdays 20th & 27th November and 4th December and then into the New Year. Sessions cost £2 per person. The sessions are aimed at girls in the local area who have an interest in playing basketball and who would like to be involved…

Beverley Christmas Lights Switch On 2010

Follow Bertie Beaver and the Beverley Church Lads & Girls Brigade Band to help a local celebrity light the trees at Cross Street, Wednesday Market and then to Angel Square where Beverley Brass Band and the CLB will be playing for Community Carol Singing with School Choirs and the Beverley Male Voice Choir and the Chamber of Trade will be giving out prizes for their Children’s Competition. Beverley Town Council,…

November 11, 2010

Riverview Proud to Sponsor Beverley’s Premier Football Team

November 11, 2010

The owners of Groundtech Landscaping, Darren and Vicky Hart, have recently acquired the health club “Riverview Health & Fitness”. Since taking over Riverview on the 1st March 2010 they have met several members of Beverley Town Football Club, including the chairman Stuart Acaster. The football club currently trains at Riverview. Darren and Vicky thought it was appropriate that Riverview sponsored the club as a local business supporting a local team….

Conversion of Exchange recognised in National Awards Scheme

The work of the council’s Building Control service has been recognised in a national awards scheme. The former Corn Exchange in Beverley’s Saturday Market, which was converted by a local businessman into Browns department store, has won the ‘highly commended’ award (best small commercial building category) in this year’s LABC National Building Excellence Awards. LABC is the member organisation representing local authority building control departments. Unlike other industry awards, the…

November 11, 2010

Strawberry and Clients Go Pink to Raise Money for Breast Cancer Campaign

November 11, 2010

Strawberry, one of East Yorkshire’s leading marketing and design agencies, is celebrating the success of its recent fund raising drive in support of breast cancer research. Strawberry, along with six of its clients including Gosschalks Solicitors, MKM, Dee, Atkinson & Harrison, Green Planet Solutions, Abbey Medical Group and BSC Solutions, gave its website a bright pink make over and raised over £1,400 for Breast Cancer Campaign’s: Wear it Pink Day…

Local Man Receives National Recognition

November 10, 2010

The Mayor of Beverley Councillor Bessie Foot came to the Beverley Life Saving Club weekly club meet to present a trophy to Robin Scott a senior teacher at the Club. The Stanley Peck Trophy is awarded by the R.L.S.S. UK to a member who has done most to achieve the aims of the Royal Life Saving Society in their local area. Robin should have received this from Lord Norrie at…

Angels Take Action and Use Initiative

November 10, 2010

Volunteers at the Beverley-based CSV East Riding project are celebrating the good news that they were hoping for. They have received feedback from the British Council giving them a strong indication that their application for almost 10 thousand euro will be accepted and official confirmation received in January. This core group are heading out east to Bridlington to develop this European Commission funded Youth in Action project with other young…

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