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The East Riding County Choir is planning a Come and Sing Day in Beverley Minster on Saturday 22nd May 2010. The chosen work is Petite Messe Solenelle by Rossini. It will be conducted by Alan Spedding MBE. Information and application forms can be obtained either by telephoning 01482 634427 or by visiting the choir’s website. Places must be booked in advance and cost £15 (students and young people under 16…
Sun Sea Sand and Paella in Beverley, we haven’t got the sea and the sand but we do seem to have a little sun and a massive Paella with on street pan outside ‘dine on the Rowe’ every Saturday throughout summer. John Walker the chef said ‘I start cooking the Paella with local free range chicken, chorizo from Ye Olde Porke Shoppe, king Prawns & squid from Peck’s, La Bomba…
Beverley cricketer Ashley Godber has revealed the secret behind his remarkable 10-wicket haul – a two week, self-imposed alcohol ban. Ashley, 40, of Megson Way, Beverley, joined a select band of bowlers when he took a magnificent 10 for 12 for Cherry Burton CC against Newport 2nds in Division Two of the East Riding Independent League. And whether it was co-incidence or not, Ashley, the advertising director of Adrenaline Advertising,…
Beverley Saturday Market, although not the first market in the town was started in the 12th. Century. In those days the Archbishop of York was Lord of the Manor of Beverley and he had the right to charge tolls on stallholders in the markets, Toll Gavel may have been the place where tolls were charged. The first council to be formed was two hundred years after this date and so…
The Longcroft School Gospel Choir received an award from Cllr David Elvidge at the Beverley Guildhall yesterday in recognition of their achievements. The choir also performed two songs while David Elvidge passed over his red robes. Jonathan Chapman Choir director and Assistant Headteacher at Longcroft said; “The gospel choir has been performing in and around Beverley for four years and has always enjoyed the support of the Mayor and the…
Police are appealing for witnesses after an 88-year-old Beverley woman was killed in a road traffic accident at Inglefields Close, Beverley earlier today. The woman was in a collision with a silver Vauxhall Corsa on Inglefields Close at 9.55am on Monday, and despite the best efforts of medics and police, later died of her injuries at Hull Royal Infirmary. The driver, a 77-year-old Beverley woman, was unharmed. Anyone who saw…
Cllr David Elvidge this week completed his final duty as Mayor of Beverley at the Beverley Minster as he attended the St John of Beverley Service. Then, this evening at the Beverley Guildhall David Elvidge passed over his duties to Bessie Foot. Before giving up his chains, Cllr David Elvidge present a selection of awards including one to Sue Dudill for her work with youngsters in the community one to…
Beverley Minster is a hive of activity as Songs of Praise prepare to produce the first of two shows they will be filmed at Beverley Minster. Filming tonight will begin at 7pm and then tomorrow evening a second show will be recorded. To accommodate the Songs of Praise Beverley Minster has had lighting rigs installed through out the grand old building. Cameras have been mounted on all the vantage points…
The annual Beverley 10K, sponsored by Hall Construction Group was this afternoon won by former Beverley Athletic Club member Darran Bilton. Bilton was up front from the start and was the first to pass through North Bar and first over the line with a time of 31.42 claiming his 10th Beverley 10K title. Darran’s reward for was FREE entry to the Beverley 10K for life! Above: Darran Bilton passes through…
Once again, this year’s Beverley Festival hosts an Americana mini-festival as a part of its weekend of entertainment. As always, the artists it brings to the event perform an eclectic range of styles, and this year the Americana artists appearing will be presenting music and song from Bluegrass to Country; Old Time to Contemporary classics, as well as story-telling and workshops. Artists booked include Gandalf Murphy & the Slambovian Circus…
A new drama and musical theatre festival is to be staged this summer targeting performers up to the age of 18 across East Yorkshire, and entries from the Beverley area are being sought. Stage 2010 will be held at Hull’s Freedom Centre from Thursday 8-Saturday 10 July and the organisers have lined up a range of open classes where young people aged seven to 18 can enter, compete and showcase…
Graham Stuart was re-elected as MP for Beverley & Holderness with 25,063 with a massive 47% of the vote, second place was Craig Dobson of the Liberal Democrats who received 12,076, third was Ian Saunders, Labour with 11,224. Full election results for Beverley & Holderness can be viewed here.
Earlier this year, East Riding of Yorkshire Council partner, arvato government services, signed up to take part in an entrepreneurially-minded charity venture – Million Makers. As the first team from the Humber region to join Million Makers, arvato staff are particularly proud. This enterprising scheme, organised by The Prince’s Trust, challenges teams from businesses across the UK to convert £1,500 in seed-funding into a profit of at least £10,000. Employees…
Beverley’s long and enthusiastic relationship with twin-town Lemgo is set to be permanently commemorated by the German town’s authorities. Officials in Lemgo – the oldest and most beautiful town in the Lippe region of North Rhine-Westphalia – have announced they will name a street after Beverley in their next building project, to mark 30 years of twinning between the towns. Links between the two towns are very strong, with groups…
Residents in Beverley today will today get to vote. After all the TV debates, local Hustings and canvasing local candidates can do no more other then wait while the public votes. As Election Day began there were plenty of residents casting their votes early doors, the ladies at our local Polling Station said it was the busiest it has ever been with over 50 people casting votes within the first…
Members of the Beverley Lions Club were present at the handover, at the Beverley Leisure Centre, of a special mobile electric hoist that the Beverley Lions Club have helped to finance. This special hoist is used to lift adults who attend the Millers Day Centre in Beverley on to a trampoline to do Rebound Therapy. This enables approx 10 people to attend the leisure centre each week to do this…
Now is your chance to get involved in shaping the future development of the East Riding – as the council prepares a blueprint known as the Local Development Framework (LDF). The LDF will form part of the development plan for the East Riding and will be used to determine where and how we should build new places for people to live and work in. It will set out planning policies…
Your help is needed to enable a Beverley teenager make a huge difference to some of the planet’s worst treated animals. Louise Marritt is heading to later this month to work with some of the country’s horribly maltreated cats and dogs, ahead of a move into further education. For two months, Louise will be a volunteer at the Soi Dog Foundation in the southern Thailand islands. Thailand has a huge…