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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…
Pictures from the charity bed push that took place in Beverley on Saturday in aid of Help for Heroes. Staff from Beverley Ambulance Station with other volunteers including the Mayor of Beverley, pushed a bed while collecting donations from shoppers in the town. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size [nggallery id=628] HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below…
The annual Beverley 10k road race takes place on Sunday 9 May. Motorists are advised to avoid the area around the Beverley Leisure Centre and Minster immediately before the start of the race. The race starts at 11.15 in Eastgate, next to Beverley Minster, and runners then head down Lord Roberts Road and Lairgate before passing through the Bar and snaking across the Westwood on Newbald Road to Walkington. Runners…
It is nearly three years since major flooding devastated parts of the East Riding and Hull. For those who were affected, it will never be forgotten. One of the towns which appeared to be relatively unaffected was Driffield, but history shows that the ‘Capital of the Wolds’ has not always been so lucky. One hundred years ago this month, the town of Driffield suffered the effects of a devastating torrent…
Beverley based hypnotist, Sheila Granger would like to offer her services to local sports teams to help with performance. Sheila’s group hypnosis sessions offer psychological training for sports to provide focus and motivation – ideally the team should be aged 12 and over. Sheila says ‘Hypnotherapy is suitable for everyone. There is absolutely nothing to lose. It is completely natural, non-magical and safe and the benefits will be evident in…
Pictures of the Green Ginger Morris Dancers and crowds that were gathered at 5 am on the Beverley Westwood to welcome in summer. Everyone was soon invited to dance and sing when the sun finally popped up from behind the clouds. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size [nggallery id=619] HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge…
Beverley’s newest senior football side is aiming to turn a welcome grant from the Beverley Lions into a real community booster. The Humber Colts, founded just last July, stand on the verge of a remarkable first-season promotion from Division 5 Wyke of the Hull Men’s Sunday League, standing four points clear at the top of the table with two games to go. And they hope a generous £360 grant from…
The Beverley Christmas Lights Appeal has been awarded £2500 from Beverley Town Council from the Large Grants Fund. Prue Blake from the Christmas Lights Committee says: “We would like to thank the Beverley Town Council for this award, it is much needed because this year we have extra expenses for Health & Safety. The security of the tree brackets need testing, the electrical boxes need repairing and in some cases…
Groups are being asked to arrange photography contests to feed into an East Riding-wide competition Local groups are being asked to hold year-long contests for creative and interesting photographs from October 2010. The local contest winners will be submitted to the wider competition – organised by the East Riding Cultural Partnership. Standout images will be chosen for a formal exhibition at the Beverley Art Gallery in 2012. Photographs could include…
Media students at East Riding College are hosting an interactive exhibition on May 5 from 10am to 5.30pm at the Beverley Arms Hotel. Eight students, who are studying on the final year of the BA in Digital Media in conjunction with Hull University, are involved in this exciting and innovative project. The aim of the event is for the students to showcase their work for the purposes of careers networking…
Hall Construction, sponsor of the Beverley 10k, has entered a 13-strong team of runners for this year’s race. Leading the team by example is Chairman and Managing Director, Martin Hall, an experienced athlete who completed the London Marathon last Sunday in a commendable time of 3.33.14. Team Hall will be finishing their training with a run this Sunday with members of Beverley Athletic Club. Anyone running in the Beverley 10k…
Catering students from East Riding College have been giving older East Riding residents tips on eating healthy, thanks to a link-up with AGE Concern East Riding. A series of three free cookery demonstrations for the over-50s is being held at the College’s campus in Gallows Lane, Beverley, as part of the charity’s National Lottery-funded Fit as a Fiddle project. The sessions focus on healthy eating on a budget, including cooking…
Pictures from Mirchi Indian Restaurant in Beverley hosted a fund raising evening in aid of Teenage Cancer Research. Members of the public were invited to enjoy some top Indian food and at the same time help raise money for a worthwhile cause. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size [nggallery id=614] HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to…
Members of the East Riding Youth Jazz Orchestra are looking forward to a Masterclass from top Trombone player Mark Bassey. The band, which is made up from talented youngsters from secondary schools across the East Riding, were successful in their application for a grant and are putting the money to good use. Band member Harriet Tinker explained: “About a year ago, four of our members put in a bid for…
On Sunday 25th April staff and cadets from 399 (Beverley) Squadron Air Cadets met at the memorial gardens in Hengate to clean the HMS Beverley and RAF 640 Squadron memorials, over the years the stonework has become dirty and required a heavy scrubbing to bring back some degree of cleanliness. Overall it was a busy weekend for the squadron, with staff and cadets spread around the country, as well as…