GALLERY : Photos from the match that saw the Beverley Braves and West Hull U13s take to the field at the Beverley Leisure Centre ahead of the first teams clash with Barrow Island.
This was a tough game for the braves who showed great heart not shying away from tackles against West Hull who for large parts of the contest dominated the game.
Hull Children’s University has been named as the Beverley Building Society Charity of the Month for January.
Members of the Society voted for the charity which delivers life changing experiences for disadvantaged youngsters in Hull and the East Riding.
Beverley in Bloom, a subgroup of Beverley Town Council has started preparing the town to look its best for this year’s Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Britain in Bloom Finals competition.
This is the first year that Beverley in Bloom have been selected to go forward to RHS Britain in Bloom, following the successes at regional level over the past few years, where Beverley in Bloom attained Gold, overall large town category winners for two years running and also the Yorkshire Rose Certificate in 2017 for best overall town.
The blue and golds got off to the best of all possible starts to the season in this game, which marked their return to the National Conference League.
The youthful side with an average age around 22 demonstrated some near flawless defence and showed huge potential. for the future years.
Not much joy here for Beverley. Over the years they have seldom had much success at Acklam Park and today was no exception. A catalogue of errors, missed tackles, and conceded penalties, left them trailing 22-5 at halftime. It was not a great first half. They were left with a big hill to climb and in the end it proved just unattainable despite a splendid second half effort which got them to within striking distance of taking the lead.
The first quarter of an hour seemed to be little more than a relentless stream of penalties awarded against Beverley in their own 22. For some time it looked ominously likely that we were in for a second successive dismal week of incessant whistle blowing.
Beverley Civic Society have installed their latest history board at Flemingate as they look to help residents and visitors get a better understanding of the towns past.
Previous boards which are installed at Saturday Market and also at North Bar Within have proved popular with people of all ages as they learn about the past.
Dog owners across the East Riding could be reunited with the dogs quicker as microchip scanning devices can now be found in police stations.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council has given Humberside Police four devices which will be available at police stations in Beverley, Bridlington, Goole and Hornsea/Withernsea.
Beverley Athletic Club are delighted after the hugely popular event, the Pittaway Painting and Decorators Beverley 10K sold out in just a few hours.
Tickets for the event that sees runners tackle a course around Beverley sold out in record time with all 1,850 places being sold in less than six hours.
Councillor Stephen Parnaby, leader of East Riding of Yorkshire Council, has announced he will not be seeking re-election in the 2019 elections.
The longest-serving council leader in Yorkshire and one of a very small group to achieve over 20 years of continual leadership of a principal authority, he said: “The time is right to move on.”
Photos from the Lazaat Hotel which played host to the BE.THE.CHANGE fund raising dinner.
Organised by Rebecca Bennett, the event now in its third year proved to be a huge success as people enjoyed a meal, disco and live entertainment.
Daniel Thwaites, the owners of the Beverley Arms Hotel say they are on course for re-opening the hotel this summer.
Concerns over the works taking place at Beverley Arms Hotel are not going quick enough have been raised by a number of small businesses.
Deciding on an occasion outfit for your son or daughters wedding can be a difficult process for many women, especially when it comes to finding the perfect hat.
Once you have settled on your stunning new outfit and shoes thoughts turn to headwear, and there really is no better way to make a statement, than a perfectly chosen wedding hat.
Beverley RUFC moved back to second in the table aftert they ground out a result against Bradford Salem is what was a unmemorable dominated by the constant sound of the referee’s whistle.
The referee was pernickety in the extreme throughout the match and, as a result, try as they did, neither side could produce any sort of flowing rugby.
Beverley Town faced Hessle Rangers for the second week running, and this time were on the wrong end of the result.
Dan McHale returned to the side in place of Tom Davies and Aldo Hysenaj started upfront with Craig Muirhead, otherwise the side was the same as the one that finished the game last week.
There were 106 teachers in the East Riding on long-term stress leave in 2016/17, up 39% on the previous year, Liberal Democrat research has revealed.
The number of local teachers on long term stress leave has become a serious issue.
Racegoers can expect new themed race meetings, more family-friendly days, new and improved party nights, plus, of course, exhilarating flat racing over one mile and three furlongs on the spectacular Westwood course.
The Beverley Races season gallops out of the stalls with the season opener on April 18 and is quickly into its stride with one of this year’s new highlights – Bygone Beverley – a themed raceday taking us back in time to one of the most defining decades of the 20th century.
This was a tough day at the office for the blue and golds. Due to a number of absences they went into this final pre-season friendly with a depleted line up.
Regular half-back pairing Lewis Straw and Lewis Poskitt were missing as were Jack Howdle, Chris Johnson, Peter Starling, Josh Poskitt, Billy Riby, Steve Connolly and Ben Bardle. Bradley Kirkby had to pull out shortly before kick off as a precautionary measure not wishing to aggravate a pulled hamstring.
Local MP, Graham Stuart, says a funding boost for Molescroft Primary School will build upon the real progress being made by schools in Beverley and Holderness.
The outstanding school has received cash from the Government’s Strategic School Improvement Fund (SSIF) to develop better maths teaching in other surrounding schools.
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