Café Velo Planning Reprieve Welcomed by Cllr Denis Healy

Café Velo Planning Reprieve Welcomed by Cllr Denis Healy
September 20, 2017

Café Velo, Beverley’s popular themed cycling café in North Bar Within, has been granted a reprieve by planning officers, who just a few weeks ago were recommending that planning permission should be refused; a move which would have led to the closure of the thriving business.

At the Council’s Eastern Area Planning Committee, in June, Café Velo, which had been operating without planning permission for a change of use from retail to restaurant for 12 months, was faced with a recommendation from Council Officers for refused planning permission because certain paperwork wasn’t in order, and there had also been complaints about noise disturbance from local residents.

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Beverley Building Society New CEO Looking to Build for the Future

Beverley Building Society New CEO Looking to Build for the Future
September 19, 2017

Beverley Building Society has appointed a former marketing director from within the mutual sector, as it looks to build upon a reputation for excellent personal service to customers and support the community across East Yorkshire.

New Chief Executive, Karl Elliott, 45, comes to Beverley from financial services mutual OneFamily in Brighton, where he spent 3 years commuting from his home in Yorkshire, having previously worked for Harrogate based Engage Mutual for 15 years.

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Beavers Good Start Continues As They Thrash York

Beavers Good Start Continues As They Thrash York
September 19, 2017

Beverley RUFC continued their good start to the season following the Yorkshire Cup first round win away against Pocklington with a resounding 43 – 0 home win against York.

This win was against a sadly depleted York team who started with fourteen players and Beverley were soon able to make their player advantage count.

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Cllr Healy Says Authority Need To ‘Start Listening’ To Residents

Cllr Healy Says Authority Need To 'Start Listening' To Residents
September 18, 2017

Residents in Molescroft who were promised a consultation by East Riding Council on yellow lines on their streets, have been left frustrated after being told by the Council that they will have to wait 18 months for anything to be done, and that even then it might not happen.

In April, residents of Orchard Garth, Orchard Close and Woodhall Way approached their ward councillors with a petition calling for yellow lines on their streets because of continual problems with cars parking and blocking access on Orchard Garth and restricting access for emergency services, delivery vehicles and refuse collection lorries.

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Beverley Fight Back On The Road To Make It Back To Back Wins

Beverley Fight Back On The Road To Make It Back To Back Wins
September 18, 2017

Beverley came under pressure immediately after losing the kick-off and Rishworthians camped in Beverley’s 22. After 9 minutes they were awarded the inevitable penalty and Josh Kelly made the score 3-0 to the home side.

The pressure continued and things looked ominous for the Beavers when Rishworthian’s tricky young winger Joe Billing sliced through for an excellent try which Josh Kelly duly converted to make it 10-0.

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Beverley Voted The ‘Best’ At Yorkshire In Bloom Awards

Beverley Voted The 'Best' At Yorkshire In Bloom Awards
September 14, 2017

The awards were the culmination of months of planning and preparation by Beverley Town Council officials and the dedicated team of volunteers from the Beverley in Bloom group.

The Bloom group and the Yorkshire in Bloom entry is managed and coordinated by Beverley Town Council with the stated aims of improving floral displays throughout town, promoting a heightened sense of community spirit and civic pride, making Beverley an even better place to in which to live, work and visit, as well as stimulating voluntary work and partnership working between community groups and local businesses.

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Beverley Film Society Presents: Judy Garland’s “A Star is Born”

Beverley Film Society Presents: Judy Garland’s "A Star is Born"
September 12, 2017

The International Judy Garland Club – www.judygarlandclub.org – is pleased to announce that it is partnering with Beverley Film Society.

The International Judy Garland Club will present at East Riding’s inaugural Film Festival the 1983 restoration of Warner Brothers’ “A Star Is Born”, Judy’s epic and lavish 1954 Hollywood musical extravaganza.

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Photography Exhibition Is Now A Part Of The Community

Photography Exhibition Is Now A Part Of The Community
September 12, 2017

The Viewfinder Photographic Society’s (VPS) annual photography exhibition in Skidby gets underway once again at the beginning of October this year.

Figures show that visitor numbers broke all records last year, proving that the free exhibition of club members’ images is now a well-established and appreciated fixture in the community’s calendar of events.

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Blue & Golds Play Off Place Confirmed But Face A Stiff Test

Blue & Golds Play Off Place Confirmed But Face A Stiff Test
September 11, 2017

The blue and golds were confirmed as semi-finalists in the end of season top four play-offs last Saturday when Bentley last to Batley Boys 14-4.

Bentley were the only side that could deny the blue and golds fourth spot. Their reward is an away trip to first placed Batley Boys this Saturday, with the other semi-final being between second placed Siddal Academy against third placed East Hull.

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Westmoreland Gets Best Finish Of The Season At Silverstone

Westmoreland Gets Best Finish Of The Season At Silverstone
September 11, 2017

Beverley’s James Westmoreland competed in round nine of the British Superbike Championship held around the Silverstone Circuit onboard the Gearlink Kawasaki, qualifying nineteenth with a 2min 07.6sec lap for the first of the weekend’s three races.

As the lights went green for the first race held on Saturday ‘Westy’ made a place up off the start and remained eighteenth until lap three before moving into seventeenth place.

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Rich Jagger ‘Pleased’ With Win That Sees Town Move Fourth In HPL

Rich Jagger ‘Pleased’ With Win Thats Sees Towm Move Fourth In HPL
September 11, 2017

Rich Jagger said he was pleased after he watched his Beverley Town side claim their first home win of the season as they beat South Cave 2-1 in the Humber Premier League.

Skipper Nathan White and the inform Alex Stark both found the back of the net in the second half as town secured a victory that moves them to fourth place in the table.

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