The opening Beverley Building Society charity of the month for 2017 was won by Crohn’s & Colitis UK, which has a local group for Hull and East Yorkshire.
Beverley Building Society are donating £250 to the dedicated team in Hull, whose volunteers raise awareness, and funds.
As the Molescroft area continues to expand with all the new housing, the local primary school is having to turn down places for families living in its local catchment area.
Local ward Councillor, Denis Healy, asked County Hall education officials for a report on school place demand at Molescroft primary school, and discovered that 85% of applications made for a place at the school over the last 4 months have been unsuccessful.
East Yorkshire’s James Westmoreland, is set to return to the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship in 2017, having signed for the experienced Gearlink Kawasaki outfit.
Having finished runner up in last year’s British Supersport championship, the Hull based rider has since been assessing the options, before electing to return full time to the premier Superbike class.
The Really Really Wild Day on Saturday 18 February at the Treasure House, Beverley, from 10am to 3pm, will be a free fun day for all ages at the start of the school half-term holiday.
It will be a chance to visit the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition in Beverley Art Gallery, and see a great deal more besides, and will include a guest appearance from CBBC presenter Ben Shires (presenter of Officially Amazing), from Beverley, who will give talks and entertain visitors with true tales about some amazing and remarkable animals from around the world.
Cherry Burton and Beverley have one thing in common – they are both Fairtrade communities. This means that in both a steering group was formed to raise awareness and local support for Fairtrade, and to encourage retailers, caterers and customers to choose Fairtrade products.
The Fairtrade mark shows that farmers have been paid fairly and in this way are given the opportunity to trade their way out of poverty and exploitation.
An innovative social enterprise is to provide a creative home for new, upcoming and established artists and designers at Beverley’s popular Flemingate centre.
Designed to promote and develop creative individuals, THECREATIVELAB will provide cost-effective shared retail space for the creative community to display and sell their work in a fully-staffed retail environment, without the usual costly overheads incurred by small businesses.
There was a full house at The Sun Inn as people turned out to support a special fund raising night in aid of Cancer Research UK.
Organised by Lynne Peterson the evening saw a number of acts take to the stage and entertain those who attended on what proved to be a fantastic night.
Have you ever thought that something needs to change in your life? Where is that peace and happiness that we all long for? Why does stress and anxiety seem to be on the up?
Beverley hosts a vibrant and friendly meditation group that explores and puts into practice time-honoured methods for achieving peace and relaxation that demonstrate reduction in stress and anxiety.
With the 2017 season is now drawing closer for the blue and golds and the Yorkshire Mens League have revealed the structures of the competition.
Beverley ARLC will again as expected compete in the Premier Division. They will be joined by: Batley Boys, Bentley, Doncaster Toll Bar, East Hull, North Hull Knights, Queensbury, Sharlston Rovers, Siddal Academy
Year 7 student Alfie Adams received a book prize and Certificate of Achievement at a Year 7 Longcroft School Assembly after watching a film about Kristallnacht and Kindertransport.
The film, created by Mr Thurlow with the assistance of Mrs Maher, and Ms Carvill, marked Holocaust Memorial Day.
Stuck for ideas for a Valentine’s Day date? The Potting Shed in Beverley has shedloads of romantic treats lined up for lovers.
The gastro pub in Flemingate has a special PS I Love You menu to celebrate the day and, in keeping with its gardening theme, loved-up diners will be invited to enjoy little sheds, large sheds … and even a spot of pruning!
A damp murky West Yorkshire afternoon and not one that Beverley will particularly want to remember.
In the heavy underfoot conditions they could never quite come to terms with the big Heath pack and in the end could have no complaint at the final outcome. They did have their moments particularly in the first half and on a firmer surface it could all have been very different.
Beverley Art Gallery, in partnership with the East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Hull UK City of Culture 2017 and the Natural History Museum in London, are proud to showcase one hundred awe-inspiring images from all over the world in a major exhibition that will raise the profile of the Gallery as a must-visit venue for locals and visitors.
The Liberal Democrats are the party now providing the real opposition to the Conservatives at County Hall after all their Councillors opposed the Conservative budget today.
The budget, which introduces a Council tax increase of 4.99%, also sees a reduction of 2.5% to the Council’s Public Health budget, and an eye watering 72% reduction in the Education Services grant, piling further pressures on already over stretched hospitals and schools.
Hodgsons FC pulled off a cup shock at the weekend as they thrashed Howden 4-0 to reach the semi final of the East Riding County FA Senior Cup.
Goals from Robbie Whiting, Keith McCubbin and a second half brace from Jordan Dexter ensures it was the Tanners who progressed and are no just one match away from a cup final.
Beverley Dispensing Optician, Sophie Johnson, has won a prestigious national award.
Ms Johnson, who is based at Eyesite Opticians, has been announced as winner in the category of Dispensing Optician of the Year in the AOP Awards 2017, which is run by the Association of Optometrists (AOP).
To accompany the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition at Beverley Art Gallery, one of the key East Riding events in Hull UK City of Culture 2017 (in which East Riding of Yorkshire Council is a Principal Partner), an exciting events programme has just been launched.
Staff at the Treasure House in Beverley have organised a range of fun family events, fascinating talks and captivating workshops to support this free, world-renowned exhibition.
East Riding Theatre’s new artistic director, Adrian Rawlins, is to make his directorial debut at the theatre with The Night Season by Rebecca Lenkiewicz which opens in March.
Rawlins, an actor on stage and screen for 30 years, (Harry Potter, Dickensian, War and Peace) has recently taken over as artistic director at ERT and launched a programme for the year which promises to be uplifting and life-affirming.
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