Visitors to Beverley Art Gallery have been casting their votes for their favourite piece of artwork in this year’s Open Art exhibition.
This year the winner was Jane Beharrell with her painting ‘Iris and Clementines’. This is the second year that Jane has won the People’s Choice.
He’s a former bus conductor who achieved fame as a stand-up comedian and performance poet, but John Hegley’s first “paid” public performance was busking his songs, initially outside a shoe shop in Hull in the late Seventies.
By 1980 his “act” has transferred to the streets of London (Hegley was born in Islington) and soon after he achieved a breakthrough at London’s Comedy Store.
Beverley Town Football Club suffered a shock defeat as they were beaten 3-1 by Hanson Jewellers FC at the Norwood Recreation Ground.
Ahead of the match manager Rich Jagger had said it was a big game for his side as he looked to continue their perfect start to 2017.
The weather was cold and miserable when the teams took the field at Beaver Park for Saturday’s Yorkshire Division 1 match between Beverley and Old Brodleians and Brods immediately made their intentions clear making a sustained attack on the Beverley line.
Beverley RUFC however defended resolutely and after 5 minutes Brodleians were awarde a penalty in front of the posts. The kick hit the post and was cleared by Beverley and they mounted a sustained attack on the Brodleians line resulting in Steve Wiggill scoring wide out.
Beverley High School students are learning a range of skills as they build a battery powered car that will feature in a special race.
With the help of a mentor from the motoring industry students at the school are participating in a national incentive called the GreenPower Challenge.
The new Molescroft Link Road which during its construction has caused so much misery to road users is set to open next week according to local Councillor Denis Healy.
News that the road will finally open should be good news for motorists making it easier for people to get around the town and for those passing through.
A low fog and cold temperatures made for a lovely morning on the Beverley Westwood. This collection of images taken with a drone show the low lying fog and other features of the Pasture.
Below each of the photographs there is a small description, low fog made for some interesting views of the town with some of the photos being taken from above the worst of the fog.
Photos from the Hull Boys Sunday Football League featuring Beverley Whitestar Dragons who took on South Cave Sporting Tigers at Longcroft School.
South Cave Tigers, placed third in the table went into the match against an unbeaten Whitestar team who are currently top.
East Riding Campaigners have been overwhelmed by public support for their Care Homes petition which calls for earlier intervention by the Council when private care homes are threatened with closure.
Across the East Riding, nearly 1000 people queued at a number of petition points to sign the petition over a 2 hour period. on Saturday morning.
Beverley ARLC were on the wrong end of a big defeat as they were turned over 42-0 in their pre season friendly with Myton Warriors.
This match away to Myton, a National Conference Premier outfit demonstrated that there is significant gap between the three divisions that separate the two sides but still proved to be a useful pre-season workout.
The Stage4Beverley Winter music festival will be presenting some of the cream of young UK talent in its February event.
Headlining their “Rising Stars” concert on Saturday 18th February, will be two time BBC Folk Award winners Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar, one of the most sought after young acts on the English Folk Scene.
Beverley Under 14s travelled to Grimsby this weekend, missing a number of players who were attending Yorkshire Trials, thereby giving good opportunities to other squad members.
The game started well for Beverley, with them dictating the play, the forwards carried and rucked the ball strongly, Harry Hesleton work hard and Captain Ben Wilkinson was a constant menace around the park.
Beverley Whitestar U16s suffered a narrow defeat as they were beaten by East Riding Rangers 4-3 at Longcroft School missing the chance to leapfrog their opponents in the table.
A big game for Whitestar they came very close to overturning Rangers who reside just one place above them in the Hull Boys Sunday Football League.
A second half header from Ben Thomson secured all three points for Beverley Town Football Club as they beat East Riding Rangers.
Gaffer Rich Jagger said he was ‘really pleased’ with the side after they also kept a clean sheet in this all important Humber Premier League match.
Local charity groups, Jacob’s Well, the Rotary club and the And Albert Foundation have come together to build a £25000 specialist medical river boat that will take health-care to some of the world’s poorest communities.
The Northern region of Ghana is desperately poor. The climate is harsh, the land semi-desert. It is one of Ghana’s most remote regions, far from infra-structure of roads, schools and hospitals. If people become ill in this region, they usually die.
Beverley ARLC will get their pre-season under way this Saturday with a trip into Hull as the club confirm their first friendlies ahead of the 2017 season.
With training now in full swing for the blue and golds in preparation for the fourth-coming 2017 campaign the club will start to look to get game time under their belts so they can hit the ground running.
Beverley ARLC’s Lee Stevens says he thinks the Blue and Golds have what it takes to not only challenge for the title but to win it.
Stevens made the comments ahead of the clubs pre season fixture this Saturday against Myton Warriors, a match that will be a massive test for the Blue and Golds.
Poetry will be at the top of the Agenda when one of Beverley’s social events of the year takes place on 28 January.
Beverley and Holderness’ Burns Night Supper at the town’s Memorial Hall will however be a mixture of poetry and politics with one of the strongest voices in from the Trade Unions heading to Beverley.
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