Performance Poet Catherine Scott Coming To Beverley Library

Performance Poet Catherine Scott Coming To Beverley Library

As part of the East Riding Festival of Words Poetry Prize series of events, Beverley Library will be hosting “An evening with Catherine Scott” on Thursday, 11 July at 6.00pm.

The evening will be a chance to enjoy her wicked sense of humour, sometimes sweary, sometimes political but always thought-provoking and ultimately tender.

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Double Header Of Action This Week For Beverley ARLFC

Double Header Of Action This Week For Beverley ARLFC

The blue and golds will take on Hull Dockers this Saturday in their only derby fixture this season. Beverley will face Hull Dockers at 2.30pm kick-off at the Leisure Centre.

The match is also the second leg of the Paul ‘Curly’ Quiney Cup. The match, sponsored by the Middleton family, seems likely to attract the biggest crowd of the season so far to the Leisure Centre with a lot riding on the game.

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Free Bus Travel For Leisure Users As Ennerdale Closes Its Doors

As Ennerdale Leisure Centre prepares to close its doors for a £1.76 million refurbishment, users are being offered free bus travel to its closest alternative, Woodford.

The facility in Sutton Road will close on Sunday 30 June at 4.30pm for upgrades to electrical and mechanical services plus refurbishment to the reception, cafe gym, studio and sauna areas.

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Rapist Mark Scott Sentenced For Series Of Sex Attacks On Women

Rapist Mark Scott Sentenced For Series Of Sex Attacks On Women

 A former prison officer who was found guilty of nine counts of rape and one of attempted rape of six different women has today been sentenced to a total of 28 years at Hull Crown Court.

Mark Scott, 34, formerly of Daville Close in Hull was found guilty last month of the offences which dated back to 2005 and stretched over a period of 13 years. 

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Remembrance Donation For Much-Loved Foodie Professional

Remembrance Donation For Much-Loved Foodie Professional

When Nesta Merrells passed away, her family discovered a tube of twenty pence pieces which she had been collecting throughout Lent, for an annual fundraiser along with the rest of the congregation of Walkington Methodist Church.

This year the congregation took up the East Yorkshire foodbank challenge of saving forty pence for forty days. Nesta’s, however, was only recently found in her bedside table.

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Wildlife Photographer Of The Year Exhibition Now Open In Beverley

Wildlife Photographer Of The Year Exhibition Now Open In Beverley

The Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition is now open for its third year in Beverley in the Treasure House, through until Saturday, 14 September. The exhibition will be open on Sundays throughout its run.

On loan from the Natural History Museum in London, the exhibition features 100 awe-inspiring images, from fascinating animal behaviour to breathtaking wild landscapes.

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Optician Urges Residents Not To Be Caught Out By The Silent Thief Of Sight

Optician Urges Residents Not To Be Caught Out By The Silent Thief Of Sight

Hundreds of people living in Beverley are at risk of having their vision stolen by a condition often dubbed as the ‘silent thief of sight’.

Around 475 Beverley residents are in danger of going blind from glaucoma – one of the largest causes of blindness in the – due to its gradual onset.

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Beverley ARLFC Keep Play-Off Hopes Alive With Home Win

Beverley ARLFC Keep Play-Off Hopes Alive With Home Win

Beverley ARLFC bounced back from last weekend’s defeat at Bradford Dudley Hill to keep their top six play-off hopes very much alive.

Next week’s opponents Hull Dockers also enjoyed a crushing 60-6 win against East Leeds to set up a tasty derby at the Leisure Centre. This game could now prove to be pivotal in either side’s season.

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East Riding Tories Crush Climate Change Concerns

East Riding Tories Crush Climate Change Concerns

Attempts by opposition councillors on the East Riding of Yorkshire Council to have the council declare a climate emergency were crushed by the ruling Conservative group.

The motion was voted down at a meeting of the full council this week, who took a firm stance against a greener agenda for the new Council.

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