East Riding of Yorkshire Council is reminding residents and visitors that the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition will close on Saturday, 14 September. The exhibition is open every day – including Sundays – until then.
On loan from the Natural History Museum in London, the exhibition features 100 awe-inspiring images, from fascinating animal behaviour to breathtaking wild landscapes.
Judicial on Saturday showed blistering pace and a genuine will to win to take the spoils in the £62,000 William Hill Beverley Bullet.
Trained in Norton, North Yorkshire, by Julie Camacho, the seven-year-old sprinter already held the five-furlong track record at Beverley.
Beverley ARLFC were beaten by relegated Shaw Cross Sharks despite taking a late lead in their game of the season.
Jordan Precious dropped a goal in the 78th minute, which just struggled over the cross-bar to snatch what looked likely to be a narrow victory in a somewhat stuttering end of season performance.
Writer and long-distance walker Raynor Winn will be in Beverley on Sunday, 20 October, to talk about her hugely popular book, ‘The Salt Path’, as part of the East Riding Festival of Words 2019.
When they lost their home and livelihood, just as her husband Moth was also diagnosed with a terminal illness, Raynor and Moth started walking. They impulsively decided to walk the 630 miles South West Coast Path, at a time in their lives when they seemed to have nothing left, and no time.
The annual event of the World Barge Pulling Championships is due to take place in Beverley. Held on the Beverley Beck the event is will take place on Sunday the 29 September from 11AM.
Beverley Barge Preservation Society organises the event in association with Teamac. They are hoping to build on the success of previous years.
After its 2018 success, Cash for Kids is excited to launch the Charity Sports Challenge 2019 in partnership with Active Humber.
Cash for Kids is looking for local grassroots junior sports clubs to sign up and take part in a competition giving them the chance to win a cash grant of up to £6,000.
Aldi is offering 20 schools across the UK the chance to win £20,000 each through its new Kit For Schools campaign.
The promotion, which is part of Aldi’s long-standing partnership with Team GB, will see cash prizes donated to twenty schools across the country to invest in equipment for a healthy legacy. Aldi will also be offering a Mini Olympics Kit to all schools who complete a poster, which includes, relay batons, cones and bibs.
As Take That celebrate over 25 years as the UK’s number one boy band, The Take That Experience is heading to Beverley.
Presented by Sweeney Entertainments, the group have been together for other a decade and are the ultimate tribute act.
Fairy Falcon will attempt to uphold family honour when she runs in the William Hill Beverley Bullet on Saturday.
The four-year-old filly is a half-sister to Tangerine Trees and Alpha Delphini, who won Beverley’s big sprint in 2011 and 2016 respectively.
Officers from our East Riding proactive team have today seized 90 cannabis plants from two different addresses – a haul thought to be worth in the region of £40,000.
Following intelligence gathered by officers, we attended a property on Hamilton Walk in Beverley where we questioned a 43-year-old man.
A one-stop-shop for guitar enthusiasts is about to open at Beverley’s popular Flemingate centre, boasting a stunning array of 150 instruments, with more to come.
Guitar Galleries will draw musicians to Flemingate from far and wide with a range of guitars from leading brands to rival anything to be found across the North of England.
Since 2017 the Culture Train project has taken some of the top musicians from Hull out to play at locations across East Yorkshire and on August 31st the current tour has its finale at the majestic St Mary’s Church.
The project is funded by East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Active Creative fund and began during the 2017 Hull City of Culture year to take musicians out of Hull and visit locations along the Hull to Bridlington rail line.
Local people in Yorkshire and Humberside have turned their backs on the traditional religious funeral service, according to the UK’s largest funeral trends report ‘Burying Traditions’ from leading funeral director Co-op.
Based on insight from local funeral directors, the report reveals that for Yorkshire and Humberside the traditional religious funeral is on its way out.
With Freedom Festival 2019 underway, stomachs are already starting to rumble, much to the delight of Hull College’s catering students who will be hosting their first ever street food stall at this year’s festival.
Freedom Festival Arts Trust helped to facilitate an introduction between Hull College and local company Cranswick Plc, who have been supporting the students – providing produce and skills workshops – as they create exciting dishes to feed the hungry festival crowds.
For the first time ever, East Riding of Yorkshire Council is to hold the second round of free compost giveaways for East Riding residents.
The council will be handing out another 5,000 bags of compost during September, following the success of the regular, annual giveaways which are held in May.
The Blue and Golds will draw down the curtain on their 2019 season with a trip to Dewsbury (2.30pm kick-off) this Saturday.
They face an already relegated Shaw Cross Sharks and are going there looking to end the season on a high note.
David Griffiths on Saturday bids to make Beverley history by becoming the first trainer to win the William Hill Beverley Bullet for a third consecutive year.
The Bawtry handler has won the last two renewals of the £65,000 Listed dash (3.15) with the now-retired Take Cover.
A local fostering agency is urging more families to become foster parents once their children leave the family home for university.
With over 200,000 18-year olds from across the UK being offered a university place this year, Orange Grove fostercare, which provides fostering services in Beverley is looking for more parents to open up their hearts and homes to welcome children in need of care, support and love.