Makeover Returns Garden Village Shopping Centre To Former Glory

Makeover Returns Garden Village Shopping Centre To Former Glory

Queensway Properties have completed the external rendering of Grade II listed Garden Village Shopping Centre, the UK’s first renovation project to receive approval for this type of work from local Councillors.

Following concerns the building was going to rack and ruin, directors of Queensway Properties have worked with local councillors to agree on a solution to overhaul parts of the external brickwork which had crumbled away, creating damp inside the property and leaving parts of it uninhabitable.

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Ennerdale Leisure Centre To Be Enhanced With £1.76M Project

Ennerdale Leisure Centre To Be Enhanced With £1.76M Project

Ennerdale Leisure Centre is to receive a £1.76million facelift, with working starting on site mid-July.

In order to prepare for the work, the centre will close to the public on Monday 1 July, however, a number of pre-planned swimming lessons and a gala will still take place up until Friday 14 July.

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Sewerby Hall And Gardens Announce New Events For June

Sewerby Hall And Gardens Announce New Events For June

New events at Sewerby Hall and Gardens are being launched in June. Museum Mondays on the first Monday of the month will be followed by Inside Out events on the second Monday.

Museum Mondays will be illustrated talks or handling sessions linked to the Hall, the museum or its collections. The first event, on Monday, 3 June, in the Orangery from 1.30pm to 3pm, will be about ‘Battlefield Butlers’, the unusual story of soldier servants of World War One.

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Api Bavadra Of Bishop Burton College Called Up For England

Api Bavadra Of Bishop Burton College Called Up For England

A talented young rugby scholarship student at Bishop Burton Colleg has been called up to represent England.

Student Api Bavadra, 18, has been drafted into the England Sevens squad to compete in the HSBC World Sevens Series in Paris. The competition which he will be playing in will also be shown live on Sky Sports.

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Ince Rose Bridge Next Up For Taylor's Side In Early Kick-Off

Ince Rose Bridge Next Up For Taylor’s Side In Early Kick-Off

Ince Rose Bridge will arrive at the Beverley Leisure Centre in a rich vein of form. Like Beverley, they have won their last three NCL matches one of which was away from home.

Ince Rose Bridge are also riding high in NCL Divison 2 topping the table with 18 points from their opening 11 games. They have suffered just two defeats this season, losing away to Hull Dockers and Clock Face Miners.

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Mirage Puts The Buzz Back Into Beverley's Wednesday Market

Mirage Puts The Buzz Back Into Beverley’s Wednesday Market

Bon viveurs, hedonists, tourists and locals are going to relish a new cocktail bar and bistro that opened its doors with a stylish VIP bash on Thursday evening.

Local Mayor Duncan Jack officially presided over the launch of Mirage and glasses of fizzy embellished with pomegranate seeds were presented to guests on their arrival at the venue.

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Swinemoor Primary School Is A Really Positive Example Says MP

Swinemoor Primary School Is A Really Positive Example Says MP

Local MP Graham Stuart says that Swinemoor Primary School is a really positive example. His comments come following a visit to the school in Beverley.

While at the school the MP was also tested by pupils, narrowly passing a political test. Scoring just enough points he managed to pass the Swinemoor Graduate Award Programme.

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Housing Plans A Major Step Towards Completion Of Council Masterplan

Housing Plans A Major Step Towards Completion Of Council Masterplan

Beverley-based Lovel Developments has submitted plans for the next phase of East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s housing masterplan for the town after securing permission for an initial project to build 189 homes.

The Council’s planning committee has now approved the first phase of the scheme south of Willow Lane and Philip Lovel, Managing Director of Lovel Developments, said the decision opens up an area of 14.25 hectares of land which is part of the masterplan.

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Educare Plans Open Day To Showcase Expansion

Educare Plans Open Day To Showcase Expansion

A children’s nursery will bring down the curtain on its milestone anniversary celebrations with an open day to highlight the progress they have made during the last 21 years.

Educare Nursery embarked on a year of celebrations in May 2018 to commemorate its 20th anniversary with a programme of special events.

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Beverley Grammar School Wins National Award for Performance

Beverley Grammar School Wins National Award for Performance

Beverley Grammar School has been recognised nationally for its excellent results in 2018 based on data from the Department for Education and Ofsted, analysed by SSAT, the Schools, Students and Teachers network.

Beverley Grammar School was found to be among the best performing secondary schools in the country, receiving an award for being in the top 20% of non-selective schools nationally for attainment.

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