A nurse who has dedicated 36 years of her life to the NHS is planning to cycle from Land’s End to John O’Groats to raise £1,000 for sick children at Hull Royal Infirmary.
Barbara Joy, 55, is taking on the epic sponsored cycling challenge to raise funds for WISHH, the independent charity funding the redecoration of Ward 130 and the Children’s High Dependency Unit at Hull Royal Infirmary.
A date for the diary: Cottingham Food and Drink Festival returns to the East Yorkshire location on Sunday 15th September 2019 (10am to 5pm).
Returning for the seventh year running, the event will feature stalls in Market Green, King Street and Hallgate for this one-day foodie extravaganza.
Beverley’s glasses wearers have just a month left to express their specs style and be in with a chance of winning £10,000 cash.
Dance diva, Oti Mabuse, kicked off Specsavers’ Spectacle Wearer of the Year competition. They are encouraging glasses wearers to also submit their entries before the deadline of Sunday 30 June.
As today marks four months since 21-year-old University of Hull student Libby Squire went out with her friends and never returned home.
The Senior Investigating Officer on the case has definitively expressed the investigation “is still very much active” and has stated, “we will do all we can to get justice for Libby”.
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.
Local bus company East Yorkshire has transformed its summer seaside express service for 2019.
A popular service, the X21 from Hull and Beverley to Bridlington, Filey and Scarborough. Running daily throughout the summer it has been boosted by better vehicles and extra journeys.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Humberside Police are appealing to the public after the Gin Bar in Beverley was broken into twice in two days.
Images captured by CCTV have been released as they look to track down those responsible.
Beverley Westwood Lions Club is hosting a Festival Of Traditional & Boutique Beers.
Raising money for local charities, this is the first time the club has held such an event as they look to pad out their social calendar.
Trainer Eric Alston is optimistic Boudica Bay will remain on an upward trajectory when she runs at Beverley on Wednesday.
The four-year-old daughter of Rip Van Winkle looked a progressive sprinter at Musselburgh on May 13 when she won a five-furlong handicap by a neck.
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.
East Riding Leisure is running their ‘Shape up for Summer’ offer in 2019, with three months’ premier membership for just £69.
Taking advantage of this will offer users a saving of £10 a month based on normal prices.
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.
MP Graham Stuart has ruled himself out of making a challenge for the leadership of the Conservative Party.
Prime Minister Theresa May announced she would be stepping down as leader on 7 June. Speaking to HU17.net shortly after news the MP made clear his position.
Cllr Denis Healy has spoken out accusing East Riding of Yorkshire Council of ‘Swamping Beverley’ with new houses.
He also adds that while campaigning in the last election that the residents were concerned over the volume of homes springing up in the Market Town.