Award-winning Beverley Racecourse is launching an action-packed 2019 season with an Easter-themed raceday packed with family activities, including a “magical” Easter tree adorned with 500 chocolate eggs!
The family-friendly Westwood venue has teamed up with Pocklington-based chocolatier, Butterflies Chocolate, to host the Easter tree hung with real chocolate eggs, as well as egg-decorating workshops.
Specsavers in Hull has just invested £40,000 in 3D scanning technology. The new technology allows optometrists to view the eye in more detail than ever before.
The Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) machine is a cutting-edge piece of equipment. It is usually found in hospital eye departments.
What should you be looking for when you go to the polls on May 2 to vote in the local elections?
This is a question many of us will ask ourselves over the coming days. Polling cards are already being issued and the candidates are out looking for your support.
Tesco Turns Pink proves to be a great success as the Beverley store raising over £200 for Cancer Research.
Held at the Morton Lane store staff at Tesco Beverley got into the spirit of things dressing up in pink clothing.
Local MP Emma Hardy says she is utterly appalled and what teachers are telling with regard to school funding.
The MP for Hull West and Hessle comments come following a survey which detailed the funding crisis within our schools.
Ferens Art Gallery has acquired a painting by one of the region’s most celebrated artists with a generous grant from Art Fund.
The stunning triptych – a canvas in three parts – is called, Portrait of a Woman, and was recently displayed at the gallery as part of the exhibition, Ian McKeever: Paintings 1992-2017.
Shares in the high street giant Debenhams have been suspended as the company drifts towards going into administration.
Debenhams, who trade in Beverley at the Flemingate Retail Park have been under increasing financial pressure for some months.
MP Graham Stuart and union officials have welcomed pension reforms which they say will benefit postal workers.
Mr Stuart says that the brand-new pension scheme, Collective Defined Contribution will also give people better returns and long protection. His views are also echoed by CWU representatives.
Bishop Burton College has been selected as the venue for a highly prestigious equestrian event featuring some of the finest young talents in the country.
British Eventing has chosen the college, near Beverley, to stage its ‘Festival of Youth’ for five years, starting in July 2020.
Beverley ARLFC came close to winning their first away game of the season, only to be pegged back by Wigan St Judes.
As the 40-40 scoreline suggests, attack won the day over the defence in this encounter in Wigan.
Labour Party members have officially launched their campaign for the 2019 local elections calling for ERYC to put ‘I Before E’.
Over sixty candidates were outside County Hall in Beverley as the party fielding the most candidates in the election made their voices heard.
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A Frank Henry Mason Talk will be held in Beverley in May. The Artist who is renowned for his work at capturing nautical scenes is currently featured in a special exhibition.
Famous for his railway poster designs as a commercial artist, Frank Henry Mason championed the northern coasts of Britain. His fine art paintings particularly featured the coast of Yorkshire.
Alliance Steel Racing revealed the bike that their rider Jordan Rushby will be racing on in the upcoming Superstock 1000 Championship.
Rushby from Beverley has been racing since he was nine years old. Now aged 21 he will again be on BMW in the 2019 Superstock 1000 Championship.
Liberal Democrats certainly have the Weak and Wobbly Tories firmly in their sights. With the local elections just weeks away candidate lists reveal the true extent of their onslaught.
Sources with the Liberal Democrats say that they are fully committed to the election campaign while confident they can oust a number of Conservatives.
Following the recent surge in Labour Party membership, East Riding Labour Party will be fielding 61 candidates. The party will have candidates across all 26 wards in the elections to County Hall on May 2nd.
Families will be at the heart of the campaign when East Riding Labour launches its assault on Tory-held seats at County Hall.
A resident in the town for 50 years and an unquestionable commitment to the community Ian Gow is looking for Beverley to back him in the local elections.
Mr Gow is hoping that people will cross his box and get him elected onto Beverley Town Council in the May 2 local elections.
Beverley ARLFC will hit the road in the National Conference League as they travel to the bottom side, St Wigan Judes.
Scott Taylor will be hoping his side can secure what would be their first away win of the season.