A nice sight in Beverley was seeing tradesmen working on the wall of St Mary’s Church. In December the St Mary’s Church wall was badly damaged after a car hit it.
What was once a damaged is now ten months looking much better. Craftsmen are rebuilding it, restoring St Mary’s to how it was before the accident.
Electric Car sales in the UK have increased as more motorists look to reap some of the benefits. For that reason, local businesses in Beverley are adapting to cope with this emerging form of motoring.
Beverley’s retail Park, Flemingate, introduced charging points in April 2016. Their decision to do this paved the way for the first electric car charging points to be installed in Beverley.
A 15-year-old boy from Beverley is rising through the UK Badminton rankings and is now within touching distance of making the top 200.
Oliver Stapleton was introduced to Badminton thanks to an after-school club he attended while at Molescroft Primary School.
Recent studies show that Charity Shops add value to the high street by plugging gaps in empty units.
The report says that UK consumers spend an estimated £270M a year in them. Furthermore, charity shops also provide volunteering experience for over 200,000 people.
Beverley Community Lift has become the latest local good cause to benefit from the Tesco Bags of Help incentive.
Beverley Community Lift says that the £4,000 they were awarded will be used to help fund a new minibus for the transport based charity.
To coincide with World Mental Health Day on Wednesday 10 October, some of Hull’s secondary schools will launch Talking Tables, a Public Health initiative to encourage people to strike up a conversation.
Public Health launched Talking Tables on Monday 10 September to mark World Suicide Day. Now, as part of HeadStart Hull’s young people’s peer mentoring project run by Cornerhouse Yorkshire, pupils within the city’s schools are being encouraged to talk to combat isolation in schools across lunchtimes and other times.
As well as Beverley controlled the ball in their season opener against Driffield, they failed to care for it this weekend as an Ionians dominated the first half en route to a comfortable 36-12 victory over the Beavers.
Ionians scored early to put Beverley on the back foot as the visitors failed to recover from a fumble receiving the kick off that gave the home side possession and territory which they duly converted two minutes later driving over from a free kick.
Beverley Town Football Club went into this game on the back of an excellent 7-2 victory against Reckitts, but mindful of complacency against a competitive Ferriby side.
Town started very slowly, and this set the tone for much of the game. Straight from the kick off some poor play let the Ferriby striker in on goal, luckily for town his one on one with keeper Ollie Thane was dragged wide.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council has announced that a highway improvement scheme is planned to start on Grovehill Road, Beverley, on Monday, 22 October, and is expected to take six weeks to complete.
The scheme extends from Grovehill Junction eastwards to Zarya Court and involves carriageway widening on the south side, along with the provision of a shared footway/cycleway.
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Beverley Racecourse has been named as a triple finalist in the racing industry’s top awards. Beverley course has been shortlisted in three categories in the prestigious Racecourse Association (RCA) Showcase & Awards.
Beverley is the most nominated racecourse in Yorkshire and will now compete with the likes of Ascot, Aintree, Goodwood and Sandown Park for the overall Showcase Champion award.
A local travel consultant, Karl Douglas of Not Just Travel is celebrating after he drove away a Mini Cooper for increasing sales.
Karl was just one of five consultants out of 500 to win the prize. He says this is down to the level of service offered leads to repeat business.
The Red Box Project in Beverley is tackling the issue of young women missing school due to lack of access to sanitary products.
A national incentive, The Red Box Project in Beverley is already working with groups in the town to help tackle period poverty that leads to over 137,000 girls missing classes.
Residents are being urged to enjoy National Libraries Week and pop along to Beverley Library in order and see what’s on offer.
Libraries taking part this year will be focusing on wellbeing, tackling topics like loneliness and how communities are brought together.
Humberside Police are appealing for help after a lady who was having an epileptic fit assaulted and robbed her.
The incident, which took place at around 6 pm on 3 October on Linnaeus Street left the victim needing hospital treatment.
Members of the ERYC Liberal Democrat will be asking the East Riding of Yorkshire Council to write to Government over the proposed changes to how ‘Fracking’ Applications are dealt with.
Anger has swept across the country following news that Ministers are going to make life easier for energy companies who will no longer need planning permission to prospect for shale gas.
After making a winning start to their league campaign against Guisborough, Beverley colts second fixture was against their local rivals Driffield. Although Beverley ended up winning 57-5, this was a much closer game than the score may suggest.
Beverley started the stronger of the two teams and managed to turn their early dominance into points when captain, George Bennett-Teare picked up from the base of an attacking scrum and fed fellow back rower, Reg Fisher, who drove over for a try converted by Charlie Rawlins.
National Conference League Division 3 Champions, Beverley ARLC now have an idea of who they will face next season in Division 2.
Following a superb season that saw the Blue & Golds clinch the championship and promotion, Beverley will be joined by Barrow Island and Clock Face Miners and step up a level next season.