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Beverley ARLC have moved a step closer to clinching the National Conference Division title after they beat Clock Face Miners 26-12 at the Beverley Leisure Centre.
Beverley never really looked like they were in the game and for long spells in the first period were mere spectators as Clock Face Miners looked to cause an upset by beating the champions elect.
Local Artist Emma Garness is currently transforming a corner of Beverley with mural of a Sweetheart Pin Cushion as part of the Beverley Town Council’s WW1 Centenary commemorations. .
Emma who has worked on a range of projects including the ‘Bankside Gallery’ in Hull is working on her latest project in her home town of Beverley in the Memorial Gardens.
There are celebrations at St Mary’s CE Primary School in Beverley after the school received a ‘Good’ rating in its recent Ofsted inspection. The school also received an outstanding grading for Personal development, behaviour and welfare.
Inspectors praised the Acting Headteacher, Laura Wallis, for her strong leadership. “Since taking on this role, she has revitalised the ethos of the school and rapidly improved teaching and learning,” inspectors said.
Beverley Team, AC Maldini played a tight close game against a Hull City Ex Tigers squad including Wembley goal scoring hero Dean Windass, Nathan Doyle, Pete Skipper, Tim Hotte and Adam Lowthorpe wearing the black and Amber shirts
The game was in aid of Life For a Kid a Hull based charity who do so much good work for disabled children and their families in this area.
Beverley Town Cricket Club had three wins last weekend with the 1st and 2nd XIs both beating local rivals.
The 4th XI continues to dominate their division after a comfortable win while the 3rds and 5ths both lost after lengthy unbeaten runs.
Beverley Police Station will join others stations in the region and across to the UK in raising the LGBTQ flag this afternoon as they look to show their support for the LGBT community.
This is the first time Humberside Police have taken part in such an activity something they say is significant for both the police and local LBGT Community.
A Beverley woman could face eviction from her home after a court order put in place to stop anti-social behaviour at her property was breached.
Officers from East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s anti-social behaviour team were granted a closure order for a home on Coltman Avenue, Beverley by the town’s magistrates on 4 July, 2018.
Beverley Town Council are urging residents and traders in the town to raise their game and help keep Beverley tidy, clean and litter free ahead of judging for Britain in Bloom.
Over the past few weeks a number of volunteers and town officials have been working tirelessly to transform the town ahead of judgement day on 8 August.
The popular Veterans Weekend will take place in Hull’s East Park on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 July.
Now in its thirteenth year, the free family weekend will be a fantastic experience for people of all ages, recognising and celebrating the role of our armed forces both past and present.
Beverley Puppet Festival could not have asked for a better weekend for the event that saw the town centre and venues come alive through the magic of puppets.
Visitors and puppeteers both praised the event which included a giant puppets that towered high above people in Toll Gavel.
HU17.net Magazine Issue 406 is out and available to purchase from Molescroft News, Woodhall Way.
This week’s issue features a selection of news and sport. Some of the highlights in this issue include coverage from the Beverley Puppet Festival.
A special afternoon tea held in memory of the late Mary Beal, a local business lady, raised £2000 towards the Mary Beal Withernsea lifeboat appeal.
The Beal family have donated half of the money required to purchase a new lifeboat for Withernsea with the remainder to be raised by charity.
A busy day at the Norwood Recreation Ground saw Beverley Town Cricket Club lift two of the three junior cricket cups.
On a surprisingly low scoring day none of the teams batting first reached 100 runs. The Under 11s kicked off proceedings by posting 89 for 8 from their 20 overs against a very good Welton side that had beaten Beverley earlier in the season.
Primary and secondary school students across the East Riding took the chance to thank NHS staff and express exactly what the service means to them as the nation came together to celebrate 70 years since its creation.
Students were given the opportunity to exercise their imagination to come up with their own creative representation of what the NHS means to them, with the award of a Fitbit for the overall winning artist.
A new mini display on an intriguing East Riding figure has opened at the Treasure House in Beverley.
Albert Neville Medforth (1924-2007) was the Director of the East Yorkshire Aero Company in the 1950s & 1960s, and his primary goal in life was to restart flying from the former Hedon Aerodrome, an airfield which had been in use for ten years prior to World War Two. Although ultimately unsuccessful in this venture, he did eventually found an airfield in Paull, which was open until the early-1980s.
David Menuisier has challenged Psychotic to go the distance at Beverley on Tuesday as the West Sussex trainer tries to win the Watt Memorial Handicap for a second consecutive year.
Menuisier claimed the big staying race – now in its 132nd year – 12 months ago with Corpus Chorister, who, like Psychotic, is owned by Clive Washbourn.
Beverley ARLC kept their unbeaten league record intact but it was again very much put to the test by Woolston Rovers who came to the Beverley Leisure Centre in good form.
Rovers, who had won three on the bounce were determined to put a dent in Beverley’s title hopes, as they arrived with a robust pack on another hot afternoon that was about both sides toughing it out.
Organisers of the annual N.U.R.S.E. Charity Raft Race are hoping people will dig deep and give generously at their 2018 event.
Taking place on 21 July starting from 11.30AM, this year’s Beverley Raft Race promises to be an exciting day full of fun, laughter and entertainment.
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