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.
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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.
Max Harris-Smith, a local Scout who is on a mission to raise funds needed to attend the World Scout Jamboree is to stage an event in the centre of Beverley.
Taking place on Saturday 21 July, Max, who is part of the 1st Walkington troop, will be holding a coffee morning at Toll Gavel United Church in Beverley.
The 2018 Tour de Yorkshire boosted the county’s economy by a massive £98 million, independent research shows today.
A record 2.6 million spectators lined the route over the four days of action between 3-6 May and overall spend was UP 54% on 2017 to £97,973,806.
East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is celebrating the publication of NHS England’s annual assessment that demonstrates the CCG has improved its overall rating from ‘Requires improvement’ in 2016/17 to ‘Good’ for 2017/18.
The improved rating reflects a positive year for the CCG across a range of areas including improved performance on a range of clinical indicators making a real difference to patients’ lives, effectively managing changes to services, robust delivery of their financial and efficiency plans, and ongoing positive stakeholder engagement.
National Conference League Division Three leaders, Beverley ARLC, return to action this Saturday as they host Woolston Rovers at the Beverley Leisure Centre.
Head Coach, Scott Taylor and his side are now entering the business end of the season and currently have a six point lead over second placed Clock Face Miners at the top of the table as they look to win the championship.
Humberside Police are urging people to think about getting behind the wheel and driving if they are out tonight for the England game and also the morning after.
While tonight is a big night for England fans across the country and here in Humberside you can expect to see extra officers out and about to keep everyone safe.
Beverley Community Lift are looking for people to join them for what they say will be a ‘cracklin’ good fun evening at they host a ‘Piggy Race Night’.
Taking place on Friday 3 August from 7.00PM at Armstrong’s Social Club in Beverley, funds raised on the night will go towards a new community transport minibus.
Parkway Cinema in Beverley will screening a special documentary for one night only that tells the story of one of the most iconic aircraft the humble Spitfire.
Credited for helping change the course of the World War II, the Spitfire has been a nations favourite for decades for both its beauty and what it achieved during the countries darkest hours.
Rick Roberts, Beverley transformed their dreams into reality by winning the greatly sought after 2018 Afro Look Award during the prestigious L’Oréal Colour Trophy Grand Final.
Rick Roberts salon’s creative 6-month journey came to a dramatic finale at Battersea Evolution, London.