East Riding’s Rising Young Stars To Perform To An Audience Of 800+

East Riding’s Rising Young Stars To Perform To An Audience Of 800+

On Saturday 24 March, York Theatre Royal will be bursting with talented teenagers as over 300 of Yorkshire’s young choreographers and dancers come together to perform.

Featuring youth dance companies from every corner of Yorkshire, FRESH is Yorkshire Dance’s annual showcase of the region’s most talented young dancers. Yorkshire Dance champions the development of dance in Yorkshire and this year, 20 companies will perform to an audience of over 800 people.

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Friendly Approach As Williamsons Extends Family Law Service

Friendly Approach As Williamsons Extends Family Law Service

Hull and East Yorkshire firm Williamsons Solicitors has introduced a dedicated family law service to its Beverley branch with the appointment of specialist legal executive Karen Marshall.

Mrs Marshall joins eight solicitors in Williamsons’ family department who are based at Hull, Bridlington and Driffield.

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MP To Launch National Campaign Against Hair Harecoursing

MP To Launch National Campaign Against Harecoursing

Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, will launch the Country Land and Business Association’s, (CLA) national campaign against hare-coursing this week.

Graham will be joined by the CLA, a representative from the Police and Crime Commissioner’s Office, the Holderness Farm Watch co-ordinator, the specialist Rural Crime police officer, East Riding of Yorkshire Councillors and local farmers.

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Roadworks Resume Over The Humber Bridge

Roadworks Resume Over The Humber Bridge

Motorists are being urged to drive with care on the southbound lanes of the Humber Bridge from this weekend as essential engineering works re-start.

The scheme to replace the expansion joints at each side of the 1.4-mile long bridge will continue until May 2018 and involves the use of temporary safety ramps to enable traffic to use both lanes as much as possible.

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Bluer & Golds Host Bottom Club Blackbrook In NCL

Blue & Golds Host Bottom Club Blackbrook In NCL

Beverley ARLFC will return to action this Saturday as they welcome Blackbrook to the Beverley Leisure Centre for their NCL fixture.

Last weekend it was the Beast from the East which had the biggest say as Beverley, along with the other sides in the league, saw their match cancelled due to the adverse weather that swept across the country.

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Tickets on Sale for Good Friday Beverley Chamber Choir Concert

Tickets on Sale for Good Friday Beverley Chamber Choir Concert

Beverley Chamber Choir, directed by Jeffrey Makinson, will perform Allegri : Miserere and Brahms : A German Requiem on Friday 30th March in St Mary’s Church Beverley

Beverley Chamber Choir has a reputation of presenting choral concerts to the highest standards. The Good Friday Concert will see the choir joined by Soprano : Eleanor Garside and Baritone : Robert O’Connell and the Piano Duo : Jonathan and Tom Scott.

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From ‘Zero To Zero’ – An Exhibition Of Images From Around The World

From ‘Zero To Zero’ – An Exhibition Of Images From Around The World

An exhibition of stunning travel images by East Yorkshire photographer, Andrew Chandler, takes place in Skidby this coming Easter weekend following his four month trip around the world.

In 2017, Andrew set off on his epic journey by starting at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London with the objective of photographing the people, landscapes and wildlife as he circumnavigated the global – returning 118 days later, once again to the prime meridian.

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Bishop Burton College Cancel Lambing Sunday

Bishop Burton College Cancel Lambing Sunday

Bishop Burton College has unfortunately had to cancel Lambing Sunday this weekend (11th March).

The college has received veterinary advice to cancel the event after a number of lambs were identified as having a skin infection. This is believed to have been brought on by stress, caused by the recent adverse weather.

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MP To Question Council On Residents’ AD Plant Concerns

MP To Question Council On Residents’ AD Plant Concerns

Local MP, Graham Stuart, is asking the council to explain changes to plans for an Anaerobic Digestion (AD) plant at Plaxton Bridge, Woodmansey.

Following representations from the 60-strong Woodmansey and Dunswell Residents’ Group, Graham has written to the council’s Director of planning, Alan Menzies, to find answers about the alterations – which residents say have not been properly consulted on.

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Second Hand Car Dealer Fined After Misleading Customers

Second Hand Car Dealer Fined After Misleading Customers

A director of a second-hand car business who misled consumers over the cars they bought, including failing to tell buyers their vehicles had previously been written off, and has been sentenced at Hull Magistrates Court.

Todor Neychev, 37, of West Hull admitted three offences under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations and one under the Road Traffic Act between April and May 2017.

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Hollywood Comes To Hull … For A Viking Fest!

Hollywood Comes To Hull … For A Viking Fest!

Over the next month, pupils at Frederick Holmes School (Freddie’s) will be working closely with some of the leading classical musicians in the country on a brand new piece of music written especially for them by Hollywood film composer, David Buckley. Freddie’s is an all age school for pupils with physical disabilities and learning difficulties.

Mr Buckley is best known for the soundtrack to the hit TV series The Good Wife. His film credits include Jason Bourne starring Matt Damon, The Nice Guys, and the Sacha Baron Cohen comedy The Brothers Grimsby.

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Community And Young People At Heart Of Early Music Festival

Community And Young People At Heart Of Early Music Festival

Emerging ensembles and a vital connection with the community, are core themes for the recently REYTA shortlisted 2018 Beverley & East Riding Early Music Festival, 24 – 27 May.

 Following a successful 30th anniversary in 2017, which included an exhibition at Beverley Minster, the Festival was shortlisted for a Remarkable East Yorkshire Tourism Award (REYTA) in the Remarkable Small Tourism Event category, to be announced later in March.

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Best Bar None - Search On To Find The Best In The Business

Best Bar None – Search On To Find The Best In The Business

The search is on to find the top pub, bar or entertainment premise in the East Riding to compete against the best in the UK.

Venues in Beverley have in recent years enjoyed some success at the Best Bar None awards. In 2016 the Queens Head was rated as the Best Independent Pub while the Kings Head won the Best Pub in the East Riding.

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HU17.net Magazine Issue 388

HU17.net Magazine Issue 388

HU17.net Magazine Issue 388 is out and available to purchase from Molescroft News, Woodhall Way.

This week’s issues features a selection of content from the HU17 web site including news and a preview of the weekend’s sporting action.

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Tour de Yorkshire Trophies To Go On Display In Beverley And Schools

Tour de Yorkshire Trophies To Go On Display In Beverley And Schools

The men’s and women’s Tour de Yorkshire Trophies will visit Beverley and surrounding villages on Monday, 12 March as part of a week-long tour of Yorkshire ahead of the event, with both races starting in the town on Thursday, 3 May.

Members of the public will be able to catch a glimpse of the silverware in Saturday Market, from 12noon to 1pm, with the trophies also visiting six schools in the morning and five in the afternoon.

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Molescroft Parish Council Restored Village’s Roll of Honour

Molescroft Parish Council Restore Village’s Roll of Honour

As the anniversary to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I approaches later this year, Molescroft Parish Council has restored the village’s Roll of Honour.

Parish Councillors David Boynton & Jackie Heffer formed a working group, with the aim of restoring the Roll of Honour which lists the names of 20 Molescroft servicemen who took up the call to arms in the conflict. The roll records the death of only one serviceman Lieutenant Edmund Wigfall Military cross.

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