East Riding Archives has received £30,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for an exciting project, ‘Trawling Through Time: The Story of Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Shipbuilders’, in Beverley, East Yorkshire.
Made possible by money raised by National Lottery players, the project focuses on making digital images and cataloguing historic trawler plans from the archive of the former local Beverley shipbuilders.
Tuesday saw the launch of the 2018 Bennetts British Superbike season with the media day being held at Donington Park.
Beverley’s James ‘Westy’ Westmoreland will remain with the Gearlink Kawasaki team riding one of the teams Ninja ZX-6R, stepping down from the Superbike class, to compete in Dickies British Supersport Championship where he has had much success in the past.
Chrissie Lee was joined by friends and family as she marked her 60th birthday.
Chrissie enjoyed a few drinks at her party which was held at the The Moulders in Beverley.
The blue and golds will entertain Oldham St Annes this Saturday aiming to make it three wins in a row.
Although pleased with last weekend’s 40-24 victory at Woolston Rovers, head coach Scott Taylor felt his side took their foot off the accelerator pedal in the second half having led 28-0 at the break.
Hull and East Riding Green Party are calling for people to think more about the problems being created by plastic in the world.
The party also warns that people’s vanity is leading to micro plastics ending up in drinking water, as people strive for better skin.
Bridlington’s popular Park and Ride service reopens for business on Saturday, 24 March, and runs until 4 November, 2018.
Park and Ride offers a frequent service, with buses running regularly from South Cliff Holiday Park to the harbour. Costing only £4.50 per vehicle (up to five passengers), Park and Ride represents excellent value for money, and buses run until 6.15pm each day.
An East Riding care home for people with dementia is calling for the public’s support in their bid to create a sensory garden for residents.
The Old School House, in Beverley – an East Riding of Yorkshire Council care home for people with advanced dementia – is one of three local groups shortlisted in the Tesco Bags of Help scheme.
Pasha the Turkish Barber will be able to fulfil his dream of opening a speciality Turkish cafe alongside his Barber’s shop in Lairgate, Beverley.
Following an intervention by ward councillor, Denis Healy, the Council’s Eastern Area Planning Committee, overruled planning officers who were recommending refusal of planning permission for Pasha’s new venture.
Beverley and Holderness MP, Graham Stuart, welcomed the announcement that East Riding CCG has been awarded an ‘Outstanding’ rating from NHS England for its work to improve diabetes awareness and staff training, but stressed that this means little if local patients are not seeing improvements as a result.
Over 100 people have applied for jobs at The Beverley Arms, as Thwaites puts together a hit team ready for its summer opening.
Three key roles have been advertised – for General Manager, Assistant Manager and Head Chef – and the company has attended recruitment days to generate interest in other roles in the boutique hotel.
HU17.net Magazine Issue 390 is out and can be purchased from Molescroft news on Woodhall Way.
This week’s issue features a selection of content including news, sport, art and also photos from Chrissie Lee’s 60th birthday at the Moulders.
A new exhibition,Beverley’s Satellite Villages, opens at the Beverley Guildhall on Friday, 23 March, with a preview on 21 March.
Beverley’s Satellite Villages, looks beyond Beverley itself to the six villages that lie in a neat circle surrounding the town, and includes Walkington, Bishop Burton, Cherry Burton, Leconfield, Tickton and Woodmansey.
A group that has thrilled the crowds at Glastonbury and taken the Edinburgh Fringe by storm has signed up to headline Beverley Folk Festival.
As part of the event’s 35th anniversary, The Demon Barbers XL will be taking to festival’s main stage on Saturday 16th June 2018.
Television viewers will be able to see East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s assistant curator in the libraries, archives and museums service, Alfred Williams, based at Beverley and Goole, in the final of Mastermind on BBC Two.
Viewers will find out how he got on when the final is screened on Friday, 23 March, at 8pm.
A local artist Peter Watson’s work is currently on display in Beverley at Salt Architects art gallery.
Running to the first week in April, Peters work which is focused around pictures landscapes can be viewed by the public.
Beverley is proud of its diverse artistic and creative culture. It boasts the East Riding Theatre; West End professionalism in a local setting.
It is home to actors of international renown, musicians, artists, authors, journalists and broadcasters. Celebratory festivals abound throughout the year: folk, food, early music and literature.
On Wednesday pupils at St Mary’s and St Nicholas primary schools will be treated to a series of mini-concerts given by four of the country’s leading classical musicians.
Libby Burgess, artistic director of the New Paths music festival, will be joined by other festival artists for the lively performances in the schools.
The blue and golds finally got some action after a three-week lay-off and will be pleased to make it two wins from two.
This particular corner of Cheshire managed to survive the worst of the return of the ‘beast from the east’ although there were frequent snow showers throughout the game combined with a bitter wind. Their first-half performance was virtually without fault as they raced to a 28-0 lead.