To mark the first anniversary of the passing of Tom “Hammo” Hammersley, the 2nd Hammo Legacy tournament took place on Sunday at Burden Road in Beverley.
Following a few words from Hammo’s good friend Ben Bolton, 28 black and amber balloons were released to mark what would have been Hull City fan Tom’s 28th birthday.
Lit Up Festival presents Chris Ryan on Friday 13 October. He will be at Parkway Cinema in Beverley at 7.30pm.
In today’s increasingly hostile climate people are anxious about how to keep themselves safe.
Year 5 & 6 pupils from St John of Beverley RC Primary School, dressed as evacuees met up at Beverley Train Station ahead of their trip.
The Pupils was a visit to Eden Camp near Malton. Children, staff and even some parents were dressed up in WWII costumes.
Every year The Big Draw Festival takes place around the UK during October. It is for anyone who loves to draw, as well as those who think they can’t.
On Saturday, 14 October, the Treasure House in Beverley is celebrating this year’s Big Draw theme of Living Lines by inviting visitors to get creative in a variety of ways while exploring what’s currently on offer at the Treasure House, focusing on Lines that Grow and Lines that Move.
Following QualitySolicitors and Barnardo’s award winning success at the Institute of Fundraising’s National Awards 2017, the partnership aims to push the Will scheme initiative to new heights with October Will Month 2017.
Now in its fifth successive year, October Will Month raises awareness of the importance of making a Will that ensures that you have the necessary arrangements in place to look after your family and friends, as well as remembering causes that are close to your heart.
Graham Stuart, Member of Parliament for Beverley and Holderness, is stepping up his campaign to raise awareness and improve the availability of Public Access Defibrillators (PADs).
The local MP is bringing together the emergency services, local fundraisers and council representatives at a conference on Friday 13 October that will drive a new strategy for community defibrillators.
Customers of East Riding Leisure Haltemprice, in Anlaby, can enjoy a specially commissioned artwork by locally born artist Patrick Coyle, which has taken over the library, the swimming pool, the café and a squash court in the leisure centre until November.
Inspired by the joined-up nature of the building, Coyle interweaves three of its distinct environments through writing, performance and sculptural installation.
Acclaimed photographers Martin Parr and Olivia Arthur from internationally renowned photography collective Magnum Photos take a unique look at Hull life in a new exhibition, Hull, Portrait of a City, that opens at Humber Street Gallery on Friday 13 October.
The photographers, whose work has been shown around the world, were commissioned by Hull UK City of Culture 2017 to explore two different aspects of the culture of the city.
Lit Up Festival is thrilled to present a newly commissioned work by one of the UK’s most performed playwrights, John Godber, which will tour East Riding Libraries at the end of this month, as part of the Out of this Word programme.
John has worked alongside a trio of emerging playwrights from The Writing Squad: Georgia Affonso; Ruby Lawrence and Lydia Marchant, to re-imagine East Riding histories. The piece is entitled HERE and NOW and it will see three trainee librarians battling with books, boilers and bad parking as they uncover amazing stories!
Adoption staff from East Riding of Yorkshire Council are holding a series of information sessions to encourage more people to consider adopting a child.
As part of National Adoption Week (16 to 22 October), staff will be at venues in Beverley, Market Weighton and Haltemprice to talk to people who may be considering adoption, to hand out leaflets and to answer any questions they may have.
There are still tickets available for Britten Sinfonia’s presentation of Mother Goose on Saturday, 21 October 2017, at 2pm at Toll Gavel United Church, Beverley, as part of the Classically Yours series.
This will be an interactive concert, designed to introduce children to the delights of classical repertoire for chamber orchestra in a fun and collaborative environment.
MPs from the region have today sought assurances from the government relating to news that 400 jobs are under threat at BAE Systems in Brough.
Claire Perry, the Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Minister took questions from concerned MPs over job losses in their constituencies.
A Major in the British Army is turning his hand to some odd jobs to raise money for a children’s charity.
Major James Hugo Marshall RLC is offering bicycle repair and servicing and mobile phone screen fixing services to raise money for a Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy charity, Harrison’s Fund.
Joanne Clifton has announced she will continue in her role of Alex Owens in the smash hit UK tour Flashdance – The Musical following a short Christmas Break, which includes Bridlington Spa from Tuesday 13 to Saturday 17 March 2018.
Joanne Clifton says of her continuing role. “I am having the best time ever on this tour and so am delighted to be staying on for 2018. We have so much fun on stage and off, and I really am dancing like I’ve never danced before!”
Beverley AC has seen an extremely busy summer, with members running in several high profile events, with some very noteworthy performances.
Fourteen Beverley runners were fortunate enough to experience the huge Great North Run on 10 September, with nine completing the 13.1 mile course in under two hours.
Beverley U15s lost a tightly contested match against Leeds-based Roundhegians, but will hopefully learn some important lessons from the defeat.
With their regular fly-half absent the Beverley backs were forced to reshuffle but, with developing strength-in-depth within the squad, this can’t be used as an excuse for losing a match that could have been won.
Rich Jagger says he was disappointed after Beverley Town Football Club suffered a shock defeat as they were beaten 2-1 by East Riding Rangers.
In a match that Town were looking to bounce back in following their defeat to Bridlington, Jagger’s side flopped and were simply not good enough.
This week the house of Commons will discuss Yorkshire’s devolution though Ministers have already made it clear there would be ‘no deal’ for the whole of Yorkshire.
Taking place on Tuesday the debate has been made by the MP John Grogan. News of the that the topic will be discussed in Parliament has been welcomed by the Yorkshire Party.