Beverley Town Council unanimously agreed a Motion opposing Northern Rail’s plans to scrap the direct rail links connecting Beverley to Doncaster and Sheffield.
The Motion, presented by Councillor Ben Cooper, argued the changes to the 2018 timetable would unacceptably ‘harm and inconvenience the town’. It also called on Northern Rail to implement a full public consultation over any future changes that would affect Beverley.
American artist Spencer Tunick and The Ferens’ Curator of Art, Kirsten Simister are just some of the guest speakers invited to take part in a fascinating symposium next month exploring the changing role of the nude in art.
The free event at Ferens Art Gallery on Thursday 10 August at 2pm will provide a forum for reflection especially for those who took part in the hugely successful Sea of Hull installation, that took place on 9 July 2016, when 3,200 people posing nude wearing nothing but blue body paint and officially became the UK’s largest ever nude installation.
Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart gave his backing to local business after visiting the Burstwick site of key local employer, Martin Williams (Hull) Ltd.
The family-owned business is a specialist in all types of commercial vehicle manufacturing and conversion, and is currently celebrating its 27th year of trading.
East Yorkshire’s well-known ‘Poppy Bus’, first decorated to celebrate the centenary of the start of WWI in 2014, has just been re-liveried again to mark 100 years since Passchendaele, also known as the second Battle of Ypres, which took place between July and November 1917.
EYMS chief executive Peter Shipp says the bus was so well received by people that the company have kept with the theme.
Beverley Racecourse Chief Executive Sally Iggulden says she’s is thrilled to team up with Flemingate and that a video released is a wonderful way to promote the partnership.
Her comments come after Beverley Racecourse published a video promoting Ladies’ Day that shows horses exploring the retail park.
It was Saturday morning, when the trucks went out onto the track for the very first time to qualify for the first race of the day.
Terry had a few good warmup laps, but when it came down to achieving a good lap time, the antiroll bar snapped, buried itself into the tyre and caused a puncture.
Voluntary organisations providing activities for young people across the East Riding are being invited to apply for grant funding.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s youth and family support (YFS) service is launching the 2018 Positive Activity Grant (PAG).
Susan Beaulah, the artist responsible for the current exhibition at Beverley Art Gallery in the Treasure House – ‘Red Earth and Blue Water : Studies of Indian Life’ – will be holding free ‘Meet The Artist’ days this Saturday, 29 July, from 1pm-4pm, and the following Saturday, 5 August, 1pm-4pm.
Beaulah has been painting and exhibiting regularly since the 1980s in watercolour and oil. In recent years, her works have been mainly produced in India– from Rajasthan in the north to Kerala in the south.
Students from Beverley Joint Sixth Form have walked from Beverley to Hull in a bid to raise money and awareness for the Young Minds Charity.
Molly Brown, who organised the walk was joined by fellow students who walked from the Market Cross to Queen Victoria Square in Hull.
Robert Ford says his timing is perfect after he launched Swap Watch something he describes as the perfect destination for watch lovers.
Mr. Ford who has decades of experience buying and selling luxury watches added that the UK is one of the fastest growing markets for high end time pieces.
Newbald Parish Council have produced a document that shows there is a high demand for faster broadband speeds.
With the support of Graham Stuart MP pressure is now being applied on Kcom to roll out ultra-fast internet to help residents access to basic of services.
Beverley Athletic Club hosted another successful Walkington 10k race, with a sold out field of 750 in the 10k and 150 in the fun run for the first time in the event’s history.
James Kraft of Scarborough AC was the overall winner posting a new record of 32 minutes 45 seconds over the undulating course.
Hull will be heading back to the 70s next month for a nostalgic walk down memory lane as part of Hull UK City of Culture 2017, and organisers want you to be a part of it.
Why Couldn’t They be Like We Were on the Marfleet estate will look back at how things used to be back in the 70s and how things have changed since on Saturday August 26 between 12 – 3pm at Sure Start Children’s Centre.
In a bid to raise much-needed funds, one Beverley charity shop is adopting a new retail concept for its donated stock.
With immediate effect all donated stock in the Beverley Community Lift charity shop, located at 6 Sow Hill Road in Beverley, will be priced at just £2.
Having visited the proposed site for the relocation of Hollym Water Treatment Works, Graham Stuart, Member of Parliament for Beverley & Holderness, and local East Riding Councillor Lyn Healing, have suggested that the new proposal will be fairer to local residents.
The present treatment works is 70 metres from the cliff face which is fast eroding and must move to a new location.
Hull’s very own rail operator, Hull Trains, has once again topped the industry’s independent satisfaction league that compares every single train company in the UK on a range of customer-focused metrics.
Hull Trains scored a massive 97% satisfaction for service – 8% higher than the average long distance operator and a full 6% higher than the franchise competitor on the East Coast route, Virgin Trains.
Bridlington is gearing up for a bumper summer season in 2017, as the school holidays get under way.
Sewerby Hall and Gardens has unveiled a 60-event programme for the summer holidays, one of its largest ever summer programmes.
Humberside Police are appealing to members of the public for help following a break in at Enterprise Park in Beverley.
This is the second time in a month the units have been subject to a break in. Police did arrive on the scene though following a chase the offenders escaped.