Richard Witty and Paul Plowman from Beverley have been friends for 15 years and this year saw both tackle the grueling London Marathon.
Both these men had their own reasons for taking part in the 26 mile course that takes runners through the crowded streets of our nation’s capital.
Over fifty works from the private collection of Nicholas and Frances McDowall will go at on display at Beverley Art Gallery in the Treasure House on Saturday, 6 May.
The exhibition will include engravings by William Blake and Samuel Palmer – the 19th century father figures of the neo-romantic movement – and feature works by leading 20th century artists including Michael Ayrton, Edward Bawden, John Piper and Graham Sutherland.
Officers in Beverley are investigating the theft of a purse that was inside a handbag hanging on the back of a woman’s trolley as she was shopping at Aldi on Grovehill Road.
The theft occurred around 11.30am on 25 March and we would like to speak to the man shown in this CCTV image in connection with the incident.
A highly-regarded singer/songwriter and performer, Susan Herndon from Oklahoma USA, will be playing a one-off gig at Monks Walk this Thursday (4th May).
Susan is an American singer-songwriter from Tulsa, Oklahoma. For the past ten years the artisit has performed around 200 concerts a year.
A new project is bringing a taste of the Hull music scene to communities in East Yorkshire located alongside the Hull to Bridlington railway line.
The ‘Culture Train’ is to bring musicians from Paragon Station and play free concerts at six venues including Bridlinton station itself from April 1st to June 3rd as part of a project funded by East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s ‘Active Creative’ 2017 funds.
A post put on Social Media appealing for members of the public to volunteer to deliver leaflets for Conservative MP Graham Stuart has triggered some interesting responses.
Made on Tuesday, the post asks for people with a spare couple of hours to get in touch and deliver 100 leaflets to homes in the Beverley & Holderness area.
The 360 Chartered Accountants team is celebrating after its very first apprentice passed her final ACCA exams to become a fully qualified accountant!
Sophie Holmes joined 360 in 2011 and came second in the national finals of the ICAEW Apprentice Business Challenge Competition in 2013. Last year, after having already been promoted internally for her exceptional work, she was named as the firm’s Charities Specialist.
Unbelievable, Hull based business ash.tv is now offering business videos starting from £9.99 to help promote small businesses online and achieve rocketing results.
After previously being identified as a leading start up in Tech North awards and becoming one of the top 10 fastest growing tech companies in the North of the UK Hull based video advertiser Ash TV is now offering a new service that is proving to be a success.
She Productions, Theatre Company in Residence at the East Riding Theatre, is back by popular demand with a new comedic review show, after the sell-out success of Beverley Does Broadway in 2015.
As an actor, no matter how hard you try, there is always one role that you know you will never get! Surrounded by an industry based on physical appearance, race, and gender, She Productions are here to break boundaries and turn typecasting on its head. MissCast is an evening of familiar songs and sketches performed in revolutionary ways.
Today is the last chance to attend an Extraordinary Orchard Park Parade workshop before the big event itself on Saturday (6 May).
Artists from Handmade Parade, Hull Carnival Arts and Rag and Bone have been working with residents of the Orchard Park Estate to make creatures, characters and flags that will feature in the Extraordinary Orchard Park Parade. The final workshop takes place at St Michael’s Youth Project on Orchard Park Estate between 3.30pm-5.30pm.
The Beverley Christmas Lights Appeal Group expects to see Beverley lit up like never before this year, as they continue to raise funds towards Christmas 2017’s lighting display.
The architecture of Beverley naturally lends itself to the festive season, attracting thousands each year to the lights switch on.
A scheme which will brand taxis with distinctive white and green livery is to be rolled out across the East Riding.
For the last three months, a number of hackney carriage operators have been working alongside East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s licensing team to take part in a pilot scheme which has seen white taxis branded with green markings and displaying a green Yorkshire rose symbol.
The Potting Shed in Beverley is celebrating after being shortlisted for a top honour in the Hull Lifestyle Awards.
The bar and gardens, which opened last summer on Flemingate, has been nominated for the Restaurant of the Year accolade.
Plans for a near half million pounds ‘temporary’ road have been met with deep concern by Beverley residents after what have been described as ‘constructive’ talks with Yorkshire Water.
The company is about to start construction on a 37 million pounds investment to improve facilities at their Beverley treatment plant.
Stew Scott says it was amazing to score 160 for Beverley Town Cricket Club in their win at the weekend over Hessle.
Scott who made a shock move from Cherry Burton to Beverley Town Cricket Club in winter as he looks to try and improve and play at higher standard.
Johanna Boal from Beverley, has been selected as Labour’s Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the Beverley and Holderness constituency for the General Election on 8 June.
Mrs Boal said she wants to restore hope to people’s lives that have been ruined by the ‘cynical and cruel Tories’ that she says have slashed spending locally.
James Westmoreland from Beverley competed in round three of the British Superbike Championship (BSB) on board the Gearlink Kawasaki ZX-10R around the Oulton Park International Circuit in Cheshire.
He will start from twentieth on the grid setting a time of 1min 36.4secs. As the lights went green for the first of the weekends two races ‘Westy’ had an average start and dropped two places off the start line.
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This weeks issue features a collection of content from the HU17.net web site and includes local news and a round up of the weekend’s sporting action.