British Dressage is delighted to announce Jo Byrne as the new Regional Development Officer for the Northern region.
After 30 years in policing, which included a secondment to the Home Office, Jo will now combine her extensive skill set, organisational ability and ‘team player’ mentality with her lifelong love of horses and dressage.
Visitors to Beverley Art Gallery have been casting their votes for their favourite piece of artwork in this year’s Open Art exhibition.
This year the winner was Jane Beharrell with her painting ‘Iris and Clementines’. This is the second year that Jane has won the People’s Choice.
Last week Graham Stuart MP visited the Boulevard Academy in Hull to meet pupils and staff and to promote awareness of the importance of high quality careers advice and guidance for young people.
He’s a former bus conductor who achieved fame as a stand-up comedian and performance poet, but John Hegley’s first “paid” public performance was busking his songs, initially outside a shoe shop in Hull in the late Seventies.
By 1980 his “act” has transferred to the streets of London (Hegley was born in Islington) and soon after he achieved a breakthrough at London’s Comedy Store.
Burton Constable Hall and Lit Up will premiere a new play this spring, revealing the surprising story behind the scenes of one of the East Riding’s most treasured stately homes, and legendary 18th century gardener Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown.
Written and directed by Rachel Feldberg, director of Ilkley Literature Festival, Mr Brown’s Directions is a complex story of love, loss, entanglement and disagreements.
Beverley RUFC Under 14s warmed up to next weeks Yorkshire Plate Final with a nervy performance against a strong Doncaster team.
Doncaster started very well and attacked Beverley from the kick off and what followed was a very one sided half of rugby
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Inside this week include a round up all the weekend’s sporting action that saw wins for the Beavers but a defeat for Town, plus much more.
Beverley Town Football Club suffered a shock defeat as they were beaten 3-1 by Hanson Jewellers FC at the Norwood Recreation Ground.
Ahead of the match manager Rich Jagger had said it was a big game for his side as he looked to continue their perfect start to 2017.
Disgraced Former Tory Beverley Councillor Dominic Peacock is in the news again following his claims that he’s been overwhelmed with support from colleagues and constituents.
Peacock was thrown out of the Tory Party following offensive remarks relating to the murder of the late Jo Cox MP.
Over 40,000 people have flocked to Ferens Art Gallery in the first two weeks of its reopening.
Since opening to the public on Friday 13 January, after its major refurbishment, the gallery has welcomed 10 times more visitors to the gallery compared to same period in 2015.
The weather was cold and miserable when the teams took the field at Beaver Park for Saturday’s Yorkshire Division 1 match between Beverley and Old Brodleians and Brods immediately made their intentions clear making a sustained attack on the Beverley line.
Beverley RUFC however defended resolutely and after 5 minutes Brodleians were awarde a penalty in front of the posts. The kick hit the post and was cleared by Beverley and they mounted a sustained attack on the Brodleians line resulting in Steve Wiggill scoring wide out.
Beverley Town Football Club will look to continue their good start to 2017 as they welcome Hanson Jewellers FC to the Norwood Recreation Ground.
Town have enjoyed a good run of form in recent weeks and manager Rich Jagger’s hopes his side can continue that form in what he says is a massive game for him.
A leading psychiatrist is to visit Humber NHS Foundation Trust to help refine its strategy to reduce the number of people in Hull and East Riding who take their own lives.
Professor Nav Kapur, who leads the suicide work programme of the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness, will visit Trust headquarters in Willerby.
Campaigners calling on East Riding Council to intervene in the private care home crisis will be out collecting signatures for a petition this Saturday morning in Hedon and Beverley.
They intend to raise the issue of the crisis in social care, when next the full council meets as concerns grow over how oplder people in community will be cared for.
Beverley High School students are learning a range of skills as they build a battery powered car that will feature in a special race.
With the help of a mentor from the motoring industry students at the school are participating in a national incentive called the GreenPower Challenge.
Murray Hills Solicitors branch offices in Bridlington, Hull and Beverley have secured the national Law Society’s legal practice quality mark, Lexcel, for the fourth year running.
Lexcel is the Law Society’s legal practice quality mark for excellence in legal practice management and client care, it is developed specifically for the legal profession.
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A unique programme set up in Hull is helping the Together Women Project (TWP) improve the future prospects of some of Hull’s most vulnerable women by improving their self-confidence.
Mindset specialist, Sheila Granger has developed the programme which focusses on the specific issues facing young women in Hull who are trapped in damaging lifestyles for most of their adult lives.