HU17.net is pleased to announce the appointment of Gary Horrocks as Arts and Cultural Editor.
Gary leads the International Judy Garland Club and has researched her life and times for over 17 years. He is editor of the Club’s journal, a respected publication and a primary source of invaluable archival material for many serious Garland biographers and researchers.
HU17.net Magazine Issue 326 is out and features a selection of content from the HU17.net Web Site. The magazine can be purchased from Molescroft News, Woodhall Way.
This weeks issue features pictures from the Beverley Musical Theatre and Longcroft School’s musical Chicago.
The first events and artistic collaborators for Where Are We Now?, a new festival presented by avant-garde art collective and provocateurs Neu! Reekie! as part of Hull UK City of Culture 2017, have been announced.
The festival will take place from 2 until 4 June 2017 with the first events on sale now at www.hull2017.co.uk.
Beverley Musical Theatre say they are delighted with the success of their annual Christmas pantomime which this year saw them perform Dick Whittington.
Facing more competition from new venues that have opened in the town Beverley Musical Theatre had feared they would see a decline in ticket sales.
There is just under a week to go until the annual Beverley Festival of Christmas on Sunday, 11 December, from 10am-4pm, and final preparations are being put in place.
This year’s event starts with a parade from Wednesday Market to Saturday Market and will include an appearance from Santa and his reindeer, marching bands, Bernese mountain dogs
As part of Humberside Police’s Operation Yuletide activity this festive period extra patrols will be out in high footfall shopping areas across the force to reassure the public and businesses that crime and anti-social behaviour will not be tolerated.
In retail areas uniformed officers and PCSOs will be providing high visibility patrols at key times in the run up to Christmas, with support from covert resources.
Beverley Town Reserves travelled to third from bottom North Cave in a game they felt they needed to win after last weeks embarrassing 7-0 defeat to top of the table Wawne Ferry.
Town manager Shaun Gibson made changes after last weeks result, feeling the side needed a shake up to pull out a win.
Beverley RUFC ‘s injury problems continued in yesterday’s match against Yarnbury with Craig Hancock having to leave the field in the first few minutes with concussion following a midfield collision.
It is likely that he will not return before Christmas due to the mandatory recovery period required after concussion.
In 2015 Cash for Kids ‘Mission Christmas’ appeal helped more than 18,000 disadvantaged children across East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire.
On Monday 14th November, Cash for Kids launched Mission Christmas 2016. The aim of the campaign is to make sure that every child in East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire wakes up to a present on Christmas morning.
Members of the city’s cycling clubs and Hull based Principle Contractor, PBS Construction Limited, will join the Hull Culture and Leisure Board member Councillor Dave Craker to officially mark the start of work on the brand new facility on Monday 5 December.
Hull City Council in partnership with Hull Culture and Leisure Limited and the national governing body for cycling, British Cycling
PHOTOS from the production Chicago that was performed by students from Longcroft School.
Staged over two evenings the show was made up of a cast of just 27 yet still proved to be highly entertaining of the usual high standards of previous productions.
This year we would highly recommend visiting Coletta & Tyson Garden Centre, Woodmansey, Beverley, where you will receive a friendly welcome from staff that focus on delivering you innovation, quality, service and value, not just this Christmas but all year round.
Coletta & Tyson is a second-generation horticultural family company established for over 70 years proud of their East Yorkshire heritage and humble beginnings that are traced back to allotments
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is excited by today’s announcement that the 2017 Tour de Yorkshire will start in Bridlington on Friday, 28 April and will take in a number of East Yorkshire settlements, including Driffield and Pocklington, on its way to the stage one finish in Scarborough.
Similar to the inaugural event in 2015, the race will start outside The Spa Bridlington in front of a large crowd, anticipated to be in the tens of thousands, before the riders leave the town
We are trying to identify this man in connection with a theft that took place at Aldi in Beverley.
A 48-year-old woman was in the store when her purse was taken from within her handbag.
Local Vauxhall dealership, Evans Halshaw Beverley, is delighted to announce that it is strengthening both its sales and aftersales team with the appointment of two new Sales Executives and a Service Leader.
Local lad Harry Bignall and recent University graduate, Lucy Henn, both hail from the local area, having recently joined the team as Sales Executives and are already making a positive impact at the Yorkshire retailer.
Hull City Council has confirmed that SMG Europe Holdings Ltd has been awarded preferred bidder status to run Hull’s newest music, events and conference centre.
This follows a decision last year for BAM Construction Ltd to build the facility. Subject to finalisation of the legal agreements for occupation, operation and management, SMG Europe Holdings Ltd
Wilberforce House Museum has on display, for a limited period, a rare drawing by William Wilberforce.
The drawing of his nanny – Miss Locken, was drawn in the 1760s when William Wilberforce was only a small boy.
Pupils from the Northern Lights Drama School are set to perform festive favourites and West End musical classics at Beverley’s Flemingate centre this Saturday.
Around 25 performers will brave the cold to spread some festive cheer and entertain Christmas shoppers at the popular Flemingate development