Some 200 pupils from 45 primary schools come together at Burton Constable Hall near Sproatley at 4 pm on Tuesday 1 May for the final of this year’s East Riding Schools Orienteering Championships.

Beverley & East Riding Early Music Festival
The annual Beverley & East Riding Early Music Festival (24 – 26 May) celebrates its 25th Anniversary in 2012. Widely regarded as one of the cultural landmarks of the East Riding of Yorkshire

MP ‘Walks In The Shoes’ Of A Beverley Family Living With Autism
Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, spent a morning with seven year old Niall Caldwell and his parents Helen and Paul to catch a glimpse of what life is like for a child with autism.

Graham Stuart Secures Additional Time For Parliament To Debate Caravan Tax
Local MP Graham Stuart, the Member of Parliament for Beverley and Holderness, has secured additional time for Parliament to debate the impact of imposing VAT on static caravans.

HU17.net Magazine Issue 91
The latest edition of HU17.net Magazine is available from Molescroft News, Woodhall Way.This weeks edition features articles and content from the following items that have appeared on the on the Hu17.net web site

Local Opticians Scoop National Prize For Second Consecutive Year
Hailed as The Best Fashion Practice in the UK 2011, East Yorkshire based company Eyesite Opticians were presented with the award for the UK’s Optical Team Of the Year 2012, during The National Optician Awards’ annual black tie dinner event.

Public Transport : Emergency Road Closure In Beverley
There is an emergency closure of Holme Church Lane in Beverley starting today, for gas repairs. Our Service 521 will not be able to serve the whole of Holme Church Lane.

New Exhibition @ Skidby Windmill
A new exhibition is now showing in the village life gallery at Skidby Windmill. Produced by volunteers from the East Riding Rural Life Project, the exhibition is entitleed “Ox-head and Gruel – a story of Almshouses

Return To Rounders @ Beverley Leisure Centre
A Return to Rounders session for men and women is starting up at Beverley Leisure Complex on Tuesday evenings from 6-7pm starting on 8 May.

United’s Girls On Course For Treble
Mill Lane United reached their second final of the season with a convincing victory against North Ferriby.After the constant rain earlier in the week when the two teams met in the league the game was played in lovely conditions ideal for passing football.

Magnificent Seven: Whitestar Cap Season Off With Away Win
Beverley Whitestar brushed aside Hessle Rangers with a comprehensive 7 – 1 win in the Hull Boys Sunday Football League.
Kurt Pelham and James Ayre scored twice each in the win with Alex Ford

Other Lives Productions Presents A Foreign Country
This week Beverley-based professional theatre company Other Lives Productions reach Hull Truck Theatre on the final leg of their April tour of the East Riding.

Ladies Day @ Beverley RUFC
Beverley RUFC held a ladies day themed event for their final fixture of the season. Around sixty ladies put on their glad rags and headed to Beaver park where they were greeted and given gifts on arrival by players

Goulding Court Residents Show Off Their Talents
HU17.net visited the Jubilee Exhibition held at Goulding Court on Morton Lane this weekend. Residents showed off their many and varied talents, from lace making to silver work.

Confident Performance Against Warriors
It was important for the Beverley Braves to bounce back after the previous week and they did just that in style. Myton kicked the ball to start the game and it came to Joe Wardill who accelerated from his own line up the field running from one wing

Rain Stops Play In Beverley’s First Game Of The Season
Beverley Town Cricket Clubs first competitive game of the season ended in despair after bad weather forced the match to be abandoned.

Braves Narrowly Beaten By All Blacks
Reece Wallan starred for the Braves under nines on Wednesday night at Longcroft School despite the boys just coming up short against the All Blacks. However the 10 – 8 defeat was definitely through no lack of effort.

Ruthless Wigan Destroy Hull At The KC Stadium
Hull FC suffered their first defeat of the Super League season at the KC Stadium as Wigan ran riot scoring eight tries. The final score may have been harsh on the Black and Whites but a ruthless Wigan side took full advantage of weakened Hull FC side.