Students at East Riding College are this week learning about different cultures and communities as part of its equality and diversity week. Activities and events, taking place at the Beverley and Bridlington campuses, range from sampling dishes from around the world to learning about the travelling community and trying out belly dancing. As well as enhancing students’ learning experience, the week is also for staff, who are learning about the…
Beverley Photography Group to Capture the East Riding
The Millers Photography Group, in Beverley, with the support of Futures +, are pleased to launch their community group contest, as part of The Capturing the East Riding Photography Competition. The group would like to invite people with learning disabilities to enter their work and the overall winning photographs will be submitted to the main Capturing the East Riding event. An exhibition of entries will be displayed within Millers and…
Courageous Thorne Beaten on Points
Jonathan Thorne stepped into the ring but despite a valiant effort lost on points on a night of boxing at St Paul’s Boxing Academy. The Beverley fighter was well supported with John Kershaw, Michael O’Connell, Ruby Perry, Adam Foster along with his mum and brother Jordan all in the crowd HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size [nggallery id=1242] HU17.net Picture…
Beverley Festival Scoops 3 BBC Radio 2 Award Winners
Beverley Folk Festival celebrated the success of three of the artists it has booked for this year’s festival this week, when they came away from the BBC Radio 2 Awards with no less than 4 awards. Headline act for the Sunday of the festival, Bellowhead, went home with the Best Group presented to them by Tamsin Greig, who plays Debbie in the Archers and Best Live Act , presented by…
Beverley Minster
The most popular tourist attraction in East Yorkshire and the most important building in Beverley’s history. Beverley Minster is one of the finest parish churches in the country. It has been a site of pilgrimage and worship for 1300 years and is one of the oldest gothic structures in Britain. Larger than one third of all cathedrals and regarded as one of the most beautiful non-cathedrals in the UK, it…
Beverley Town CC Pre Season Build Up
Beverley Town Cricket Club have published their pre-season schedule which includes warm up matches at the Norwood Recreation Ground. However this season there will be a notable absence in Neil Goforth who retired at the end of last season. Sunday 27th February – 6.00pm till 7.00pm Longcroft School Indoor Nets Sunday 6th March – 6.00pm till 7.00pm Longcroft School Indoor Nets Sunday 13th March – 6.00pm till 7.00pm Longcroft School…
Police Warn Residents in Beverley to be Vigilant
Police are warning residents to be vigilant following a distraction burglary on Burney Close, Beverley. The incident occurred on Friday 11 February 2011 at approximately 1830hrs when a man allegedly approached the home of an 89-year-old woman stating that he had found a keyring outside of the property. The keyring had gone missing from the house earlier that day, and being pleased to have it back, the woman gave the…
Alyss Neville:Love at First Eyesite
Alyss Neville of Beverley has been modelling for Eyesite Opticians for just a few months now, and has been a proud face on Eyesite’s recent Valentines campaign “Love at first Eyesite”. Alyss said; “It has been a really fun experience. The team at Eyesite love what they do, they’re all really welcoming and have been great to work with. Hopefully there’s more photo shoots in the upcoming months and I…
Old Curtains and Bras Win Fashion Awards
East Riding students this morning won awards for their fashion outfits made from discarded net curtains, bras, old shirts and duvets. They were competing in the pre-worn fashion awards sponsored by East Riding of Yorkshire Council to highlight the 3,000 tonnes of clothes sent by residents to landfill last year. This is equivalent to three million pairs of jeans. The winner, Madeleine Burn, Churchill Avenue, Cottingham, an art and design…
Sports News From Longcroft Schools: February 2011
SPORTS ACADEMY TRIUMPH Mr King and Mrs Fitzpatrick took the Y7 and Y8 pupils from the academy and academy potential list plus one or two students who performed well in the recent sprints and jumps competition to take part in the Bridlington School Sports Partnership Sportshall Athletics competition at Beverley High. They totally dominated the event and came away with medals, trophies and a place in the Humber Final. The…
Beverley AC Men Finish First at Welton Dale
Welton Dale was the venue for the penultimate race in the 2010 / 2011 season of the East Yorkshire Cross-Country League. With valuable team points at stake it was vital for clubs to field a strong team. Scarborough and City of Hull have been leading the league but it was Beverley Athletic Club’s men’s team which finished first at Welton. Having led his team home in all five races so…
Blue and Golds Return to Action After Millennium Magic
The Blue and Golds resume their season this Saturday with a home fixture against Embassy. Beverley ARLC opponents have returned to the Hull & District League this season following a 2 year absence and have been one of the pacesetters losing only four times this season. Beverley will look to improve on their last game which was at home against Haworth Park, the Blue and Golds took the lead though…
Beavers Travel to Rochdale in Must Win Game
Beverley RUFC travel to Lancashire on Saturday to take on bottom club Rochdale in a National League 3 (North) fixture. Having lost last weekend to second bottom club Billingham, the Beavers now face the real prospect of relegation. They have 9 games remaining, with 6 away from home. Of these 4 are the last 4 of the season. Beverley have proved more than a match for anyone in this league…
Crumbs Wedding Fayre @ Hodgsons Pub
Popular Beverley deli Crumbs are thinking big in 2011 as they prepare to launch an exciting, recession-busting new arm to their business. The owners of the Chantry Lane shop, Andrew and Caroline Maw, are busy putting the finishing touches to their plans to launch a complete, bespoke wedding service that will take the stress out of the big day. They plan to offer the complete wedding package. Working in conjunction…
Friends of Longcroft School Prom Fashion Show
On Tuesday, in association with “The Fairy Godmothers” of 25 Ladygate, Beverley – FOLS presented their annual Prom Fashion Show. Students from years 11, 12 and 13, were fundamental in the success of the evening by managing all the back stage equipment/lighting/selling of tickets/modelling. The FOLS would like to thank the teachers who supported the students, the Renaissance Dance Company and The Longcroft Gospel Choir for providing the entertainment. Local…
Take That to Play in a Field Near Beverley…Well Almost!
Take That fans who missed out during the recent stampede for ticket sales to the 2011 tour still have the opportunity to hear their songs in 2011. This opportunity also comes to a field near Beverley. ‘Back for Good’, the countries leading Take That Tribute act will be headlining the Saturday evening slot of the 2011 Tribfest festival and performing a range of classics to thousands of local festival goers…
Beverley Folk Festival:Friday Night Headliner Announced
Paul Carrack and his full band will open the 2011 festival with our Headline Friday Night Concert. The former vocalist of Mike and The Mechanics and the voice behind world-wide hits such as ‘How Long’ by Ace, Squeeze’s ‘Tempted’ and, of course, the timeless classic ‘The Living Years’ Carrack is now firmly established as a solo performer. Initially finding fame with Ace and Roxy Music, he has gone on to…
Appeal For Help Following Assault in Beverley
Appeal following assault – Beverley Police are appealing for witnesses following two assaults that occurred in Beverley on Monday 07 February 2011. Two 54-year-old women were out walking along Manor Road at approximately 2010hrs when they were hit by an egg thrown from a passing motor car. At approximately 2040hrs the two women were walking along North Bar when they were again hit by an object, which is believed to…