Residents To Stage Protest Over Councils Plans To Axe Wardens

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November 21, 2017

Sheltered Housing schemes residents will be joined on Wednesday by local campaigners opposed to East Riding Council proposals which would see warden numbers in Sheltered Accommodation slashed. 

In July, ERYC proposed a shake up of arrangements for the area’s Sheltered Housing schemes which would see 53 dedicated wardens being replaced by 11 mobile wardens. 

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Newbegin House Makes Good Hotel Guide For Third Year Running

Newbegin House Makes Good Hotel Guide For Third Year Running
October 19, 2017

Newbegin House, Beverley’s only five star B&B, has been included in the Good Hotel Guide 2018 and, for the third year running, has won an “Editor’s Choice” award.

In 2015, Newbegin House received a “best newcomer” award. This was followed by a “Best Value” award in 2016 and now by a “Best B&B” award in 2017.

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Goole Landlord Prosecuted For HMO Offences

Goole Landlord Prosecuted For HMO Offences
October 12, 2017

A landlord in Goole has to pay £2,638 after failing to licence a property in multiple occupation as well as failing to comply with fire safety regulations.

Alison Asadi-Aghdam, 54, of Sutton Street, Goole, appeared at Beverley Magistrates Court on Wednesday, 4 October, where she pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to license a property operating as a house in multiple occupation and another offence of failing to comply with management of houses in multiple occupation regulations in relation to fire safety.

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Trainee Guide Dog Seeks Temporary Accommodation In Beverley

Trainee Guide Dog Seeks Temporary Accommodation In Beverley
October 5, 2017

A local charity is on the lookout for volunteers who will be prepared to offer temporary accommodation for the dogs that are currently undergoing training.

Guide Dogs, a charity who provided specially trained K9s for people who suffer with full or partial sight loss say they need help to house animals here in Beverley.

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Beverley Guest House Owner Fined Over Misleading Four-star Rating

Beverley Guest House Owner Fined Over Misleading Four-star Rating
July 21, 2017

The owner of a Beverley guest house whose guests complained of dirty rooms needs to pay over £7,000 after admitting to falsely claiming the establishment had a four-star rating.

John Dixon Hart, 53 of Keldgate, Beverley and owner of Beverley Guest House, formerly known as Minster Garth Guest House, appeared at Beverley Magistrates Court on Wednesday, 19 July where he pleaded guilty to charges of advertising and running a guest house below the minimum standards expected by consumers as well as one charge of using misleading adverts to suggest the guesthouse was of four-star standard.

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Paul Whymant ‘Overwhelmed’ By Support Received

May 7, 2017

Hotelier Paul Whymant has been overwhelmed by the support received during the first week of his two-month poetry and cycling challenge, during which he will pedal more than 1,500 miles and visit 35 cancer hospitals and centres all around the UK.

Paul, chairman of the family-owned Tickton Grange Hotel, near Beverley, was diagnosed with bladder cancer five years ago, aged 60. Now, after years of treatment, he is cancer free and determined to give something back to those who helped him through what he describes as “a journey through a tunnel”.

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Bridlington Hits The Bullseye As The Winmau World Masters Returns To The Town

Bridlington Hits The Bullseye As The Winmau World Masters Returns To The Town
April 13, 2017

The Winmau World Masters darts championship is returning to Bridlington Spa this September featuring some of the world’s top darts players.

Taking place between Monday 25 September and Thursday 28 September, the tournament is scheduled to follow immediately after the British Darts Organisation Open Championship; meaning an extended stay in the town for players and spectators.

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REYTA Tourism Awards Shortlist Announced

Beverley Racecourse Confirm Fixture List for New Season
February 10, 2017

Hull and East Yorkshire’s premier tourism awards, the REYTAs, have achieved record entries yet again.

And such was the quality, the organisers, Visit Hull and East Yorkshire (VHEY) had to introduce an additional category during the short-listing process because of the “overwhelming” numbers vying for the honour of Remarkable Tourism Event.

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Mindset Trial Boosts Confidence For Female Ex-Offenders

Mindset Trial Boosts Confidence For Female Ex-Offenders
January 27, 2017

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.

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Dear Yorkshire, Can I Tempt You With An Abseil?

Dear Yorkshire, Can I Tempt You With An Abseil?
January 25, 2017

Feeling the January blues? Why not give yourself something to look forward to by signing up to a daring abseil down one of the tallest buildings in the North on Sunday 21st May to raise money for the British Red Cross!

The Red Cross is looking for brave people from across Yorkshire to don their finest fancy dress and make their way down the side of a towering student accommodation building in the centre of Leeds to raise money to help people in crisis.

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30th Anniversary Beverley & East Riding Early Music Festival

30th Anniversary Beverley & East Riding Early Music Festival
January 18, 2017

2017 marks the coming of age of the much loved Beverley & East Riding Early Music Festival, (Friday 26 – Monday 29 May) as the Festival celebrates its thirty years of music-making alongside an extraordinary year for culture in the region, as Hull is 2017 City of Culture.

Initiated by the local authority, with the aim of attracting visitors to the area to discover a rich medley of history, striking architecture and music of the past, over the years the Festival has grown to be recognised as a ‘jewel in the cultural crown’

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Beverley Arms Planning Application Approval Welcomed By Cllr Healy

Beverley Arms Planning Application Approval Welcomed By Cllr Healy
December 21, 2016

The planning application for a multi million pound scheme to transform the Beverley Arms hotel and bring it back into use has been approved by the East Riding of Yorkshire Council.

Local residents living on Wood Lane, working with their ward Councillor, Denis Healy, are relieved and delighted that their concerns about the demolition and construction works have been listened to.

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