During the full month of January, Dove House is running a sale with up to 30% off the registration price for multiple events.
They hope supporters will sign up for these events during January and save money whilst supporting your local hospice.
Hannah Billingham has been awarded Ceramic Artist of the Year, at the Corporate Live Wire Yorkshire Prestige Awards 2021/22.
The event took place at the prestigious Hazlewood Castle and is awarded based on nominations submitted to a panel of judges.
A Beverley secondary school whose pupils “leave school very well prepared for life in modern Britain” has been judged as outstanding following a recent Ofsted inspection.
Ofsted inspectors visited Beverley High School in November and judged them to be outstanding in all areas which include the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management and sixth form provision.
The new exhibition at the Treasure House in Beverley, ‘Hidden: Cold War Women’, gives a glimpse into a lesser-known period of history, the Cold War.
The exhibition centres on photographic portraits of local women by artist Lee Karen Stow. Many of the women were members of the Royal Observer Corps or serving with the RAF. Some were involved with local authority Emergency Planning, whilst others were part of the peace moment.
A former Beverley High School student who works globally to help governments tackle challenges including pandemics, terrorism, corruption, war crimes and modern slavery has been awarded the MBE for services to international trade.
Helen Gibson, Managing Director of Agencia, credited her family and colleagues for their part in earning the honour, which recognises the company’s activities in some of the world’s trouble spots.
A developer is poised to press on with plans for a new filling station and shop in East Yorkshire after winning an appeal against refusal by the local planning authority.
Lovel Capital Projects, part of Lovel Property Holdings Ltd, was also awarded costs against East Riding of Yorkshire Council after a planning Inspector found the Council behaved unreasonably in dealing with the application.
MP Graham Stuart met with Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak to discuss the local economy and employment opportunities for his constituents.
Top of the agenda was the proposal to reinstate the direct rail route between Beverley and York, which its proponents argue would boost east-west connections from the East Riding to North Yorkshire and beyond, while also improving resilience and freeing up capacity along the existing westward route via Selby.
Buying a games console or mobile phone for a young person this Christmas?
Most kids want the latest games console and where would they be without their mobile phone? So Christmas is a time when people look to buy electronic equipment for their loved ones.
Local clinical leaders are praising the phenomenal local vaccine effort with 40,000 people in Hull and East Riding receiving their booster vaccination in the last 10 days.
The NHS is prioritising bookings for boosters and is urging people to book an appointment to guarantee their jab – as it aims to offer every eligible adult their booster dose by the end of December 2021.
One Christmas tradition that is sure to be kept in most households is the presentation of gifts under the Christmas tree.
Whilst it looks pretty, your loved ones may not be the only people eager to grab an early glance at those Christmas day gifts.
Following the success of our Summer Treasure Hunt, we have launched a new one for the festive season, which runs until Saturday 15 January 2022.
Pop into the Beverley SCOPE shop on Butcher Row, where for a one-off donation of just £1 you will be given a question sheet for the Mayor of Beverley’s Winter Treasure Hunt.
Beverley celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Festival of Christmas on Sunday with thousands of visitors safely enjoying the festivities.
Each year, on the second Sunday in December, the centre of Beverley is transformed into a magical Christmas shopper’s wonderland, with over 110 stalls brimming with gorgeous Christmas gifts and local treats taking over the historic market town.
MP Graham Stuart has heaped praise on the founder of the Armed Forces & Veterans Breakfast Clubs (AFVBC), Dereck Hardman after he visited Parliament to raise the organisation’s profile among MPs.
The former Royal Engineer founded the first Armed Forces & Veterans Breakfast Club in Hull in 2007, operating out of Pete Barker’s Motor Engineers. The clubs are aimed at tackling social isolation among veterans and helping Armed Forces personnel to adjust when they enter civilian life.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council has proudly launched its innovative, engaging and ongoing Digital East Riding strategy which is focused on supporting residents, local businesses and communities in the region.
Digital East Riding’s vision is to achieve more by using technology whilst ensuring council services are responsive to meet the differing needs of its citizens.
Ultrafast broadband provider Quickline Communications Limited (“Quickline”) is pleased to announce the appointment of two leading broadband specialists to its executive team.
Lee Allison will join Quickline in January 2022 as Chief Operating Officer. In his previous role as Head of Engineering Operations at KCOM, Mr Allison was responsible for building the award-winning fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) network in and around Hull, which brought gigabit broadband capability to over 250,000 premises. He has more recently been responsible for KCOM’s £100m FTTP network expansion investment.
As Christmas approaches NHS Blood and Transplant is calling on families in the North East and Yorkshire to talk about organ donation and register their decision to help save lives.
With some families hoping to get together for Christmas for the first time since the pandemic began, NHS Blood and Transplant is urging people to take a moment during the celebrations to talk about their organ donation decision and to leave their family members certain of what they want to happen.
Beverley’s most desirable current development is taking shape amid growing interest from house hunters.
The select St Mary’s View development is being built by Beal Homes on a site close to beautiful Beverley Westwood and just a short stroll from the centre of the town.
The Beverley Festival of Christmas, proudly supported by The Beverley Arms, will see the town transform into a festive wonderland with Victorian market stalls, fairground rides and street entertainment.
Visitors to this year’s festival are encouraged to travel via public transport to get into Beverley. Visitors can also make use of the Park and Ride facility set up at Beverley Racecourse (postcode: HU17 8QZ) – which for this year will be FREE of charge.