Local Athlete Freya Vidal Wins 200m National Championship

Local Athlete Freya Vidal Wins 200m National Championship
October 2, 2021

A runner from Beverley has been crowned National Champion in the 200m. Freya Vidal, who is just 15-years-old says she was ‘surprised to win.

Freya has been running since she was just seven. She took to the track after tagging along to the local athletics club with her brother. While there her talent was discovered and since then she has been dedicated to the sport and her training.

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Blue & Golds Conclude Season With Players Awards Night

Blue & Golds Conclude Season
October 1, 2021

Beverley’s 2021 season has now concluded and they held an end of season awards evening last Saturday evening. There were four awards up for grabs.

Lewis Miller took the committee player of the year. Billy Riby took the coaches player of the year. Dan Smart took the players player of the year and the young player of the year went to Dan Spence.

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Historic Vessels Set Sail For Restoration

Historic Vessels Set Sail For Restoration
October 1, 2021

The surviving sidewinder deep-water trawler, the Spurn Lightship, and the Arctic Corsair, which was built in Beverley will move to a local shipyard for restoration.

Dunston’s (Ship Repairs) Limited, specialists in restoring and repairing ships with a long and proud tradition spanning over 100 years, have been appointed to restore both the Arctic Corsair and the Spurn Lightship.

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5* Reviews For Genuine Gents As Beverley Barbers Celebrates 1st Year

5* Reviews For Genuine Gents As Beverley Barbers Celebrates 1st Year
September 27, 2021

Genuine Gents on Beverley’s Butcher Row is marking its first full year of trading with increased business, more skilled staff and stellar five-star reviews.

“We have always believed we would be able to weather the Covid storm and come out successfully on the other side,” said salon owner Ozgur Dogan, who works alongside trained barbers Brian Nosa and his brother Juan, who recently joined the business.

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Driver Shortages Mean Buses Will Run On Temporary Timetables

Driver Shortages Mean Buses Will Run On Temporary Timetables
September 16, 2021

Bus company East Yorkshire has announced that from Sunday 19 September it will be temporarily reducing some timetables in Hull & Beverley in the face of the nationwide bus driver shortage.

Along with many other industries, bus operators across the country are experiencing a shortage of staff, leaving the company with not enough drivers to operate routes each day.

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Major Live Blues Gig Returns To Beverley

Major Live Blues Gig Returns To Beverley
September 16, 2021

A musician regarded by many to be the most compelling British blues artist since the great names of the sixties heads to Beverley in November for the first major live Beverley Blues gig in two years.

Ian Siegal plays the Masonic Hall in Trinity Lane on Thursday, November 11 as the forerunner of a return of the annual Beverley Blues Weekender in 2022.

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Volunteers Praised For Their Invaluable Contribution To The Vaccination Rollout

Volunteers Praised For Their Invaluable Contribution To The Vaccination Rollout
September 16, 2021

HEY Smile Foundation volunteers across Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire are being praised for their invaluable contribution to the COVID-19 vaccination roll-out.

Over 380,000 people have been double vaccinated throughout Hull and East Riding and health bosses say that none of this would have been possible without those volunteers who have given up thousands of hours of their own time to assist GPs and practice staff to get people the lifesaving COVID-19 jab.

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More Than 900 Foster Parents Needed Across Yorkshire

More Than 900 Foster Parents Needed Across Yorkshire
September 15, 2021

With the number of children needing foster care continuing to rise, a Beverley fostering agency, Orange Grove Fostercare is encouraging people to consider opening up their home to a child in care.

According to the Fostering Network, the UK’s leading fostering charity, 900 foster families are needed across Yorkshire.

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Housebuilder Supports Beverley Minster’s Secret Garden

Housebuilder Supports Beverley Minster’s Secret Garden
September 14, 2021

Barratt Developments Yorkshire East has donated £1,000 to an important organisation in Beverley which aims to create an accessible space for the community to use and invest in.

The chosen cause, local parish church, Beverley Minster, owns an area of land that is being developed into a “Secret Garden” by a group of volunteers, with the aim of providing the area for the use of the church and local communities. 

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Free Compost Giveaways Return This Month

Free Compost Giveaways Return This Month
September 13, 2021

The free compost giveaways run by the East Riding of Yorkshire Council are returning this month.

Eight giveaway events will be held across the area between Saturday 18 September and Friday 1 October, where around 5,000 bags of compost will be handed out for free to local residents.

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Women In Business To Share Stories As They Celebrate Silver Jubilee

Women In Business To Share Stories As They Celebrate Silver Jubilee
September 6, 2021

A group that was formed more than 25 years ago to bring together women holding senior roles in the Hull and East Yorkshire business community will turn back the clock next week for a belated silver jubilee celebration.

The current members of Women in Business will welcome six of the people who launched the group in 1994 to enable women to support each other professionally and socially.

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