Beverley

Times Of Old : Retold – A New Oral History Project In The East Riding

Tales From The Treasure House - February Fevers
April 11, 2017
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East Riding Archives, at the Treasure House in Beverley, are taking steps to ensure that memories of bygone times in the region are recorded for posterity in a new oral history project – ‘Times of Old: Re-Told’.

Archives staff are appealing for volunteers to come forward and give interviews about their past experiences of living in East Yorkshire, under one or any of the following themes.

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Flemingate Centre Manager ‘Sorry’ To See Bolo Close

New Banners Could Help Link Flemingate and Town Centre
April 7, 2017
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Graham Tait, the manager of the Flemingate Centre says he is sorry that Bolo has closed their store in Beverley thanking them for their contribution.

Bolo who were a fashion retailer relocated from the Town Centre to Flemingate as one of the first stores who were there from the opening.

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Tales From The Treasure House – Preserving Collections From The Past

Tales From The Treasure House - Preserving Collections From The Past
April 7, 2017
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Some truly magnificent historic collections of items from bygone times are built up by antiquarians, but unfortunately they are all too easily lost, destroyed or split up and sold if the collector loses interest or dies.

Staff at the East Riding Archives at the Treasure House in Beverley come across this problem all the time, and it’s such a shame that precious parts of local history never have the chance of being preserved for the community.

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Hard Work During Summer Holidays Earns Trip To Flamingo Land

Hard Work During Summer Holidays Earns Trip To Flamingo Land
April 6, 2017
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After a summer of hard work, Freedom Five have won a trip to Flamingo Land as runners up in Humberside Police’s Lifestyle Project.

Freedom Five consisted of five Beverley girls whose project aim was to get kids off technology. The girls Millie, Laura, Chloe, Holly and Aimee had fun raising funds throughout their school holidays.

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New Owners Of Local Independent Boutique Are Just The Ticket

New Owners Of Local Independent Boutique Are Just The Ticket
April 4, 2017
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Ticket is a boutique situated in the heart of Beverley in St Mary’s Arcade. Ticket stocks an exclusive selection of women’s contemporary fashion brands including Gestuz, Coster Copenhagen, Soaked in Luxury and Fransa.

Formerly part of a large chain, the boutique has now been taken over by an independent investor making the shop a truly independent retailer.

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Blue & Golds Lose As They Are Edged Out By East Hull In Season Opener

Blue & Golds Lose As They Are Edged Out By East Hull In Season Opener
April 3, 2017
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The blue and golds were edged out in this tight contest on the opening day of the league season. It was a quality game in which the home side’s game management was slightly the better of the two sides. Also the hosts were allowed to make far too many breaks up the middle for Beverley to give themselves a chance of winning. Pat Howdle commented; “We knew it was going…

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Beverley Set To Become The Fastest Broadband Town In The UK

Beverley Set To Become The Fastest Broadband Town In The UK
April 3, 2017
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The historic town of Beverley is forging a digital future as it becomes the fastest and most connected broadband town in the UK.

KCOM has launched the latest stage of its Lightstream rollout which means 97 per cent of all homes in Beverley will have access to ultrafast broadband. This is compared to 51.2 per cent of homes nationally.

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Start4Life Campaign Launched To Encourage And Support Breastfeeding

Start4Life Campaign Launched To Encourage And Support Breastfeeding
March 30, 2017
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Start4Life, Public Health England’s marketing programme that helps parents-to-be and parents to adopt healthy behaviours, has launched a new interactive ‘Start4Life Breastfeeding Friend’ (BFF) to guide new mums thorough their first weeks of breastfeeding and help them breastfeed successfully by providing personal support for mothers at any time of the day.

Through one-to-one messaging and push notifications, the Start4Life BFF gives mums 24/7 access to expert NHS advice in a friendly, accessible way.

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MP To Mark English Tourism Week By Visiting Sand Le Mere Holiday Village

MP To Visit NHS Humber Foundation Trust To Discuss Mental Health
March 29, 2017
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Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, will visit Sand le Mere Holiday Village near Withernsea on Friday to officially open the park for the new holiday season. His visit comes as part of English Tourism Week.

He will be shown round by General Manager Amby Tatla to see how the park has spent almost £1 million in the past year to improve infrastructure and add new caravan pitches to increase capacity.

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MP Offers His Support For Continuing Use Of Glyphosate Which Some Say Is Carcinogenic To Humans

MP Offers His Support For Continuing Use Of Glyphosate Which Some Say Is Carcinogenic To Humans
March 24, 2017
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Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart met local farmers at Mr Jono Dixon’s farm in Patrington, to discuss their concerns about calls from several environmental groups to ban the well-known weed killer, glyphosate.

Some studies have shown that glyphosate is safe but further studies have also highlighted the chemical as a probable human carcinogen limited evidence that suggests glyphosate may act as an oestrogen mimic, which is of significance for breast cancer risk.

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Urgent Care Plans Approved By East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group

Urgent Care Plans Approved By East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group
March 22, 2017
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The future of urgent care services in the East Riding of Yorkshire have today been confirmed, with three urgent care centres open 365 days per year set to be introduced in Beverley, Bridlington and Goole, replacing the current minor injury units across the region.

The decision was also made to create an integrated community and intensive rehabilitation centre in Beverley, which will be supported by Time to Think beds, meaning current community hospital beds in Bridlington and Withernsea will close. A number of Time to Think beds will be located in Holderness and Bridlington.

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