Beverley High School Students Mark International Pi Day

Beverley High School Students Mark International Pi Day
March 20, 2017

Students at Beverley High School took pat in International Pi day as they hosted a range of activities and also saw mathematics reach all lessons.

Pi Day is an annual celebration of the mathematical constant π (pi). Pi Day is observed on March 14 (3/14 in the month/day date format) since 3, 1, and 4 are the first three significant digits of π.

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Labour To Protest As Tory Under Funding Leads To MIU Closures

Labour To Protest As Tory Under Funding Leads To MIU Closures
March 20, 2017

Local campaigners will make a last ditch appeal to the East Riding Clinical Commissioning Group, to reverse its decision to close Hornsea MIU, when it meets on Tuesday.

Proposals to be considered at the meeting include the closure of the seaside town’s Minor Injuries Unit, a move which has been approved in spite of a 10,000 signature petition and overwhelming local opposition.

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Future Of Urgent Care Services In The East Riding To Be Decided

Future Of Urgent Care Services In The East Riding To Be Decided
March 20, 2017

A final decision on the future of urgent care services in the East Riding of Yorkshire are due to be made next week, following a twelve week public consultation which finished in January.

These decisions will be made by the NHS East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) Governing Body, when they meet in public on Tuesday 21 March.

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Beavers U8s Play With Smiles As The Club Continues To Develop Rugby

Beavers U8s Play With Smiles As The Club Continues To Develop Rugy
March 17, 2017

The under 8s played away at Hullensians on March 12th in very muddy conditions but that did not dampen the enthusiasm of all in attendance.

Five matches were played against Wetherby, Hullensians, and Withernsea. The first match against Withersea saw great team work and organisation with the team using available space to score many tries.

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Beverley Youth Football Teams To Compete For Chance At Training Day With Kevin De Bruyne

Beverley Youth Football Teams To Compete For Chance At Training Day With Kevin De Bruyne
March 16, 2017

Schools and local football teams in the Hull and Beverley area are being urged to Club Together in support of grassroots football teams.

Topps, the UK’s leading collectibles company is offering youngsters in the area the chance to win a training day with Premier League and Manchester City superstar, Kevin De Bruyne, a Premier League Manager (past or present) and a week-long adventure holiday camp as part of its annual Club Together competition.

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Give Your Staircase The Wow Factor Make A Bold Statement

Give Your Staircase The Wow Factor Make A Bold Statement
March 15, 2017

Step up to the fashion floorspace and give your staircase the wow factor with a brand new carpet this spring, an area of the home often overlooked.

According to Beverley Carpets, stairways are often not given the full attention they deserve, despite the fact that in many homes it’s the first thing people see when they walk in the door.

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Tickton Bridge Closed To Wide Vehicles For 12 Weeks

Roadworks Due To Start On B1248
March 10, 2017

Tickton Bridge, on the A1035 road to Beverley, is to be closed to extra wide vehicles only, for 12 weeks to allow for important repairs to be carried out.

East Riding of Yorkshire Council contractors will begin work on Monday 13 March on a scheme to replace the metal safety railings, known as parapets, on either edge of the bridge, over the River Hull and Barmston Drain.

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Emergency Repairs To B1230 Keldgate Road

Roadworks Due To Start On B1248
March 10, 2017

East Riding of Yorkshire Council has announced that is it to carry out emergency repairs to the carriageway on the B1230 Keldgate Road (the road from Walkington to Beverley) near the cattle grid on the Westwood from Monday 20 to Wednesday 22 March, 2017.

The works will be carried out between 09.30 and 15.30 on all three days, and the road will be completely closed between those times. Traffic will be diverted via Bentley and the A164

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Northern Rail Strike Will Leave People Baffled And Frustrated

Northern Rail Strike Will Leave People Baffled And Frustrated
March 10, 2017

Graham Stuart, the MP for Beverley and Holderness, has criticised the rail strike set to cause major disruption for passengers across the north of England on Monday.

The strike has been triggered by the RMT after Northern Rail refused to meet its demands for guarantees about the future of guards on all trains. The RMT is objecting to Northern’s reform plans before it has even discussed them in detail with the company.

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Street Food Comes To Beverley’s Wednesday Market

Street Food Comes To Beverley’s Wednesday Market
March 9, 2017

Beverley’s Wednesday Market will be adding some international flavours from this month.

Next Wednesday (15 March) sees the start of Street Food @ Beverley Wednesday Market, a new initiative bringing new stallholders to the town selling tasty street food from across the world as well as locally sourced products.

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Talks And Workshops To Accompany The Wildlife Photographer Of The Year Exhibition

Talks And Workshops To Accompany The Wildlife Photographer Of The Year Exhibition
March 9, 2017

A programme of talks and photography workshops has been announced to accompany the hugely popular Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition running at the Treasure House in Beverley until 22 April, one of the key East Riding events in Hull UK City of Culture 2017, in which East Riding of Yorkshire Council is a Principal Partner.

Tuesday 21 March will see a talk by award-winning wildlife photographer George Stoyle (current winner of the British Wildlife Photography Award) at the Treasure House, at 6.30pm : ‘Photography in Conservation and Environmental Research’.

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Textile Amnesty In Aid Yorkshire Air Ambulance To Be Held in Beverley

Textile Amnesty In Aid Yorkshire Air Ambulance To Be Held in Beverley
March 8, 2017

East Riding of Yorkshire Council is teaming up with the Yorkshire Air Ambulance to hold a series of textile amnesties across the East Riding.

Residents in Beverley are being encouraged to take any unwanted clothing, shoes and textiles – including sheets, blankets, towels and quilt covers – to amnesty at Tesco store in Beverley on Wednesday 5 April from 4.30pm to 7.30pm.

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Bond Have Licence To Thrill At WOW Hull

Bond Have Licence To Thrill At WOW Hull
March 8, 2017

Multi-million selling electric string quartet Bond, featuring Hull born Gay-Yee Westerhoff, complete the WOW Hull line-up, Hull UK City of Culture 2017 announced today, on International Women’s Day.

Bond, whose cellist Gay-Yee grew up in Beverley Road, will join fellow Hullensians comedian Lucy Beaumont and actress and writer Maureen Lipman CBE on the opening night of the festival at City Hall on Friday (10 March).

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