Sam Wordsworth from Beverley has described being involved with events marking the passing of Queen Elizabeth II as an honour.
LSgt Wordsworth is in the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards. They are playing a pivotal role in events being held in London to honour the UK’s longest-serving Monarch who died on 8 September.
At 9.45pm last Thursday evening, the Mayor of Beverley lit Beverley’s platinum jubilee beacon of fire before 200 people in Coronation Gardens and connected Beverley to the national and worldwide beacon celebrations that were happening to honour the Queen at that precise moment.
The Beverley Building Society team have been a little busier than usual during the last two weeks of May, raising much-needed funds for its Charity of the Year for 2022, the Beverley Cherry Tree Community Centre.
From Monday 16 May to Friday 20 May, the Society’s team bravely took on a 211-mile ‘Beverley to Buckingham Palace’ Exercise Bike Challenge (the equivalent distance of the actual route), in advance of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
Businesses from the Humber Bridge to Hull marina have outlined their plans to celebrate The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in style against a spectacular backdrop of a flotilla and flypast.
Hessle Town Council, which is organising the Humber Platinum Jubilee Flotilla of 70 ships and boats on Thursday 2 June, has now confirmed details of a programme of family fun.
Organisers of a spectacular Platinum Jubilee flotilla and flypast have revealed plans to apply the finishing touch to the celebrations by flying the Union Flag from two of the highest points in the region.
Hessle Town Council has secured an agreement with the Humber Bridge Board to raise the flags on each of the two towers of the Bridge on the evening of Wednesday 1 June, the eve of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
Make sure you pop into Beverley Building Society this week as the team there tackles a challenge which will see them cycle from Beverley to Buckingham Palace.
Part of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Anniversary celebrations the team will be raising funds for the Cherry Tree Centre in Beverley.
Volunteers from For Entrepreneurs Only (FEO) based in Hull have been honoured with The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK.
FEO is a unique collective of business-owner volunteers, making a contribution of £3.5bn to the East Riding economy by way of entrepreneurs helping other entrepreneurs to start, adapt and grow businesses.
The chairman and leader of East Riding of Yorkshire Council have today paid their respects to HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, who has died at the age of 99.
In a joint statement chairman of the council, Councillor Pat Smith and leader of the council, Councillor Richard Burton paid tribute to The Duke who “dedicated his life to supporting The Queen”.
Deciding on an occasion outfit for your son or daughters wedding can be a difficult process for many women, especially when it comes to finding the perfect hat.
Once you have settled on your stunning new outfit and shoes thoughts turn to headwear, and there really is no better way to make a statement, than a perfectly chosen wedding hat.
An established partnership between Ferens Art Gallery and the Royal Collection Trust will bring a total of five exceptional loans from Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace to Hull between 2017 and 2021 as part of Masterpieces in Focus.
Rembrandt van Rijn’s The Shipbuilder and his Wife (1633) complements Hull’s maritime heritage, the gallery’s strength in Dutch 17th century art and the latest exhibition of contemporary art on display:
East Riding of Yorkshire Council have announced that the floodlights at Beverley Minster will be switched off for an hour on the evening of 25 March, in support of Earth Hour, between 8.30pm and 9.30pm.
Earth Hour is co-ordinated by WWF – an annual global celebration where people across the world switch off their lights for one hour to show they care about the future of the planet.
Crystal Tiaras & More, the Beverley based micro business specialising in bespoke headwear and accessories for special occasions, say 2014 has been a good year for business attracting
In addition to the region’s recent successful Olympic and Paralympic Flame celebrations, in which the county crier Michael Wood was involved, the East Riding can now also claim to have both the overall Best Town Crier and Best Dressed Town Crier in Britain.
Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, is calling on local companies to put themselves forward for the highest level of recognition for British business, the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise.
HU17.net Magazine issue 98 is available from Molescroft News, Woodhall Way. This special edition is full of Queen’s Diamond Jubilee pictures that have appeared on the web site.
Children from Swinemoor Primary School held special Queen’s Diamond Jubilee assembly. Opening the assembly head teacher Leon Myers read out a letter the school had received from the Buckingham Palace