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Return to Rounders at Beverley Grammar School

October 22, 2010

Following the success of the women’s informal Return to Rounders sessions, in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s sport and play development service is pleased to announce it will be starting a new indoor session. From Monday, 1 November, sessions will be held in the sports hall at Beverley Grammar School, between 6.30pm to 7.30pm. All women over 18 years of age are welcome to come along, whether they are…

£750,000 Music Centre Opened in Beverley

October 8, 2010

Councillor David Rudd, the Chairman of East Riding of Yorkshire Council, opened a new £750,000 music education centre in Beverley today. The Hexagon Centre, located on Coltman Avenue, represents a significant investment by the council to improve the music facilities for East Riding children and the schools’ music service. The opening ceremony takes place at 2pm. Robert Mitchell, head of East Riding Schools’ Music Service, said: “Music is such an…

Guided Tours & History Lectures in Beverley

October 8, 2010

Archaeology, voices from the past and Beverley trades are all on the autumn local history lecture agenda this year at the Treasure House. East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s archives and local studies service has organised a complimentary programme to the Champney Lectures currently taking place as part of the Champney Exhibition. This autumn series is in its 17th year and commences with David Evans ‘past and present presentation’ of ‘The…

New Community Legal Advice Office Opens in Beverley

October 8, 2010

Next week, Beverley residents get the chance to step inside their new local advice office for the first time. The doors of the East Riding Community Legal Advice Network office at 100 Lairgate will be open to the public between 10am and 4pm on Wednesday (13 October). People will be able to learn more about the services on offer from East Yorkshire Citizens Advice Bureau and Yorkshire solicitors Switalskis, who…

Archive Shows History of Policing

October 7, 2010

The image of the local bobby riding around the countryside on a bicycle on a hazy English summer afternoon is often the memory many people have of policemen and women of the past. But is this a true reflection? People can now judge for themselves as East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s archives and local studies service is pleased to announce the availability of the East Riding Constabulary archive. This marvellous…

Free Halloween Cooking & Art Activitie

October 5, 2010

Families in the Beverley area are being invited to take part in free Halloween themed family learning activities at Beverley High School on Wednesday, 27 October. Beverley High School and the Extended Services Team will offer two family learning activities including Halloween baking and Halloween masks and decorations. Lisa Deeming, extended services co-ordinator said: “These two hour activities give parents and children the opportunity to have lots of fun and…

Course: Researching Your Family History

October 5, 2010

A course on researching family history being held at the Treasure House in Beverley will help people to find out who they are and where they come from. Thousands of people find tracing their family history such a fascinating and rewarding hobby. Recent television programmes such as the BBC’s ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ show celebrities effortlessly tracking down their ancestor’s footsteps whilst the experts do the hard work…

New A1079 Traffic Lights To Be Switched On

September 30, 2010

New traffic lights at a busy junction will be switched on this Tuesday. Work to install traffic signals at the busy Jock’s Lodge Interchange where the A1079 Beverley Bypass meets the A164 between Beverley and Willerby is almost complete. The scheme has been designed to improve traffic flows at the junction with particular emphasis on allowing traffic coming off the A1079 to join the A164 safely. The signals are due…

Beverley Parks Apple Fest 2010

September 28, 2010

East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Apple Fest will be held on Sunday, 3 October, 2010 at the Millennium Orchard, Beverley Parks from 11am to 3pm. The free event has been organised by the council’s countryside access team. Funding for the event has been provided by the East Yorkshire Federation of Women’s Institutes, Local Heritage Initiative and the East Riding of Yorkshire Council. Activities planned for the Apple Fest include falconry…

Beverley Food Festival Awards 2010

September 21, 2010

The best in local food has again been celebrated in an Awards Night organised by Beverley Town Council, and sponsored by the East Riding of Yorkshire Council, to promote high-quality food produced in the local area, ahead of the Food Festival itself on October 3rd. The awards were presented to the winners of the following categories: Sausage – Pickle/Chutney – Preserves – Pie – Dairy Product – Dessert Drink –…

Beverley: Road Safety Checks

September 17, 2010

Drivers in Beverley have been given safety advice and had their vehicles checked to make sure they are safe, road-legal and properly taxed. Stop-checks were made on cars at Norwood in Beverley on Wednesday, 1 September, to help keep everyone on the East Riding’s roads as safe as possible. Councillor Matthew Grove, portfolio holder for highways and emergency planning, said: “Reducing the number of people killed and seriously injured on…

Regional Approval Paves Way For New Community Hospital for the East Riding

NHS Yorkshire and Humber Strategic Health Authority has given its approval for the full business case for the new community hospital for the East Riding. This secures capital funding for the development to go ahead at Swinemoor Lane, Beverley. This announcement follows the reserved matters planning approval granted by East Riding of Yorkshire Council last month. The scheme will now progress as planned. Measures to safeguard protected species on site…

September 10, 2010

Beverley Library Loans Out Eco Packs

September 8, 2010

East Riding of Yorkshire Council is offering residents the use of an eco-pack that includes an electricity monitor, a pouch for kitchen fats and a water saving device. The packs, on loan from local libraries including Beverley Library, are an extension of a scheme launched last year, which proved so popular. Councillor Symon Fraser, portfolio holder for environment and planning, said: “The monitors can be taken out on loan, just…

Experts to Provided Lectures in Honour of John Champney

September 7, 2010

A series of free lectures by experts will commemorate the hundredth year of Beverley’s museum and art gallery. This year the people of Beverley are celebrating a century since the opening of the gallery and museum in the building given by benefactor John Champney. As well as giving the building – which is now part of the Treasure House, in aptly named Champney Road, Beverley – John Champney also donated…

Youth Centre Football Festival

September 2, 2010

East Riding Sport and Play Development in partnership with Positive Futures and Beverley Youth Service ran a Youth Centre Football Festival at Longcroft School on Wednesday 1st September. Nine teams from all corners of the East Riding were competing to be crowned Youth Service Champions!! Teams came from Pocklington, Beverley, Withernsea, Driffeld and for the first time South Hunsley! The teams were split into 2 groups in a round robin…

Films of Beverley’s History on Show

September 1, 2010

Monthly film shows chronicling the history of Beverley look set to start at the Treasure House in September. The shows in the Film and Sound Archive Presents series will kick off next month with Black and White Beverley which will show footage shot in the town by prolific local film-maker Ernest Symmons. Mr Symmons was also the co-founder of the Beverley Picture Playhouse, which opened on Monday, 20 February, 1911….

Get Your Cameras and Phones and Get Snapping

August 26, 2010

If you or your group would like to participate in a major competition for amateur photographers, the East Riding Cultural Partnership has the perfect opportunity for you. The Cultural Partnership is working with local people to organise contests as part of the ‘Capturing the East Riding’ photography competition. Starting in October, contests will run until September 2011, when groups will select their top entries. Local winners will then be entered…

Pupils @ Longcroft Get Their GCSE Results

August 24, 2010

There were huge smiles all round at Longroft School in Beverley when the students got their GCSE results. Among the top performers was Eva Lawrence and Lottie Dodd, both of 11T, who got straight runs of As and A*s. Longcroft School saw 54.3 per cent of pupils achieving five A*-C including English and Maths, up 10.5 per cent on last year. Mike Furbank head of improvement and learning at East…

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