Following a recent increase in the number of 4×4 vehicles being stolen in the East Riding and other rural areas throughout the country, Humberside Police have joined up with Datatag to launch a new security marking and registering system. Over the past six months, thieves have targeted 19 4×4 vehicles; a number of these vehicles have been Land Rover Defenders belonging to farmers in the region. They are often stolen…
Beverley Maze is one local tourist attraction that has welcomed the recent miserable patch of the summer. The growth of the Beverley Maze, owned by well-known local sprout farmer John Clappison at Park Farm, Risby near Beverley, has been behind schedule due to the dry weather, which has left the 60,000 maize seedlings which form the maze smaller than usual. It is due to open for its second year on…
Motorpoint have swooped to bring the space-age Infiniti to their sites and offer its high performance and technology at an infinitely better price than main competitors. The car supermarket giant has only one of the Infiniti G Coupes to sell so this really is an exclusive offer. Infiniti are fairly new to the U.K. and Motorpoint have snapped one up as they are always looking to create infinitely better deals…
Beverley Minster is making sure it can serve a world-wide congregation with a new, interactive website. Designed by local (Woodmansey) firm WebOrchard, which is based in one of the parishes connected with the Minster, the new website is intended to make it easy for everyone to find out the nuts and bolts of life in the church as well as communicate with staff and clergy. Beverley Minster vicar Rev. Jeremy…
In the run up to next year’s Olympic Games four local athletes were given the honour of taking part in the Olympic Test Marathon in London on Monday morning. Former Beverley Athletic Club member Darran Bilton, now with Leeds City AC, was given the number 1 bib and was asked by the London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) to pace the group of 39 elite club athletes to 3 hours. He…
Molescroft youngster Jessica Chapman won the Talented Performer this week at the Sport and Play Recognition Awards though the Humber Colts were dealt knock out blow missing out on the Top Team award to Hull Kung Fu. Schools, coaches, volunteers and sports stars from throughout the East Riding were honoured at the sport and play recognition awards presentation evening at The Spa Bridlington on Wednesday, 4 May. Over 175 people…
Children at Swinemoor Primary in Beverley are at the forefront of using information and communications technology (ICT) to enhance their work, and that’s official! Following an extensive external assessment, Swinemoor has been awarded the prestigious ICT Mark. The award recognises the school’s success in developing the strategic use of ICT in both administration and across the curriculum. Parents will have proof that their children are attending a school at the…
Welcome fellow Beverlonians to your six local Candidates who are asking for your support in the forthcoming local elections on May 5th. East Riding of Yorkshire Council is currently a Conservative-led Council and we are proud of our achievements over the past four years and hope to have the opportunity to represent your interests for the next four years also. The bedrock of this success has been sound financial management…
A ceremony to mark achievements in community health care in the East Riding took place on April 7 2011 as NHS East Riding of Yorkshire officially hands over the East Riding’s community services to Humber NHS Foundation Trust (FT). Karen Knapton, Chairman of NHS East Riding of Yorkshire, will perform the official handover to Humber NHS FT, accompanied by community services staff past and present. Under Transforming Community Services (TCS),…
Beverley-based national driving trainer TIR are taking their show on the road to exhibit at the industry’s premier exhibition. TIR Training Services Ltd, of Waltham House, Riverview Road, have doubled the size of their stand at this year’s Commercial Vehicle Show, held at the NEC in Birmingham from Tuesday 12 to Thursday 14 April. At the show, TIR will launch its brand new training simulator, which is at the cutting…
East Riding councillors Jane Evison and Jonathan Owen (East Wolds and Coastal) recently met with Greg Knight MP (East Yorkshire) a representative from KC and council representatives to continue to progress their campaign regarding the lack of investment in a reliable broadband service across the area. People in the East Riding who get poor broadband access or no service at all are at a big disadvantage in many aspects of…
For some, poetry is a dying art. With technology like text messaging, emails, and social media websites, the way in which people express themselves to their loved ones is becoming more plain and abbreviated. What a treasure it is then, to be able to search back through time for words of inspiration, to an age when it was common for people to engage in long verses just to say ‘I…
In 1865, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, under the pseudonym of Lewis Carroll, published his most well-loved and popular book, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Telling the tale of a curious girl who follows a white rabbit to a fantastical world of talking animals and living playing cards, the novel was an instant hit. With witty puns, social satire and mathematical whimsy, it struck a chord with Victorian readers and has done so…
Local communications provider KC has transformed the online experience of people living in the East Yorkshire village of Walkington by installing ‘fibre to the kerb’ to give residents average broadband connection speeds of around 15Mbps. It’s no secret that across the UK, rural residents are less likely to enjoy high-speed broadband than people living in towns and cities. That’s because an important factor affecting broadband speeds is the distance you…
The cba partnership is offering a neat solution to small businesses to fix their I.T problems via the Internet. Scott Reading, cba’s I.T Manager says: “Many businesses live with problems because I.T call-out charges can be expensive, but this service allows us to massively reduce the cost as there is no mileage or extra time costs. Instead, I.T Remote enables us connect via the Internet to a computer system anywhere…
Anyone who is thinking about going into further and higher education in September 2011 can now take a look at East Riding College’s new full-time and higher education course guides. The full-time course guide features nearly 100 courses in art, design and media; business and administration; construction; early years and health and social care; foundation programmes; hair and beauty; hospitality and catering; information technology; motor vehicle and engineering; music; public…
Local bands The Estuary Dwellers, The Mark Robinson Experience and Woolicane all performed live last night on Humber.tv Humber.tv has started to offer regular live music nights from their ‘Mission Control’ in the heart of Beverley. Filmed in front of an audience the video is then streamed through their web site in real time for users to watch. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the…
