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The Green Dragon Pub Beverley is holding a Quizathon this Saturday in aid of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. Starting at 9am a quiz will be held each and every hour until 9pm. Prizes will be awarded for the individual quiz’s with a 9 gallon barrel of beer being given to the team with the most points overall. Landlady of the Green Dragon Glyn Clarke said; “The pub is well known…
On Wednesday 6th July the eight members of the East Riding Senior Percussion Ensemble and their director Chris Sykes, travelled to Birmingham to participate in the National Festival of Music for Youth. The group performed two works in the Recital Hall of Birmingham Conservatoire and were highly praised for their “exciting and full- blooded performance”. The adjudicators acknowledged that the group played with “a great sense of style, good individual…
One of Beverley’s most prominent empty shops will soon be back in use. Currys Digital, on Toll Gavel, has been empty since last year after the electrical giant pulled out of Beverley town centre. But now refurbishment work is well under way as high-end kitchenware store Steamer Trading Cookware prepare to enter the town centre. Steamer Trading Cookware have developed a reputation for top-quality kitchenware and have stores across the…
House builders developing properties in the East Riding have signed up to the Government’s FirstBuy scheme, designed to help first-time buyers’ purchase newly built properties. The scheme works by the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) and the house builders loaning a total of 20 per cent of the property price, meaning purchasers only have to make up the other 80 per cent from savings and a mortgage to buy a…
HU17.net Magazine issue 51, featuring pictures from the following events around Beverley: * Beverley Grammar School & High School Prom * The Reason 4 * Beverley Grammar School Prom @ Lazaat * Pub Cricket Sixes * Saturday Night Out & About in Beverley The magazine is available from to buy at Molescroft News on Woodhall Way or online by clicking here. [nggallery id=1592]
Beverley Armed Forces Day chairman David Elvidge has proposed a regular date every year for the event. This year was the third time Beverley’s Armed Forces Day was run, and proved to be a major success despite MOD cuts affecting the amount of servicemen and women who could attend. The performance of the various bands, including the Beverley Pipe Band, along with choirs from St Nicholas Primary School and the…
1. Priority Issue: – Shop Lifting – Beverley Town Centre The problem of shop thefts is still being targeted by the Neighbourhood Team and certain individuals are still persisting in causing a number of issues for the stores, staff, customers and Police. Work is underway to target those persistent offenders who cause the majority of thefts within the Town and following good work undertaken through the Neighbourhood Team offenders have…
1.Priority Issue: Anti Social Behaviour – Swinemoor Estate I don’t think it is a coincidence that minor crime appears to rise on the Swinemoor Estate during the hot weather. I personally put this down to the increased consumption of alcohol at BBQ’s, parties etc. I can’t understand why people cannot just have a good time without leaving a trail of destruction as they walk home. There have been numerous damage…
Two local charities were presented with cheques totalling over £1500 … the proceeds from a recent concert given by Beverley Community Choir at Toll Gavel United Church. The event, which also featured the East Riding Suzuki Violin group, was hailed as a very successful and enjoyable night by both The Cherry Tree Community Association and Beverley Community Lift. “There was a wonderful sense of celebration about the whole evening,” said…
The City Hall in Hull will be the venue for the debut concerto performance by talented Beverley pianist Adam Davies on Saturday, 16th July. Adam will be performing the first movement of Grieg’s Piano Concerto accompanied by the award winning East Riding Youth Orchestra. This concerto is probably the most famous in the repertoire (and certainly the most familiar thanks to the memorable Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show sketch with…
1. Priority Issue: – Farm Watch – Remote Crime – Poaching Farm watch again has proved an invaluable tool in the fight against Rural Crime. Members are still encouraged to report any suspicious activity or vehicles to the Police or Farm Watch. Beverley Rural Community Policing Team is preparing a pack to give people advice on Rural Crime. The pack will cover issues such as Rural Crime, Wildlife Crime, Diesel…
A message balloon released by a reading group at Beverley Library to celebrate the winners of the Carnegie and Greenway Medal book awards has been found in Germany. The balloon was released by members of Comparethebookclub, asking the recipients to contact the library, and was found by Katja Topp in the small village of Horsten in North Germany. Katja said: “In the morning I looked out of the window and…
The Friends of Longcroft School (FOLS) are joining forces with local businesses to stage ‘Pink Night’; an evening of perfect pampering on Monday 11th July between 6:30pm and 9:00pm at Longcroft Upper School, Beverley. Cath Bunn, from FOLS, said: “This is an opportunity for girls to come along with their mums, sisters, grandmothers and aunties to experience the best local treatments – from hairstyle consultations and make-overs, to mini manicures…
A lone piper brought to an end the third Beverley Armed Forces Day. A big crowd gathered for the closing of the event, after having been well entertained over the course of the day. Highlights included a full drum head service, a fly-by by the legendary Tiger Moth biplane and a performance from the Beverley Pipe Band. Popular attractions, especially for the younger visitors, included a climbing wall and the…
This week’s issue of HU17.net magazine makes it 50 publications produced, a milestone that some 12 months ago I could not have imagined. The first six issues were drawn in Photoshop, which seems crazy now as I look back and remember how painful and time consuming it was. Although still a lengthy process things have become slightly easier with the design being completed using Publishing Software taking between 8 and…
HU17.net Magazine issue 50, featuring pictures from the following events around Beverley; * Beverley Longcroft School Prom * Beverley Armed Forces Day 2011 * Reloaded Help Mark Birthday Of Late Alexander Fordon * Summer Time Saturday @ Beverley Races * Great Day Out @ St Nicholas School Fete * That Friday Feeling: Beverley Races * Lucy Cressey Models @ Dainty Damsels Show The magazine is available from Molescroft News on…
A delegation from Val du Cher, in France, has concluded a successful visit to the East Riding to finalise a waterways cooperation project with the Coast, Wolds, Wetlands and Waterways (CWWW) Local Action Group. The CWWW Local Action Group is part of the rural development programme for England, LEADER, which is funded by the European Union and Defra, in which local action groups must complete a series of cooperation projects….
Proud veterans paid their respects to fallen and former comrades at Beverley Armed Forces Day today. In the heat of a beautiful Sunday morning, they stood side by side in Saturday Market to remember all those who had fallen in wars and conflicts over the years. Thousands of people listened to a perfect rendition of the Last Post, and found their voices when the band played Jerusalem and The Lord’s…