Folk Festival Announce Who Will Be Dancing In The Streets This Summer

Folk Festival Announce Who Will Be Dancing In The Streets This Summer

Beverley Folk Festival will once again bring some fun and flare to the streets of Beverley, when Dance Teams from around the country descend on the town for the 35th annual Folk Festival.

Quick-footed performers from Norfolk, Lincoln, Newcastle, Leeds, Coventry, Sheffield and Leeds will stage a range of traditional dances, including Rapper, Sword, Border and Step Clog Morris.

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Town Move Fourth After They Beat Leaders Chalk Lane

Town Move Fourth After They Beat Leaders Chalk Lane

Beverley Town have beaten the current Humber Premier League, Chalk Lane 2-1 with a goal in each half to move fourth in the table.

Town started well, passing the ball through ,midfield and causing problems down the flanks. Joe Norton wide left was a constant threat, and Leon Dawson linked well with the strikers on numerous occasions.

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High Flying Beverley Beat Heath For Third Time This Seaso

High Flying Beverley Beat Heath For Third Time This Season

Beverley came out on top against Heath for the third time this season in a bruising encounter at North Dean, Halifax, to maintain their second position in the league and put a dent in Heath’s promotion ambitions.

The dreadful weather conditions prevailing did not suggest the prospect of much flowing rugby and so it turned out with the result that we saw a dour contest largely played out between the two forward packs.

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Open Day To Showcase Hull’s Most Exclusive Luxury Apartments

Open Day To Showcase Hull’s Most Exclusive Luxury Apartments

The letting team from MyPad will be giving tours of HU1 at Essex House tomorrow between 11-3pm.

The newly refurbished building includes forty-five luxury apartments and forms part of a £42m investment in Hull City Centre by private firm, Iguana Developments who are renovating three major property developments for residential use; HU1 at Essex House, Liberty House and the Police Station in Queen’s Gardens.

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Graft In Flux - An Upcoming Exhibition By HMP Humber

Graft In Flux – An Upcoming Exhibition By HMP Humber

The HMP Humber Art Department, known as GRAFT Studio, is collaborating with Artlink on an immersive and interactive exhibition, focused on the changing landscape and the aspirations of those currently working and living in the secure prison units.

GRAFT’s ethos is to use art as a vehicle to improve confidence, grow self-esteem, and to incrementally transform individuals by engaging them in a pro-active intervention program. Elements and working practices from the Studio will be recreated to allow visitors to observe and take part in the environment, projects, techniques, and journey of HMP Humber’s students.

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Renowned Local Clinical Hypnotherapist Nets FSB Award

Renowned Local Clinical Hypnotherapist Nets FSB Award

Sheila Granger, who runs an international hypnotherapy training business from her Anlaby home, has won the ‘Business Exporter of the Year’ title at the prestigious Federation of Small Businesses Awards.

Having picked up her accolade at the Yorkshire & Humber regional awards event at the John Smith’s Stadium in Huddersfield yesterday, she will now be shortlisted with the potential to be put through to the national finals, which will take place in May.

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East Riding’s Rising Young Stars To Perform To An Audience Of 800+

East Riding’s Rising Young Stars To Perform To An Audience Of 800+

On Saturday 24 March, York Theatre Royal will be bursting with talented teenagers as over 300 of Yorkshire’s young choreographers and dancers come together to perform.

Featuring youth dance companies from every corner of Yorkshire, FRESH is Yorkshire Dance’s annual showcase of the region’s most talented young dancers. Yorkshire Dance champions the development of dance in Yorkshire and this year, 20 companies will perform to an audience of over 800 people.

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Friendly Approach As Williamsons Extends Family Law Service

Friendly Approach As Williamsons Extends Family Law Service

Hull and East Yorkshire firm Williamsons Solicitors has introduced a dedicated family law service to its Beverley branch with the appointment of specialist legal executive Karen Marshall.

Mrs Marshall joins eight solicitors in Williamsons’ family department who are based at Hull, Bridlington and Driffield.

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MP To Launch National Campaign Against Hair Harecoursing

MP To Launch National Campaign Against Harecoursing

Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, will launch the Country Land and Business Association’s, (CLA) national campaign against hare-coursing this week.

Graham will be joined by the CLA, a representative from the Police and Crime Commissioner’s Office, the Holderness Farm Watch co-ordinator, the specialist Rural Crime police officer, East Riding of Yorkshire Councillors and local farmers.

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Roadworks Resume Over The Humber Bridge

Roadworks Resume Over The Humber Bridge

Motorists are being urged to drive with care on the southbound lanes of the Humber Bridge from this weekend as essential engineering works re-start.

The scheme to replace the expansion joints at each side of the 1.4-mile long bridge will continue until May 2018 and involves the use of temporary safety ramps to enable traffic to use both lanes as much as possible.

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Bluer & Golds Host Bottom Club Blackbrook In NCL

Blue & Golds Host Bottom Club Blackbrook In NCL

Beverley ARLFC will return to action this Saturday as they welcome Blackbrook to the Beverley Leisure Centre for their NCL fixture.

Last weekend it was the Beast from the East which had the biggest say as Beverley, along with the other sides in the league, saw their match cancelled due to the adverse weather that swept across the country.

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Tickets on Sale for Good Friday Beverley Chamber Choir Concert

Tickets on Sale for Good Friday Beverley Chamber Choir Concert

Beverley Chamber Choir, directed by Jeffrey Makinson, will perform Allegri : Miserere and Brahms : A German Requiem on Friday 30th March in St Mary’s Church Beverley

Beverley Chamber Choir has a reputation of presenting choral concerts to the highest standards. The Good Friday Concert will see the choir joined by Soprano : Eleanor Garside and Baritone : Robert O’Connell and the Piano Duo : Jonathan and Tom Scott.

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From ‘Zero To Zero’ – An Exhibition Of Images From Around The World

From ‘Zero To Zero’ – An Exhibition Of Images From Around The World

An exhibition of stunning travel images by East Yorkshire photographer, Andrew Chandler, takes place in Skidby this coming Easter weekend following his four month trip around the world.

In 2017, Andrew set off on his epic journey by starting at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London with the objective of photographing the people, landscapes and wildlife as he circumnavigated the global – returning 118 days later, once again to the prime meridian.

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Bishop Burton College Cancel Lambing Sunday

Bishop Burton College Cancel Lambing Sunday

Bishop Burton College has unfortunately had to cancel Lambing Sunday this weekend (11th March).

The college has received veterinary advice to cancel the event after a number of lambs were identified as having a skin infection. This is believed to have been brought on by stress, caused by the recent adverse weather.

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MP To Question Council On Residents’ AD Plant Concerns

MP To Question Council On Residents’ AD Plant Concerns

Local MP, Graham Stuart, is asking the council to explain changes to plans for an Anaerobic Digestion (AD) plant at Plaxton Bridge, Woodmansey.

Following representations from the 60-strong Woodmansey and Dunswell Residents’ Group, Graham has written to the council’s Director of planning, Alan Menzies, to find answers about the alterations – which residents say have not been properly consulted on.

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Second Hand Car Dealer Fined After Misleading Customers

Second Hand Car Dealer Fined After Misleading Customers

A director of a second-hand car business who misled consumers over the cars they bought, including failing to tell buyers their vehicles had previously been written off, and has been sentenced at Hull Magistrates Court.

Todor Neychev, 37, of West Hull admitted three offences under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations and one under the Road Traffic Act between April and May 2017.

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Hollywood Comes To Hull … For A Viking Fest!

Hollywood Comes To Hull … For A Viking Fest!

Over the next month, pupils at Frederick Holmes School (Freddie’s) will be working closely with some of the leading classical musicians in the country on a brand new piece of music written especially for them by Hollywood film composer, David Buckley. Freddie’s is an all age school for pupils with physical disabilities and learning difficulties.

Mr Buckley is best known for the soundtrack to the hit TV series The Good Wife. His film credits include Jason Bourne starring Matt Damon, The Nice Guys, and the Sacha Baron Cohen comedy The Brothers Grimsby.

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