Hodgsons FC will end 2010 flying high as they top the Humber Premier League Division 1. The Tanners started 2010 after a long lay-off when their pitch at the Beverley Leisure Centre became unplayable. Hodgsons did not play their first game until January 30th when they entertained Goole Office losing 2 – 4. By the end February Hodgsons had recovered. They progressed to the semi-finals of the East Riding Senior…
Beverley Arthritis Care Christmas Lunch
Members of the Beverley Arthritis Care Support Group held their annual Christmas lunch at the Beverley Arms Hotel. The group is made up of people who themselves or who have family members that suffer from Arthritis though this did not stop them having a good time. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size [nggallery id=1137] HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the…
Don’t Let Bogus Taxis Ruin Your Night
Party-goers looking forward to New Year are being advised to make sure they stay safe at the end of the night. East Riding of Yorkshire Council is warning people to be wary of bogus taxi drivers. The council hopes that those celebrating by going out will have fun, but advises that planning beforehand can help to keep people safe. Each year during the festive season the council’s licensing team receives…
Successful Fund-Raising for the FERYO
The Friends of East Riding Youth Orchestras held two very successful fund-raising events in Beverley just before Christmas. A total of £328 was collected during two hours of busking at the Tesco store on Saturday 18th December, and on Wednesday 22nd December a magnificent total of £1,594 was raised during an all day playing and bag-packing session at Morrisons. The money will be used to help to subsidise a forthcoming…
Dogs From Around Beverley
There are always plenty of dogs around Beverley; these are some of the Beverley Pets that have been seen in the town, at the parks in the shops and on the Beverley Westwood in 2010. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size [nggallery id=1135] HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size
Cardboard Collection Services @ Tesco
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is holding six special collections of cardboard across the area after Christmas. Councillor Symon Fraser, portfolio holder for environment and planning, said: “At Christmas, we all end up with an abundance of cardboard because of the packaging on everything from food to toys. “Lots of it gets taken to our 10 household waste recycling sites over Christmas so, this time, we are taking the collections…
Actors Prepare to Launch ‘Waiting for Godot’ in the East Riding
East Yorkshire-based Other Lives Productions take to the stage with their most ambitious play yet when actors Richard Avery and Neil King open with Waiting for Godot in an eight-venue East Riding tour, that includes a performance at Toll United Gavel Church on Thursday 20th January. Samuel Beckett’s play, which was first published in 1952, features two tramps, Vladimir and Estragon, sitting by the roadside waiting for a man called…
Holderness Hunt @ The Beverley Westwood 2010
Holderness Hunt Supporters Club held their annual hunt meeting at the Beverley Westwood. The event was switched to Monday as this year Boxing Day fell on a Sunday, but hundreds still turned out to see the horses and hounds, including Cllr David Elvidge and the local MP Graham Stuart. Unfortunately due to the frozen ground they were unable to drive the hounds round the Beverley Westwood. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click…
London Theatre Voices Present a Night of Gilbert & Sullivan
The London Theatre Voices come to Toll Gavel United Church, Beverley, on Thursday 13th January 2011 at 7.30pm with ‘A Night of Gilbert and Sullivan.’ Soprano Julie Dawn Lloyd, Louise Crane (contralto), Ben Kerslake (tenor) and bass Peter Willcock, accompanied by Simon Haynes on the piano, will sing a selection of Gilbert and Sullivan songs, duets and quartets. Louise has a great many Gilbert and Sullivan roles under her belt…
Learn to Teach Swimming @ Beverley Leisure Complex
Would-be swimming teachers can take the plunge during a beginners swimming teachers course. The course will be held at Beverley Leisure Complex during February half term, from Monday, 21 February until Friday, 25 February. The course will start at 7.30am each day and finish at 3pm. Those taking part must hold a National Pool Lifeguard Qualification and be over 16. The course will cost £200 for members of the public…
Appeal For Witnesses – Incident on the A1174
At 2111hrs on Thursday 16 December 2010 a man was seen driving a silver coloured Volkswagen Golf car along A1174 towards Beverley. Upon seeing police officers in a marked patrol car, the driver of the Golf made off at speed along the A1174 towards Beverley, overtaking numerous vehicles in the process. The driver, a 31-year-old Beverley man, was followed by officers and later arrested for dangerous driving. He was later…
Beverley AC Round the Town in Santa Outfits
Over 70 members of Beverley Athletic Club took part in the Santa Race around Beverley. The format of the competition was changed on the night due to the icy weather. The changes were made to avoid any unnecessary risks. Setting off from the Beverley Leisure Centre the runners completed a lap of the town finishing back where they started. The threat of losing points for not competing in a festive…
Beverley Male Voice Choir Christmas Concert @ Toll Gavel
The Beverley Male Voice Choir and children from Leconfield Primary School held a Christmas Concert at Toll Gavel United Church. The concert was very well attended. Special guests included the Mayor of Beverley Cllr Bessie Foot and the Chairman of East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Cllr David Rudd. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size [nggallery id=1133] HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click…
East Yorkshire Festive Bus Services Summary
The full schedules for our festive buses are now available on the EYMS website, simply go to the Festive Buses page, or see below. If you’re planning on travelling over Christmas and New Year you should check this information to make sure your bus will be running. EYMS also have the holiday opening times of BusCall, their Travel Centres, East Yorkshire Coaches booking line and EYMS Head Office. Thursday 23…
Organised Crime Gang Jailed After Joint Police Operation
Fourteen members of an organised crime gang have been sentenced to 52 years behind bars today (22 December 2010) at Leeds Crown Court for their role in a sophisticated enterprise stealing and selling on high value vehicles. Members of the gang have admitted to a combination of charges including conspiring to burgle, conspiring to handle stolen goods and conspiring to defraud during July 2009 across North Yorkshire, East Yorkshire, and…
Police Warn People to Keep of the Frozen Beck
Humberside Police are warning of the dangers of children playing on ice following numerous calls about incidents on Beverly Beck on Monday 20 December 2010. In the space of 30 minutes between 1900hrs and 1930hrs yesterday police received four calls from concerned residents about young people playing on the ice on Beverley Beck near Beckside North. In one incident three boys were seen playing ice hockey. The local Neighbourhood Policing…
Beverley Success at The Clothes Show Live!
James Ash, Managing Director of The New Vintage Clothing Ltd has just returned from a successful trip at The Birmingham NEC were The Clothes Show Live was hosted. With more than 150,000 visitors over the 6 day period it certainly wasn’t for the faint hearted. “I knew we were going to have to work hard for our money in order to cover all the overheads involved and with the ‘big…
Course Guide Promises New Skills for the New Year
People who want to strengthen their CV or simply learn new skills in 2011 can find their ideal course in East Riding College’s new part-time course guide. The spring 2011 edition, featuring hundreds of courses starting from January, is now available and is being distributed across East Yorkshire. The publication features a wide range of programmes from a variety of subject areas, starting from January onwards and with a number…