Beverley Christmas Lights Appeal will not be staging an event this year in the town centre. News of their decision means the only event will take place at the Flemingate retail park.
A spokesperson for the group said that there were better ways to spend money. They felt it made more sense to increase the volume of lights rather than pay for an event.
Beverley Town Football Club hosted their Sportsman’s Dinner on Saturday evening on a night that saw them welcome special guests Paul Merson and Ben Shires to Beaver Park.
Merson who enjoyed a glittering career with Arsenal Football Club making over 300 appearances for the Gunners scoring 78 goals and 21 England appearances scoring three times.
Ben Shires says he is delighted to support the local charity Go Kids Go.
The CBBC Presenter comments came after he visited a local school in Beverley with the charity where he took part in one of their workshops.
Delacy Spa will for the second year hold a Christmas Lights Raffle as they look to support the Beverley Christmas Lights Appeal.
Last year the raffle raised over £600, something organisers hope they can beat with the support of both businesses and the local community.
Plans for the Beverley Christmas Lights Switch on have been released with the focus of the event being staged around the centre of Beverley at the Market Cross.
While the main lights in the town centre will already be illuminated, the Beverley Lions Christmas Tree on the Market Cross will be switched on to officially mark the start of festive period in the town.
Libraries, archives and museums manager, Kevin Hadfield says visitors figures to the amazing Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition were stunning.
His comments come after it was revealed that a staggering 74,425 people visited the Treasure House in Beverley to enjoy this unique opportunity.
Staff at the Treasure House in Beverley are celebrating the success of the Really Really Wild Day.
A stunning total of 2500 people visited the event, which featured Ben Shires from CBBC; a chance to see and interact with a polar bear; handle and learn about a range of animals; and be entertained by Professor Bumble the Badger and Headmistress Miss Nutella Nutkins of the Acorn Academy with their little gyspy cart.
The Really Really Wild Day on Saturday 18 February at the Treasure House, Beverley, from 10am to 3pm, will be a free fun day for all ages at the start of the school half-term holiday.
It will be a chance to visit the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition in Beverley Art Gallery, and see a great deal more besides, and will include a guest appearance from CBBC presenter Ben Shires (presenter of Officially Amazing), from Beverley, who will give talks and entertain visitors with true tales about some amazing and remarkable animals from around the world.
To accompany the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition at Beverley Art Gallery, one of the key East Riding events in Hull UK City of Culture 2017 (in which East Riding of Yorkshire Council is a Principal Partner), an exciting events programme has just been launched.
Staff at the Treasure House in Beverley have organised a range of fun family events, fascinating talks and captivating workshops to support this free, world-renowned exhibition.
Britain’s finest town criers will come together in Beverley to take part in a spectacular two-day competition as part of celebrations to mark the 20-year milestone
On the morning of Friday, 01 April 2016, at 1030 in Flemingate Shopping Centre, twelve of Britain’s best Town Criers (including the current world champion) will attempt to set a new record for the World’s Loudest Voice.
Year 9 Students at Longcroft School have been taking part in the BBC School Report, a national incentive that gives young people the chance to create news for an audience.
As Mayor of Beverley this year I have never been more proud, to represent the residents of Beverley for a second term of office.
Prue Blake from the Beverley Christmas Lights Appeal sheds some light onto how the Christmas Lights in Beverley are paid for and the work that goes on behind the scenes to Light up Beverley for Christmas.
Photos from the Beverley Christmas Lights Switch On. This year it was local TV celebrity Ben Shires who was given the honour of switching on the Christmas Lights in Beverley.
It has been an exciting year for Beverley-born TV star, Ben Shires. And things are set to get a lot more exciting with news he is switching on the Beverley Christmas Lights
Longcroft School welcomed TV Presenter and former pupil Ben Shires as for their presentation evening.
Ben Shires spent his youth reading books, cataloguing stamps and treading the boards in various school productions. The development of the Longcroft Performing Arts centre presented lanky-beanpole Ben with many exciting opportunities and after starring roles in Wind in The Willows, Sweeney Todd and My Fair Lady he developed a taste for the spotlight. After leaving school, Ben joined bands, recorded an E.P and made some hilariously clever YouTube videos…