Irish Folk Greats Dervish To Take Beverley Crowd By Storm This May

Irish Folk Greats Dervish To Take Beverley Crowd By Storm This May
March 31, 2022

Dervish, one of the world’s most imaginative interpreters of Irish folk music, will take to the stage at East Riding Theatre, Beverley on Monday 23 May as part of a run of live dates across the UK.

Recently recognised with a BBC Lifetime Achievement Award, the Irish folk icons will be returning to stages across England and Wales this May, with dates in Beverley, Kendal, Bury, Cambridge, Grantham, London and Cardiff.

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How To Prepare For Overseas Trips From Beverley

How To Prepare For Overseas Trips From Beverley
March 30, 2022

With travel restrictions easing in many parts of the world, many of us are looking to get out again.

We can once again explore the world with some freedom, and many of us are eager to do so. But what do we need to keep in mind as we prepare to leave Beverley and head out into the world?

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Depleted Beavers Unable To Cause Upset In Local Derby With Bridlington

Hullensians Hit Back In Final Minutes To Beat Beverley Seconds
March 14, 2022

The local derby trip to Bridlington for the Beavers was always going to be a tough challenge. The previous week Brid came away with an away win at top of the table Old Crossleyans and look to have secured the fourth spot in the league, which is the last promotion spot.

The weather was good for an open game of rugby, and in patches, Beverley’s backs looked impressive, unfortunately, the power of the imported front row and backline of the forward pack was too much, and Bridlington was deserved winners by the end of the afternoon scoring 46 points to Beverley’s 15.

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Upcoming Orangery Concerts At Sewerby Hall

Upcoming Orangery Concerts At Sewerby Hall
March 9, 2022

Sewerby Hall and Gardens will be continuing to welcome the public with standard admission available to the house and zoo, with the gardens accessible free of charge until Saturday, 26 March. In addition to this, the hall will also be hosting several afternoons of music in the Orangery this month.

Sunday, 13 March at 1:30pm, will see Sax Forte appearing in the Orangery. The York-based quartet demonstrates the versatility of the saxophone, particularly of the classical repertoire. 

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More Students Excel In Accountancy Training Programme

More Students Excel In Accountancy Training Programme
March 8, 2022

Forrester Boyd Chartered Accountants are delighted that two more of its trainee accountants have passed their qualifications and can now look forward to careers as chartered certified accountants.

Abigail Dunning and Lydia Marsh have both passed their final exams of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and can now celebrate being fully qualified chartered certified accountants within Forrester Boyd.

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New Client For Expanding East Yorkshire Property Firm

New Client For Expanding East Yorkshire Property Firm
March 4, 2022

The expanding Beverley property firm RPMS has been selected to manage the towns’ historic Westwood Park development.

Westwood Park is a former Victorian hospital in Beverley with stunning architectural features including some areas which are listed. It can be found on the edge of Beverley, overlooking Westwood Pastures.

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Hidden: Cold War Women – Last Chance To See Lee Karen Stow Exhibition

Hidden: Cold War Women - Last Chance To See Lee Karen Stow Exhibition
March 3, 2022

The team at the Treasure House in Beverley are reminding visitors that the current exhibition of photographs by artist Lee Karen Stow called ‘Hidden: Cold War Women’ has less than three weeks to run. 

The exhibition runs until Saturday, 19 March, and has proved very popular. Visitors have been enjoying finding out about this often-overlooked period of history and the stories of the East Yorkshire women who lived through it.

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Yorkshire First Closed Road Rally Is Ready To Go

Yorkshire First Closed Road Rally Is Ready To Go
February 24, 2022

On Sunday morning history will be made as 100 crews set off on the East Riding Stages Rally, the first closed road rally ever to have taken part in Yorkshire.

Based in Beverley, the drivers will tackle eight stages in the country lanes. Before finishing at Bishops Burton College at 15.34.

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Engineering Training Boss Says “Hands Are Tied” By Lack Of Funding

Engineering Training Boss Says “Hands Are Tied” By Lack Of Funding
February 19, 2022

The head of a leading engineering training business says his organisation is “fighting with one hand tied behind our back” because of a lack of funding to support its work with learners and employers.

Iain Elliot, Chief Executive of Humberside Engineering Training Association (HETA) said the government should seize the opportunity presented by the new Skills and Post-16 Education Bill to channel more funding to independent providers, and particularly to Group Training Associations (GTAs).

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Minecraft Sessions During Half Term In Beverley And East Riding

Minecraft Sessions During Half Term In Beverley And East Riding
February 16, 2022

This half term – from 19 to 26 February – East Riding Archives are looking for local Minecrafters to make their mark on history.

Young Minecrafters can book a time slot to visit the Minecraft workstation at Bridlington and Beverley where an Archivist will be collecting pandemic experiences for the Archive collections.

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