Residents are currently being urged to share their views following the launch of the Crown Post Office Public Consultation.
However as reported some weeks back, the Post Office has made it clear they have made their minds up. Bosses have said that the Post Office in Beverley will indeed be closed.
1st Molescroft Scouts have had some good news with regard to finding a new home within the grounds of Longcroft School.
The scouts were served with an eviction notice from their current site. The notice was issued as a result of plans by the local authority that want to sell off the land for development.
Post Office Bosses have confirmed that the Crown Post Office will be closed and relocated to the nearby WH Smith Store.
In a statement released they state clearly that regardless of the public consultation, a commercial decision has already been made.
Scout Leader Andrew Sharpe says while he is encouraged by discussions he still remains cautious about their future.
Mr Sharpe, the Scout Leader at 1st Molescroft comments came following discussions that took place between ERYC and Cllr Denis Healy.
Beverley’s Crown Post Office has won the support of East Riding of Yorkshire Council which bosses want to relocate.
Post office bosses have earmarked the Crown Post Office in the centre of Beverley for closure. They want to relocate the service to the nearby WH Smith store.
Beverley Town Council has agreed to help two groups who are facing eviction from their buildings located on Longcroft School.
Both the 1st Molescroft Scouts and 399 (Beverley) Squadron Air Cadets have been told they have to get off the site to make room for housing.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council has said that capital funding for Longcroft School was a result of an agreement reached between both parties in January 2018.
Furthermore, the council also confirmed that the meeting was between senior management of the school and directors from the council.
Molescroft Scouts have been offered assurances that Cllr Denis Healy will do all he can to make ERYC see sense. Cllr Healy was speaking following a visit to the Molescorft Scouts who are currently based at Longcroft School.
Both the Scouts and air cadets face an uncertain future as the council look to offload land for housing. Both groups both been given notice and told to vacate the site by the local authority.
Cllr Denis Healy says he will be launching petition after East Riding of Yorkshire Council served notice on local Scout Group and Air Cadets.
He says following a meeting with the council, 1st Molescroft Scout Group and the Air Cadets has left both groups deeply concerned.
Local Councillor, Denis Healy says a petition to save the Post Office in Beverley is ‘just the start’.
Cllr Healy launched the petition due to the news that the Post Office in Beverley Town centre faces potentially being closed.
Privatisation through the back door is how one councillor describes plans that put the Post Office in Beverley at risk.
Comments about the Post Office closure came from Cllr Denis Healy, who represents residents in St Mary’s.
Members of the ERYC Liberal Democrat will be asking the East Riding of Yorkshire Council to write to Government over the proposed changes to how ‘Fracking’ Applications are dealt with.
Anger has swept across the country following news that Ministers are going to make life easier for energy companies who will no longer need planning permission to prospect for shale gas.
Cllr Denis Healy is supporting the family of the late Ivan Usher in their quest to realise his dream of building a memorial stand at Beverley Town Football Club.
Ivan, who was a well known figure in Beverley, passed away last autumn at the age of 83. He worked for 30 years as a PE teacher, and spent the whole of his professional life at one school; Longcroft, where he taught generations of children to enjoy and appreciate their fitness.
As the anniversary to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I approaches later this year, Molescroft Parish Council has restored the village’s Roll of Honour.
Parish Councillors David Boynton & Jackie Heffer formed a working group, with the aim of restoring the Roll of Honour which lists the names of 20 Molescroft servicemen who took up the call to arms in the conflict. The roll records the death of only one serviceman Lieutenant Edmund Wigfall Military cross.
There were 106 teachers in the East Riding on long-term stress leave in 2016/17, up 39% on the previous year, Liberal Democrat research has revealed.
The number of local teachers on long term stress leave has become a serious issue.
Generous members of Beverley & East Riding Golf Club helped last year’s Captain Jeff Worrall raise more than £3,000 for local charities.
Mr Worrall said he was delighted to present cheques for £2,000 to Becky Read representing MacMillan Nurses and £1,080 to Jan Stainforth of Beverley Community Lift.
Beverley and East Riding golf club is set to receive over £26,000 to restore the Westwood’s iconic 200 year old Anti Mill, from a pot of cash paid by developers to support recreation and leisure projects.
Last March, East Riding ward Councillor, Denis Healy, encouraged local community clubs to come forward to bid for the money, known as “Commuted Sums,” which is earmarked for leisure and recreation projects.
Councillor Denis Healy will be continuing his support for Beverley Street Angels, the volunteer group that helps keep people safe in the town centre on weekend evenings, when he joins them on patrol in Beverley this coming Saturday night.
Cllr Healy spent a January Saturday night with the Street Angels a year ago, and on Saturday he will be donning his high vis jacket again to highlight the importance of the work undertaken by the Street Angels volunteers in the town.
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