Residents in Beverley, East Yorkshire have something to celebrate. Beverley Town Council has confirmed they to purchase of building which will be used as a town hall.
The building in question is located on the corner of Morton Lane and Wilbert Lane. It is most well known locally as the St John Ambulance. It dates back to 1888.
The third phase of a £1m scheme to improve roads in Beverley town centre and beyond is due to begin next month.
As part of the East Riding of Yorkshire Council scheme, work began in June to resurface parts of Norwood and North Bar Without, followed by work in Lairgate, Armstong Way, with Corporation Road and Samman Road to follow later this month.
Tesco in Beverley has been handing out the cash to both Beverley High School and the Leven Festival.
Beverley High School was awarded £4,000 while the Leven Festival picked up a £1,000 donation. Money donated was raised through the companies ‘Bags of Help’ scheme.
Traffic lights at two major junctions in Beverley are to be replaced as part of a £140,000 upgrade scheme.
Work is due to begin on Monday 15 July at the junction of New Walkergate with Morton Lane and Walkergate to install the brand new energy-saving lights.
St Mary’s Primary School have been awarded a cash windfall, money they say they will be used to improve their outdoor area.
The school on Eden Road in Beverley was awarded the money by the Tesco in Beverley. In all, they received £2,000 as a result of finishing first in the supermarket’s Bags of Help incentive.
Beverley Tesco is encouraging people in Beverley to support Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life. They want people to pop into the Morton Lane store Tesco store to see it ‘turn pink’ on Saturday 6 April.
A nationwide event, Tesco Turns Pink’sees thousands of Tesco employees unite across the UK to raise vital funds to help beat cancer.