Saturday sees the start of the new Humber Premier League season and this year promises to be a special one for Beverley two biggest football clubs. The 2011-2012 season will see Beverley represented by not only Beverley Town FC but also Hodgsons FC with both clubs keen to end the season as the undisputed title of Beverley’s best team. Town have had a troubled summer that has seen key players…
East Riding Youth Dance is recruiting at a venue near you for the autumn term. Co-ordinated by East Riding of Yorkshire Council, the project includes weekly sessions with professional artists working towards performances each term. East Riding Youth Dance also gives young people the opportunity to learn from the country’s leading professional dance companies in workshops and live performances. The youth dance groups are based in five areas of the…
Reanna Wardill, Samantha Novis and Lucy Norton have joined forces for the Humberside Police Lifestyle project 2011. Lifestyle is an excellent initiative which encourages children to do something for their local community in the school holidays. Their team is called the ‘Cool Camels’ and they have chosen to raise money for the Beverley Community Lift. The girls have decided to help this charity as a neighbour of Reanna relies totally…
Rugby Football Union East Yorkshire “World Cup 10’s” Rugby Competition At Beaver Park Beverley RUFC will host the East Yorkshire World Cup 10 a-side competition at Beaver Park this Saturday 6 August 2011. Gates will open at 11 a.m and the first matches will kick-off at noon. Entry to the event is free to individuals but there will be a nominal £1 per car parking fee. The following clubs have…
More than 4,400 tonnes of garden waste, food waste and cardboard was sent for composting in June due to East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s successful roll out of the new collection in the brown bins. Councillor Symon Fraser, portfolio holder for environment, housing and planning, said: “This is a brilliant result by our residents. It shows just how enthusiastic our residents are when you compare that 4,400 tonnes with the…
House builders developing properties in the East Riding have signed up to the Government’s FirstBuy scheme, designed to help first-time buyers’ purchase newly built properties. The scheme works by the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) and the house builders loaning a total of 20 per cent of the property price, meaning purchasers only have to make up the other 80 per cent from savings and a mortgage to buy a…
Beverley Town CC 1st XI lost at home in the league for the first time this season when they were beaten by Sessay. The 4th XI made it a poor day at Norwood when Cottingham ran out easy winners but the 2nd and 3rd teams fared much better on their travels with convincing wins at Pocklington and South Holderness respectively. York Senior League Premier Division Beverley 1st XI lost to…
Hodgsons FC boss Lee Hastings claims he has stolen a march on Humber Premier League rivals Beverley Town ahead of the new season. Hastings, who led the Tanners to the Division One Championship to cap a remarkable rise through the leagues, has beaten off a host of clubs to make two signings for the 2011/2012 campaign. He has brought in Ben Thomson in midfield and highly-rated Dom McMahon from Howden…
East Riding residents recycled and composted 55 per cent of their waste in May compared with 46 per cent in May of last year. The figures released by East Riding of Yorkshire Council show that the biggest increase is in the amount of waste collected from the brown bins. Much of this waste was due to the roll out of the collection of food waste and cardboard in the brown…
It was a chastening day for Beverley Town 2nd XI at home to Whitkirk on Saturday. They were beaten by eight wickets and never recovered from a poor start to their innings. Although the build-up to the weekend had seen heavy rain dampen the outfield on the main pitch at the Norwood Recreation Ground, the pitch was reported to be as good for batting as usual. So it was a…
Humberside Police searching for a missing 62 year old Pocklington man, found the body of a man in woodland north of Kilnwick Percy during the evening of Friday 17th June. The body has sadly been formally identified as that of missing man David Huitson. Mr Huitson, of Springfield Road in Pocklington, was reported missing to police at approximately 1900hrs on Monday 13 June when he left the address to go…
Humberside Police are continuing to search for missing 62-year-old Pocklington man David Huitson. Mr Huitson, of Springfield Road in Pocklington, was last seen by his family at approximately 1430hrs on Monday 13 June when he left the address to go for a walk. Worried family contacted the police shortly before 1900hrs after he failed to return home. He suffers from Parkinson’s Disease which requires regular medication and his physical health…
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