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The cast has been announced for a new play about Beverley's best known artists, Fred and Mary Elwell, whose lives and work will be celebrated in April at the East Riding Theatre in Beverley and Hull's Ferens Art Gallery. Four local actors will form an ensemble to portray a number of characters in the play, called Paint the Town Fred. Michael Kinsey will play Fred Elwell and Hannah Levy will Read more

Crews from Beverley Fire Station will be pulling a 14-ton fire engine around the town this Saturday, March 19, in an effort to raise money for vital supplies and equipment for Ukranian refugees. They will set off from the fire station around 11am and then head via New Walkergate, Railway Street, Lairgate and Hengate before arriving at the Market Cross on Saturday Market.  Money raised will go to the Ukraine Read more

Ten students from Bishop Burton College set off for Australia this week for a two-week work experience placement within the sports industry alongside a wide variety of different cultural and sporting activities. It’s part of the college’s successful bid to fund 45 work experience placements around the world as part of a Government scheme to offer students life-changing experiences in study or work abroad. The ten, described as amongst the Read more

A 66-year-old pilot whose light aircraft crashed while attempting to land at Leven airstrip last year, told air accident investigators that a “violent” gust that caused him to veer away from the runway, may have been caused by turbulence from a nearby windfarm. The man, who had taken off from Sherburn in Elmet, sustained minor injuries and the Piper aircraft was destroyed. According to the report into the crash last Read more

Households are being urged by East Riding Council to set up a Council Tax direct debit to make it easier for them to receive the Government’s £150 energy rebate. Most households in bands A to D are eligible.  Currently, around 100,000 households already have a direct debit in place and Cllr John Holtby, the council’s deputy leader, told Beverley FM: “We are urging households who do not pay by direct Read more

In what was Beverley Town Council’s first official event since before the start of the pandemic, Mayor Cllr Linda Johnson hosted a civic dinner with a difference. Instead of a formal three-course meal with table service, Cllr Johnson invited East Riding’s Great and The Good to choose from street food dishes. The dinner was held at East Riding College’s Flemingate campus and was attended by the Lord-Lieutenant of the East Read more

Beverley MP Graham Stuart says there’s no easy solution to flooding from the River Hull affecting farmland in the area. He was speaking after chairing a meeting with the Environment Agency, East Riding Council and the National Farmers Union, Yorkshire Water, the Clerk of the Beverley and North Holderness Internal Drainage Board and the Chair of the Yorkshire Regional Flood Defence Committee. The Environment Agency said a “hump” on the Read more

As part of its efforts to help people in war-torn Ukraine, Beverley-based charity Jacob’s Well is planning to send at least five lorry-loads of medical and other aid to help refugees. Now, Molescroft Primary School is lending its support to those efforts by hosting a Jacob’s Well collection van in the school playground next week. The van will be parked in the South Playground on Thursday March 17, between 8.30am Read more

Volunteers turned out in force at the weekend to carry out improvements at Beverley Town Football Club’s Norwood ground ahead of an inspection by the Northern Counties East League that could see the club move up to a higher standard. Town, who are currently top of the Humber Premier League, recently announced they’d achieved their funding target of £30,000 to pay for a major upgrading, including floodlights, at Norwood. At Read more