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ANTI-SOCIAL behaviour that has plagued parts of Beverley was the subject of a meeting attended by police and East Riding council representatives along with members of the Grovehill-Cherry Tree-St Nicks-Priory Neighbourhood Watch Group and chaired by Beverley MP Graham Stuart.  The meeting taking place on St Nicholas Green to discuss problems of anti-social behaviour The meeting took place on St Nicholas Green in Beverley, which has been a focal point Read more

POLICE are investigating after a 20-year-old woman says she was left unconscious after being “spiked” during a night out in Beverley. They are appealing for anyone who witnessed the incident, which took place at The Beaver pub in North Bar Within in the early hours of Sunday morning, to get in touch. Megan Bucknall was drinking with friends and says she recalls feeling a needle prick in her arm; subsequently Read more

A MAJOR community celebration is being planned for Beverley Leisure Centre on Sunday June 26 as a tribute to the memory of well-known local teacher and sportsman Ivan Usher. It’s a joint initiative between East Riding Council and the Usher family, with local rugby and football clubs taking part in a range of junior tournaments, competing for the Ivan Usher Cup.  Ivan Usher There will also be opportunities for the Read more

Beverley Town Council could be on a collision course with neighbouring authorities after councillors backed proposals to create a “Greater Beverley” council, taking responsibility for Molescroft and parts of Woodmansey. The Beverley council was responding to a consultation process initiated by East Riding Council. Mayor Linda Johnson This week’s meeting, chaired by Mayor Linda Johnson, unanimously supported the idea of creating an extended authority. But they added the caveat that Read more

A seven-year-old Beverley boy who had his hair cut off for charity has raised more than £9,000 for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Hull Women and Children’s Hospital. As previously reported by Beverley FM, Jack Jowitt donated his locks to the Little Princess Trust at an event at the Moulders Arms pub. The Trust is a charity that provides real hair wigs, free of charge, to children and Read more

East Riding Council has asked people not to ring them about the £150 energy rebate as officials work to process the first batch of payments. A spokesperson said they were currently receiving a significant number of calls about the rebates every day and said the first lot of the £150 payments should reach around 17,000 households who pay council tax by direct debit by the end of next week. In addition, Read more

Beverley’s Tesco supermarket continues to donate surplus unsold food at the end of each day to local groups and good causes. Since the scheme started in 2016, over 107,000 meals have been donated to local community groups; those currently benefitting are the Beverley Cherry Tree Community Centre, Long Riston Playgroup and the Olio food sharing app. Tesco’s local Community champion Dave Ryley told Beverley FM the scheme was part of the Read more

Beverley town councillors will be asked to back proposals to create a “Greater Beverley” town council when they meet on Monday. If the plans go ahead it will mean the extended council taking responsibility for Molescroft and parts of Woodmansey, leaving Woodmansey Parish Council to cover the actual village itself.  Having been asked by East Riding Council to consider a Community Governance Review, town councillors are seeking formal ratification of Read more

Daredevil Beverley man Tom Conroy is setting himself the challenge of climbing 14 of the UK’s highest peaks, including Ben Nevis, in seven days or less as a way of raising funds to swell the appeal to help Ukrainian refugees launched by town charity Jacob’s Well. Tom, a telecoms engineer with KCom, whose mother Bridget is office manager at Jacob’s Well, will be attempting to set a Guinness Book of Read more