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- House price confidence 'improves'
- Court martial for WikiLeaks soldier
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- Search on for 'cruise-fall' Briton
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- Rhyming plea over library closures
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- Met and FBI call 'taped by hackers'
- PM accepts White House invitation
- I feel fantastic, says Robin Gibb
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- John Terry loses England captaincy
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Boozing soldier in road crash
A SOLDIER went out drinking in Driffield before crashing his car into two parked vehicles and driving off, a court has heard.
Fair pay for police staff
Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, has met the Rt Hon Nick Herbert, Minister of State for Policing and Criminal Justice, along with two of his constituents, to discuss the implications of the Winsor Review for police staff pay.
Artist gets reward from people
Tracy Savage was the worthy recipient of the people’s choice award at Beverley Art Gallery.
Save the Brownies!
A BEVERLEY Brownie pack, which is celebrating its 80th birthday today, is facing the threat of closure if it cannot find extra support soon.
Book review: The Secret Children by Alison McQueen
James MacDonald is a son of the British Empire, a rich tea planter in India with a distinguished family history ... the lives of his two beautiful daughters should be mapped out for comfort and wealth.
Sport
Runners defy strong winds to set personal bests at Brass Monkey
MEMBERS of Beverley Athletic Club travelled to York last Sunday to take part in the Brass Monkey half-marathon.
Busy start to 2012 for judo star Lois
THE last few months of 2011 saw Beverley’s Lois Brown once again retaining her place on the England judo squad and on the England Talent Development squad.
Beverley safe in second spot
IT WAS a bright, cold and frosty morning last Sunday for the fourth race in the East Yorkshire Cross-Country League.
Lifestyle
Funding for film society
The Beverley Building Society has added its support to the Beverley Film Society by making the volunteer-led group its chosen community initiative of the month.
Baby Bliss tea party
A Chari-tea party is being held on Saturday 11 February at Toll Gavel Church Hall in Beverley from 1-4pm, to raise funds for baby charity Bliss.
Book review: Selection of OUP children’s books
February sees an exciting new selection of books from the classy stable at Oxford University Press Children’s Books.
Book review: The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
Draw the curtains, throw a log on the fire and cosy up with one of the most bewitching books likely to come your way this year.
Book review: Educating Jack by Jack Sheffield
Shoulder pads, pixie boots, Curly Wurly bars, ET, Dallas, Cagney and Lacey, Boy George and the Falklands War ... who could forget the 1980s?
Community
Cancer advice on the road
Macmillan Cancer Support’s mobile information service has launched its new bright green bus tour for 2012.
Ambassador role for youngster
Imogen Godwin, from Beverley, has become an ambassador for VICTA, the nationwide charity for blind and partially-sighted children.
Budding growers wanted for Beverley in Bloom ‘12
With 2011 having drawn to an end, I would like to thank all the people, groups, businesses and schools who took part in Beverley in Bloom and who managed to put on a worthy display, despite the economic restrictions that everyone is going through.
Memorial names missing, but not forgotten
Through local author Barrie Barnes’ research into Beverley’s history around WWI, he discovered 33 names missing from the memorial in Hengate Gardens.
Volunteers wanted for allotments association
The Beverley Gardens and Allotments Association was formed in 1959 with the aim of promoting reasonably-priced garden materials.
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Weather for Beverley
Saturday 04 February 2012
Today
Light snow
Temperature: 0 C to 3 C
Wind Speed: 28 mph
Wind direction: South
Tomorrow
Sunny spells
Temperature: 1 C to 5 C
Wind Speed: 10 mph
Wind direction: West
