As we look forward to the end of this wintry cold snap, spare a thought for five teenagers from Beverley who are preparing to reach the dizzy heights of the Himalayas, as part of a special expedition by the Yorkshire and Humberside Cadet Forces.

Jan Scrowston of Beverley Building Society proudly presented a cheque for £250 to Jayne Jack, chief executive of FiND, as the winners of their new ‘charity of the month’ project.

Macmillan Cancer Support’s mobile information service has launched its new bright green bus tour for 2012.

Imogen Godwin, from Beverley, has become an ambassador for VICTA, the nationwide charity for blind and partially-sighted children.

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.

Through local author Barrie Barnes’ research into Beverley’s history around WWI, he discovered 33 names missing from the memorial in Hengate Gardens.

The Beverley Gardens and Allotments Association was formed in 1959 with the aim of promoting reasonably-priced garden materials.

A FORMER Beverley Post Office cashier has lost his job and has been given a suspended prison sentence after being caught stealing £2,540.