[ghex] Update NEWS and appdata for 4.beta.1

[Logan Rathbone <larathbone src gnome org>]

commit 480bdb4d6de3838c6bd4db7ce9f8c6b318f5176d
Author: Logan Rathbone <poprocks gmail com>
Date:   Sat Jan 8 12:22:11 2022 -0500

    Update NEWS and appdata for 4.beta.1

 BETA-INFO.txt                         |  4 ++--
 NEWS                                  | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 data/org.gnome.GHex.appdata.xml.in.in |  1 +
 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/BETA-INFO.txt b/BETA-INFO.txt
index dcf95e8..452ad54 100644
--- a/BETA-INFO.txt
+++ b/BETA-INFO.txt
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ Visibly to the end user, some new features include:
    from other applications into GHex.
 
 I'll break up the known issues into two categories:  items I would consider to
-be blockers for a beta, blockers for stable release, and other known issues,
-which will be earmarked for priority after the first stable release of GHex 4.
+be blockers for stable release, and other known issues, which will be
+earmarked for priority after the first stable release of GHex 4.
 
 Blockers for stable release:
 
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index fc0d3ec..a2f34be 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+=============
+GHex 4.beta.1
+=============
+
+Changes and Bugfixes:
+
+HexWidget: Implement Home and End keybindings (Logan Rathbone)
+HexWidget: fix offsets redraw issue (Logan Rathbone)
+appwin: fix function order when opening invalid file (Logan Rathbone)
+help: initial rewrite to mallard and update for GHex4 (Logan Rathbone)
+help: add support for static HTML help (Logan Rathbone)
+help: fix typos (Yuri Chornoivan)
+
+Translation updates:
+
+Yuri Chornoivan (uk)
+
 ==============
 GHex 4.alpha.2
 ==============
diff --git a/data/org.gnome.GHex.appdata.xml.in.in b/data/org.gnome.GHex.appdata.xml.in.in
index 9a02fdd..5961291 100644
--- a/data/org.gnome.GHex.appdata.xml.in.in
+++ b/data/org.gnome.GHex.appdata.xml.in.in
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     <kudo>UserDocs</kudo>
   </kudos>
   <releases>
+    <release version="4.beta.1" date="2022-01-08" type="development" />
     <release version="4.alpha.2" date="2021-12-29" type="development" />
     <release version="4.alpha.1" date="2021-12-16" type="development" />
     <release version="3.41.1" date="2021-12-04"/>