A funeral service was held at the East Riding Crematorium, Octon on Tuesday, August 7 for Mrs Lillian Galtres Sellers, of The Whitehouse, in Driffield, (formerly of Norton) who died in The Whitehouse, Driffield, on Monday, July 30. She was 94.

The service was conducted by the Rev Carole Aconley.

Lillian lived most of her life in Norton, near Malton. She attended school there at Norton Infants and then Norton Girls school. After leaving school she went into service in Norton where she was a maid, then during the war she was running the local shop in Scarborough Road, Norton.

She married Ernest Sellers in 1939 and they had been married for 52 years when he died in 1991.

She enjoyed sewing, reading and gardening.

Chief mourners: Tony & Anne Sellers (son & daughter in law), Christina & Andrew Featherston (daughter & son in law), Peter Ellis & Kerrie Pritchett (grandson & fiancé), Viki Featherston (granddaughter), Emma & Matt Smith (granddaughter & husband).

Others present: Mrs J Featherston rep Mr John Featherston & Tim Featherston, Libby Colley, Greg Christie, Caroline Elliott, Katy Elvidge, Pam & Sophie Osman, Joan Bennett, Rachel Wallace, Vicky Simcox, June Taylor, Sharon Simcox, (all rep the White House) Ann & Brian Bennett, Ann & Derek Steeper, Geoffrey Sellers, Tony & Sue Scarborough, Stephanie Elliott, Jim Gurney, Peter Hadfield, Bill White, John & Karen Sellers, John & Joyce Sellers, Peter Sellers, Doug Fairweather, Susan Iveson, Peter & Ann Hague, Mrs Jean Scarce, Nancy Smith, Dave Smith, Les & Karen Sellers.

A funeral service was held at St Andrew’s Church, Middleton-on-the-Wolds, on Monday August 4 for Arthur Newlove who died peacefully on July 27 in Castle Hill Hospital, aged 85.

The service was conducted by Rev David Fletcher and the organist was Mr L Burtinshaw.

Arthur was born in Middleton and lived there all his life. He attended the village school. After leaving school he worked on the family farm, later at Middleton Hall Estate and finally at T Soanes & Son until he retired. He married Doreen in 1958 and had two children, Jennifer and David, and two grandsons Craig and Harry. Arthur loved football and cricket, playing for the village football team. He spent nearly thirty years scoring for the village cricket team. He will be sadly missed.

Family mourners

Jenny Golawe (daughter), David and Louise Newlove (son and daughter-in-law), Craig Penny and Marie Edmond (grandson and partner), Harry Newlove (grandson), Maurice and Muriel Sharp, Alec Sellar, Keith Smith, Brian and Chris Smith, Thomas Smith, John Smith, Gillian and Stephen Huffington, Neil Smith, Brian and Heather Clark.

Other mourners: Mr & Mrs Alana Walker, Mrs J Keenan rep Mr & Mrs T Woolston, Mr P Ellis, Mr & Mrs L Heseltine, Mrs S Bowman rep Trevor, Mr & Mrs D Jackson, Mr M Lakes, Mr D Barr, Rob & Di Bradley, Ted Hutchinson rep Anne, Roger Maltas rep Middleton C.C., Sam Ullyott rep Mark, Lindsey & Tom & North Dalton C.C., Susan Ullyott rep Barbara & Chris (post office), Sarah Sellar rep Paul, Mrs K Bentley rep Middleton Parish Council, Mrs K Woodridge rep Rowland, Rosie Maltas, Duncan McKee rep Tony McKee & family, Megan Sellar rep Clare Robinson & Jason Hullah, Mr R Lill rep Mr & Mrs Strangeway, Melanie Jackson, Margaret Lee rep Ben Lee, Alison Clark, Jack Bloor, Jean Wright, Dave Brent rep Steve, Rachel & Chris, Tony Musgrove rep Allan Musgrove, Cindy Musgrove rep Bob Musgrove, Jill Wilson rep John, Helen & Ian, Carol & Mike Brown, Stacey & Ashley Grice, Adrian & Sidney Penny, Anita Wain, Paul & Katherine Dennis rep Ann Dennis, David Thomas rep Sallie, Lawrence Pollard, John Burgess, Janet & Arthur Nesfield rep J.C.Nesfield, Mr & Mrs D Teal, Mrs S Rodger, Mrs S Palmer rep Mr S palmer & Mr & Mrs Gibbon, Mrs Marian Cook, Mr & Mrs R Soanes rep Mr & Mrs J Swallow and the Tuesday Club, Mrs Heather Swallow rep Mrs Gladys Berriman, Mrs M Glover, Arthur Sellers, Rose Newlove, Eileen Towse rep Jack Bentley and Gladys Roebuck, Mr B Cutler, Mr B Millner, Mr K Allen, Edna Holmes, David & Sue Peacock rep Stephen Skinns, Margaret Eastwood rep the family, Deborah Waggott rep Pete Smith, Dave Lawson, Keith Woodall rep Stephen Woodall, Mrs Stella Goodrick rep Viv Danby, Mr & Mrs A Cage rep Dalton Holme C.C., Richard Beachel, Felicity Primmer rep Mrs S Milner, Jackie & Frank Smith, Mr F.R.Burdass rep Pearl, Sue Howden, Peter Gray, Lisa Sargeson, Eric Day, Wendy & John Eastwood, Fred Ellis, Kathleen & Keith Dale, Clive Soanes, John Pudsey, Mike rep Lynn & staff at The Robin Hood.

A funeral service was held at the Parish Church, Nafferton on Tuesday, August 7 for Mrs Ruth Abel (formerly of Nafferton) who died peacefully in Riverhead Hall on July 30. She was aged 100 years.

The service was conducted by the Rev Jean Artley & the organist was Mr Steven Westaway.

Ruth Abel was one of eight children born to John and Hannah Slater of Brotton in Cleveland. When she was six the family moved to Nafferton. She married Stewart Abel of Bridlington at Easter in 1933 where they lived for a year or two before moving to Nafferton permanently. They went on to have five children Enid, Gillian, Susan, James and the late Mary.

Ruth was always busy, she was the first cook at Nafferton County Primary School despite having five children and her working career finished at Nafferton Post Office.

Ruth was an avid tennis player in her younger days and a member of the Mothers’ Union, founder member of the Nafferton Lit. & Dramatic Society, Women’s Institute, Bright Hour and the RNLI. She moved to Riverhead Hall at the age of 97 where she enjoyed a happy time, particularly her 100th birthday party, receiving a card from the Queen and taking part in the many activities there.

Chief mourners: Enid & Ken King , Gillian & David Johnson, Susan & Christopher Megginson (daughters & sons in law), James & Ruth Abel (son & daughter in law), Jonathan & Michelle King (grandson & wife), Jeremy & Julie King (grandson & wife), Ann & Richard Mallinson (granddaughter & husband) rep Rebecca & Katie (great grandchildren), Richard Johnson & Elaine Holmes (grandson & partner), Stewart Abel & Catherine Woodward (grandson & partner), Elizabeth Abel & Craig Zadoroznyj (granddaughter & partner), Isobel King, Matthew & Thomas King (great grandchildren), Harry & Margaret Slater (brother & sister in law), also rep Mrs Daisy Slater (sister in law), Frank & Betty Newlove.

Others present: Jane & Alan Reynolds (niece & husband) also rep Mark Slater & family, Judy Wylie, Rod Slater & Alison Dagg & Janet & Pat Carroll, Chris & Mary Slater (nephew & wife) rep Katie & Amy, Mr & Mrs Stephen Burdass rep Mr & Mrs L Senior, Betty Jakin rep Gill & Cedric Calvert & Mr L McCabe, Mr & Mrs G Found, Irene & Mike Anderson rep Eileen Scrivener, Vic & Kathy Thompson, David Cook rep Betty Maltby, Christine Watson rep Jean Merritt, Mrs Emmie Long, Catherine Kitching rep Ian, Audrey Jackson rep Steve Jackson & Mrs Daphne Shaw, Mrs E Barraclough rep Mr & Mrs D McKie,Mrs E Megginson rep Richard Megginson, Joan Merritt, Heather Winn rep Gerald Winn & Nafferton WI, Joan Shawcross, Anne Pudsey, Margaret Johnson, Angela Lidster & Claire Dawes (District Nurses), Janet Humphrey rep Kath Sharman, Andrew Parker, Ros & David Pudsey, Mr & Mrs W Heward, Mrs Judy Coleman, Alwyn Baron rep Dorothy & family, Emma Kane, Joanna Goldsworthy, Jean Walton, Rita Riggs, Nancy Grace, Sandi Colvill, Katheryn Oglesby, Marion Ake, Judith Waterson (nee Ives), Rose Crawford rep RNLI & Mrs Peggy Mumby, Sheila Goodale rep Lorna & Richard, Stella & Peter Mankin, Mary Hudson, John & Jill Seaton, Cliff Horseman, Michael Mallinson, Brian Fairfield, Susan Hyde rep Riverhead Hall, Emma, Jo, Catherine & Sandy rep Riverhead Hall.

A funeral service was held at St Mary’s Church, Huggate on Thursday, August 2 for Mrs Patricia Mary Hoggard, of Huggate, who died at home on July 27. She was 74.

The service was conducted by the Rev G Hollingsworth & the organist was Mrs S Wright.

Patricia was born in 1937 in Baston, Lincolnshire. She moved to Huggate in 1939 when her father George Cass was appointed Huggate schoolmaster, she grew up there with her brothers Keith & Harry & sister Julie.

She attended secondary school in Stamford, lodging with her grandmother, and later Hull Tech and qualified as a dispensary working for Whitelam chemists in Hull until 1959.

She married Leslie in 1959, a farmer from Huggate and they celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 2009. She assisted on the farm at lambing and harvest time and was a key member of the village community. She returned to work for Dr Fowler in Wetwang in 1978 before retirement.

She was treasurer of Huggate church council for 30 years and former secretary of the Synod and was an active fund raiser for the church.

She was very interested in genealogy, tracing family history back to the 1600’s, she was a member of the sewing group and was very family orientated and loved spending time with them.

She leaves husband Leslie, four children Graham, Chris, Patrick & Michael, seven grandchildren & brother Keith in New Zealand.

She will be greatly missed.

Chief mourners: Mr Leslie Hoggard, Mr Graham Hoggard, Miss Lesley Jameson, Joshua Hoggard, Elliot Hoggard, Mr Chris Hoggard, Mrs Chloe Hoggard, Tom Hoggard, Jamie Hoggard, Mr Patrick Hoggard, Mrs Kathy Hoggard, Peter Hoggard, Mr Michael Hoggard, Mrs sarah Hoggard, Eileen Rushton.

Others present: Anne & Neville Hilton (niece & husband), Pam Dossor, Dinah Wilson, Lisa Wilson, Mr & Mrs D Dawson, Kathleen Barnett, Ann Herbert, Andrew Cooper, Ute Fowler, Sandy Bolibia, Mr & Mrs I Patterson rep John Patterson, Mr David Batters, Mrs Norah Long, Sue & Richard Hunt, Miss J Boulter, Mr O C Gayle, Mrs Jean Skerrow, Keith Skerrow, John Dunnington, Janet Munby rep Paul Munby, Noel Wright, Barry Snowden & Kathleen Allen rep Sandra & Edward Jackson, Mrs P Pickering rep Fimber Sewing Group, Caroline Scatcherd rep Paul & family, Ivy Stocks, Teresa Purdy & family, Tove McCall rep Vincent McCall, John & Audrey Hoggard, Paul & Marie Hoggard rep BJ & Pippa, Mark & Margo Hoggard, Graham & Joanne Megginson, Mr L Dawson, Mr M Lakes, Pauline Foots rep Malcolm Hara, Alison Dawson rep Mr & Mrs P Dawson, Gertie Kettlewell, Grace Midgley rep Susan Peck, Doreen Munby, Eric Woodward, Malcolm Plewes, Joan Jackson,James Tennyson, Ann & Sarah Tennyson, Alan Tennyson,Gerald & Lesley Whelan, David Garfitt, Rebecca Hoggard & Matthew Sharpless,Michael & Bartek Szpak, Tim Nicholson, Sue Craig, Mrs S Dale, Mr A Suddaby rep Miss A Johnson, Frazer Metcalfe, Craig Chambers, Peter & Jennifer Nicholson, Edward Taylor, Ian Batters, Ailsa Reed, Keith Caley, Mr & Mrs J Leaver rep Daniel & Paul, Phil Duggleby, Mrs Rachel Hobson rep Ken Hobson, Joyce Wells, Julie Roach, George Snowden, Richard Hornby rep Kay Hornby, Judy & John Willink rep Elizabeth Barr, Mrs Jennifer Zarek, Mr & Mrs P Elliott, Pat Jameson, Tony Sutcliffe.

The Driffield Steam and Vintage Rally has welcomed a record number of people to the town, according to the organisers.

Phil Rounce, one of the organisers of the Steam and Vintage Rally, said: “It’s very difficult to give exact numbers but we think it’s a record.

“The feel of it was that Saturday was the busiest Saturday we’ve ever had at the Showground and Sunday wasn’t close behind.”

The annual event saw Driffield Showground disappear in a cloud of steam as enthusiasts and families flocked to enjoy a day of vintage vehicles, farm machinery, land army demonstraions and family entertainment including an old-fashioned fun fair.

Mr Rounce added: “We get the enthusiasts but we also get the families.

“We’re obviously doing something right, it seems to fit in well with the town’s calendar.”

This year saw the return of a firm favourite with revellers - a 27-litre V12 Rolls-Royce Merlin aircraft engine - the same type of engine once used to power Spitfires and Halifax bomber.

And Saturday night saw yet more excitement as thousands lined the streets to see the road run.

The procession saw 150-200 vehicles, including miniture and large steam engines parade through the town, with others being directed off the main route and into carparks due to lack of space.

The parade raised over £2300 for Yorkshire Cancer Research.

Driffield Times & Post photographers, Pam Stanforth and Mike Hopps, went along to photograph the popular event.

BUS company EYMS is allowing teenagers to travel for less on its buses this summer.

The current child fare (usually half the adult fare) is available up to a person’s 16th birthday but young people who are 16, 17 or 18 years old can travel for child fare on any East Yorkshire or Scarborough and District bus until September 2.

More information on the offer, including its conditions, plus ideas for days out this summer, are available at www.eyms.co.uk or by ringing BusCall on 01482 22 22 22.

This bank holiday Sunday, August 26, the Luttons branch of the Yorkshire Countrywomen’s Association is hosting a ‘Garage Sale Trail’through the villages of East and West Lutton.

Raising money for St Catherine’s Hospice, the ‘Garage Sale Trail’ will include around 15 stalls and garages for people to visit throughout both villages.

Each location will be marked on a map, and selling a range of items including toys, books, toiletries, cakes and jam, along with other second-hand household items.

The Luttons branch of the YCA are hoping to attract visitors from outside the area along with residents from across the Wolds Valley.

The base for the event will be St Mary’s Church in West Lutton, where refreshments, toilets and some stalls will be available from 1.30pm to 5.00pm. The map can be purchased for 50p from the church and from other points in the two villages.

There has a been a branch of the YCA in Luttons for most of the time since the association started up in 1983. Meeting monthly the group enjoy a multitude of activities including day trips, theatre outings, dining out and more.

Rachel Macdonald is a resident of West Lutton and has been a member since 2005 “We are a small branch at Luttons but every year we hold a couple of events to raise money for a local charity. St Catherine’s’ Hospice is a charity that is particularly supported by the group as some members have had personal experience of the hospice providing amazing care for family members.”

Rachel said: “In addition to raising money for charity, we hope that the ‘Garage Sale Trail’ will encourage people to visit our beautiful villages whilst finding some great bargains.

“But also, the event has already highlighted the branch to members of the community and hopefully we will attract some new members along the way.”

Smiles are guaranteed at this summer’s family fete, set in the beautiful grounds of Burton Agnes Hall.

The event will take place on the weekend of the September 1 and 2 from 11am until 5pm.

Visitors of all ages can enjoy vintage fairground rides, watch Mr Bubbles perform his mysterious magic show, practise their circus skills, have their faces painted, search for treasure in the woodland walk, enjoy the bouncy castle, and explore many more fun stalls!

More entertainment will be laid on in the Hall’s award winning gardens, where visitors will enjoy navigating the maze, playing on giant garden games in the coloured gardens (including chess, draughts, hoopla, snakes and ladders and hop scotch), relaxing in the children’s corner, which is perfect for picnics, and searching for animal figures in the woodland walk.

The Hall will be open to explore, and in the courtyard, visitors can find original items and seasonal produce in the Gift Shop and Home & Garden Shop, and home grown plants will be sold.

The cafe will be open for delicious meals and snacks, locally roasted coffees and scrumptious ice cream.

Katrina Watson, of Garton on the Wolds, and Peter Eliff, of Beverley, were married in a ceremony at the Church of St Michael and All Angels, Garton on the Wolds.

The service was followed by a reception at the Lazaat restaurant in Cottingham.

Bomber Command Veterans are to make their annual pilgrimage to East Yorkshire next month.

On the weekend of September 1 and 2, the veterans of 158 Squadron Bomber Command will make their annual visit to Bridlington for the Squadron Reunion.

The squadron was based at Lissett from 1943 until the end of the war.

The Chairman of the Association, Kevin Bryett, said “This year will be particularly special for me. I am named after my father’s pilot, Kevin Hornibrook, an Australian who was killed the night that their plane was shot down over Berlin in August 1943, my father only survived because Kevin gave his life.

“At the reunion I will be meeting for the first time another Kevin whose father was in the same plane and also named his son after the pilot.“

The President, Bluey Mottershead said: “It is always an honour to be involved in the Service of Remembrance at the churchyard in Lissett where we remember our comrades who did not return home.

Each time I see the names on the memorial at Lissett Airfield I remember the people I knew”

Veterans will be coming from the whole of the UK and from Canada and Australia. They will gather on Saturday September 1 at The Expanse Hotel for the Annual Squadron Dinner.

This will be led by their President Squadron Leader “Bluey” Mottershead who received an MBE during the year for his service to the Association.

On Sunday morning they will hold a Service of Remembrance at St James of Compostela Church, Lissett, which will be led by Rev James Grainger-Smith. During the service the veterans will remember the 851 members of the Squadron who gave their lives during the war.

They will also remember those who survived the war but are no longer with us.

The service will be followed by Sunday lunch at The Expanse before they return home.

The 158 Squadron Association continues to grow and although all of the veterans are now in their late 80s, at least, the membership includes children, grandchildren and other relatives of the veterans.

Organisers of the annual Leven and Brandesburton Horticultural Show approached this year’s show with some trepidation, after a difficult year for gardeners which has seen a large fall in entries for some village shows.

However, they need not have worried as they were delighted to receive a flood of last minute entries in the week before the show.

On the day the number of exhibits was on a par with previous years, and standards were as high as ever.

Radio Humberside’s Phil White, who lives in Brandesburton, presented the cups and prizes, and Leven Sports Hall was a riot of colour.

The show chairman, David Gillyon-Powell, said:

“Once again our committee and helpers worked incredibly hard to make this a truly wonderful day, and I would like to take the opportunity to thank them for all their efforts.

“The biggest thanks must go to all the exhibitors, without whom there would be no show.”

Results were:-

Children’s Classes

Best entry by a pre-school child, Sebastian Staal; B&A Roe Cup for most points (5-7 years), Eleanor Todd; Society Cup for most points (8-11 years), Lucy Coulthard; Leven Village Stores Cup for most points (12 & over), Thomas Howbridge; Kittmer Cup (best exhibit 11 and under), Lucy Coulthard; Kittmer Cup – best exhibit 12 to 16, Rebecca Hunt; Hazel Cup for best vegetable exhibit, Matthew Dales; Overall Best Exhibit in Children’s Classes, Rebecca Hunt.

Children’s Photography

Samuel Kendall Associates Trophy – most points, Lucy Coulthard; Society Cup for manipulated digital image, Edward Todd; overall Best Exhibit in Children’s Photography, Edward Todd.

Children’s Cookery

Society Cup for best exhibit – 7 and under, Eleanor Todd; Mrs J Broumpton Trophy for best exhibit – 8-11 years, Molly Atkin; Ivy Myers Cup for best exhibit – 12-16 years, Thomas Atkin; Overall Best Exhibit in Children’s Cookery, Rebecca Hunt.

Cookery

E&M Taylor Cup for best fruit loaf, Beryl Barker; JJN Mackman Cup for best bread loaf, Margaret Parsons; S Grainger Cup for best chocolate cake, Iris Gray; Broadtrench Trophy for best fruit pie, Alison Deighton; Late AE Saunders Cup for most points in cookery, Alison Deighton; I&E Turner Cup for the Overall Best Cookery Exhibit, Margaret Parsons; Ivy Myers Trophy for curd cheesecake, Dorothy Duggleby; Edward Sharp Memorial Trophy, Iris Gray: Jean Johnson Trophy for best scones, Dorothy Duggleby.

Preserves & Produce

Frank Philips Memorial Cup for best exhibit, Fiona Atkin; White Cross Happy Hens Trophy for best eggs, Carrie Rogers.

Flowers

W Bell Cup for best exhibit in flowers, Carol Silversides; BHS Cup for most points in flowers, Steve Johnson; Harry Reap Memorial Cup for Dahlias, John Conyers; ‘Billy Ives’ Gladioli Salver, A W Hall; Sarah Briggs Memorial Cup for best chrysanthemums, George Nelson; Norman Lithgoe Memorial Cup (Japanese Anemones), P A Marsh; Garden News Top Vase 1st Prize and 2nd Prize, P A Marsh; Garden News Top Vase 3rd Prize, A W Hall; Malcolm Harrison Salver for best fuchsia exhibit, Mr & Mrs Peel; Linda Watson Trophy for best flowering plant, Mr and Mrs Peel; Nigel Barnett Trophy for best foliage plant, A W Hall; Leven Playing Fields Association (hanging basket), Malcolm Harrison; overall Best Exhibit in Flowers, Colin Ratledge.

Roses

Catherine S Bell Memorial Trophy for most points, Mr & Mrs Peel; F & E Cookman Cup for best specimen rose, Mr & Mrs Peel; R F Mewburn Memorial Trophy – best floribunda, Mark Gillyon-Powell; RNRS Bronze Medal for best hybrid tea rose, Mr & Mrs Peel; Charles Bulman Memorial bowl for 3 stems floribunda; Margaret Kirby; overall Best Exhibit in roses, Mark Gillyon-Powell.

Vegetables

John Northgraves Cup – best potatoes, Mr & Mrs Peel; Alf Batty Memorial Cup for best vegetable exhibit, Tony Ives; NVS Medal for Best Exhibit, Tony Ives; Roy Wilson Cup for non cup winners, George Nelson; Alf Kirk Cup for most points, A W Hall; John Dixon cup for a pair of marrows, A W Hall; Garden News Top Tray 1st Prize, A W Hall

Fruit

J E Graves Cup for most points, John Conyers; Overall Best Exhibit in Fruit, Mr John Conyers

Leven & Brandesburton Residents Classes

NVS Millenium Plate for best vegetable exhibit, Stephen Atkinson; Bob & May Waddington cup for most points, Stephen Atkinson; Cup in memory of Mr Bill Scrowston; single rose, Marion Smith; best Exhibit in Leven & Brandesburton flower section, Beryl Barker.

Handicrafts

Society Cup for best exhibit in handicrafts, Joan Pratt; Les Watson Trophy for best metalwork exhibit, T R Fisher; Costcutter Trophy for most points, Carol Carter; Sarah Briggs Memorial Trophy for best cross stitch, Pam Tompkinson; Selina Reap Memorial Cup for embroidery, Sue Wilson.

Art

Bovey Plumbing & Heating Trophy for best painting, Ann Jackson; Margaret Hill Memorial Trophy, Jane Topham; Best Overall Art Exhibit, Jane Topham.

Floral Art

Best exhibit “What the Dickens?”, David Gillyon-Powell; Best exhibit “Spirit of the Games”, Judith Tate; Best exhibit – unusual container, Audrey Ashcroft; Best exhibit – miniature arrangement, Audrey Ashcroft; Best exhibit – petite – “Green Scene”, Judith Tate; Eddie Evans Trophy - Best table decoration, Judith Tate; Pat Gillingham Trophy for best floral art exhibit, David Gillyon-Powell; Audrey Ashcroft Trophy for most points, Judith Tate.

Photography

P & J Green Trophy for best exhibit in photography, Raymond Howe; John Shipley Memorial Trophy for best black & white, Thelma Burrus; Society Cup for manipulated digital image, Mike Bickerton.

Show-wide Awards

RHS Grenfell Medal for most points overall in floral art, Judith Tate; The White Cross Cup for Presidents Choice; best overall exhibit across the whole show, David Gillyon-Powell.

POLICE would like to identify this man in connection with an alleged shoplifting offence at Tesco supermarket in Beverley.

The man captured on the CCTV image is wanted for questioning about the alleged theft of alcohol, pet food and food stuff to the value of £210 on July 17 this year.

The image has been released as part of an eight week operation launched by Humberside Police in a bid to solve shoplifting crimes in the East Riding which are currently filed as undetected.

Operation Lilly is now in its third week and police say a number of people have been identified as a result of members of the public calling them.

Detective Sergeant Mark Ormiston said: “We are now in week three of Operation Lilly and in total we have charged 24 people with shop theft offences. Of those, 19 were remanded into custody awaiting court, two were cautioned, two were given an £80 fixed penalty notice and one person has been circulated as wanted and will be charged when he is located.”

Anyone with information about the man wanted in connection with the alleged theft in Beverley should ring the police on the non emergency 101 number, quoting the crime number CS/1919183/12.

Weel Bridge in Grovehill road, Beverley, is to close for three weeks to allow repairs to be carried out.

East Riding of Yorkshire Council has announced that work is planned to start on September 10 and will continue until September 30.

The main structure of the bridge is made of aluminium and a recent inspection found some corrosion where it meets the steel counterweight.

To carry out the work, the bridge will be raised to the lifted position while a section is replaced. The road will be closed and diversions will be in place.

The road is a main route to the council’s household waste recylcing site and residents are being advised to go through Tickton and down Weel Road to avoid the closure on Grovehill Road.

A council spokesman said the works would be carried out as quickly as possible to minimise disruption. The bridge is about 60 years old and it is the first time it has needed this level of repair.

A Beverley woman who lost her younger brother to asthma is preparing to take part in the Great North run to raise money in his memory.

Jo Hirst, a probation officer, will be raising money for Asthma UK when she runs the world’s biggest half marathon on Sunday September 16.

Jo is running in memory of her brother Stuart Kiddle, who died in 2008 when he was just 34.

Stuart had been living abroad working for an oil company, but had returned to the UK to visit family at the time of his death. He died the same day he landed back in the UK after having an asthma attack.

Jo (40), said she didn’t think her brother was aware of how serious asthma could be, and it was something he didn’t talk about very often.

“He hadn’t had an attack for 10 years before he died and he hadn’t been hospitalised since he was a child. He was very ill as a toddler with his asthma but it had irmpved by the time he was eight or nine. Before Stu died I never knew ashma could be fatal and that an attack could come on out of the blue.”

Jo said that taking part in the 13-mile run is a good way of remembering her brother, who would have loved to see her complete it.

“I’m doing it to raise money for other people who have been affected by asthma to make their lives easier. It also helps me to feel like I’m giving something back in Stu’s memory. He’s not coming back but hopefully we can help the lives of other people with asthma,” she said.

Jo will be joined by four friends and she says they are taking part not only to support her and remember Stuart, but also on behalf of other people who have asthma.

Helen Olszowska, head of events at Asthma UK, said: “We will be cheering Jo on as she takes part in the Great North Run in memory of her brother. She is among Asthma UK’s 300 brave supporters taking on the challenge. Their hard work has a great purpose because they will collectively raise more than £100,000 for the charity, which will help the 5.4 million people living with asthma in the UK.”

Anyone wishing to support Jo can visit www.justgiving.com/runningforstuart.

WITH Team GB’s success on the water still ringing in the ears of many up and down the country, the Royal Yorkshire Yacht Club’s annual regatta was perfectly timed to follow in Ben Ainslie and company’s example.

Over the course of the week 32 boats enjoyed fantastic sailing in Bridlington Bay for the club’s 155th annual regatta, across four different classes and in three special handicap races.

The cadets’ race and ladies’ race started the proceedings on Saturday.

William Jones retained the Margaret and George Rose Bowl as the leading under-21 helm on Porkers in the cadets’ race, while Linda Dyson laid claim yet again to the House of Fraser Rose Bowl, for an incredible seventh year in a row.

Saturday also provided The Commodore and his flag officers with the first opportunity to cast their watchful eye over the fleet, with Robin Smythe’s refurbished YOD, Jesta, impressing as they won the Norman Cooke Cup for the smartest yacht.

Sunday saw racing proper begin, with 29 boats competing across four classes, among them the PY class, where Cruisers compete on handicapped times, and the club’s oldest class – The Yorkshire One Designs – which are located exclusively in Bridlington and boast a history of over 114 years.

The remaining two classes, The National Squib class and Contessa 26 class are both popular classes nationally with the Squibs offering a cheaper and more accessible option, requiring only two people to sail them competitively, while the Contessa 26s allow more comfortable sailing, with cabin and bunking room.

The largest cruiser class to compete in Regatta week for a number of years saw visiting yacht Hippie Chick enjoy close racing on the water with Starchick and Endeavour.

The three boats took a share of the ‘wins across the line’ but it was Daisy Dog which won seven of the 10 races, while Starchick and Sundance won the remaining three races.

Daisy Dog, owned and helmed by Steve Travis, won the Voluta Cup for the overall series, with Starchick, owned by Bob Wallace and Mike Kaye, winning the 1922 Roland Winn cup for winning the coastal race to Scarborough and back.

In the National Squib Class, fiveboats competed for a number of trophies available for various achievements over the course of the week.

Porkers, owned and sailed by Tony Saltonstall and Neil Orum, won five of the first six races to win the North of England Championships.

However, true to the saying ‘it’s a game of two halves’, Ghost, sailed by Gerard Dyson and Adam Saltonstall won the final the following four races of the week, leaving the two boats tied on points meaning that the result between the two boats in the final race would decide the overall winner of the Regatta series.

At 5pm on Friday the race got underway and it was last year’s winner, Ghost, which emerged successful, winning the final race with visiting squib, Grey Matter, owned by Bob Smales of the Humber Yawl YC, moving Porkers down to third.

Ghost won the Fairy Cup for the winner of the series overall and the Talurit Trophy for the second half of the week.

Nine Yorkshire One Designs competing for the Regatta series, including four of the original eight 114-year-old YODs, and the more recent addition, Patience, Y16, which was built and added to the fleet to mark the turn of the Millennium.

Day one got off to a flying start for Neil Pavely’s Iolanthe, Y6, which won the first two races of the series.

However it was Tim Rix and Mark Egglestone’s Blackie, Y1, crewed by Tim’s son Robbie, which took the rest of the week, and the club, by storm as they won the remaining nine races.

This set of results not only landed them The Royal Prince’s Parade Cup for the YOD series, but also possibly the most coveted trophy for the week.

The Commodore’s Rose Bowl is awarded for the best performance by any yacht in any class, based solely on the number of races won in each fleet, and Blackie’s achievements could not be bettered by any other boat.

And the silverware didn’t stop there for Blackie as able-crewman Robbie also won the Simon Nettleton Trophy for the best performance by an RYYC cadet, as voted for by competitors across the week.

The fourth and final class of the week, the Contessa 26s was hotly contested by six boats, with Contessa Juliet and Tessador, owned by Jeff Preece and Keith Richardson respectively, sharing the spoils over the week.

Tessador won six of the nine races over the week, leaving them as the overall winner of the series in their long-over-due return to racing following a two-year absence, while Contessa Juliet won the three remaining races, including the coastal race to Scarborough.

The final day of regatta week saw 15 boats compete in the Guy Shackles race, where all boats entered for racing are invited to take part in one mass start and race around one of the club’s pre-set bay races.

The competitive nature of the sailors was apparent as three boats were over-eager at the start, being recalled to restart.

Ghost, Porkers and Starchick set the early pace with Hippie Chick making a late charge on the second leg of the course.

Hippie Chick eventually crossed the line first, chased by Ghost, Porkers and Starchick.

On corrected time however it was Ghost which added to her silverware, with Porkers second, Hippie Chick third, True Blue fourth and First Fling fifth.

RYYC extended a huge thank you, on behalf of the Flag Officers, to all of the sponsors, including ERYC, KPMG and Lloyds TSB.

Next year’s regatta will start on Saturday, August 3.

Anyone interested in taking part, including any visiting yachts from any other club, is encouraged to contact the club office on 672041 or through www.ryyc.org.uk at the earliest opportunity.

Anyone who has been inspired by the Olympics and/or interested in general membership should also contact the club in the same way.

The majority of East Riding secondary schools achieved record results today as the final results were checked – but a small number of schools have been affected by national problems with GCSE English marking with one examination board.

The East Riding has improved its performance against all GCSE measures with a three per cent improvement in the gold standard of five or more A* to C grades including English and mathematics to 59 per cent in 2012.

The proportion gaining five or more good passes in any subject has increased by 5 per cent to 85 per cent, 15 per cent above the national average. The average point score, one of the best ways to measure the success of every child, has increased for the seventh consecutive year.

The East Riding secondary school results for those students achieving the gold standard mark of five or more GCSE passes at A* to C grade, including English and maths are in the table below.

School % of five or more passes at A* to C

Grade including maths and English

(gold standard)

Beverley Grammar School 65

Beverley High School 49

Bridlington School 39

Cottingham High School 61

Driffield School 52

Headlands School 54

Hessle High School 61

Hornsea SchooL 69

Howden School and Technology College 60

Longcroft School & Performing Arts College 60

South Holderness Tech. College 51

South Hunsley School 70

The Market Weighton School 58

The Snaith School 72

Goole High School 37

Withernsea High School 53

Woldgate College Not available

Wolfreton School 64

Several schools in the East Riding have been negatively affected by a late change in grade boundaries in English GCSE; these include Bridlington School, Beverley High School, Driffield School and South Holderness Technology College.

Large numbers of schools, head teachers organisations and local authorities will ask for papers to be remarked and challenge the process of English marking as a whole by one examination board. Many schools across the country are challenging the single examination board about the changes that have led to almost 9,000 fewer grades A*-C in English this year.

Councillor Julie Abraham, portfolio holder for children, young people and maintained schools at East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said: “It is excellent that, with these results, so many of our young people have a firm base from which to make decision on the next step from here, whether it be into further education or into the world of work and training.”

Alison Michalska, director of children, family and adult services at East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said: “We are tremendously proud that year after year young people continue to achieve even better GCSE or level two results in East Riding secondary schools in a wide range of qualifications.

“These pleasing results are underpinned by many outstanding stories of hard work and application as well as committed teaching and support.

“We are delighted in the improvement and these results restore our position as a high performing local authority.

“The performance in the gold standard of five or more A* to C grades, including English and maths, shows that key numeracy and literacy skills continue to thrive alongside other subjects and that we have got the balance right in our secondary schools.

“We are proud of the work done by young people throughout the East Riding, with the support of their carers and families. We greatly appreciate the hard work of head teachers and teaching and support staff that have contributed to these results.

“That they achieve this against a backdrop of very low level of funding from the Department for Education for East Riding schools is testament to their determined commitment to their pupils’ achievement.

“The national concern around the English mark is extremely worrying and wish our schools well in challenging the results for their pupils.”

Sharon Japp, head teacher of Beverley High School, said: “ We are extremely disappointed, but will be asking for a quarter of our English papers remarked and support a national investigation into what went wrong with the marking this year.

“We have had lots of success this year in a wide range of GCSEs, which continue to be well above the national average and the numbers achieving five good passes have held up very well.

“Our A level results continue to be some of the best in the region. We are proud of the success of girls in year 11 this year in a challenging national context.”

Simon Jones, head teacher at Driffield School, said: “Both of our papers in English have significantly fewer A* to C than we expected, all other subjects have done well, this national problem with English is extremely disappointing, but we will be submitting large numbers of papers to be remarked.

“We expect our results to go up as a result of the re-marked papers. We have some very impressive results in our GCSEs this year and the English marking by this exam board have let our students down, we look forward to this being put right in the near future.”

Sarah Pashley, head teacher of Bridlington School, said: “I am delighted with the improvement in our school over the last few years.

“This year’s GCSE results have been much better with a huge improvement in five or more good passes much improved A level grades, and we feel let down by the English marking in this examination board.

“We hope that many GCSE English papers we are sending back will be remarked with the grade our students deserve.”

John Seaman, principal adviser at East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said: “This is been a great year overall for students in East Riding secondary schools, we are immensely proud of the improved GCSE grades achieved by nearly 4,000 young people in East Riding schools.

“We are very supportive of those schools who have been badly hit by the problems with one English Examination Board along with many Yorkshire and Humber local authorities and others across the country, we will support an investigation into what happened and are confident that remarked papers will go a long way towards redressing the issue.

“We are proud of schools’ continuing improvement in the East Riding of Yorkshire.”

The Environment Agency is warning there could be a risk of flooding over the Bank Holiday weekend. We are monitoring the weather closely, paying particular attention to potentially disruptive rainfall from the early hours of Saturday and through the day.

Locally, intense slow-moving showers are possible during Saturday, and forecasters are warning that there could be a risk of localised flooding across Yorkshire.

The Environment Agency is urging local communities to remain vigilant and to plan in advance, so they know what to do if flooding occurs.

Surface water flooding happens when local drainage systems cannot cope with heavy rainfall. It is extremely difficult to predict precisely where it will happen as it depends on ground levels, the amount of rainfall, and the local drainage network.

Phil Younge, flood risk manager for the Environment Agency, said, “Once again we have more potentially heavy rain forecast for the next 24 hours. It’s important to get the message across to the public to remain vigilant, check local weather forecasts, and the Environment Agency website for information.

“People should check if they are at risk of flooding, keep an eye on the weather and check local forecasts so that they have time to react if flooding looks imminent in their neighbourhood. Our teams are out across the region, checking and clearing any blockages in watercourses.

“You can keep tabs on our three-day forecast and check the latest flood alerts and warnings for your area. You can also find tips and advice for staying safe and check our Flood Map to see if your community is at risk of flooding from rivers and the sea.”

Environment Agency officers are monitoring the situation very closely. If necessary, the Environment Agency will issue flood alerts and flood warnings. Information can be found here, www.environment-agency.gov.uk/flood or you can follow us on twitter with updates via @envagencyyne for Yorkshire and the North East.

The Environment Agency’s Floodline is available on 0845 988 1188, and residents can sign up for our Flood Warnings Direct service, or to get further advice on how to prepare for flooding.

An enterprising Lifestyle team from Kilham has been busy selling cakes and taking part in a 25-mile bike ride.

The Heroes of Kilham, Henry Brambles, Ben Thompson, Daniel Ianson and Christian Ianson, all aged 11, hope to have raised around £200 from selling cakes.

Ben and Henry hope to have raised a further £200 by cycling from Kilham to Beeford.

The team is raising money for the Clic Sargeant children’s cancer charity, and the Bridlington RNLI.

AN adventurous Bishop Burton College pupil has joined a group of fellow East Yorkshire 11-year-olds on a charity expedition to Canada.

Dan Allday, 11, from Walkington has spent four weeks in Ottowa, Canada at a Summer Camp organised by world-wide children’s charity C.I.S.V which gives young people the chance mix with children from diffrent cultures.

Dan was one of four members of the Hull and East Riding branch of C.I.S.V led by Holly Illingworth 22, to attend the camp, meeting children from 12 different countries to learn about cultural differences and similarities through sports, games crafts and songs.

Dan’s father and C.I.S.V committee member, Nick Allday said: “They ultimately come away having forged some amazing friendships with children as far away as Mexico, China and Ecuador, often which last for a very long time.”

The Hull-based charity meets monthly, offering opportunities for all ages. Anyone interested in joining please contact Nick on 0754088057

From the dark humour of A Humble Companion’s opening lines through its 60 exhilarating years alongside the eccentric House of Hanover, you know you are in the company of a very special author.

Laurie Graham – humourist, novelist and creative conjuror of history – produces some of the most original and entertaining books in today’s market. She is observant, sardonic, humane and supremely literate, and her moving, funny books speak loudly of a sophisticated talent.

Here she lets loose an enchanting and irreverent observer – Nellie Welche, a royal steward’s daughter and ‘humble’ friend of a royal princess – and gives her the character and razor-sharp wit to lift the lid on Hanoverian high drama.

From the first rumblings of revolution in France to the exciting, modern times of gaslight and steam trains, and from poor mad King George III to safe and steady Queen Victoria, Nellie is perfectly placed to be the sharp-penned narrator of a changing world and the unchanging, cloistered lives of Princess Sofia and her sisters.

The result is a revealing and often heart-rending account of what it was to be the offspring , and particularly the female offspring , of a monarch over 200 years ago – freezing palaces, little pleasure, few privileges and plenty of paternalistic pedantry.

In 1788, 13-year-old Nellie, only child of a high-ranking steward in the household of Prinnie, Prince of Wales, becomes the subject of a ‘royal experiment’ when she is selected to be playfellow and humble companion to his sister, young Princess Sofia (Sofy,) so that the girl might gain ‘a better understanding of the world.’

An only child, Nellie has a birthmark on her face but has never allowed a mirror or the disfigurement to change her view of life and, like her father, she wears her ‘servitude’ lightly and ‘uses it cannily.’

Sensible, cheerful and cherished by her parents, she is unfazed by her new role in a household with 15 children, particularly after being assured by her family’s own general servant, the amazing Mr Morphew, that the royals ‘might have thrones under them but they’re still sitting on their rumps.’

But the reality of the princesses’ claustrophobic existence is an eye-opener for Nellie. Separated from their parents and brothers, closeted in comfortless houses with nurses and unsympathetic governesses, the younger girls thread beads, embroider tray cloths, eat yesterday’s mutton and kill time until a German cousin offers them marriage.

Despite their very different backgrounds, the two girls become friends for life with Nellie proving a hawk-eyed witness to the increasingly bizarre behaviour of affable, gentle King George, the wanton neglect of his imperious wife Queen Charlotte, the fall-out from the French Revolution and the birth of little Princess Alexandrina, the future Queen Victoria.

Nellie is the family’s keeper of secrets and her memoir lifts the lid on the House of Hanover’s worst excesses, most blatant lies and greatest vulnerabilities...

A Humble Companion has been painstakingly researched but Graham uses her knowledge with a light touch and a keen eye for the genuine human plight of the Georgian princesses in their shuttered and gilded cages.

Using superb comic timing and a faultless storytelling technique, she finds colour, poignancy and humour in the lives of the royals and the colourful characters, both real and fictional, drawn from all levels of society.

An extraordinary novel from an extraordinary writer...

(Quercus, hardback, £16.99)