Tour de Yorkshire to make history in Wakefield
Crowds have started to line the route of the inaugural Tour de Yorkshire as Wakefield prepares to make history.And the excitement is building in the city centre with spectators coming from across the...
View ArticleCyclist taken to hospital after crash on Tour de Yorkshire route
A CYCLIST was injured on the route of the Tour de Yorkshire this morning (Sunday).Insp David Glover of West Yorkshire Police said the man was with a group of recreational cyclists on Birdcage Walk,...
View ArticleYear 11 gardening project a blooming success
Y11 students studying for their BTEC Health and Social Care Level 1 Award have to demonstrate they can work as a team to complete a project.Christine has also kindly agreed to be interviewed by the...
View ArticleFrom Driffield School to the Italian Alps
At 11am on 27 March, five staff and 37 students embarked on a 27 hour journey across Europe to the picturesque town of Bormio, high in the Italian Alps, in search of snow. The journey was spent...
View ArticleWolds U3A host open day
The Wolds U3A group is holding its “Let’s Get Physical” open day on Thursday 14 May in the Driffield Community Centre.The fun starts at 1pm and entrance, with tea/coffee and biscuits, is free.The...
View ArticleLatest local planning applications
The following planning applications relating to the Driffield area have been submitted to the East Riding of Yorkshire Council:Erection of single storey extension to side and rear following demolition...
View ArticleQIPCO GUINEAS FESTIVAL REVIEW: Gleneagles is the Chelsea of Newmarket
On the weekend Chelsea sealed the Premier League title, it was perhaps appropriate that GLENEAGLES landed the Flat season’s opening Classic, the QIPCO 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket.A bizarre analogy, you...
View ArticleRetro: White togas and pitched battles for right to vote
Well, it seems to have gone on for ages but the end is in sight for the General Election and soon we will all know the fate of the candidates.They include two South Yorkshire-based party leaders,...
View ArticleVideo: A look back at the Tour de Yorkshire
The first ever Tour de Yorkshire has ridden itself into the history books after a momentous three days of racing. One and a half million people lined the route and TV audiences in more than 150...
View ArticleRACING AHEAD: Beverley predictions proved correct
Racing pundit Tony McCormick from.irishbigracetrends.com beforetheoff.com and racing radio station racingfm.com reminds you of his column just two weeks ago and race that has produced winners at 4/1,...
View ArticleScalby under-13s quit Junior League
The local cricket scene has been hit by another resignation with Scalby quitting the Greenwood Hire Derwent Valley League Junior League due to a lack of players.This means that teams in Zone One will...
View ArticleGillespie’s exit not viewed as inevitable by Moxon
YORKSHIRE boss Martyn Moxon last night insisted he has not resigned himself to losing first-team coach Jason Gillespie to England, despite the former Australia fast bowler being the overwhelming...
View ArticleYorkshire ensure no repeat as Rashid leads way
HAMPSHIRE are one of only two teams to have chased 400-plus to win a match at Headingley.They knocked off 404 against Yorkshire in 2006 – the same total which Bradman’s Invincibles managed in the 1948...
View ArticlePlunkett restored as Yorkshire plot aggressive T20 approach
Liam Plunkett is back in the Yorkshire squad for tomorrow’s Twenty20 opener with Derbyshire after missing the County Championship win over Hampshire due to a disciplinary issue.Plunkett, who returned...
View ArticleYorkshire v Derbyshire: Vikings throwing caution to the wind in T20 bid
YORKSHIRE declined to make Jason Gillespie available to speak to the media after the County Championship win over Hampshire on Wednesday, correctly deducing that he would be bombarded instead with...
View ArticleWhitby cricketer Lyth ‘cannot wait’ for full England debut
Whitby’s Adam Lyth has told the Whitby Gazette he cannot wait to get started after his call-up into the England squad for their two-match Test series with New Zealand.Details of the squad were...
View ArticleAndrew Gale: I’m not surprised Gillespie’s so much in demand
JASON GILLESPIE is a fantastic coach and has had a massive impact on us at Yorkshire – I think he has been linked to every job in cricket and I am surprised he has not been linked with being the new...
View ArticleBook review: The Wicked Wit of Queen Elizabeth II Compiled by Karen Dolby
Queen Victoria may not have been amused… but her great great granddaughter most definitely is!Renowned by all who know her well for her sparkling sense of humour and wicked wit, Queen Elizabeth II...
View ArticlePlanning applications
The following planning applications which relate to the Driffield area have been submitted to the East Riding of Yorkshire Council:Erection of garage and store to both sides following demolition of...
View ArticleBook review: The Kamikaze Hunters: Fighting for the Pacific, 1945 by Will...
On the morning of May 9 1945, many Britons awoke feeling more than a little groggy after an evening of celebrations to mark the end of war in Europe.But six thousand miles away in the Pacific Ocean,...
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