Support for demolition
DRIFFIELD town council has decided not to lodge an objection against a plans to demolish the Methodist Church and replace it with a new building.Several councillors have voiced grave concerns over the...
View ArticleGypsy to fight efforts to have him evicted
A GYPSY has vowed to fight plans to evict him from his own plot of land in a Wolds village declaring that he does not want to cause any trouble.And Irish traveller Anthony Quinn has strenuously denied...
View ArticleGarden Guru - Seed Sewing
Our gardening expert, Kev Riley, talks through a number of basic gardening tips,In this video he gives a few tips on seed sewing. If you have any gardening questions or any particular videos that you...
View ArticleGarden Guru - Seed Sewing
Our gardening expert, Kev Riley, talks through a number of basic gardening tips,In this video he gives a few tips on seed sewing. If you have any gardening questions or any particular videos that you...
View ArticleBook review: Tales from a Country Practice by Arthur Jackson
When Dr Arthur Jackson was studying ‘eyes’ for his final examinations, in reality he only had eyes for his future wife.However, this was the early 1950s and the very idea of a medical student getting...
View ArticleKeane to help alcoholics
A RECOVERING alcoholic is trying to set up a help group to fill what he perceives to be a gap in the provision of support for people battling alcoholism in the region.And his bid to help overcome thier...
View ArticleBook review: Welcome To Rosie Hopkins’ Sweetshop of Dreams by Jenny Colgan
Sweet as candy and refreshing as lemon sherbet, Jenny Colgan’s latest tasty treat was just made to be devoured!If you loved Star Bars, Spangles, Refreshers, gobstoppers and Hubba Bubba, then Colgan’s...
View ArticleRangers pushed all the way
Driffield Rangers travelled to Hedon for their penultimate away game of the season looking to come away with the three points and keep the pressure on the teams at the top of the table.Manager Shaun...
View ArticleDouble delight in Hull’s first marathon
Hull’s first marathon yielded double delight for Driffield Striders Sian and Jon Morgan.The Nafferton couple ran personal bests – Sian 3hrs.20mins.17secs. and Jon 2.57.55 – for the classic 26.2m....
View ArticleBook review: Women and Children First by Gill Paul
IT’S almost exactly 100 years since the Titanic sank, killing over 1,500 people ... but what of the survivors, how could life ever be the same again when you had heard men, women and children dying in...
View ArticleTheft is ‘sickening’
“sickening” - that is how the theft of a war memorial plaque from a village church has been described.The solid silver freestanding plaque commemorating fallen war heroes had stood alongside the altar...
View ArticleShining a light for residents at Sledmere House
A MAJOR fundraising event has reinvented itself in a bid to raise more money than ever to provide care and support for people with end of life and long term conditions at Sledmere House.The 2012...
View ArticleBanned driver ‘drove to look for a new job’
A DRIFFIELD man who drove a car in the town centre while banned from driving has been ordered by a court to carry out 80 hours of unpaid work.Richard Barry Thomas, 36, of Grosvenor Court pleaded guilty...
View ArticleWork starts on unique shelter
WORK to construct an innovative shelter for walkers and bus passengers in the village of Fridaythorpe has got underway.The new shelter has been developed as part of WANDER, a series of new artworks...
View ArticleBook review: Chandi by Tina Humphrey
When Tina Humphrey and her Border collie Chandi made the final of Britain’s Got Talent in 2010, it was the love between dog and owner as much as their amazing dancing routines that won the hearts of...
View ArticleWarmth milestone
The npower Health Through Warmth scheme in East Yorkshire is celebrating a new milestone after receiving its 3,000th referral.The scheme launched in the region in 2003 aims to help vulnerable residents...
View ArticleTophill Low takes a ducking
The last week at Yorkshire Water’s Tophill Low Nature Reserve has seen celebrated visitors arrive to the reserve – a pair of garganey.These ducks are very small – about the same size as the more...
View ArticleEI stun Rovers with late double strike
DRIFFIELD EI travelled to face local rivals Middleton to replay the abandoned fixture from earlier in the season.Manager Deverson was without the experienced duo of skipper Dixon and Grice but...
View ArticleDynamo still have a lot to play for, including cup final
Driffield Dynamo travelled to Hull to face second bottom Batemans knowing a victory would all but secure avoiding a bottom two finish.Again they were without the services of several players who were...
View ArticleVillagers flock to fund party
RESIDENTS of Burton Fleming were undeterred by the weekend’s poor weather as they turned out to support a table top sale in aid of a pensioner’s jubilee party.The sale, which was held at Burton Fleming...
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