Reality of 'Mad Friday' antics revealed in 999 calls staff 'tweetathon'
The chaotic reality of 'Mad Friday' revelry was revealed during a real-time online event.Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) hosted a 24-hour 'tweetathon' from its emergency operations centre to give the...
View ArticleDon Cossack to be crowned King of Kempton’s Christmas cracker
By all means, deck the halls with boughs of holly.By all means, tuck into your turkey, figgy pudding and mince pies.By all means, jingle your bells, rest ye merry gentlemen and look out on the feast of...
View ArticleRACING AHEAD: Tony’s 2015 Awards
Racing pundit Tony McCormick from.irishbigracetrends.com presents his 2015 ‘Racing Ahead’ Awards.Hero Of The Year - Jockey Bryan Cooper for his quick-thinking in saving Robbie Power from ‘disaster’ in...
View ArticleAerial strategy to beat dreaded weed
Blackgrass has become the arable farmer’s nightmare. The weed has been prevalent in East Anglia for years but during the past decade it has gradually increased in proliferation further north. A problem...
View ArticleDrug addict who killed frail man on Christmas Day found guilty of manslaughter
A drug addict has been found guilty of manslaughter after he violently attacked an elderly man on Christmas Day. Wayne Muirhead barged into victim Stephen Starkey’s home and punched him in the face...
View ArticleObituary: Jill Byass
A funeral service was held at St Andrew’s Church, Bainton on Tuesday December 15, for Mrs Jill Byass of Bainton who died peacefully at home on December 4.The service was conducted by the Rev Robert...
View ArticleObituary: Celia Broadley
A funeral service was held at All Saints’ Parish Church on Wednesday December 9 for Mrs Celia Broadley, of Kelleythorpe, Driffield, who died in Hull Royal Infirmary on the November 24. She was aged 68...
View ArticleA Christmas cracker!
Reader Emma Horne shared this picture of her parent’s house in Driffield – complete with the sleigh built by for Father Christmas by her dad. Terri and Martin Horne deck out their home in Wold View...
View ArticleObituary: James Vint
A funeral service was held at the East Riding Crematorium on Monday December 14, for Mr James Vint (formerly of Nafferton) who died peacefully at the Woodlands Care Home on November 28, after a long...
View ArticleGrain trade: a review of the year
As grain traders across the UK wearily returned to their desks on 2 January at the start of this year, the value of feed wheat for delivery in November 2015 was £140/T. By the end of the month, maize...
View ArticleKing George victory for Cue Card tops the menu at racing’s festive feast
They say Christmas is for giving, so racing can hardly be accused of shirking its duties over the festive holiday.Top of the Yuletide menu was a William Hill King George VI Chase at Kempton that lived...
View ArticleRACING AHEAD: Is new TV deal good for the sport?
Racing pundit Tony McCormick from.irishbigracetrends.com presents his weekly column, with the news ITV will have exclusive terrestrial rights to show horse racing from January 2017.As Channel 4 Racing...
View ArticleRacing backs a winner with switch to ITV -- but must also look at the bigger...
Those of us old enough to remember the ITV 7 in the days of ‘World Of Sport’, presented by Dickie Davies, received an unexpected nostalgia surge as 2015 morphed into 2016.For it was announced that ITV...
View ArticleCouncil agrees donation for Old Folks Tea
Driffield Town Council has agreed to donate £600 to the annual Old Folks Tea at Driffield School.The sum was decided with a view to covering the insurance needed for the event so that Driffield School...
View Article£50.4 million Lotto jackpot must be won tonight or game will be made easier
The UK’s biggest ever Lotto jackpot is sending ticket sales soaring ahead of an estimated £50.4 million up for grabs today - and the promise that it must be either won or shared out on...
View ArticleSoccer gossip: Your Saturday papers
What the newspapers and websites are saying today, Saturday January 9, 2016DAILY MAILReal Madrid have entered the race to sign Everton's John Stones - on the recommendation of Rafa Benitez.Arsenal -...
View ArticleObituary: Claire Josephine Mills
A funeral service was held at the East Riding Crematorium on Tuesday, December 29, for Claire Mills of Driffield who died suddenly at home on Thursday, December 17.She was aged 52 years.The service was...
View ArticlePlanned roadworks for Yorkshire and the Humber
The Highways Agency’s following summary of planned new and ongoing road improvements over the coming week is correct and could be subject to change due to weather conditions or unforeseen...
View ArticleGardening website takes root
A new website has been launched for East Yorkshire based gardeners groups and horticultural speakers.The website, garden-club-listings.webnode.com, allows gardening club speakers to list their services...
View ArticleFacing the facts of the ‘most depressing day of the year’ as so-called Blue...
Over the next week prepare to have it drilled into you that the “most depressing day of the year” is on the horizon – but should we really battening down the emotional hatches?The very concept of Blue...
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