Scarborough's new UTC opens its doors
The first group of students started life today at Scarborough University Technical College.Scarborough University Technical College is funded by the Department for Education so is open to all students...
View ArticleYorkshire v Somerset (day 2): Yorkshire struggle as title hat-trick ebbs away
THERE was a convivial atmosphere in the hot September sunshine, but there was a resigned mood among spectators at Headingley yesterday.It was the philosophical air of a crowd that sensed that the game...
View ArticleWIN: Nick Clegg tickets for Sheffield's Off The Shelf this Friday
Nick Clegg, the former Deputy Prime Minister, is a guest speaker at this year's Sheffield Off The Shelf book festival on Friday and we have TEN tickets to be won.The 49-year-old Sheffield Hallam MP...
View ArticleLehmann’s century is not enough to save Yorkshire
“WHAT a day,” tweeted Darren Lehmann as he celebrated news of his son, Jake’s, first hundred for Yorkshire.The Australia coach, monitoring events from afar, was understandably as proud as punch.Lehmann...
View ArticleMonumental story at Sledmere
A romantic ghost story set in and around Sledmere’s iconic monument has just been published in a new book of short stories.The Ballerina’s Last Wish features in Mark Stillman’s Wartworld And Other...
View ArticleBrush with town history
The Driffield firm of E E Dobson has called in auctioneers Dee Atkinson and Harrison to auction their old company vehicle – a hand-drawn Whitechapel sprung cart!Auctioneer Andrew Spicer said was...
View ArticleCinema listings
Your guide to what's one the big screen around the region over the coming week.Friday 16 September to Thursday 22 SeptemberBEVERLEY PARKWAY 01482 968090. Bridget Jones’s Baby: Fri, Sat, Tues, Wed:...
View ArticleWhat's On Listings
Your guide to what's on around the region this weekend.Friday 16 SeptemberTheatreHULL CITY HALL: Buddy Holly’s Winter Dance Party, 7.30pm.East Riding Theatre: As We Forgive Them at 8pm. Visit...
View ArticleCricketTalk: Down to the wire - who will win the three-horse race for the...
WELL, it couldn’t be any tighter. Okay, if you want to split hairs then, yes, the three-way race for the County Championship Division One title between Middlesex, Yorkshire and Somerset could be...
View ArticleFarming column with Sam Walton
It was a sad day when the Beverley Guardian closed it’s doors, and for me who had written the paper’s farming comment for the last year.For the Pocklington Post readers, I farm at Lockington between...
View ArticleWildlife artist lands top prize with wonderful weasel photos
Thixendale wildlife artist Robert E Fuller has scooped a top photography prize.Robert’s winning series of photographs of a family of weasels living in his North Yorkshire garden were taken as studies...
View ArticleColumn: Shame on the inflatable imbeciles who showed a grave lack of respect
A group of British men on a stag-do left the world speechless when they decided to pose for selfies, clutching a sex doll at Ground Zero on the eve of the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attack. The...
View ArticleAUDIO: Vulcan launch for Eliot Kennedy's charity album by daughter of tragic...
Yorkshire song king Eliot Kennedy today announced his next all-star charity concert is ready for take off - it will be at the Vulcan hanger at Doncaster Airport.The gig will raise funds for Hidden...
View ArticleVIDEO: Vote for Sheffield crew in Red Bull Grime-A-Side
Sheffield grime artists Kannan, KDot and LDizz are after your votes in a sing-off to reach the semi-final of Red Bull's Grime-A-Side 2016.Grime, a British version of rap which developed from rebellious...
View ArticleAndrew Gale: Treble looks impossible for any side to achieve
PEOPLE speak about how hard it has been for Yorkshire to fight for honours on three fronts at the end of the season.From the outset, you want to win three trophies. But I believe that with the way...
View ArticleWildlife already colonising pond
Tophill Low Nature Reserve column with Richard HampshireAs part of the work we have excavated a new pond to provide material for a disability access ramp, and also be a sustainable drainage container...
View ArticleNew air ambulance carries first patients
The first patients have been carried by Yorkshire’s new, state-of-the-art air ambulance which came into service last weekend.The £6million Airbus H145 helicopter has taken to the skies over Yorkshire...
View ArticleCLA hails flood payments to farmers
The CLA in the North has welcomed news that over £1million has been paid out by the Government to flood-hit farmers but said improvements to the Farming Recovery Fund need to be made.CLA North Rural...
View ArticleThe racing you can watch, live and free, on ITV next year
If you are a keen racing fan, the chances are you subscribe to Racing UK. Or, at the very least, you know where to find its free-to-air rival channel, At The Races, on your remote.Between them, they...
View ArticleWagyu company up for top growth award
The Yorkshire Wagyu Company has been announced as one of only four businesses to have reached the finals in the Regional Growth category of the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) Awards 2016.The...
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