Itinerary set for twin visit
Residents of Driffield’s twin town, St Affrique are set to arrive in Driffield this weekend. On Saturday September 1, 19 St. Affrique residents will be arriving in Driffield for a week, staying with...
View ArticleSalvation Army Tea party for church funds in Driffield, East Yorkshire
PROCEEDS from a strawberry tea party raised over £200 for a church.Driffield Salvation Army held the tea party on Saturday, August 18, at the church centre on The Mount, and raised £265.09 for the...
View ArticleWe will not be moved say nurses in demonstration over threat to Leeds General...
Nurses at the Leeds General Infirmary say they would not move to another centre should children’s heart surgery be forced to close.In a survey of 50 nurses, on the paediatric cardio-thoracic ward and...
View ArticleSERIOUS RTC A165 BLACK COTTAGES, GRINDALE/BEMPTON CROSSROADS, NORTH OF...
TWO people were flown to Hull Royal Infirmary by air ambulance following a two vehicle collision on the A165 at a location known locally as Black Cottages at the Grindale/Bempton crossroads, north of...
View ArticleFault grounds RAF helicopter
A HELICOPTER was forced to emergency land following a technical problem whilst it was on a training exercise.On Monday September 3 four crew members of a Sea King Helicopter from RAF Leconfield were...
View ArticleDriffield police station, East Yorkshire, facing a cut in opening hours
HUMBERSIDE police have revealed that its station in Driffield is facing a cut in opening hours - just three weeks after assurances over its future.The force is currently conducting a spending review...
View ArticleDressed to impress
East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Highways Maintenance Team has completed its surface dressing programme for the year - repairing and improving approximately 120km of highway across the area.This...
View ArticleBook review: The King’s Mistress by Gillian Bagwell
Is it just a romantic flight of fancy to imagine that a young woman might risk everything to help the young Charles II escape the ruthless forces of Oliver Cromwell?Gillian Bagwell knows a good story...
View ArticleFamily fun at Riverhead Hall
RESIDENTS, staff and visitors to Riverhead Hall Nursing Home have enjoyed a day of family orientated fun over the weekend which included meeting some new furry friends.The Nursing Home situated at...
View ArticleHumberside Police launch seatbelt campaign in a bid to cut injury and death...
IN an attempt to help reduce the number of casualties on the road across the Humberside area, police are urging motorists and their passengers to buckle up as part of a forcewide casualty reduction...
View Article4 Women of the Year lost 18 stone
Slimming World groups in Driffield have been voting for their Woman Of The Year rece - with the four group winners losing an amazing 18½ stone between them.Debbie Laidlaw joined the Monday 5pm Slimming...
View ArticleESPN TO SCREEN LIVE AND EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE OF THE 2012 WINMAU WORLD MASTERS...
Following the success of its first ever live coverage of the 2011 Winmau World Masters, ESPN will once again be back in Hull to provide extensive live and exclusive coverage of the 2012 World Masters...
View Article£300m project’s mole hole cutter
YORKSHIRE Water has started work to install a new 230-metre long water pipe to cross under the River Hull.The purpose of the scheme is to protect water supplies in East Yorkshire by adding to the...
View ArticlePOLICE APPEAL FOR INFORMATION AFTER MAN SUFFERS BROKEN JAW IN BEVERLEY ASSAULT
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to an assault which happened close to The Ranch, Wednesday Market in Beverley between 1am and 4am on Sunday August 16 .A 26 year old man was sat alone on a bench...
View ArticleCouncil vacancy
Driffield town council official are encouraging people to put themselves forward as candidiates to fill a seat left vacant following the resignation of Coun Neal Pearson.An election has been called to...
View ArticleBook review: The Age of Desire by Jennie Fields
Much-loved American author Edith Wharton had a devastating secret ... while she penned novels featuring grand affairs of the heart, in private she felt imprisoned by an empty, passionless marriage.So...
View ArticleHUNGER GAMES TOP THE POLL FOR MOST LEFT BEHIND BOOKS IN HOTEL ROOMS say...
Britons are addicted to trilogies so that they can flee reality for a world of fantasy and fiction In a bid to flee reality for a world of fantasy and fiction, Britons have become a nation addicted to...
View ArticleTHE OVERTONES CONFIRM OCTOBER 1 RELEASE SECOND ALBUM ‘HIGHER’ AFTER 500,000...
The Overtones’ debut album ‘Good Ol’ Fashioned Love’ proved to be a surprise smash hit when it was released late in 2010.Having accumulated over 500,000 sales to date, it peaked at #4 on the UK album...
View ArticleFatal RTC Idle Bank, Wroot, North Lincolnshire - Police say victim was...
POLICE today named the pedal cyclist who sadly died after being involved in a road traffic collision on Monday September 10 as Andrew Watson of Top Lane, Branton near Doncaster.Mr Watson was involved...
View ArticleLOCAL SCHOOLS NAME SMART WIND’S HORNSEA OFFSHORE WIND FARM ASSET
Following SMart Wind’s second successful year of its SMart Futures Schools programme, pupils from Frederick Gough School in Scunthorpe, Hornsea School and Language College in Hornsea, and South Hunsley...
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