Council tax feedback
A consultation on changes to the council tax benefit system is drawing to a close and people have just two more weeks to respond.From April 1, 2013 the current council tax benefit scheme is being...
View ArticleReal Aid gift box apeal
THE Beverley based charity Real AId - which has a store in Drifield - is poised to launch it’s annual gift box campaign.Gifts donated by local people will be sent to come of the world’s poorest...
View ArticlePartnership aims to boost economy
PLANS to use local businesses and natural resources to boost the region’s economy were unveiled at a forum meeting. Lord Haskins, Humber Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) chairman, set out the...
View ArticleHidden funeral costs
Age UK East Riding is urging people to ask for a written quote upfront when buying funeral services to ensure they don’t get caught out by hidden charges.With funeral costs on the rise in recent years,...
View ArticleThieves target rural villages
HUMBERSIDE police have warned village residents to be on the lookout for any suspicious activity after a spate house burglaries.On Wednesday October 10 thieves entered a property on Foston Lane, North...
View ArticleSimply the best
Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust has been named as one of the Yorkshire and the Humber’s best employers in the regional final of the National Apprenticeship Awards and National Training Awards...
View ArticlePlanning proposals
The following planning applications which relate to the Driffield are have been submitted to the East Riding of Yorkshire Council:Non Material Amendment to Planning Approval 08/01574/PLF - increase...
View ArticleMore transport for residents
AN EXPANSION in community transport will enable people to travel more easily between towns and villages.Community transport (CT) operators in the East Riding will increase their service to give...
View ArticleHelp for vulnerable families
East Riding of Yorkshire Council, with its partners, is preparing a strategy which is aimed at supporting and empowering vulnerable families and helping them to improve their lives.The work is a...
View ArticleBook review: The Life by Martina Cole
There’s good, there’s bad, there’s very, very bad ... and then there are the Bailey brothers.No-one does gangsters like the inimitable Martina Cole and she’s on top form in her new thriller which takes...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Royal visit cancelled
HIS Royal Highness Prince Andrew’s visit to Bridlington today has been cancelled.The Prince was due to arrive in town by helicopter in time to present awards to the winners of the Duke of York’s...
View ArticleRNLI fund-raiser
A SALE held in aid of the RNLI will be held to raise funds to promote saving lives at sea.The event will be held in the Bell Hotel Driffield on Thursday 1 November at 1pm. All proceeds will go towards...
View ArticleTeen hurt in smash
POLICE are seeking witnesses to a single vehicle road traffic collision which left a Driffield teenager with serious injuries.The inclident happened on Friday October 19 at approximately 4.25pm as a...
View ArticleFilling Santa’s sack
Driffield Rotary Club is organising a fun way to raise money to help fill Santa’s sack for children at King’s Mill School, Driffield. On Saturday, November 10, popular teachers Liesel Cobby and Louise...
View ArticleDrug use admitted
A 20-YEAR-OLD male has been given a penalty notice and fined for the possession of a class B drug.At 9.45pm on Sunday October 14 an NPT officer was carrying out a routince check of a static vehicle.On...
View ArticleBook review: Autumn books from Nosy Crow
Independent children’s books publisher Nosy Crow reckon they really do have something to crow about, and their autumn titles are certainly guaranteed to attract flocks of younger readers.Nosy Crow...
View ArticleBEVERLEY SHOPPERS SUPPORT TESCO STAND UP TO CANCER CHARITY HULA HOOP
Tesco is pleased to be supporting Cancer Research UK and Channel 4 as the two join forces to launch Stand Up To Cancer in the UK. The Stand Up To Cancer campaign originated in the US and has since...
View ArticleBook review: The House of Velvet and Glass by Katherine Howe
Katherine Howe had a real problem on her hands when she basked in the glow from her dazzling debut novel, The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane... it was always going to be a tough act to...
View ArticleWalkabout cat found after appeal
A distraught pet lover has been re-united with her cat - following an appeal in the Driffield Times and Post.Several weeks ago, we told how Freddie went missing from the home of Janet Chappel’s parents...
View ArticleBook review: A Very Accidental Love Story by Claudia Carroll
It shouldn’t happen to a woman... particularly when she is the editor of a leading national newspaper.Eloise Elliot is marking her milestone 30th birthday in The Daily Post’s conference room surrounded...
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