Book review: More Stuff Irish People Love by Colin Murphy and Donal O’Dea
Do you love the taste of Red Lemonade, launch into ‘The Fields of Athenry’ at the drop of a hat or find yourself admiring ‘the grand stretch in the evenings’? If you do, then this book, jammed with...
View ArticleAge UK hamper appeal
AGE UK East Riding is launching its annual Caring Christmas appeal.The Beverley-based charity is urging people throughout the East Riding to get involved by donating a shoebox-size Christmas hamper....
View ArticleBook review: The Wolf’s Gold by Anthony Riches
He might be deployed on the edge of empire but wily Roman centurion Marcus Aquila is always at the heart of the action... and the intrigue.The Wolf’s Gold is Anthony Riches’ fifth novel in the...
View ArticleMaking an author’s mark
Graffiti has been around for hundreds of years - and author Peter Godfrey can prove it.He has produced a booklet called “A pictorial record of stonemasons marks and others found in the churches of East...
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Pop hunk and reality TV legend Peter Andre is at the Scarborough Futurist on Thursday November 27 at 7.30pm. The Oz-meister is bringing his Up Close and Personal Tour to the seafront venue and will be...
View ArticleLast chance to get Peter Andre concert tickets
Pop hunk and reality TV legend Peter Andre is at the Scarborough Futurist on Thursday November 27 at 7.30pm.The Oz-meister is bringing his Up Close and Personal Tour to the seafront venue and will be...
View ArticleBook review: Enjoy Christmas with Scholastic Children’s Books
Put away the Xbox, switch off the telly and discover the true spirit of Christmas in the sparkling selection of book from Scholastic this year.Our kids have never had it so good... from birth to teen...
View ArticleTwo hurt in Langtoft crash
A MAN sustained serious injuries following a three vehicle road smash on the B1249, three miles south of Langtoft.A 19 year old girl was also airlifted to hospital in the wake of the incident at around...
View ArticleBook review: These Wonderful Rumours! by May Smith
‘Oh horrors. Germany has invaded Poland. Now for hell let loose!’At the outbreak of the Second World War, May Smith, 24, lived with her parents in Swadlincote, a small village near Derby, and taught at...
View ArticleMothers unite for one last time
AFTER being a part of the town for over a century, the Driffield Branch of the Mother’s Union is set to close next week.Members have spoken of their sadness following the decision to close the...
View ArticleFriends prepare for Christmas
WITH just weeks to go before Christmas, the Friends of Longcroft School are offering an opportunity to get prepared well ahead of the festive season.On Monday December 10, the group will be hosting a...
View ArticleBreached a court order
A FATHER who became abusive towards his ex-partner during a night out in Driffield has ended up in court after breaching an order banning him from harassing her.Ryan Edwards, 25, of Swiss Cottages,...
View ArticleDriver fined after A165 police pursuit
A SELF-EMPLOYED builder got into a pursuit with police after he drove into the path of an oncoming patrol car while overtaking on a main road near Bridlington.When Christopher Timiney, 24, of Carnaby...
View ArticleA tasty fundraiser for St Catherine’s
The 25th Anniversary year of St Catherine’s Hospice Driffield Support Group got off to a good start last week with ‘an evening of puddings’. Pauline Turner from the support group said: “The ladies of...
View ArticleBook review: Dark Times, Decent Men: Stories of Irishmen in World War II by...
Why would an Irishman enlist in the Second World War when his country had declared its neutrality? Raymond Wall, from Loughrea in County Galway, was just 21 when war broke out in 1939. Within days, he...
View ArticleImpaled on a metal post
A FATHER ended up with a metal post impaled in his leg after he crashed a car while rushing to Bridlington to see his daughter because he suspected she had meningitis, a court has heard.In the early...
View ArticleExcelsior Brass band
The Excelsior Brass Band will perform A Seasonal Music Extravaganza featuring flute and organ pieces on Saturday December 8 at 7.30pm in St John the Baptist Church, Carnaby. Tickets are £5 and will be...
View ArticleGoing festive in Nafferton
A Christmas fair at All Saints Church in Nafferton raised about £580 towards the upkeep of the church.The event, entitled All Saints Church Goes Festive, included cake and gift stalls, books, plants...
View ArticleGo ahead on green bin move
EAST Riding of Yorkshire Council is poised switch to fortnightly green bin collections – despite a Government warning that English councils that fail to provide a weekly bin collection could lose some...
View ArticleSanta rows into town
SANTA will be leaving his sleigh behind and visiting Nafferton on rowing boat.Nafferton Scouts have announced that on Friday December 7 the man himself will be rowing across Nafferton Mere as the...
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