Let’s hear it for dogs
Just how much noise can a group of children make when given encouragement this festive season? Hearing Dogs for Deaf People want Driffield youngsters to help them find out by raising sponsorship for...
View ArticleFirms in line for slice of £27m pot
East Riding of Yorkshire Council will be holding an engagement event on Monday, November 5 at Beverley Leisure Complex, designed to introduce local suppliers and smaller construction companies to the...
View ArticleWalking for health scheme
A Walking for Health scheme is looking to expand and gain new walk leaders who are up for a challenge and want to meet new people whilst staying active.Local people are relied upon to commit to a few...
View ArticleAir cadets raise cash for Gambia
Driffield 873 Squadron Air Cadets are planning an expedition to the Gambia in West Africa to help build a playground in a desperately poor community, where their partner charity G.E.T.S. uk (Gambia...
View ArticleBook review: Usborne Books put the sparkle into Christmas 2012
The bells will soon be ringing out for Christmas and Usborne, Children’s Publisher of the Year 2012, have a stack of books that will chime with the youngest readers.The independent publisher’s range of...
View ArticleBook review: A Merry Little Christmas by Julia Williams
Light the fire, pour a glass of your favourite tipple, sit back and take yourself off to the hopelessly addictive village of Hope Christmas.For those who indulged themselves in Julia Williams’ novel...
View ArticleBook review: The Secret Rooms by Catherine Bailey
A standard social history book turned into an extraordinary real-life Gothic mystery when Catherine Bailey delved into the family archives at Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire.The end result of her...
View ArticlePublic meeting amid ‘crisis’ claims
A spate of hugely controversial development plans for the Beverley area is to be debated at a public meeting in the town next week.The meeting has been called by the Beverley and District Civic Society...
View ArticleBook review: Where’s Mo? by Harry Bloom and Sara Cywinski
Picture it ... long-distance runner Mo Farah joining forces with his fellow British Olympians Zara Phillips, Bradley Wiggins, Jessica Ennis and Tom Daley for an action-packed adventure, and you can...
View ArticleSupport for recycling
Graham Stuart, the Member of Parliament for Beverley and Holderness, is encouraging people to get involved with the East Riding of Yorkshire Council’supcoming recycling events. Council recycling...
View ArticleTeen arsonist cheated death
A TEENAGE arsonist who set fire to his own home owes his life to the stepfather who plucked him to safety from the burning building, a court heard.John Leighton, 19, lost his bar job at a Bridlington...
View ArticleBig family home in popular area
A 3/4-bedroom detached family home in the sought-after area of Aston, is on the market for offers around £400,000.Boskenna in Aughton Lane, Aston, S26 2AJ, has a generous driveway, detached garage and...
View ArticleProfessional service and properties
The Sheffield rental market is continuing to thrive and Saxton Mee Lettings have proven to be a dominant force in the market in 2012. With Christmas approaching, the market is still buoyant and we are...
View ArticleBook review: A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy
The death of much-loved Irish author Maeve Binchy earlier this year was a huge loss to the book world so what a Christmas treat to be able to turn the pages of her very last novel.A Week in Winter, set...
View ArticleYour say on dogs
East Riding residents will have their say about revisions to the orders the county council uses to tackle dog fouling, to restrict dogs from certain areas and to control unruly dogs in public...
View ArticleCancelled meetings
DRIFFIELD town council has a committee which has never ever met, it has been revealed.According to the authority’s own website, the The Cass Hall management committee is scheduled to meet quarterly.The...
View ArticleRotary Santa routes
Driffield Rotary Club has announced its Santa Float Collection routes for Monday December 10 to December 17. Santa’s float will visiting the following areas:Monday December 10 (6pm-8pm) – Westgate,...
View ArticleWe will not stifle debate
TOWN councillors were urged to moderate their behaviour around the debating table amid claims that the atmosphere at one of their meetings had been hostile and had shocked members of the public.In the...
View ArticleBook review: Cats’ Miscellany by Lesley O’Mara
‘There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats,’ observed the German philosopher and theologian Albert Schweitzer.The revelation that one of the world’s greatest thinkers was...
View ArticlePlea hearing
A BEEFORD man has appeared at Hull Crown Court after being accused of performing a sex act on himself while trying to touch a horse rider. Rodney James Walker, 42, of Main Street, appeared before Judge...
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