Book review: Children’s books selection for Christmas 2012
Christmas is coming and Santa has more than a few surprises up his very wide sleeves this year... including a sackful of sparkling books. From those early years of discovery to the more discerning...
View ArticleDarts champ Anderson visits Bridlington this week
FORMER World Darts Champion and three-time World Masters Champion Bob Anderson will be appearing at The Coachman on Friday night to play against a selection of darts players from the Bridlington...
View ArticleBook review: The Prisoner of Brenda by Bateman
Meet Mystery Man... owner of a Belfast crime bookshop, partner of long-suffering Alison, father of Page (well, his dad is a bookseller), son of a homicidal/suicidal woman, and a truly amazing...
View ArticleA Hull of a Time: Where are they now?
The latest football blog by Myfanwy Garman. Follow here on Twitter @mivviegarmanThe 2008-09 season was viewed as Hull City’s best season ever for many of the club’s fans. It was their first campaign in...
View ArticleVan stolen with driver still inside
POLICE are hunting a cheeky thief who snatched a delivery van - while the driver was still inside. The white van man was removing a tyre from the rear compartment of the vehicle when he felt it begin...
View ArticleUnpalatable doughnuts
VANDALS broke into Nafferton Recreation Club and used a car to rip holes a foot deep in a pitch.They tore up the ground by performing manouvres which the police have described as “doughnuts”.Then they...
View ArticleBurglars raid town centre flat
BURGLARS escaped with hundreds of pounds of goods from a flat on Middle Street South, DriffieldThey broke into the property overnight Friday November 30 through an insecure front communal door from the...
View ArticleIdiots wreck pub loos
POLICE are trying to trace two men responsible for smashing equipment in the toilets at a public house.The incident happened at 10.15pm on Saturday, December 1, when staff at the Original Keys on...
View ArticleBook review: When I Fall In Love by Miranda Dickinson
Christmas just wouldn’t be Christmas without a Miranda Dickinson book...To be honest, the festive season doesn’t much feature in When I Fall In Love despite its snow-covered jacket, but as a glass of...
View ArticleMargery Woodcock
A funeral service was held at the East Riding Crematorium on Monday, December 3 for Mrs Margery Woodcock of Mill Falls, Driffield who died suddenly in hospital on November 24. She was 84.The service...
View ArticleMollie Potter
A funeral service was held at the East Riding Crematorium on Friday, December 7 for Mrs Mollie Potter, of Northfield Road, Driffield who died peacefully in hospital on 28th November. She was 79.The...
View ArticleMMA v Boxing - A debate
A YEAR ago, as part of our East Yorker series of columns, we printed an article criticising MMA (mixed martial arts) and UFC. It provoked a response at the time from MMA.Now, Brad Ward, who has been...
View ArticleFrank Harrison
A funeral service was held at the East Riding Crematorium on Wednesday, December 5 for Mr Frank Harrison, of Mill Falls, Driffield, who died peacefully in hospital on November 24. He was 84.The service...
View ArticlePlease aid Barnardo’s
Winter woollies are flying off the shelves at Driffield’s Barnardo’s shop - leading to an urgent appeal for more donations of stock. The children’s charity has experienced a surge in demand for winter...
View ArticleCops find drugs in car search
POLICE found cannabis during a routing check on a car containing four men.The drugs were discovered by officers manning a patrol car just before midnight on Saturday December 8.A police spokeswoman...
View ArticleBook review: The King’s Concubine by Anne O’Brien
In the male-written history books, Alice Perrers was little more than a whore ... an unscrupulous, greedy and manipulative woman of humble origins who became one of the most powerful figures at the...
View ArticleBarry Merry Christmas
ONCE again, Barry and Lesley Greenlaw have decorated their Skerne Road, Driffield, house with thousands of lights to raise money for charity.This year’s donations will go to Cancer Research UK.The...
View ArticleSHEFFIELD UNITED: Blades check on Doyle after Rovers knock
SHEFFIELD United will continue to monitor Michael Doyle’s fitness amid fears the midfielder’s involvement against Crawley Town could be under threat.United, who remained third in League One following...
View ArticleBook review: Around Preston by David Hindle
If the winter weather traps you indoors this Christmas, why not take a virtual trip to the amazing countryside surrounding Preston? Around Preston is a Lancashire extravaganza published to commemorate...
View ArticleBook review: A Cat, a Hat and a Piece of String by Joanna Harris
It takes a wicked and powerful imagination to conjure up stories like Chocolat, the best-selling book which was turned into an equally seductive film, so expect something deliciously different in...
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