Traffic ban bid in town centre
PART of Driffield town centre will become a traffic no go area for THREE DAYS next summer as residents take to the streets for a massive party.The town council is proposing to apply for a road closure...
View ArticleTime of their lives
THREE Driffield lads are enjoying their superb experience spending winter in Australia playing cricket.All three are members of Driffield Cricket Club and Sam Drury, Ben Kohler-Cadmore and Ollie Ezard...
View Articleflooding
AS hundreds of revellers gathered in Driffield’s Market Place to joyfully usher in the New Year, the milestone marked challenging times ahead for property owner in the region who have been affected by...
View ArticleBook review: Tracing Your Lancashire Ancestors by Sue Wilkes
Lancashire’s rich social, cultural and industrial history has made the hunt for our ancestors an increasingly popular and addictive pastime.But family history novices often don’t know where to start,...
View ArticleCall to pull the plug
PARISH councillors have lodged “very strong objections” against plans for an electricity producing anaerobic digester at Leven.FD Bird and Sons have applied for planning permission to build on land...
View ArticleMaurice Henry Dandy
A funeral service was held at the East Riding Crematorium on Friday, December 21 for Mr Maurice Dandy of Wansford Road, Driffield who died peacefully at home on December 10. He was 79.The service was...
View ArticleMRS DORIS MARY McGILLIVRAY
A funeral service was held at the East Riding Crematorium on Wednesday, December 19 for Mrs Doris Mary McGillivray, of the Beaumont Nursing Home, Stamford Bridge, (formerly of Nafferton) who died...
View ArticleMrs Alwyn Simpson
A funeral service was held at All Saints’ Church, Driffield on Thursday, December 20 for Mrs Alwyn Simpson (formerly of Pockthorpe), who died peacefully in Scarborough Hospital on December 9. She was...
View ArticleMrs Muriel Harrison
A funeral service was held at All Saints’ Church, Driffield for Mrs Muriel Harrison, of The White House, Driffield, who died peacefully in The White House on December 8. She was 87.The service was...
View ArticleAction on budgets
Young people from across the East Riding have been invited by East Riding of Yorkshire Council to debate issues that could shape their future.On December 6, young people from 10 East Riding secondary...
View ArticleMotorist on phone
A motorist has been given three penalty points on his driving licence and fined £80 after using a mobile phone while behind the wheel of a car.James Melrose Frith, 36, of Church Road, Molescroft used a...
View ArticleWaste column
The East Riding of Yorkshire Council is issuing suggestions for drivers and pedestrians on managing during the frost and snow that forecasters are warning we face over the next few weeks.We are...
View ArticleMP’s face paint fears
Greg Knight, MP for East Yorkshire is warning parents to take extra care following tests revealing some children’s paints, including Tarton Collection Kits which are imported from China, contain...
View ArticleCouncil rebate scam
East Riding residents are being warned not to be taken in by people offering council tax rebates over the telephone, following recent complaints.Trading Standards at East Riding of Yorkshire Council...
View ArticleBook review: Wellington’s Worst Scrape: The Burgos Campaign 1812 by Carole...
Just over 200 years ago, as the long-running Napoleonic Wars raged across Europe, the British Army under the great Duke of Wellington suffered one of the most disastrous periods in its history.The...
View ArticleBuswise tackles bullies
AN ADVERTISING campaign to target bullying and anti-social behaviour has been launched by the Council.The East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Buswise campaign, supported by local schools and East...
View ArticleBook review: The Queen’s Vow by C.W.Gortner
Isabella of Castile, wife of Ferdinand of Aragon, warrior queen, architect of a united Spain, educational reformer, the visionary who sent Columbus to discover a New World... and a religious fanatic...
View ArticleDramatic car fire in Driffield town centre
A dramatic car fire in Driffield saw fire crews rush to a town centre car park to tackle the blaze earlier today.The fire at Cross Hill car park occurred in the early afternoon, when flames engulfed a...
View ArticleBook review: Rawtenstall Through Time by Kathy Fishwick
Rawtenstall, a small town nestling in Lancashire’s Rossendale Valley, was first mentioned in the archives way back in 1326 when it was rather quaintly described as the ‘row tunstall,’ or long, narrow...
View ArticleNew development really takes off!
TWO homebuyers are settling into their new home at Harron Homes’ Oak Dene Mount development as the first residents of a new community being created by the 700-acre Waverley regeneration scheme near...
View Article