Keep ego out of the council chamber
COUNCILLORS were accused of acting like “ego jockeys” during a debate on the role of politics within the Driffield town council chamber.And Coun David Credland called for ego to be left out of the...
View ArticleTheft of diesel
POLICE are probing the theft of diesel fuel from on Carnaby Industrial Estate which happened overnight on Monday December 10 when someone approached an unattended coach parked securely in a car park...
View ArticleCriminals raid van
criminalS escaped with specialist falconry equipment after breaking into a van at Sledmere.The theft happened between 8.30am and 10am on Saturday December 15, when a white Citroën Belingo van was...
View ArticleHitting the high note
BEVERLEY’S annual folk festival is set to hit a high note for its 30th anniversary - by celebrating an important change of venue.The June 21 to 23 event re-locates to the racecourse for 2013 and with...
View ArticleCannabis warning
POLICE issuesd a cannabis warning given to a male who was caught with the illegal drug in North Street, Driffield.During the evening of Saturday December 8, a suspicious male was detained and searched...
View ArticleTraffic 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 ArticleBook review: The Nameless Dead by Brian McGilloway
The Troubles in Northern Ireland have rarely proved an attractive proposition for novelists, and Derry author and teacher Brian McGilloway’s ‘no frills’ crime thriller series set in the notoriously...
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 ArticlePavement problems
Dear Editor,In Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost’ Mammon, one of the fallen Angels, is described as having his eyes ‘downward bent’ almost permanently, in admiration of Heaven’s pavement of beaten gold before...
View ArticleBook review: You Had Me at Hello by Mhairi McFarlane
Think of David Nicholls’ One Day, add a week’s worth of northern humour and you have what could be one of the year’s funniest and most romantic books.Breezing in on the wave of 2013 is Mhairi McFarlane...
View ArticleMr John Burdis
A funeral service was held at the East Riding Crematorium on Monday, December 17 for Mr John Burdis of Little Driffield who died suddenly but peacefully on December 8. He was 74.The service was...
View ArticleMalcolm William Hickson
A funeral service was held at the East Riding Crematorium on Monday, December 17 for Mr Malcolm William Hickson, of Woldholme Avenue, Driffield, who died peacefully in hospital on December 10. He was...
View ArticleCompetition open
PROPERTY professionals in Driffield are being given an opportunity to have their achievements recognised at an awards ceremony.The 2013 Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors Pro-Yorkshire Awards -...
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