Winter car spot check at by-pass snares driver
A MOTORIST stopped by police during a seasonal spot check on the Driffield by-pass was found to have been banned from driving, a court has heard.A check by officers on December 16 also showed that...
View ArticleBike theft fuelled by alcohol
AN UNEMPLOYED builder who turned to drink and drugs after suffering a mental breakdown funded his habit by stealing push bikes, a court has heard.Steven Johnson, 27, of Eastgate North, in Driffield...
View ArticleFisherman in drunken row
A DRUNKEN argument that broke out between a couple on a residential street landed an off-shore fisherman in hot water.The argument between Christopher Clinton Bycroft, 35, of Council Houses,...
View ArticleAllotments thief in court
A MAN who committed a spate of break-ins at sheds on allotments in three East Riding towns last summer has appeared in court.Mark Richard Ferriby, 48, of Colescliffe Road, Scarborough broke into six...
View ArticleDriffield gets tourism boost
Tourism-based businesses around Driffield are being advised to get ready for a surge of interest as a major new exhibition by artist David Hockney gets underway. From Saturday January 21, the Royal...
View ArticleDays lengthen, cold strengthens
THIS month we’ve been battered by severe Atlantic winds that have caused a great deal of damage. Though hardly to be welcomed, it’s probably better to have this kind of weather now rather than later....
View ArticleSuper display of rugby from the U8s
Driffield U8s (pictured below) travelled to hosts Beverley to play in a three way mini matrix against Beverley and Bridlington, each team played four matches.The Christmas break had certainly refreshed...
View ArticleFour wins from four for U9s
A nice sunny, but cold, morning saw the under 9’s travel to Beverley for a matrix with Beverley and Bridlington – the first meeting of 2012. The long training session on New Year’s Eve morning for the...
View ArticleBook review: Perdition by James Jackson
As war approaches, the toughest battles ahead are often those fought in the mind...And so it is for 14-year-old orphan boy and Crusader spy Benedict who has already witnessed the wounded, the slain,...
View ArticleMotorist banned
A PENSIONER has been banned from driving for 20 months after getting behind the wheel while more than twice the legal drink drive limit. Christopher Alan Ireland, 66, of Star Hill Road, Driffield...
View ArticleM&Co give charity a big boost
Kind-hearted staff and customers of the M&Co store in Driffield have helped the company to raise an astonishing £850,000 for Cancer Research UK.Staff at M&Co, one of the UK’s largest...
View ArticleMobile safety speed camera sites in North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire Police will be carrying out mobile safety camera enforcement on the following roads between Wednesday 18 January and Tuesday 24 January 2012. · A64 east-bound carriageway Bowbridge Farm...
View ArticlePlanning applications
THE following applications which relate to the Driffield area have been submitted to East Riding of Yorkshire Council:Conservation Area Consent for the erection of a lean-to glasshouse to rear -...
View ArticleFailing to stop charge
A woman has been given an absolute discharge from court after failing to stop her car for a school crossing patrol.Karen Wanda Butterfield, of Back Street, Langtoft, pleaded guilty to failing to stop...
View ArticleArsonists play tig with a flaming Olympic torch
Does anyone have a match?And I don’t mean the “Yeah, my bum, your face” variety.I mean a Swan Vesta, a Lucifer, a chemically treated stick that bursts into flames when you rub it against an abrasive...
View ArticleBook review: The Greek Myths by Robin Waterfield
What is the famous riddle of the enigmatic Sphinx and why did the powerhouse known as Hercules have to perform those twelve superhuman labours?The answers, and much more, lie within the pages of a...
View ArticleNew priest for Waggoners and Woldsburn
THE Rev DAVID E Fletcher has been welcomed as the new Priest-in-Charge for churches within the Waggoners and Woldsburn benefices.Mr Fletcher 58, moved to Pulham Lane in Wetwang with his wife Pat from...
View Article4,000 breathalysed
MORE than 4,000 motorists in the Humberside area were breathalysed by police over the festive period as part of a casualty reduction campaign targeting drivers who drove whilst under the influence of...
View ArticlePublic meeting
A CONSULTATION event into specific sites for housing and employment development takes place in Worksop on 24th January.The Bassetlaw Council event at the town hall from 6.30pm-8pm will give people the...
View ArticleConcerns over caravan
PARISH councillors have called on East Riding of Yorkshire Council to speed up plans to remove a gypsy from a site in Nafferton after he lost his appeal to stay there permanently over five months...
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