Motorcycle stolen
A Motorcycle was stolen from house in Brandesburton overnight on January 2 when someone got into the rear garden via a secured gate while the resident was at home.The thief knocked the lock off the...
View ArticlePolice make arrest
POLICE said they arrested an aggressive male for allegedly assaulting a member of staff at the Mariners Arms, Eastgate, DriffieldThe incident happened on Monday January 14 when a male who was in drink...
View ArticleFORMER DRIFFIELD SCHOOL HEAD TEACHER JOHN HARRISON WAS EXCEPTIONAL AND ADMIRED
GLOWING tributes were paid this week to former Drifffield School head teacher Mr John Harrison who died at home on Sunday after a long illness.Mr Harrison, 85, was head of the school on Manorfield Road...
View ArticleSchool closures due to snow
SCHOOLS in the local area will close this afternoon due to disruptions caused by snow.Langtoft Primary School will close at 1pm this afternoon, and parents of pupils at Kilham Primary School can...
View ArticleMr Harold (Paddy) Sanderson
A funeral service was held at St Mary’s Church, Kirkburn on Friday, January 11 for Mr Paddy Sanderson of The Limes Residential Home (formerly of Tibthorpe) who died peacefully in The Limes on January...
View ArticleAll credit to the union
THE Hull and East Yorkshire Credit Union looks set to open an office in Market Walk – after the town council agreed to reduce its rent demand.Councillors last week agreed to levy an hourly charge of...
View ArticleMindless vandalism
POLICE have launched an investigation following an attack of mindless damage to a garden display on Meadow Road, Driffield.Vandals struck late at night on Wednesday January 2 when they approached trees...
View ArticleFarm was raided
EQUIPMENT was stolen during a burglary at a farm in Haisthorpe between Friday January 4 and Thursday 10 when someone crossed a paddock and approached outbuildings at rear of the farm.An outbuilding...
View ArticleHowden’s R.100
The small market town of Howden grew up close to the rivers Ouse and Derwent. Walter Skirlaw, who flourished about 1390, built a very great and large steeple to the church that if there happened by...
View ArticleA taste of college life
The Minster for Skills, Matthew Hancock MP, has paid a visit to the East Riding to discuss key issues in further education.Mr Hancock visited East Riding College in Beverley on Friday January 11.Along...
View ArticleMotors were stolen
NINE electric motors have been stolen from outbuildings near Carfoss Airfield, Brandesburton.The crime happened between Tuesday January 8 and Thursday 10 when two men in a van were seen acting...
View ArticleShock adverts expose ‘nasties’
A ground-breaking new campaign exposing the ‘hidden nasties’ in everyday foods and helping people to be ‘food smart’ was launched earlier this week by Public Health Minister Anna Soubry.Graphic new...
View ArticleChristmas campaign
A TOTAL of 885 people were stopped and breathalysed in Driffield and the surrounding area as part of the Humberside Police Christmas Drink and Drug Driving Campaign 2012.324 of these people were tested...
View ArticleBook review: Bath Times and Nursery Rhymes by Pam Weaver
In 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first man to enter outer space, the Beatles set out on the road to success, a house could be bought for £2,000... and 16-year-old Pam Weaver began her training as a...
View ArticleAsian connection
The latest café case mini display at Beverley’s Treasure House has now opened.Drawing on the South East Asia Museum collections in the University of Hull, the exhibition looks specifically at Thailand...
View ArticleBook review: The Housemaid’s Daughter by Barbara Mutch
As apartheid spreads like a stain across South Africa, the voice of one young black girl speaks volumes for a nation in Barbara Mutch’s moving debut novel.Previously released as Karoo Plainsong, this...
View ArticleThe lights fantastic
East Riding of Yorkshire Council has made an energy saving of more than 510,000 units so far in 2012/13 as part of street lighting changes that will reduce carbon emissions and lower costs.The street...
View ArticlePrecept rises by 7.5%
BEVERLEY town council is to raise the precept it levies by 7.5%.The authority set its budget on Monday amid some heated exchanges with ward councillors.The Labour group has declared an intention to...
View ArticleBlockbuster to close
BLOCKBUSTER are the latest in a chain of Driffield stores to announce their closure this month.The Joint Administrators to the video store chain confirmed plans on January 19 to close 129 stores over...
View ArticleBook review: Turn over a new leaf with Macmillan Children’s Books
A new year has brought some fresh and exciting adventures for young readers from the ever inventive book boffins at Macmillan.Teenagers can catch up with the second part of a scintillating sci-fi...
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