Top team on top of busy market
The view of most estate agents is that house prices will remain static during 2013. A combination of restricted mortgages, lower transaction volumes and fewer homes being built means we will see a...
View ArticleBuyers snap up Innovations homes
SIGNIFICANT demand for first-time buyer properties at Barratt Yorkshire West’s Innovations development in Handsworth means competition is hotting up for the last nine places, say the builders.Already...
View ArticleMeeting called on flooding
EAST Riding Councillors are due to meet with parish councillors, representatives of Yorkshire Water and the Environment Agency at County Hall tomorrow (Friday February 15) to discuss an action plan in...
View ArticleMr Frank Blakey
A funeral service was held at the East Riding Crematorium on Monday, 28th January 28 for Mr Frank Blakey, who died peacefully at Glenfield Rest Home, Driffield, on January 17. He was 93.The service was...
View ArticleBook review: The Truth About Love by Philip Ardagh
It’s February and love is in the air! But have you ever wondered why the heart is the symbol of love, who St Valentine really was, why Cupid wears a blindfold and why a bride throws her bouquet? Yes,...
View ArticleKeldgate re-opens today says council
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is aiming to reopen Keldgate to motorists and the travelling public today (Friday) morning after Yorkshire Water complete repair works to the public sewer.The road has...
View ArticleGet down to business
More than 120 local business representatives attended the second in a series of four events organised by East Riding of Yorkshire Council and the Federation of Small Businesses to help support and...
View ArticleMurder investigation launched after man’s body is found in Full Sutton house
A MURDER investigation is underway after the body of a man was discovered at a house in Full Sutton.It comes after a call was made to police about the safety of a resident at Whisker Cottage. Following...
View ArticleStolen quad bikes
TWO men have admitted handling a stolen off-road quad bike targeted at Kilham near Driffield.Benjamin Barnes, 26, and Jeffrey Lister, 26, admitted one charge of handling the stolen 4X4 taken from a...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Angry scenes at court as convicted sex offencer jailed for...
ANGRY scenes erupted at Hull Crown Court today (Friday February 8) as a convicted sex offender from Burton Agnes was jailed for blasting a 20-bore shotgun through the living room window of a house...
View ArticleFurniture brown and out no more
BROWN furniture looks set to provide some of the stand-out lots at the first Dee, Atkinson and Harrison antique and fine art sale of the year.The furniture section comprises almost 90 lots dating from...
View ArticlePlanning applications
THE following planning applications which relate to the Driffield area have been submitted to the East Riding of Yorkshire Council:Change of use of redundant farm buildings to form dwelling -...
View ArticleSchool run car damage
Between 8.40am and 9am on Tuesday January 29 a silver Ford Fiesta was left parked in Cross Hill car park whilst the owner dropped her children off at school, on returning to the vehicle she found her...
View ArticleNorth Bar within safe hands
When commercial buildings in the town of Beverley are sold, the local community fear the further erosion of the unique character of its historic centre by large retail chains, betting shops and low...
View ArticleWiper blade snapped off
OVERNIGHT on Saturday January 26 a car was vandalised whilst parked in a residential car park in Driffield.An unknown person approached a Vauxhall Meriva hatchback which was parked in a residential car...
View ArticleDodds completes relocation to Bainton
RENEWABLE energy specialist, Dodds Limited, has completed its relocation from Driffield to its new headquarters at Bainton.The company, established in 1995 and until recently based at the Kelleythorpe...
View ArticleWater bills set to rise
Customer charges will help to fund a £329 million programme of investment by Yorkshire Water over the next year.From April 1, the average water bill in the region is set to increase by £12 per year -...
View ArticleBeeford burglary
BETWEEN January 24 - 27 a house in Beeford was broken into and property was taken.Unknown offenders searched the property and took a computer an Hifi equipment as well as jewellery and power tools...
View ArticleCar tyres are slashed
Between 5pm and 8pm on Sunday February 2 a red Land Rover was left parked in a residential area of Riverside Close.When the owners returned to their vehicle they found that both of the passenger side...
View ArticleDamage to parked car
Between 9.45am and 1pm on Sunday February 4 a grey Seat Leon was damaged in Tesco car park.On returning to their vehicle the owners found that the front passenger door had been damaged to such an...
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