Refurbished four-bedroom home
This extensively refurbished executive family home, in a sought-after cul-de-sac location, is on the market at £389,500.The four-bedroom detached house is at 4 Longcroft Avenue, Dronfield Woodhouse,...
View ArticleFlower club
THE Beverley Flower Club February meeting was enjoyed by members, when Joan Woodhead produced floral designs entitled “Especially for You”.The next meeting takes place at Longscroft Lower School in...
View ArticleGeorge is bowled over by his new flat
George Sellars lived in his three-bedroom house in Shiregreen for more than 72 years – before he recently packed his bags to take up a brand new apartment overlooking the cricket field off Sicey...
View ArticleBook review: The King’s Daughter by Barbara Kyle
In the volatile early years of Tudor Queen Mary’s blood-soaked reign, a Protestant rebellion was an ever-constant threat.The only surviving child born of the ill-fated marriage of Henry VIII and his...
View ArticleActon - Hanley
PICTURED here by Stephen Armishaw Photography are Natalie Acton and Sean Hanley, both of Beverley, who were married and held their reception at Rudding Park before enjoying a honeymoon skiing in French...
View ArticlePhoto show is a snappy success
THE DEBUT exhibition of a Nafferton photographer was on display at a private viewing last weekend. Josh Harrison, 28, of Nafferton captured images of wildlife in the arctic during a trip in 2010 and...
View ArticleJennie “one in a million”
“SHE was one in a million” - that is how a man has described his partner of six-years killed in a car crash at Fraisthorpe.Jennie Stone, 28, had been overtaking a truck on the A165 at Fraisthorpe just...
View ArticleBook review: Nine Days by Toni Jordan
In the wake of two sassy, contemporary novels, Aussie author Toni Jordan moves up a gear in a cross-generational story which opens in Melbourne in 1939 as the world teeters on the edge of war.Her...
View ArticleAdmissions for schools
Letters to parents telling them the outcome of their applications for secondary school places for September will be sent out on Friday, March 1.Nearly all parents in the East Riding of Yorkshire got...
View ArticleHomelessness strategy drawn up by East Riding of Yorkshire Council
East Riding of Yorkshire’s Homelessness Strategy 2013 - 2018 sets out how the Council and its partners will work together to tackle the causes of homelessness and meet the needs of people without...
View ArticleFake cash allegation
A MAN has been arrested for allegedly spending counterfeit cash in the pubs around Driffield.Police launched an investigation after counterfeit £20 notes were passed over the bar at Hooters and...
View ArticleCred Union on the move
The Driffield Branch of Hull and East Yorkshire Credit Union (HEYCU) has moved to a more central location in the town centre.After operating from Driffield Community Centre at West Garth for the past...
View ArticleChanges to biomass plan spark action
AN ACTION group has challenged East Riding of Yorkshire Council over changes made to an application for a biomass plant at Fimber.The biomass power plant, which will generate 17.5 megawatts of energy -...
View ArticleCriminal damage
POLICE are probing criminal damage to a garden wall on St. John’s Road, Driffield, which happened between 3.30pm and 4.30pm on Sunday February 17.A male approached the front of a semi detached dwelling...
View ArticleMr George Henry “Paddy” Arnold
A funeral service was held at the Parish Church, Driffield on Monday, February 18 for Mr George Henry ‘Paddy’ Arnold, of Northfield Road, Driffield, who died peacefully in Scarborough Hospital on...
View ArticleMrs Dorothy Bowser
A funeral service was held at the Parish Church, Driffield on Wednesday, February 20 for Mrs Dorothy Bowser, who died on the February 11.The service was conducted by Curate Stuart Grant and the...
View ArticleMrs Sheila Chambers
A Funeral service was held at the Church of our Lady and St, Edward, Westgate, Driffield, on Thursday, February 21 for Mrs Sheila Chambers, of Northfield Manor Nursing Home (formerly of Hutton) who...
View ArticleBeverley First Probus Club
The guest speaker at our February luncheon meeting, held at Tickton Grange, was Professor David Raffaelli of the Environment Department at York University, who chose as his subject : “Yorkshire in...
View ArticleChristopher Foley
A funeral service was held at St Peter’s Church, Hutton on Monday, February 18 for Mr Christopher Foley, of Orchard Lane, Hutton, who died peacefully in Hospital on February 5. He was 53.The service...
View ArticleBook review: The Forbidden Queen by Anne O’Brien
Who can forget the French princess Katherine de Valois who sparred playfully with her future royal husband after his victory at Agincourt in Shakespeare’s Henry V?The reality was very different....
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