Car exhibition for motoring enthusiasts
A display of competition cars are set to rev some engines at an open evening in Driffield.On Wednesday 17 April rally enthusiasts and Ford fans can enjoy an evening celebrating the famous Ford...
View ArticleArmed forces day parade
Service men and women from a Leconfield barracks will parade through the streets in celebration of Armed Forces Day.On Sunday 7 July personnel from the Defence School of Transport (DST), based at...
View ArticleEnd of the road for town pub
The final pint was pulled at a well-known public house in Driffield last week. The Full Measure, Mill Street, Driffield, shut up shop after serving the last customer on Sunday 31 March.Amid expensive...
View ArticleHedge-woe for town resident
A dismayed resident has voiced her concern after noticing her hedgerow was beginning to die back.Sandra Sims, 53, of Manorfield Road, began to notice the damage to her hedge last winter and again this...
View ArticleA roaring good assembly
Pupils at Driffield Infant School had the opportunity to meet East Yorkshire’s most well-known tiger before the Easter break.Hull City mascot Rory the Tiger visited the pupils during their morning...
View ArticleBook review: Guilt by Jonathan Kellerman
Murderous mind games are what Alex Delaware does best.As a brilliant psychologist and ‘Crime Reader’ for Los Angeles Police Department, he is used to peering into the darkest corners of the human soul....
View ArticleProposal for wind turbines
A request to build four wind turbines at a site near Rotsea has been submitted to East Riding Council.Renewable energy company, Renewable Energy Systems (RES) submitted the scoping request to the...
View ArticleLittle Driffield get back to winning ways after knocking over Castle
Stirling Wanderers Res 1Little Driffield 3Little Driffield opened the scoring on 25 minutes in this clash when M. Raines battled through a couple of challenges before Berriman collected the ball to...
View ArticleNo need to ring the Grand National accident helpline
EVEN if you didn’t back the 66/1 winner, AURORAS ENCORE, (and let’s face it, not many did!), the 2013 Grand National proved to be a landmark occasion for the great race. Our resident expert RICHARD...
View ArticleAnother great day of golf
Driffield Cricket Club held their annual golf day last Friday at Far Grange Park & Golf Club.One of the organisers, Rob Woodcock, said: “It was a good day and again the weather was kind, though it...
View ArticleBook review: Philida by André Brink
In a very public acknowledgement of a shadowy chapter of his white South African heritage, André Brink has re-invented a real-life slave woman closely connected to his own family and given her a...
View ArticleUnexploded bomb found in Nafferton
A resident of Nafferton has told his story of the chain of events which unfurled following a suspected World War Two bomb being unearthed in his village.The 2lb bomb, which was found to be inert by a...
View ArticleGenerous donation made after charity dance
A Driffield resident presented a member of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance with a charity donation of £1,634.Audrey Hudson, who had previously organised a dance to raise funds for the charity handed over...
View ArticleBook review: Vengeance by Roy Chester
Just when crime profiler Dr Fiona Nightingale thought a patient dubbed ‘The Mad Woman’ had been locked away for life, the dangerous psychopath is on the loose again... and hell bent on revenge.Ormskirk...
View ArticleNafferton in boom
Nafferton in Bloom members were surprised last week to find an World War Two bomb shell while digging in their spring flowers.On Wednesday 10 April Colin Breary, 67, The Maltings, Nafferton had been...
View ArticleChance to see the Kaiser Chiefs
Our reader travel team are offering the chance to see the Kaiser Chiefs at York Races on the evening of Friday 26 July combining competitive racing with live music. The European Breeders’ Fund Lyric...
View ArticlePainting of life boat crew to go to auction
A member of Driffield Art Club has completed a painting of the Pride of Humber lifeboat crew.The painting, in acrylics, depicts the crew who until recently lived with their families next to the...
View ArticleChance to see Cliff live in concert
Join our reader travel team to see Cliff Richard & The Military Wives Choirs at Cliff’s Still Reelin’ and A-Rockin’ summer shows, starting June 1.The Military Wives Choirs first found fame on the...
View ArticleBOOT ROOM TV: Leeds United v Sheffield Wednesday preview
Check out the latest edition of The Boot Room as the lads looks ahead to Leeds United’s clash with Sheffield Wednesday at Elland Road.The show is presented by Andrew Hutchinson (@AndyHutchYEP) with...
View ArticleBook review: Tarnished by Julia Crouch
When mild-mannered librarian Peg Thwaites tries to recall her early childhood, she finds her memory is a just ‘a big, empty hole.’There are one or two remembrances floating around – bedtime stories...
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