Phone your GP for extra medicines
Clinical commissioning groups are asking patients to phone their GP as soon as possible this week if they need regular medicines to last over the bank holiday.Local GP and Clinical Chair of East Riding...
View ArticlePolice launch cell phone campaign
A NUMBER of people were stopped by Roads Policing officers in the East Riding between Monday May 13 to Saturday 18th May as part of a campaign aimed at raising awareness of mobile phone misuse by...
View ArticleToy charity is saved at the 11th hour
Local charity Mr Hoggle Doggle, which was set to close on the retirement of founders David and Clare Allan, is to continue. The toy re-homing service, which has distributed 25,000 toys since its...
View ArticleEast Riding Young Farmers clubs to hold county rally
East Riding Young Farmers Clubs and Crossgate Cluster will hold their annual County Rally on behalf of East Riding YFC on June 1 when 15 East Riding Young Farmers Clubs get together for a day of static...
View ArticleDriffield EI finish with home win to help them to their highest position
Driffield EI 4Withernsea 1Driffield EI finished their Humber Premier League Division One campaign with a comfortable 4-1 home win over bottom side Withensea to see them finsih joint 6th – their highest...
View ArticleFifty horses to follow -- as the countdown to the Epsom Derby Festival and...
The new Flat season is well and truly in full swing. And two of the highlights of the year -- the Epsom Derby Festival (May 31 and June 1) and Royal Ascot (June 18-22) -- are just around the corner.Our...
View ArticleHouse burgled as woman, 93, rests
A despicable burglar raided the village home of a deaf and blind 93 year old as she slept in a chair.Evil criminals crept into the home of the elderly lady during the afternoon of Tuesday May 14 while...
View ArticleSwinging 60’s at new theatre
A 1960’s inspired show is set to land at the Hull New Theatre in September.The Sensational 60’s Experience, starring the Marmalade, Herman’s Hermits, Chris Farlow and Steve Ellis’ Love Affair will show...
View ArticleBook review: Wainwright’s Lost Tour by Ed Geldard
In May 1931, 24-year-old Alfred Wainwright set out with three friends on a walk which would prove to be a gruelling test of man’s endurance against nature.It was almost exactly a year after his first,...
View ArticleHundreds raised at Scout bag pack
Beverley’s Tesco store have hosted a bag packing event for Beverley District Scouts.The event took place on Tuesday 18 May, raising almost £400 which will be used to fund new equipment for the group.A...
View ArticleFirm appoints a new accountant
East Yorkshire based cba Chartered Accountants has appointed new accounts manager, Simon Moss to its accounts team.Chris Brown, Senior Partner at cba said: “Simon qualified as ACCA in 2006 and worked...
View ArticleCommunity lift spring fair
Beverley Community Lift are holding a Spring Fair at Toll Gavel Church on May 25 from 10 am to 12 noonThere will be tea, coffee, homemade cakes, tombola and a variety of stalls. Beverley Community Lift...
View ArticleEnergy specialist announce new head
Dodds Limited, the East Yorkshire-based renewable energy specialist, has appointed Colin Burr as head of its Mechanical Services Division. Colin, 50, from Willerby, has more than 30 years’ experience...
View Article“Shoplifting is not very nice”
A Driffield man who committed a series of thefts from town centre shops was fined by magistrates in Bridlington last week.Daniel Carl Jenkinson, 23, of Market Place, pleaded guilty to four charges of...
View ArticleBook review: Coronation Wives by Lizzie Lane
The war may be over but peacetime brings new challenges for three women from Bristol... not least their buried secrets.Lizzie Lane takes up the story of three friends, which she began in her warm and...
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A BEVERLEY who was he was badily beaten up in the Barrel Inn at Walkington later threatened to kill the landlord, a court heard.Glen Gibson, 43, repeatedly visited Graham Ruston to ask him why no one...
View ArticleGolf tips with Alex Belt: Chipping
Improve your game with golf professional Alex Belt, who has made a series of videos with tips on all aspects of golf.Bridlington Free Press sports editor John Edwards and Driffield Times and Post...
View ArticleAnnual Wetwang festival kicks off in style
Over 50 scarecrows lined the streets and filled the front gardens of Wetwang for the annual scarecrow festival.The colourful and creative entries have been judged today (Saturday 25 May) and the...
View ArticlePicnic raises tasty total
Pupils and staff at a primary school grabbed the chance to enjoy the nice weather and held a teddy bears’ picnic.Nursery and reception year students from Garton on the Wolds Primary School enjoyed a...
View ArticleBook review: Man Up! by Rod Green
How many men out there are getting tired of the sedentary pleasures of our brave new world and secretly long to be ‘a real chap’?After all, there is only so much web surfing, shoot-’em-up game playing...
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