Hundreds attend a model show
Bridlington and Wolds Scale Model Club held their second ‘Scale Model Show’ at the Driffield Showground. The event was well attended, and visitors had the chance to see hundreds of fine scale models on...
View ArticleFuel thieves siphon diesel worth £500 from parked tanker
Police are investigating the theft of £500 worth of diesel from a tanker left parked overnight in Rudston.A white tanker with jetting facilities was parked up overnight on Wednesday 4 September in the...
View ArticleBook review: These Wonderful Rumours! by May Smith
‘Oh horrors. Germany has invaded Poland. Now for hell let loose!’At the outbreak of the Second World War, May Smith, 24, lived with her parents in Swadlincote, a small village near Derby, and taught at...
View ArticleBeer festival hailed a huge success
Over 3,000 pints were served to thirsty visitors at the second annual Kilham Beer Festival last weekend.This year the festival raised well over £4,000 for the Kilham Playing Field Association, which...
View ArticleCan race trends help you find the winner of the St Leger at Doncaster?
Few subjects divide racing followers more than trends.The race-profile patterns that supposedly help determine which kind of horse can or cannot win.The statistics, based on previous runnings of a...
View ArticleSurveyors lunch set to forge new business links
Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors RICS Local Association is inviting Beverley and East Yorkshire based property professionals to attend their networking launch event at East Riding College,...
View ArticleBook review: Refusal by Felix Francis
Taking over the reins from his famous father was never going to be an easy ride for Felix Francis, but three books down he is hitting his stride and proving an odds-on favourite with crime thriller...
View ArticleYouth group to launch
East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s youth and family support (YFS) service has announced the launch of a new voluntary disability youth club.Dynamix is set to replace the Driffield Inclusion Saturday...
View ArticleCompetition entries reach new heights
Green-fingered youngsters have been honing their creative skills, preparing entries for a Driffield allotment’s scarecrow competition.During Spellowgate Allotment Society’s annual barbecue for plot...
View ArticleERYC sign £14million superfast broadband deal
East Riding of Yorkshire Council signs £14 million deal to bring superfast broadband to 42,000 rural homes and businessesSuperfast fibre broadband delivering speeds of 24Mbps and above will be rolled...
View ArticleBook review: Animal Opposites by Petr Horáček and other children’s books...
Big is beautiful in Petr Horáček’s amazing new picture book… but so too is small, heavy, light, fast, slow, weak and strong!Animal Opposites features a brilliantly inventive pop-up introduction to the...
View ArticleBook review: Blind Justice by Anne Perry
You can always rely on Anne Perry to deliver so much more than a routine Victorian crime mystery.Her two best-selling series, one featuring Inspector Thomas Pitt and the other starring Inspector...
View ArticleFinal instalment on awkward lies
The final instalment in my mini series on awkward lies shows you how to play from a downhill lie. The first thing to remember is to take more loft than normal, dependent on the severity on the slope,...
View ArticlePumas find their appetite after an Opening draw with Whitestar
The Pumas hosted a Beverley team who played a league above last season, so were expecting a couple of tough games.Driffield Pumas U10 3Bev Whitestar U10 3Game One The Pumas hosted a Beverley team who...
View ArticleBook review: A sparkling September with Usborne children’s books
Music, fashion, aliens and the timeless tales of Aesop take centre stage in a sparkling round-up of reading and activity books from top children’s publisher Usborne this month.Usborne Publishing is the...
View ArticleThousands raised at vintage day
A Wolds Vintage Working Day held in aid of a farming charity has been hailed a huge success after it raised over £6,000.Sunday 8 September saw farmers and members of the public reminisce about farming...
View ArticleHow to safely use a car park
Traffic officials have refused to provide a walkway across the busy child unfriendly Cross Hill car park - claiming that “it is the responsibility of drivers and pedestrians to be aware of each...
View ArticleBook review: The Secret Ministry of Ag. and Fish by Noreen Riols
If it hadn’t been for her fancy to wear a ‘seductive’ hat and a pair of sheer black stockings, teenager Noreen Riols might never have become a member of Churchill’s wartime ‘secret army.’Joining the...
View ArticleBook review: The World is a Wedding by Wendy Jones
The whimsical world of undertaker Wilfred Price springs to glorious life again in the second chapter of Wendy Jones’ enchanting Welsh odyssey.In her keenly anticipated sequel to The Thoughts and...
View ArticleBook review: The True History of the Black Adder by J. F. Roberts
A cunning plan to make a ‘swashbuckling sitcom’ became a British comedy high watermark when the first series of Blackadder was screened 30 years ago.For those whose sense of humour was honed on the...
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