School shopping
Shoppers can snap up their perfect Christmas gifts at the Driffield CE Infant School Christmas Shopping Night.The event is being held at the Driffield CE Infant School on Thursday November 8 from...
View ArticleBurglars strike at three homes
POLICE in Driffield are investigating a series of burglaries in which hundred of pounds worth of cash and goods were stolen.Thieves escapted with money, jewellery, passports and electrical items...
View ArticleSpotlight on theft
FARMERS in the Driffield area are being urged to join an organisation designed to combat countryside crimePolice are bidding to clamp down on rural crime after a spate of incidents in village areas...
View ArticleRafter’s celebration
RAFTEr’s greengrocer’s has celebrated it’s 15th year in the town.Rafters, on Middle Street South, celebrated the milestone birthday on October 25.Owners, Andy and Tracy Rafter, enjoyed the occasion...
View ArticleAward for lawyers
Williamsons Solicitors’ crime department has achieved the highest ranking in Hull and East Yorkshire in the country’s leading legal guide.The Chambers 2013 guide, released last week, not only says that...
View ArticleMattress sale at the Star Inn, Nafferton
A SPECIAL sale of orthopedic mattresses is taking place this weekend in Nafferton.The memory foam orthopedic foam mattresses sale, from Sweet Dreamz in Scarborough, takes place at The Star Inn, on...
View ArticleMarket rents remain same
RENTS for stalls on Driffield’s main street market have been pegged at £1 per foot.Driffield town council clerk Claire Binnington told members of the market committee that there was no justification in...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Woman in serious condition after crash near Octon
A WOMAN has been taken to hospital with serious injuries following a crash near Octon this morning (Friday November 16).The woman, who was believed to have been driving a grey Suzuki car, was involved...
View ArticlePearson wins vote
THE CONSERVATIVE candidate for the top Humberside Police job triumphed over a former deputy Prime Minister in election polls last week.Matthew Grove, 42, a businessman and East Riding councillor, beat...
View ArticleCranswick targeted by thieves
HUMBERSIDE police are looking for information after a number of sheds and garages in Hutton Cranswick were targeted by thieves.Overnight on Friday November 16 a domestic garage on Londesborough Road,...
View ArticleShow of success
DRIFFIELD residents looking into volunteering have been given a push in the right direction with a visit from a volunteering road show. The public health bus rolled into town, bringing with it staff...
View ArticleTributes to Hannah Lodge (18), of Wetwang, who died in a car accident
The devastated parents of an 18-year-old former Driffield School student who has died in a road accident near the town have spoken of ‘the most wonderful daughter imagineable.’Hannah Lodge (18), who...
View ArticleAll of a Twitter over social media proposal
DRIFFIELD Town Council got themselves in a bit of a twitter over the idea of joining the social media revolution.It seems that everyone from global superstars to schoolchildren now communicate via...
View ArticleFraudster must repay £5,352
Driffield resident Martin McKalroy has received an 18-month community punishment order, to include 150 hours of unpaid work, after admitting benefit fraud.McKalroy, 56, of Eastfield Road, Driffield,...
View ArticleSpecial delivery for Leven postmistress on her retirement
CHILDREN at Leven CE Primary School have made a special presentation to Mrs Joyce Taft, who has retired after 25 years as the village postmistress.Mrs Taft was presented with flowers and a giant card...
View ArticleAssaulted a woman
A MAN has been given a conditional discharge by a court after assaulting his ex-girlfriend and causing criminal damage at her home in Driffield.Thomas Ward, 26, of Pulham Lane, Wetwang pleaded guilty...
View ArticleFacing GBH charge
A DRIFFIELD man is to appear at Hull Crown Court charged with grievous bodily harm.Christopher Johnson, 28, of Fieldfare appeared at Bridlington Magistrates Court last Wednesday accused of unlawfully...
View ArticleModest harm?
CONTROVERSIAL proposals to build a 25 metre high wind turbine on the outskirts of Driffield have been given the green light in the wake of a planning inquiry.The East Riding of Yorkshire Council...
View ArticleTwo offenders caught by police
TWO offenders were brought to justice in Driffield in the between October 31 and November 6.A man has been summoned to court after being caught in possession of cannabis in Driffield.At around 2.45pm...
View ArticleCalls for re-think on Grovehill site
WORRIED town councillors are urging East Riding Council to think again over the future of Beverley’s Grovehill site, fearing planned development will cause major traffic problems and harm the town...
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