Winter car spot check at by-pass snares driver
A MOTORIST stopped by police during a seasonal spot check on the Driffield by-pass was found to have been banned from driving, a court has heard.A check by officers on December 16 also showed that...
View ArticleBike theft fuelled by alcohol
AN UNEMPLOYED builder who turned to drink and drugs after suffering a mental breakdown funded his habit by stealing push bikes, a court has heard.Steven Johnson, 27, of Eastgate North, in Driffield...
View ArticleFisherman in drunken row
A DRUNKEN argument that broke out between a couple on a residential street landed an off-shore fisherman in hot water.The argument between Christopher Clinton Bycroft, 35, of Council Houses,...
View ArticleDriffield gets tourism boost
Tourism-based businesses around Driffield are being advised to get ready for a surge of interest as a major new exhibition by artist David Hockney gets underway. From Saturday January 21, the Royal...
View ArticleMotorist banned
A PENSIONER has been banned from driving for 20 months after getting behind the wheel while more than twice the legal drink drive limit. Christopher Alan Ireland, 66, of Star Hill Road, Driffield...
View ArticleM&Co give charity a big boost
Kind-hearted staff and customers of the M&Co store in Driffield have helped the company to raise an astonishing £850,000 for Cancer Research UK.Staff at M&Co, one of the UK’s largest...
View ArticleMobile safety speed camera sites in North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire Police will be carrying out mobile safety camera enforcement on the following roads between Wednesday 18 January and Tuesday 24 January 2012. · A64 east-bound carriageway Bowbridge Farm...
View ArticleBreak-in of garden shed
A SHED in the rear garden of a bungalow on South Close, Kilham was forced open overnight between January 15 and January 16.A search has been made of the shed but nothing is believed to have been stolen.
View ArticleLook after valuables
POLICE have urged motorists to take extra care when leaving their vehicles unattended after two thefts from cars in Driffield.The incidents have involved car windows being smashed in the Skerne Road...
View ArticlePeople love bin texts
Thousands of residents have signed up to receive a text which reminds them to put out their brown bins. Within days of East Riding of Yorkshire Council launching its reminder service, nearly 7,000...
View ArticleMarket Cross restored
Brandesburton Parish Council has restored the crumbling village market cross following a successful application to the Coast, Wolds, Wetlands and Waterways LEADER programme Fast Track Grant Scheme.The...
View ArticleNew priest for Waggoners and Woldsburn
THE Rev DAVID E Fletcher has been welcomed as the new Priest-in-Charge for churches within the Waggoners and Woldsburn benefices.Mr Fletcher 58, moved to Pulham Lane in Wetwang with his wife Pat from...
View Article4,000 breathalysed
MORE than 4,000 motorists in the Humberside area were breathalysed by police over the festive period as part of a casualty reduction campaign targeting drivers who drove whilst under the influence of...
View ArticlePublic meeting
A CONSULTATION event into specific sites for housing and employment development takes place in Worksop on 24th January.The Bassetlaw Council event at the town hall from 6.30pm-8pm will give people the...
View ArticleConcerns over caravan
PARISH councillors have called on East Riding of Yorkshire Council to speed up plans to remove a gypsy from a site in Nafferton after he lost his appeal to stay there permanently over five months...
View ArticleMP calls for action on speed
DRIFFIELD’S MP Greg Knight is calling on the Government to make greater use of variable speed limits. Currently, in built-up areas such as those around Driffield, most speed limits are permanent and in...
View ArticleThefts from 17 vans
POLICE have appealed for help in trying to locate a man they want to speak to in connection with the theft of catalytic converters from vans at an industrial estate.Detectives want to speak to Ethan...
View ArticleVillage’s speed threat action
A petition signed by 220 Burton Fleming residents expressing concern at the village’s speeding problem has been presented to the council.The petition, organised by the Burton Fleming Speed Awareness...
View ArticlePOLICE RELEASE CCTV IMAGES OF A MAN FOLLOWING HIGH VALUE JEWELLERY THEFT
POLICE have released CCTV images of a man they are trying to locate following a high value robbery at Griffins Jewellers, Prospect Street, Bridlington on Saturday 21 January 2012. Between 1245hrs and...
View ArticleBlogger’s 10-year ASBO
A PENSIONER who once claimed to be “the Private Eye of Humberside” by running his own online blog has been slapped with an Anti-Social Behaviour Order for 10 years to protect the public.Judge Fred...
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