Pupils dance their way back in time
Youngsters at Garton-on-the-Wolds Primary School are ready to travel back in time for their performance at a vintage fair.The class five students, a mixture of year four, five and six year groups, will...
View ArticleSafety first at junior school
Pupils from Driffield Junior School have received a donation of high visibility vests to encourage safety while walking to school.The donation, made by the Driffield Specsavers Store, was part of Walk...
View ArticleVIDEO: Scarecrow festival comes to Wetwang, East Yorkshire
The entries are in and the competition is almost ready to kick off at the annual Wetwang Scarecrow Festival.On Saturday 26 May Wetwang will play host to a party of scarecrows, which will be on display...
View ArticlePhone 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 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 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...
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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 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 ArticlePolice hunt shop vandals
Humberside police are investigating a case of criminal damage at a Driffield business premises.During the evening of Tuesday 14 May a group of teenagers gained access to the rear of Pocklington Carpets...
View ArticleMalicious acts of vandalism
Humberside Police are investigating the malicious damage of three vehicles left parked on Northfield Crescent, Driffield.Overnight on Sunday 12 May a Black Citroen C2 was attacked by vandals, leaving a...
View ArticleThe body of missing man is discovered at Kiplingcotes
Police have confirmed that the body of a man found at Kiplingcotes was that of missing Middleton-on-the-Wolds pensioner Mr Robert Storey.A police search was launched after Mr Storey, 73, who was...
View ArticleHelping the planet at barracks
BBC’s Countryfile presenter Julia Bradbury has recently visited the Defence School of Transport, Leconfield.Despite DST being the world’s largest residential military driving school, there is a great...
View ArticleGarton pupils retrace soldier’s steps
Pupils from Garton on the Wolds Primary School visited the Somme battlefields of northern France. Linking to their current class work on the Great War, children spent four days in France taking in the...
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