Student smashes cycle challenge
A young haemophiliac fund raiser completed an 170-mile bike ride in three days and is still raising money.Ethan Oliver-Newman, 13, of Driffield School, began the Way of the Roses trail on Wednesday 29...
View ArticleGravestone left badly damaged in cemetery
A gravestone thought to date from the 15th century has been badly damaged following an “accident” possibly involving a ride-on lawn mower.A large chunk of the flat lying gravestone which features two...
View ArticleMidsummer classic car display
Following discussions with East Riding of Yorkshire Council, regarding the ongoing road and pavement works currently being carried out in the Saturday Market area of the town, it has been necessary to...
View ArticleGP practices still using premium rate phone lines
Beverley MP Graham Stuart, a campaigner against the use of premium rate phone numbers by Government and the NHS, has discovered that seven GP practices in the East Riding are still using them.In the...
View ArticleBeverley church holds open day
An Open Day will be held at St Nicholas Church, on Holme Church Lane, Beverley, on Saturday afternoons from 1.30pm to 4pm on 29th June.The event will provide an opportunity for people to see this...
View ArticleHonour for local football team
Councillor Claude Mole, chairman of East Riding of Yorkshire Council, will host a civic reception on Tuesday, 11 June, from 7 to 8.30pm, at the Treasure House, in Beverley, to honour the achievements...
View ArticleJoint effort for bloomin’ marvellous garden
Green fingered pupils from a junior school joined together with older students to do a spot of gardening.The nurture garden at Driffield Junior School received plenty of TLC last Wednesday 5 June, as...
View ArticleNew youth club for town teens
A grant of £40,000 has been made available to establish a new youth club in the town.After speaking to Driffield youngsters, Gordon Barber-Bee, 48, of Middle Street North, Driffield, put his plan for...
View ArticleME support group to hold first AGM
The first annual general meeting of an ME Family Support Group will be held in July.TEMPO, a group dedicated to supporting sufferers of chronic fatigue and their families, is set to run its AGM on...
View ArticleCharity trio to walk the Wolds
A fundraising trio are set to take on an 80-mile sponsored walk in aid of several charities.Father and son team Stuart, 46, and Charles, 15, Taylor, of Orchard Lane in Hutton, plan to walk the 79-mile...
View ArticleArrests made after men found illegally working in UK
Four immigration offenders have been arrested by Home Office Immigration Enforcement officers at a restaurant in Driffield.Acting on intelligence, officers visited Muskan Spice in Market Place,...
View ArticlePicture perfect competition open
A bloomin’ marvellous photographic competition is to reward proud gardeners for their efforts.Driffield in Bloom are leading the competition, for which residents can enter a picture of their garden to...
View ArticleMilestone birthday celebrated
Celebrations were in order for a well-known pastor’s 60th birthday.John Gaughan, of Nafferton, is the pastor at Driffield Congregational Church, and enjoyed a surprise birthday party with family and...
View ArticleMan admits producing cannabis
THE former owner of a Beverley nightclub with a strict anti-drugs policy has been told he faces prison for allowing a large cannabis factory to be established in an out of town barn.Adrian Parker, 61,...
View ArticleWard councillors call for Council help in pushing for redevelopment of the...
Ward councillors will push for help from the leader of East Riding of Yorkshire Council to progress the development of a disused site in Driffield.Councillors Symon Fraser, Barbara Hall and Felicity...
View ArticleChurch rebuild could go ahead
Plans for a £1,000,000 church rebuild have been brought one step closer to receiving the green light.An application for full planning permission to pull down the existing Methodist Church in Middle...
View ArticleLongcroft school scoop performance award
The second night of the amazing Northern Grand Finals of the Humberside Police Rock Challenge took place at Grimsby Auditorium last week involving twelve primary and secondary schools from across the...
View ArticleCouncillors ‘press for action’ over cattle market
Ward councillors will push for help from the leader of East Riding of Yorkshire Council to progress the development of a disused site in Driffield.As the Times & Post went to press, Driffield and...
View ArticleChapter House sings in Beverley
On Saturday 29 June the Chapter House Choir York will travel east to Beverley to give its first ever concert at Beverley Minster.The choir is delighted to be performing in another splendid building –...
View ArticleMan hurt in unprovoked attack
A DRIFFIELD man required medical treatment at Scarborough Hospital after being assaulted in an apparently unprovoked attack in Kings Mill Road, Driffield.Police say that the incident happened some time...
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