Largest UK installer of small-scale wind turbines at Driffield Show 2012...
Windcrop, which installs and maintains small-scale wind turbines free of charge, proudly marked its expansion into Yorkshire by exhibiting at The Driffield Show for the first time - to highlight how it...
View ArticleA sand piping autumn
Whilst many of us are looking forward to summer, for many birds autumn has just begun. Here at Yorkshire Water’s Tophill Low Nature Reserve the signs are increasingly evident in the form of returning...
View ArticleNew Lund village hall go ahead?
PROPOSALS to build a new village hall in Lund look set to get the green light next week.The village hall committee has submitted a planning application to the East Riding of Yorkshire Council which...
View ArticleTeddy bears charity picnic
Real Aid, which has a charity shop in Driffield town centre, is holding their first ever Teddy Bear’s Picnic and Summer Fayre from 11am to 4pm on Sunday July 29 at Tickton Village Hall and Field, Main...
View ArticleOlympic event for disabled
People with learning difficulties and disabilities from across the East Riding are coming together next week for a programme of events in a week long Olympic themed event. Participants in East Riding...
View ArticleGraham Stuart MP visits new East Riding Community Hospital at Beverley, East...
Graham Stuart, the MP for Beverley and Holderness, has toured the new East Riding Community Hospital in Beverley, which will be open to patients from the end of July. NHS Trust Chairman Karen Knapton...
View ArticleAll systems go for £120m shopping development in Flemingate, Beverley, East...
The consortium behind the plans to regenerate a large area of Flemingate, Beverley, has welcomed the decision by East Riding planning councillors to approve its £120m scheme.“It was a decision that...
View ArticleRix crowned best stand
IT MAY have taken 65 attempts, but Rix Petroleum was finally crowned best trade stand winner at Driffield Show for the first time this year.The Hull company, which delivers tractor diesel and home...
View ArticleHardship court plea
A MOTORIST has had to plead with a court not to take away his driving licence after he totted up 12 penalty points.Peter Leslie Butcher, 52, of Priestgate, Nafferton appeared before magistrates in...
View ArticleWORKS UPDATE FOR A164 HUMBER BRIDGE TO BEVERLEY ROUTE IMPROVEMENT SCHEME
Despite the recent period of inclement weather, works to construct the A164 Humber Bridge to Beverley Route Improvement Scheme have progressed at Skidby and in the Cottingham and Willerby...
View ArticleLet’s get knitting
Age UK East Riding is appealing to keen knitters to help raise funds to keep older people warm next winter.The charity is teaming up with Innocent, the smoothie drinks company, to launch the 2012 Big...
View ArticleBag theft accusation
A MAN who allegedly stole a handbag from a woman will have his case heard at crown court after pleading not guilty before magistrates. Mr James Hines, 23, Woldham Avenue, Driffield, is alleged to have...
View ArticleFamily benchmark
Members of Spellowgate Allotment Association, Driffield, presented a memorial bench to the Megginson family in memory of Association president Mrs Kathleen Megginson, who died last year.Her son Derek,...
View ArticleNew social group
A NEW social group has been launched in Driffield, following the success of a similar existing group.The new group is aimed at anyone over the age of 16 who feels lonely or isolated andwants to take...
View ArticlePlanning appeal
A PLANNING inquiry is to be held into proposals to change the use of the domestic annexe of a house to form a separate dwelling at Shepherd’s Cottage, 37a Main Street, Watton.Richmond Properties (UK)...
View ArticleLadies Day races
PICTURED here at Beverley Ladies Day 2012 at the Racecourse in Beverley are Driffield Show director David Tite and Cara Boyes.They were among the hundreds of racegoers who enjoyed the annual festival...
View ArticleFree buses
BUS company EYMS is allowing teenagers to travel for less on its buses this summer.The current child fare (usually half the adult fare) is available up to a person’s 16th birthday but young people who...
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 ArticleClosing the shutters
A well-known Driffield business has closed it’s doors for the last time after 13 years of trading in the town.Photo-arts, formerly Flowers & Frames, on Middle Street closed down last week due to...
View ArticleMattress sale in Bridlington
A SPECIAL sale of orthopedic mattresses is taking place this weekend in Bridlington.The memory foam orthopedic foam mattresses sale, from Sweet Dreamz in Scarborough, takes place at The Victoria...
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