- Welch claims the Big Brother spoils
- Three held after bank occupied
- Security checks at FA Cup showdown
- Government record on racism slammed
- Big freeze fails to materialise
- Welfare protesters plan occupation
- Man quizzed over 'road rage' death
- Brothers in court on murder charge
- Escaped prisoner back in custody
- Policeman arrested in hacking probe
- NHS faces 'peril' if plans derail
- Cleric warns against gay marriage
- Homeowners 'pay less than tenants'
- Two charged over decapitated body
- Soldier shot dead in Afghanistan
- Farmer jailed over rotting animals
- Burglary victim died of injuries
- Police perjury retrial 'unlikely'
- Face of man who helped escapee
- Have-a-go pensioner 'whacks' raider
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Timetable change for buses no go
A BUS company has rebuffed pleas to change its timetable so that pensioners can use their bus passes for early morning journeys.
Hospital roadworks
WORK is set to begin this week to create road junctions, a pedestrian crossing, footpaths and cycleways at the new Community Hospital for the East Riding, which will take patients from Driffield and the surrounding area.
Say no to cancer
The NHS in Yorkshire and the Humber region is helping more people to give up smoking.
Help for Heroes
Driffield Leisure Centre will be hosting a 5km sponsored run on Sunday, April 29 at 9.30am in aid of Help 4 Heroes.
Threats to kill after row
A MAN who threatened to kill his ex-partner, and smashed up her mobile phone in an argument, has been given a restraining order.
Sport
Great effort from seconds
Driffield travelled up to Grassington to play Wharfedale with a much changed line-up from the week before.
Ill discipline costs Driffield the game
It was a cold, blustery and at times rainy day at Keighley, but the hospitality at this club was excellent.
gym boys on top form
ON SUNDAY boys from Wolds Gymnastics Club produced a good display, despite several performing for only the first time in competition and being very nervous.
Four wins from four for U9s
A nice sunny, but cold, morning saw the under 9’s travel to Beverley for a matrix with Beverley and Bridlington – the first meeting of 2012.
Super display of rugby from the U8s
Driffield U8s (pictured below) travelled to hosts Beverley to play in a three way mini matrix against Beverley and Bridlington, each team played four matches.
Lifestyle
Book review: Matron on Call by Joan Woodcock
One minute you can be saving someone’s life, the next stemming a simple nosebleed or getting to grips with an aggressive drunk ... there’s never a dull moment in a busy hospital casualty department.
Book review: The Map by T.S. Learner
Mystery, history, war and mysticism are always a potent mix but place them in the capable hands of thriller writer T.S.Learner and they become a work of pure alchemy.
Gail Porter chills out in East Yorkshire
Gail Porter is famous for presenting numerous television programmes, having her bare behind displayed on the Houses of Parliament and losing her hair to alopecia. But last year Gail hit the headlines once more when she was detained under the Mental Health Act 2007 for 17 days, against her will. 2011 was a bad year for Gail Porter but 2012 sees a change of direction for her as she recently declared on Twitter “new year, new outlook”. So a stay at East Yorkshire’s 5 Star guest house and luxury spa, The Barn House Walkington in East Yorkshire for a weekend of pampering courtesy of The Garden Retreat is a good place to start.
Book review: An Honourable Man by Gillian Slovo
General Charles Gordon, better known as the legendary Gordon of Khartoum, is the unlikely hero of a powerful and emotive new novel from a writer noted for her socialist feminist crime stories.
Book review: The Greek Myths by Robin Waterfield
What is the famous riddle of the enigmatic Sphinx and why did the powerhouse known as Hercules have to perform those twelve superhuman labours?
Community
Toast to a big breakfast
the Yorkshire Wolds Cookery School at Highfield Farm, Southburn, hosted this year’s Yorkshire Farm Stay Big Breakfast charity fundraiser on Tuesday.
Horse drawn vehicles in the 19th Century
THE POPULARITY of the gig and dog cart remained throughout the 19th Century, but their construction was refined to eliminate features which caused discomfort or necessitated frequent repairs. The small carts and gigs were by far the most numerous on the roads. Public cabs failed to survive in such numbers as the private carriages. The governors’ carriages were the vehicles in fashion at the end of the carriage era.
MPs join forces for Wolds protection
ANNE McIntosh MP has joined Godfrey Bloom MEP and Greg Knight MP in speaking out against the proposed wind farm development in Hunmanby.
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Engine Club supports 10 charities
The East Riding Engine Club, organisers of the ever-popular steam and vintage rally, held its first social meeting of the New Year at the Buffers Restaurant.
A roaring success
Heidi Fry, manager of Riverhead Hall Nursing Home, has presented a cheque for £250 to Driffield Lions president Graham Long.
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Weather for Driffield
Saturday 28 January 2012
Today
Sunny spells
Temperature: 2 C to 8 C
Wind Speed: 12 mph
Wind direction: North
Tomorrow
Cloudy
Temperature: 1 C to 5 C
Wind Speed: 15 mph
Wind direction: South east
