News
Annual Wetwang festival kicks off in style video
Over 50 scarecrows lined the streets and filled the front gardens of Wetwang for the annual scarecrow festival.
“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.
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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.
Riverside residents living on “death row”
Residents in the Riverside area of Driffield fear they are living on death row because land near their homes is polluted by toxic waste and asbestos.
Energy specialist announce new head
Dodds Limited, the East Yorkshire-based renewable energy specialist, has appointed Colin Burr as head of its Mechanical Services Division.
Community lift spring fair
Beverley Community Lift are holding a Spring Fair at Toll Gavel Church on May 25 from 10 am to 12 noon
Sport
Golf tips with Alex Belt: Chipping video
Improve your game with golf professional Alex Belt, who has made a series of videos with tips on all aspects of golf.
Fifty horses to follow -- as the countdown to the Epsom Derby Festival and Royal Ascot begins
The new Flat season is well and truly in full swing. And two of the highlights of the year -- the Epsom Derby Festival (May 31 and June 1) and Royal Ascot (June 18-22) -- are just around the corner.
Debut lightweight win for Curtis Woodhouse
Driffield boxer Curtis Woodhouse took just 71 seconds to KO Hungarian Sandor Horvath at Sheffield’s Ponds Forge last night.
The Hungarian came out swinging from the off but it was the Driffield Destroyer who did the damage less than halfway through the first round.
Full reaction in Thursday’s Driffield Times & Post. And check this site later in the week for exclusive video footage.
VIDEO: Golf tips with Alex Belt: Driving video
Improve your game with golf professional Alex Belt, who has made a series of videos with tips on all aspects of golf.
Golf tips with Alex Belt: Putting 1 video
Improve your game with golf professional Alex Belt, who has made a series of videos with tips on all aspects of golf.
Lifestyle
Book review: Coronation Wives by Lizzie Lane
The war may be over but peacetime brings new challenges for three women from Bristol... not least their buried secrets.
Book review: Wainwright’s Lost Tour by Ed Geldard
In May 1931, 24-year-old Alfred Wainwright set out with three friends on a walk which would prove to be a gruelling test of man’s endurance against nature.
Award is a special gift for Amanti Beverley shop pair
A husband and wife team who run gift and furniture business, Amanti, in Beverley have scooped one of the gift industry’s top awards.
Hundreds raised at Scout bag pack
Beverley’s Tesco store have hosted a bag packing event for Beverley District Scouts.
Book review: Harmattan by Gavin Weston
There’s an ill-wind blowing through the troubled Republic of Niger... and it’s not just the dry, dusty, damaging Harmattan breeze that sweeps in from the Sahara across West Africa.
East Riding Young Farmers clubs to hold county rally
East Riding Young Farmers Clubs and Crossgate Cluster will hold their annual County Rally on behalf of East Riding YFC on June 1 when 15 East Riding Young Farmers Clubs get together for a day of static and active events at Cawkeld, between Kilnwick and Watton at Driffield.
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Community
YFC rallying call to county’s young farmers
Hundred of young farmers from across East Yorkshire will gather together on June 1 for their annual county rally.
Stay alert against costly scams
East Riding of Yorkshire Trading Standards have issued a new warning to residents to be on their guard against scams which could con them out of thousands of pounds.
Planting seeds of expectation
After a very successful launch in 2012, and a very enthusiastic response from both visitors and performers alike, organisers of the Cornucopia Festival are hard at work to ensure that this year’s event builds on the fantastic start made last year.
Cuban art in Beverley
A collection of Cuban art is the subject of an exhibition at Beverley gallery, Creation Fine Arts this month.
A talk on the wild side
Leading British Wildlife photographer Les Gibbon is giving an illustrated talk at Beverley gallery Creation Fine Arts this month,
Mr James (Jim) Edward Savoury
A funeral service was held at The East Riding Crematorium, Octon on Friday 10 May for Mr Jim Savoury who died suddenly on Sunday 28 April in Scarborough Hospital. He was 74 years old.
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Saturday 25 May 2013
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