News
Tasty book idea to be a recipe for success
Thirty-eight years ago Bishop Burton mums produced a village recipe book and now they are doing it again. This time funds raised will go towards a playground for the village.
Summertime blues for nature
The weather may have only shown brief glimpses of summer so far but it should be embraced whenever the opportunity arises – this is certainly the case for our butterflies. Spring has certainly been delayed this year – what we’ve seen is it colliding with summer and everything bursting into flower and flight together. Migrant warblers, swallows, martins and swifts arriving on the reserve must be somewhat confused and somewhat hungry as the insects are only just emerging. Indeed there have been reports of cuckoos actually turning round and going back to France to wait for conditions to improve. One of the British Trust for Ornithology’s satellite tagged birds ‘David’ was logged in Sherborne, Dorset on the 26th of April, but that night was picked up over the channel and the next day 305 miles away near Tours in central France.
Raising money for village
A charity auction is set to be held in aid of a village hall and pre-school.
Driffield fire melts cash machine video
Children and adults were evacuated from the Bell Hotel in Driffield after flames reaching eight-foot in height began to engulf the Santander bank in Market Place
Prolific house burglar is jailed for six years
East Yorkshire’s most prolific house burglar has been jailed for six years after being caught targeting homes in Beverley and Lund.
A sweet taste of success for cook
The school cook at Nafferton Primary School has been awarded a long service award.
Sport
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.
Countdown to charity football match in Bridlington
A game between the Television Soap Stars and Russell Slade’s East Coast Stars will be held on Sunday 26 May, at 3pm at the Neil Hudgell Solicitors Stadium.
Equestrian shop holds trade-in day
An equestrian shop is holding a trade-in day this weekend and is inviting people from the Driffield area to make the most of it.
Bridlington boxers in action at Hornsea show
Bridlington ABC are hosting their final show of the season this Friday at Hornsea Floral Hall. Doors open at 7.15pm and tickets are priced at £10 for adults and £5 for children and can be bought on the door.
Lifestyle
Book review: The Holiday Home by Fern Britton
Here’s an invitation difficult to turn down... a trip to the beautiful Cornish coast, courtesy of one of Britain’s best-loved TV presenters.
Book review: Follow Me Down by Tanya Byrne
When Tanya Byrne’s debut novel Heart-Shaped Bruise was published last year, it didn’t so much break onto the scene as explode in a myriad of starry-eyed reviews.
It’s in the bag for Slimming World charity clothing bid
Slimmers in Beverley are shedding pounds and bagging up all the clothes they’ve slimmed out of to raise money for a good cause as part of The Big Slimming World Clothes Throw.
Vergers in beverley
Nearly 80 vergers from around the country will gather in Beverley Minster on Tuesday, May 21 for a special event.
Book review: The Second Duchess by Elizabeth Loupas
Elizabeth Loupas isn’t the first writer to be inspired by the marital mysteries surrounding the shadowy 16th century Duke of Ferrara... English poet Robert Browning got there first.
Book review: The Hope Factory by Lavanya Sankaran
Bangalore... southern India’s entrepreneurial boom city where tradition and technology, ancient cultures and industrial conglomerates, urban grime and suburban grace rub along together amidst a teeming mass of humanity.
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Community
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.
Please join us
An opening evening for parents and children is to be held on Wednesday May 22 at Wetwang School from 5.45pm until 6.45pm.
A blooming good event
Almost £100 was raised at a plant sale organised by Driffield in Bloom to fund the town’s summer planting.
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Weather for Driffield
Tuesday 21 May 2013
Today
Cloudy
Temperature: 7 C to 12 C
Wind Speed: 20 mph
Wind direction: North
Tomorrow
Light showers
Temperature: 4 C to 13 C
Wind Speed: 15 mph
Wind direction: North west
