- Rhyming plea over library closures
- Towns regeneration contest launched
- House price confidence 'improves'
- Court martial for WikiLeaks soldier
- 1,000 people expected in marches
- Search on for 'cruise-fall' Briton
- New cancer cases 'up 30% by 2030'
- Britain braced for widespread snow
- Five held in Syria embassy protest
- Widespread snow looms for weekend
- PM picks up shopping on way home
- Met and FBI call 'taped by hackers'
- PM accepts White House invitation
- I feel fantastic, says Robin Gibb
- Paedophile jailed over porn seizure
- Three die in Legionnaires' outbreak
- John Terry loses England captaincy
- Redknapp has 'back to the wall'
- No pub assault charge for Downing
- Ex-PCSO jailed for rape of girl, 12
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Local
Man in court after Mill Street incident
A DRIFFIELD man was due to appear in court today (Thursday February 2) following a domestic incident at a property on Mill Street.
Fund for Lily Rose reaches £4k
A BRAVE six-year-old girl has been granted Government funding to undergo life-saving treatment in America for a rare brain tumour.
Police warn of scam
ELDERLY and vulnerable members of the community are being targeted by criminals who claim to be from a utility board to gain access to their homes and steal from them.
Competition winners
tHE winners of last weeks Chuckle Brothers competition are: Sally Horner of Starhill Road, Paul Waltes from Nafferton and Catherine Potter of Wansford Road.
Garage burgled
POLICE have appealed for information about a burglary at a property on Main Street, Cranswick in the early hours of Friday.
Regional
Future sports stars find new home
A Doncaster-based charity and educator has teamed up with an internationally renowned football academy to give budding sport stars a place to call home.
Tanker strike suspended for talks
A planned strike by fuel tanker drivers in Yorkshire has been postponed to allow fresh talks in a bid to resolve a dispute over pay and conditions.
United stars turn teacher for a day
South Yorkshire school pupils learned lessons with a difference after Sheffield United players and coaches attended classes to raise awareness of job opportunities in sport - and encourage respect for others.
Pair murdered 'over love affair'
Two men were murdered and then dumped in a quiet Yorkshire country lane because one of them was having an affair with a married woman, a court has heard.
A 'weld' done for girl power
Two female Rotherham college students have shown true girl power in the world of welding by securing full-time jobs after their apprenticeships.
National
Rhyming plea over library closures
Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson has penned a poem in protest at planned library closures.
Towns regeneration contest launched
The Government has launched a competition to find 12 areas to share £1 million under a drive to regenerate town centres.
House price confidence 'improves'
Optimism in the housing market has grown in recent months, with more Britons predicting prices will rise this year than those forecasting a fall, a study has found.
Court martial for WikiLeaks soldier
An army intelligence analyst accused of the biggest leak of classified information in US history will face a court martial.
1,000 people expected in marches
More than 1,000 protesters are expected to take part in marches by two opposing campaign groups.
Business
Expansion plans look set for green light
PLANS by a recession beating firm to expand their storage facilities at a Brandesburton Industrial Estate look set to be given the go ahead today.
Agricultural valuers
The 122nd AGM of the East Riding Valuers was held on January 6 at the Bell Hotel, Driffield.
Education
From ‘head’ to queen
Christine Bennison has been made ‘queen for a day’ by pupils of Middleton on the Wolds Primary School to celebrate her retirement after ten years as headteacher at the school.
Letters
‘Woman needs to get a grip’ - YOUR LETTERS
I write in regard to the article from Mrs Deighton Haywood about the apparent danger of the outside equipment at Driffield Infant School and, in particular, the use by the children of ‘concrete blocks’
Staff aim for safety - YOUR LETTERS
As teaching assistants with a wealth of experience who work in the foundation unit at Driffield Church of England School we feel compelled to write regarding the article you printed concerning the school playground.
Stop being so PC - YOUR LETTERS
I just had to write to you concerning the front page of the Times & Post.
No problem with sand pit - YOUR LETTERS
I have three daughters who have all attended Driffield Infant School.
More than reassured by safety
I am also the mother of a child in the foundation stage who also happened to visit the school on the same day as Mrs Deighton-Haywood.
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Weather for Driffield
Saturday 04 February 2012
Today
Light snow
Temperature: 0 C to 3 C
Wind Speed: 28 mph
Wind direction: South
Tomorrow
Sunny spells
Temperature: 1 C to 5 C
Wind Speed: 10 mph
Wind direction: West
