- Hunt adviser to appear at inquiry
- Abu Qatada given bail hearing date
- 8,450 students suspected of copying
- Two bailed over attack on pensioner
- Warsi condemns sex scandal Muslims
- Billion bucks for Facebook founder
- Becks' Olympic Flame 'goose bumps'
- Barlow pledges Jubilee spectacular
- Queen under fire over Bahrain guest
- Cameron set for talks with Hollande
Local
Wind plan granted on appeal
A GOVERNMENT planning inpector has overturned a decision to refuse permission for a wind monitoring mast at Nafferton – despite an admission “that there would be some harm to the character and appearance of the landscape were this development to proceed.”
Plan for 23 new flats in Bridlington Road
A CONTROVERSIAL plan to build 23 flats on Bridlington Road, Driffield, looks set to get the go ahead.
Drink driver was banned
A DISQUALIFIED driver who was caught drink driving just weeks before he was due to get his licence back has been warned by a court he could be facing a prison sentence.
Ponies kept in an ‘inexcusable’ state
AN INTERNATIONAL pony breeder has been told to pay £95,000 after dropping his bid to overturn a three-year ban from horse ownership after admitting causing unnecessary suffering to a colt.
High flying challenge
YOUNGSTERS in Driffield and the surrounding area have been invited to a recruitment night for the Driffield Branch of the Air Cadets.
Regional
Weir tragedy wife thanks rescuers
The wife of a man who died with their three-year-old son in a boating accident near Warwick has thanked rescue teams for their efforts to save them.
Unemployment rate drops by 9.1%
Unemployment in Yorkshire fell by 24,000 in the three months to March, official figures have revealed.
Free family fun day in the running
Sheffield families are being invited to have a ball at an Olympic-themed fun day involving a community relay race.
Memories needed for chapel project
Artefacts, memories and stories about a York chapel are being collected to help create a piece of "living history".
£60m tram-train pilot approved
Tram-trains which run on street tracks and railway lines are to be piloted in South Yorkshire in a scheme worth nearly £60 million, the Government has confirmed.
National
Hunt adviser to appear at inquiry
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt's former special adviser Adam Smith will give evidence to the Leveson Inquiry next week.
Abu Qatada given bail hearing date
Jordanian terror suspect Abu Qatada could be freed on bail by the end of the month.
8,450 students suspected of copying
Almost 8,500 students were suspected of copying in their university applications last year.
Two bailed over attack on pensioner
Two people arrested in connection with an attack on a 93-year-old pensioner who was severely beaten in her own home have been released on bail.
Warsi condemns sex scandal Muslims
Muslim cabinet minister Baroness Warsi has hit out at the "small minority" of Pakistani men who see white girls as "fair game".
Education
School places set
Parents and carers of children starting primary school in September have been told which school their child will be attending.
Letters
Village wedding
PICTURED here are Miss Nicky Ridsdale and Mr Mike Thomas, who were married at the All Saints’ Church, Rudston.
HOAX caller revenge bid
AN UNEMPLOYED Driffield man made hoax calls to the emergency services in revenge against a neighbour for an alleged hate campaign waged against his mother, a court heard.
Looking for...
Featured advertisers
Jobs
Search for a job
Motors
Search for a car
Property
Search for a house
Weather for Driffield
Friday 18 May 2012
Today
Light rain
Temperature: 8 C to 12 C
Wind Speed: 25 mph
Wind direction: North east
Tomorrow
Light rain
Temperature: 7 C to 11 C
Wind Speed: 17 mph
Wind direction: North
