Clamour for rentals continues
Staves Estate Agents are reporting no end to the clamour for good quality rental accommodation. Demand is still outstripping supply for all shapes and sizes of property in the Sheffield and Dronfield...
View ArticleBook review: The Valentine’s Card by Juliet Ashton
What do you do when the man you love dies on Valentine’s Day... the exact date you had hoped to seal the deal on your relationship?Prepare to laugh, cry and everything in between as Juliet Ashton takes...
View ArticleBook review: In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant
Cardinal’s courtesan Fiammetta Bianchini is a born survivor so when Rome is brutally sacked in 1527, she gathers what little she can, swallows her jewels for safekeeping and heads off to the...
View ArticleBaslow plot for auction
This stone-built semi-detached house, ripe for restoration, is offered for sale at auction, with a guide price of around £225,000-£250,000.The stone-built property, Lone Beech, is on Eaton Drive, in...
View ArticleTop team on top of busy market
The view of most estate agents is that house prices will remain static during 2013. A combination of restricted mortgages, lower transaction volumes and fewer homes being built means we will see a...
View ArticleBuyers snap up Innovations homes
SIGNIFICANT demand for first-time buyer properties at Barratt Yorkshire West’s Innovations development in Handsworth means competition is hotting up for the last nine places, say the builders.Already...
View ArticleBook review: The Truth About Love by Philip Ardagh
It’s February and love is in the air! But have you ever wondered why the heart is the symbol of love, who St Valentine really was, why Cupid wears a blindfold and why a bride throws her bouquet? Yes,...
View ArticlePlanning applications
THE following planning applications which relate to the Driffield area have been submitted to the East Riding of Yorkshire Council:Change of use of redundant farm buildings to form dwelling -...
View ArticleBook review: Night of Triumph by Peter Bradshaw
t’s a well-known fact that on VE Night in May 1945, the teenage Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret left the Palace to party incognito in London’s streets... but what if the trip to the outside world...
View ArticleBook review: No Child of Mine by Susan Lewis
What an audacious author Susan Lewis is ... unafraid to tackle head-on the most harrowing subjects, she has become one of Britain’s best-selling novelists.She has 28 books to her credit now, and each...
View ArticleBook review: Don’t Want to Miss a Thing by Jill Mansell
Need a February feelgood fix? The thinking girl’s chick-lit conjuror Jill Mansell always has a few clever tricks up her sleeve to chase away the winter blues.Her warm, wise and winsome novels are a...
View ArticleBook review: Adolf Hitler: The Curious and Macabre Anecdotes by Patrick...
Airbrush the uniforms and the three men posing in front of the Eiffel Tower could be tourists enjoying one of the iconic Parisian landmarks.The bizarre and haunting snapshot of a smiling, triumphal...
View ArticleCommissioner in Beverley
THE new police crime commissioner Matthew Grove introduced himself to the Neighbourhood Watch Teams during a meeting at Beverley Police Station to discuss the policing in the town and Rural areas.The...
View ArticleBook review: The Honey Queen by Cathy Kelly
Lillie Maguire is always buzzing ... she’s queen bee at her sunny Melbourne home but full of the native charm, wry humour and wisdom derived from her Irish heritage.Undoubtedly the death of Sam, her...
View ArticlePolice night challenge
The Humberside Police Night Challenge is set to return this year.The overnight orienteering experience is aimed at 13 to 17 year olds from across the Humberside Police area, targeting young people who...
View ArticleAllergy support group
A free support group has been launched in Beverley for individuals or families with allergic children. The group meeets on March 19 and morning will be an opportunity to meet others who either live...
View ArticleAuthor brings Romance to town
Beverley author Val Wood is gearing up for some romance this year as the paperback edition of her best selling novel The Innkeeper’s Daughter is released on Valentine’s Day and to celebrate the...
View ArticleEYMS web interest
Visits to the EYMS website soared again in 2012, according to figures released by the company.Covering the East Yorkshire and Scarborough and District bus services and East Yorkshire Coaches, the total...
View ArticleBig fun with little trains
THEY say the best things come in small packages and there is proof of that at York’s National Railway Museum this week.The attraction itself may be huge, but some of the exhibits are tiny, and there...
View ArticleBook review: The Friday Gospels by Jenn Ashworth
The distinctive angel-topped Mormon temple at Chorley forms the towering backdrop – both literally and psychologically – to Preston author Jenn Ashworth’s provocative and darkly compelling new...
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