Last chance to get Peter Andre concert tickets
Pop hunk and reality TV legend Peter Andre is at the Scarborough Futurist on Thursday November 27 at 7.30pm.The Oz-meister is bringing his Up Close and Personal Tour to the seafront venue and will be...
View ArticleBook review: Enjoy Christmas with Scholastic Children’s Books
Put away the Xbox, switch off the telly and discover the true spirit of Christmas in the sparkling selection of book from Scholastic this year.Our kids have never had it so good... from birth to teen...
View ArticleBook review: These Wonderful Rumours! by May Smith
‘Oh horrors. Germany has invaded Poland. Now for hell let loose!’At the outbreak of the Second World War, May Smith, 24, lived with her parents in Swadlincote, a small village near Derby, and taught at...
View ArticleMothers unite for one last time
AFTER being a part of the town for over a century, the Driffield Branch of the Mother’s Union is set to close next week.Members have spoken of their sadness following the decision to close the...
View ArticleBook review: Dark Times, Decent Men: Stories of Irishmen in World War II by...
Why would an Irishman enlist in the Second World War when his country had declared its neutrality? Raymond Wall, from Loughrea in County Galway, was just 21 when war broke out in 1939. Within days, he...
View ArticleExcelsior Brass band
The Excelsior Brass Band will perform A Seasonal Music Extravaganza featuring flute and organ pieces on Saturday December 8 at 7.30pm in St John the Baptist Church, Carnaby. Tickets are £5 and will be...
View ArticleBook review: Usborne Books put the sparkle into Christmas 2012
The bells will soon be ringing out for Christmas and Usborne, Children’s Publisher of the Year 2012, have a stack of books that will chime with the youngest readers.The independent publisher’s range of...
View ArticleBook review: A Merry Little Christmas by Julia Williams
Light the fire, pour a glass of your favourite tipple, sit back and take yourself off to the hopelessly addictive village of Hope Christmas.For those who indulged themselves in Julia Williams’ novel...
View ArticleBook review: The Secret Rooms by Catherine Bailey
A standard social history book turned into an extraordinary real-life Gothic mystery when Catherine Bailey delved into the family archives at Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire.The end result of her...
View ArticlePublic meeting amid ‘crisis’ claims
A spate of hugely controversial development plans for the Beverley area is to be debated at a public meeting in the town next week.The meeting has been called by the Beverley and District Civic Society...
View ArticleBook review: Where’s Mo? by Harry Bloom and Sara Cywinski
Picture it ... long-distance runner Mo Farah joining forces with his fellow British Olympians Zara Phillips, Bradley Wiggins, Jessica Ennis and Tom Daley for an action-packed adventure, and you can...
View ArticleBig family home in popular area
A 3/4-bedroom detached family home in the sought-after area of Aston, is on the market for offers around £400,000.Boskenna in Aughton Lane, Aston, S26 2AJ, has a generous driveway, detached garage and...
View ArticleProfessional service and properties
The Sheffield rental market is continuing to thrive and Saxton Mee Lettings have proven to be a dominant force in the market in 2012. With Christmas approaching, the market is still buoyant and we are...
View ArticleBook review: A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy
The death of much-loved Irish author Maeve Binchy earlier this year was a huge loss to the book world so what a Christmas treat to be able to turn the pages of her very last novel.A Week in Winter, set...
View ArticleYour say on dogs
East Riding residents will have their say about revisions to the orders the county council uses to tackle dog fouling, to restrict dogs from certain areas and to control unruly dogs in public...
View ArticleCancelled meetings
DRIFFIELD town council has a committee which has never ever met, it has been revealed.According to the authority’s own website, the The Cass Hall management committee is scheduled to meet quarterly.The...
View ArticleRotary Santa routes
Driffield Rotary Club has announced its Santa Float Collection routes for Monday December 10 to December 17. Santa’s float will visiting the following areas:Monday December 10 (6pm-8pm) – Westgate,...
View ArticleWe will not stifle debate
TOWN councillors were urged to moderate their behaviour around the debating table amid claims that the atmosphere at one of their meetings had been hostile and had shocked members of the public.In the...
View ArticleBook review: Settled Blood by Mari Hannah
When award-winning Mari Hannah’s debut novel The Murder Wall hit the shelves earlier this year, she made giant waves in the murky waters of crime thrillers.Her tough but likeable cop, DCI Kate Daniels,...
View ArticleBook review: Cats’ Miscellany by Lesley O’Mara
‘There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats,’ observed the German philosopher and theologian Albert Schweitzer.The revelation that one of the world’s greatest thinkers was...
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