Driffield Post Times - Lifestyle Feed

Award is a special gift for Amanti Beverley shop pair

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:39:57 GMT

A husband and wife team who run gift and furniture business, Amanti, in Beverley have scooped one of the gift industry’s top awards.

Hundreds raised at Scout bag pack

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:16:06 GMT

Beverley’s Tesco store have hosted a bag packing event for Beverley District Scouts.

East Riding Young Farmers clubs to hold county rally

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:26:18 GMT

East Riding Young Farmers Clubs and Crossgate Cluster will hold their annual County Rally on behalf of East Riding YFC on June 1 when 15 East Riding Young Farmers Clubs get together for a day of static and active events at Cawkeld, between Kilnwick and Watton at Driffield.

Book review: Coronation Wives by Lizzie Lane

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:54:02 GMT

The war may be over but peacetime brings new challenges for three women from Bristol... not least their buried secrets.

It’s in the bag for Slimming World charity clothing bid

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:31:06 GMT

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

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:05:33 GMT

Nearly 80 vergers from around the country will gather in Beverley Minster on Tuesday, May 21 for a special event.

Book review: Wainwright’s Lost Tour by Ed Geldard

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:25:04 GMT

In May 1931, 24-year-old Alfred Wainwright set out with three friends on a walk which would prove to be a gruelling test of man’s endurance against nature.

Book review: Harmattan by Gavin Weston

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:19:16 GMT

There’s an ill-wind blowing through the troubled Republic of Niger... and it’s not just the dry, dusty, damaging Harmattan breeze that sweeps in from the Sahara across West Africa.

Book review: The Fast Diet Recipe Book by Mimi Spencer and Sarah Schenker

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:51:45 GMT

It has been described as the biggest diet revolution since the Atkins, and the Fast Diet is fast becoming THE way to lose weight and keep healthy.

William Gilbert (Gil) Appleby

Tue, 14 May 2013 08:52:05 GMT

A funeral service was held at the Methodist Church, Nafferton on Tuesday, May 7 for Mr William Gilbert (Gil) Appleby of Sycamore Close, Nafferton who died in hospital on April 25. He was 90.

Steven William Proudlock

Tue, 14 May 2013 08:44:42 GMT

A funeral service was held at the East Riding Crematorium, Octon on Thursday, May 9 for Steven William Proudlock of Garton on the Wolds who died in St James Hospital, Leeds on April 29. He was 35.

Robert Mark Eric Barr

Tue, 14 May 2013 08:43:31 GMT

A funeral service was held at the East Riding Crematorium, Octon on Wednesday, May 8 for Mr Robert Mark Eric Barr (formerly of New Road,Driffield), who died peacefully in Northfield Manor Nursing Home on April 25.

Amazing experiences

Mon, 13 May 2013 15:21:25 GMT

A groundbreaking production aimed at 11-25-year-olds with profound learning disabilities is set to come to East Yorkshire.

Rotary support for musical youth

Mon, 13 May 2013 15:20:53 GMT

Young musicians delighted audiences over the weekend, helping the Driffield Rotary Club to raise over £600 for youth music.

Quilt festival brings in thousands

Mon, 13 May 2013 15:20:30 GMT

A quilt festival has raised thousands to be split between two charities.

Book review: The Holiday Home by Fern Britton

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:32:42 GMT

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

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:20:31 GMT

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.

Book review: The Second Duchess by Elizabeth Loupas

Fri, 10 May 2013 10:56:34 GMT

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.

The best young chefs in Yorkshire - watch the video - part 1

Thu, 09 May 2013 10:51:07 GMT

Three culinary stars wowed the judges and invited guests at the final of The Golden Apron Competition to find the best young chef in Yorkshire.

The best young chefs in Yorkshire - watch the video - part 2

Thu, 09 May 2013 10:51:02 GMT

Three culinary stars wowed the judges and invited guests at the final of The Golden Apron Competition to find the best young chef in Yorkshire.