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New Year refurbishment of the Tone Zone gym at East Riding Leisure Driffield

East Riding Leisure have announced a Tone Zone gym refurbishment at East Riding Leisure Driffield.

Christmas and New Year recycling guide for East Riding residents

The Christmas and New Year period is the busiest time of year for waste collection in the East Riding.

Commuted Sums benefit Driffield Cricket and Recreation Club

Driffield Cricket and Recreation Club have completed improvement works at their home on Kings Mill Road, Driffield, after an award of £28,803.98 from East Riding of Yorkshire Council as part of Commuted Sums from local housing developments. The club also spent £4,000 of their own funds towards the total cost of the £32,803.98 project.

Driffield Father Christmas Sleigh Routes Announced

Father Christmas will be out in Driffield on his sleigh to see everyone this year. The Driffield Rotary Club are no longer running the sleigh but the Driffield Showground team will be running the sleigh going forward and raising money for local causes as usual.

The sleigh has had a make over this year with a shiney coat of paint, a new sound system and lights.

On the route this year Great Driffield Radio will be joining Father Christmas and broadcasting the LIVE Santa Tracker show. You will be able to tune into 107.2FM to find out where Father Christmas is and find out how far he is away from your street.

The funds generated will support the four ex Driffield Rotary Bursaries and projects in the town.

This is the first year that the Driffield Showground has organised the run but they have the support of over 50 volunteers with decades of experience between them.

The routes are as follows:

Wednesday 8th December
Westgate, York road (part), Spellowgate, Whitelands, Yorklands, Copse Mead, Armistice Park, Lowndes Park, York Road (part), Middle street North

Thursday 9^th December
St Johns Road, Beverly Road (part), Bracken Road South, Duncombe Drive, Woldholme Avenue, Wold View Road South, The Horseshoe, Wold View Road North, Spencers Way

Friday 10^h December
Scarborough Road North, Sycamore Park, Long Lane, Kendale View, Highwood, Nalton Drive, Park Avenue, Highfield Avenue, Northfield Road, Eastfield Road, The Mount, Southfield Road, Southfield Close.

Sunday 12^th December
Taylors Field, Kings Mill Road, Bracken Road to Wickham Way, Kings Mill Park, Newland Avenue, Mill Falls, Kings Medow, Mill Rise, Angus Drive, York Road (part), Victoria Road

Monday 13^th December
Greenways, Greenlands, Bridlington Road, Woodland Rise and top of Southfield Close and The Mount, The Ridings, Medowcroft Road, Fieldfare Estate Berriman Drive, Welbourn Gardens, Milner Avenue

Tuesday 14^th December
Wansford Road, Manorfield Avenue, Manorfield Road, New Walk, The Chase, The Green, Reynard’s Close, Draw Close, Medow Road, Verity Way, Bethell Walk, Easingwood Way, Mortimer Walk, Randall Garth, The Beechwood

Wednesday 15^th December
Auchinleck Close, Southwood Park

£1.2m upgrade to pumping stations near Driffield and Beverley to reduce flood risk is complete

A £1.2m project to update two pumping stations that reduce flood risk and drain low lying agricultural areas into the River Hull is complete.

Free weekend parking returns in the East Riding on the run up to Christmas

East Riding of Yorkshire Councli's Cabinet has approved free parking for the four weekends in November/December running up to Christmas.

One-day closure at Hornsea and Driffield’s household waste recycling sites

Household waste recycling sites in Hornsea and Driffield are to be shut for one day to allow essential work to be carried out.

Appeal for witnesses to collision on Main Street in Hutton Cranswick

Humberside Police are appealing for witnesses to a road traffic collision which happened at 11am on Monday 25 October 2021 on Main Street in Cranswick.