AN EAST Yorkshire teenager has revealed how she fought back against cyber-bullying. Kira Lisseter, 18, decided to take on the anonymous bully who made abusive remarks against her online.

After taking the issue up with friends, her teacher and eventually the police, Kira finally turned to her local MP, Andrew Percy, for help to remove the offensive web-page. Mr Percy immediately wrote to the Prime Minister in the hope he could help Kira, of Goole, take action against the website.

Kira, who attends Selby College, said: "There are websites where people can leave comments without leaving their names. Little Gossip was one of those sites and some nasty comments had been left on there about me – telling me to go and hurt myself.

"At first I was a bit taken aback by it. The thought that someone I knew would spend time on something like this. I kept it to myself at first but then I decided I wanted to get it sorted."

Kira spoke to her friends, who advised her to speak to her head of year. Although the college was supportive, she was advised to contact the police. But even they were not able to help as the person who had left the message was untraceable.

It was then that her Ranger leader, Rachel Cone, advised her to talk to Mr Percy.

Kira said: "Andrew wrote to David Cameron, who then passed the issue on to the relevant minister, who said he would do whatever he could to help. It ended up with the page being removed but the website is still up, which means other people can still be bullied in the same way I was. I am more bothered about that."

Kira eventually found out who had left the cruel remarks and has since received an apology. But her experience has still left a scar, which has prompted her to want to do more to stop cyber-bulling.

"There is a lot of websites out there like this," she said. "There is trolling on Twitter, for example, so more needs to be done to help moderate these websites. I would like the Government to do more on this, so that there are no anonymous websites."

Mr Percy had responses from both the Department for Education and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport when he highlighted Kira's case. He subsequently pursued Little Gossip and their internet service provider.

The Conservative MP used Kira's story last week during a debate in Parliament to call on the people who host websites to be "far more responsible".

He told MPs: "A constituent of mine, Kira Lisseter, came to me after comments were posted on US website, littlegossip.com. We wrote to the minister, who was very helpful and did all that he could.

"We also tried to raise the matter with the internet service provider and the hosts, but response came there none. We can do a lot through education and Government action, but we also need the people who host the websites to be far more responsible."

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The Hull Daily Mail is running a Christmas Lights competition to find the best-decorated home in East Yorkshire. Today, Mike Carter tells us about decorating his house in west Hull.

CHRISTMAS is all about bringing people joy and that is what Mike Carter tries to do with his festive display.

Mr Carter, 29, first started by decorating his grandmother's west Hull home in the Christmas of 2000.

Although she no longer wants her house decorated, he has carried on covering his house from top to bottom with lights for the neighbourhood children.

He said: "Christmas is an important time of year. I like to see the children's faces when they see the lights.

"They are all still young, so still believe in Father Christmas, that makes it all the better really."

Mr Carter lives next door to his grandmother with his wife, Gemma, and three children in Westlands Road and used to string lights across the front of both houses.

He said: "My favourite decoration is the Santa on the chimney, saying 'Ho, ho, ho', it's good for the kids. There's also a ladder going up to it, so it looks like he's climbing up and going down the chimney."

Mrs Carter, 27, said the couple's three children, Declan, eight, Dylan, seven, and Destiny, four, all love the displays.

She said: "It's just that Christmas feeling. They love it when Mike starts putting the decorations up, they will even help him carry all the stuff out of the garage so he can start."

Mr Carter used to buy extra decorations each year but has said the changing nature of light displays is making life difficult for him.

He said: "I'm finding it harder to get hold of new decorations. I use the rope lights but they seem to be getting phased out for the LED stuff."

Mrs Carter takes charge of decorating the inside of the house and said she has a more "traditional" approach than her husband.

She does, however, admit she is a fan of her husband's handiwork and enjoys how their home becomes the centre of the community for the festive season.

"People always want us to have our lights on," she said.

It is a difficult and, more importantly, an expensive job to maintain the display, putting £100 on the electricity bill.

But it is all worth it, Mr Carter says.

"I enjoy doing it for the kids, I like their reactions. It makes it worth going up the ladder in the freezing cold."

Winning the Mail's competition would be nice, he said, but that is not the reason he does it.

He said: "Without sounding daft, I'm a bit shy in that respect, I just like to do it for the kids."

THE boss of Yorkshire Wildlife Trust has defended a decision to move a flock of sheep to a part of Spurn Point swamped by the worst tidal surge in 60 years. Dozens of its Hebridean sheep, a common sight enjoyed by families visiting the reserve, drowned when they were caught out by the waves.

Now, it has emerged the charity, which owns the sheep, moved them to the field where they died, shortly before the surge hit last Thursday, believing they would be safe.

Arthair Gordon, a regular visitor to the reserve, said he chanced on the carcasses of 30 or more sheep during a visit to inspect the aftermath of the surge.

He said: "I discovered tens of sheep had drowned. These sheep were in a fenced field and this field would be a maximum of 2m above sea level.

"I cannot believe that anybody with any sense of care, knowing that there was a storm surge coming down the North Sea, would have left sheep in such a remote place that was certain to flood. It is obvious from the carcasses that are hanging from the fences that the whole section of the point had been breached by waves and drowned the sheep. What a terrible way to go.

"Knowing these are Yorkshire Wildlife Trust sheep, I cannot believe they were not moved to a different location, as they own a lot of other land across Yorkshire. This storm had been predicted for more than a week, so how could they neglect their sheep?

"This is a devastating event and as an animal-lover who owns several sheep and cows, I find it deeply upsetting. Whoever is responsible for this should have to stand up to what they have done."

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust has revealed it moved the flock to a part of the reserve that was thought to be safe from flooding. However, the force of the surge punched through the protective flood bank and swamped the area.

Dr Rob Stoneman, the trust's chief executive, said: "We are devastated by the loss of part of our Hebridean herd. Naturally, animal welfare is of paramount importance to us and for this to happen is a huge tragedy for the animals and our staff and volunteers who looked after them."

Dr Stoneman said Yorkshire Wildlife Trust staff are helping its tenants, Associated British Ports and the RNLI, with the clean-up operation.

"The peninsular has changed dramatically and a long stretch of the site will now wash over at high tide," he said.

"The trust is working with engineers to try and assess how safe the remaining sections of road are.

"While major works and the clean up are taking place at Spurn, the trust is asking the public not to visit."

About 200 homes and businesses across East Yorkshire were flooded after being hit by the surge– a result of an Atlantic storm and a spring tide.

Malcolm Tarling, spokesman for the Association of British Insurers, was last night unable to give a damage estimate.

He said: "It's still too early to be able to put a figure on it.

"Clearly, the priority for insurance companies is getting the damage assessed and claims processed as quickly as possible."

POLICE are warning people on warrant to hand themselves in or face spending Christmas behind bars. Officers have released the names of 17 people who have failed to appear at court for crimes including assaults, drug offences and thefts.

Despite searches, police have been unable to locate the people. Mike Milner, warrants officer for Humberside Police, said he also wants Mail readers to come forward if they know where any of them are.

He said: "Many people who skip bail are often out on the streets, committing further crimes on a regular basis, which is why we are keen to track them down, arrest them and bring them before the courts.

"If they don't hand themselves in, it could be the police calling this Christmas, not Santa Claus.

"If they don't, and we find them, the courts will take a very dim view of that and they can expect to be spending Christmas remanded in custody.

"Hopefully, this will prick their conscience and they will see the error of their ways and hand themselves in."

Mr Milner said anyone who knew the whereabouts of the wanted people could call police anonymously.

Those who are caught by police over the Christmas period could face up to two nights in police cells while the courts are closed.

"If somebody is picked up on Christmas Eve, they will most likely be spending Christmas Day and all of Boxing Day in the cells," Mr Milner said.

"It will go in their favour to hand themselves in, but we also need the help of the public.

"The problem is that the addresses they have supplied to the court are no longer the address they now reside at.

"I would ask the public to call us with details of a current place of residence, a workplace or friends' or relatives' houses they may visit.

"These people who are wanted could live near you and you could prevent these individuals from committing further crime in your area.

"Any calls to us will be treated in the strictest of confidence and any information, large or small, will be looked into."

Mr Milner said previous campaigns urging people wanted on warrant to hand themselves in around Christmas had been successful.

He said: "We have had a tremendous response in previous years, so hopefully this year will be the same."

Call the Hull warrants office on 01482 578681 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.

• Matthew Barber, 25, wanted for obstructing police. Last known address is Albert Avenue, west Hull.

• Lewis Biggs, 21, wanted for public order offence. Last known address is Davidstow Close, Bransholme.

• Richard Bonanjah, 48, wanted for drink-driving. Last known address is St Hilda Street, west Hull.

• Daniel Daddy, 30, wanted for assault. Last known address is Barnsley Buildings, east Hull.

• Andrew Donnelly, 43, wanted for handling stolen goods. Last known address is Sherburn Street, east Hull.

• Colleen Finnegan, 49, wanted for assault. Last known address is Vernon Road, Bridlington.

• Paul Goodwin, 37, wanted for breaching a court order. Last known address is Haydock Garth, Bransholme.

• Gavin Headley, 34, wanted for criminal damage. Last known address is in Barmby Moor, near Pocklington.

• Artur Kokoas, 24, wanted for assault. Last known address is Newland Avenue, west Hull.

• David Mattinson, 33, wanted for drugs offences. Last known address is Lyric Close, west Hull.

• Michael Moore, 24, wanted for assault. Last known address is Priory Road, west Hull.

• Victoria Mullenger, 37, wanted for shop theft. Last known address is Cholmley Street, west Hull.

• Anthony Overton, 51, wanted for shop theft. Last known address is Hill Rise, Market Weighton.

• Katie Rose, 29, wanted for making off without payment. Last known address is Richmond Street, Bridlington.

• John Stark, 70, wanted for shop theft. Last known address is Reynoldson Street, west Hull.

• Shaun Walker, 23, wanted for theft. Last known address is Dibsdane, Orchard Park.

• Anthony Wheeldon, 25, wanted for drug offences and breaching a court order. Last known address is Beverley Road, west Hull.

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A WOMAN who has plagued a Hull housing estate has been told "clean up your act or clear off". Kelly Williams has been making life a misery for Bransholme residents, with regular complaints of threatening behaviour, bad language and loud noise from her property.

The 37-year-old has also been banned from shopping precinct North Point Centre – less than 100 yards from her front door – for suspected shoplifting.

A huge pile of rubbish in her Roborough Close garden, which has been there "several months", is causing neighbours and shoppers even more distress.

Now, the community has united to send Ms Williams a stark message – "clean up your act or risk getting kicked off the estate".

Local councillor Anita Harrison said: "She is laughing in our faces – both the council and the people of Bransholme. If she doesn't start behaving, she will suffer the consequences. She needs to get a grip or get out."

The dozens of full rubbish bags, including take-away remains, can be smelt several yards away from Williams's terraced council house in Roborough Close.

She was prosecuted at Hull Magistrates' Court for the rubbish on November 22.

Williams was prosecuted for three offences of breaching an abatement notice under the Environmental Protection Act 1990. She was charged £250 for the initial offence.

It came after Hull City Council's neighbourhood nuisance team received several complaints from local residents. Williams was prosecuted for a similar issue last year. However, after visiting the property, the Mail can reveal the rubbish is still there.

Neville Allison, who has lived in Bransholme for 42 years, said "It is not on. If residents are in council housing and not playing the game, they should be evicted.

"If this is allowed to continue, then things will slip and slide.

"If these people get away with it, then they will continue to do it.

"They think 'this is my house, it is my castle, so I will do what I want with it'. They don't give a damn about others who may live around them.

"It is a strong community here in Bransholme but it is this antisocial behaviour that ruins its reputation."

Phil Webster, councillor for Bransholme West, said: "If she doesn't change her ways I personally will make sure she is removed, because this is absolutely unacceptable. People have to realise they can't behave like this.

"I get lots of complaints about her address and something needs to be done about it as soon as possible. It simply isn't fair on the other people on the estate.

A woman who works on the estate said: "She is causing trouble and we are better off without her."

Another said: "The pile of rubbish is horrible and sets such a bad example to the hundreds of children who have to walk past it every day.

"I reckon it puts people off their shopping, to be honest.

"Something needs to be done about this as soon as possible."

Despite several attempts and visits to the property, the Mail was unable to contact Williams.

In 2009, her former partner Robert Jason Stockman was jailed for nine years for attempted murder after attacking Williams with a hammer.

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A COMMUNITY group has rallied around after a collection tin for veterans was tampered with, prompting fears cash may have been stolen. Members of Edinburgh Street Community Centre, off St George's Road, west Hull, had agreed to collection cash for the Hull branch of the Aden Veterans' Association.

Veterans of the little-known 1960s Middle East conflict have been busy raising funds for a plaque, which they intend to display at Holy Trinity Church.

Elaine Cooke, a member of the committee that runs the centre, discovered a seal on the tin had been broken.

It is not known how much, if any, cash has been stolen, but members of the committee have decided to add a £100 donation as a gesture of goodwill.

David Cooke, of Gipsyville, who fought with the Royal Engineers in Aden, said: "My wife, Elaine, is a member of the centre's committee.

"Everyone thought the money would be safe. It could have been stolen by anyone.

"The committee decided not to call in the police. Instead, they're replacing the cash out of their own funds."

Brian Edge, chairman of the veterans' branch, said he was "humbled" by the response from the centre.

He said: "The response to what has happened regarding the suspected theft has been brilliant.

"Elaine, whose husband is a member of our branch, was absolutely heartbroken when she handed us £220.75.

"There can't be many people who are upset after collecting that much cash.

"But she was distraught because she thought someone may have taken some money.

"She thinks there was more money in the tin, but the committee has decided to keep the matter between themselves and give us £100 on top of what was collected."

Some of the cash was raised by a sponsored walk.

Mr Edge, who served with the Royal Tank Regiment in Aden, said every penny raised would go tow- ards the plaque and a mounting.

"We are hoping to unveil it on June 8 next year, which will be the first anniversary of the blessing of our standard," he said.

Malcolm Heron, branch secretary, served with the RAF in Aden.

He said: "It's very important we get this plaque.

"Aden is a forgotten war and the plaque will honour those who fought and died."

About 440 servicemen died fighting insurgents in Aden, including Lance Corporal Brian Foley of The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire.

Violence began in Aden on December 10, 1963, when the British High commissioner Sir Kennedy Trevaskis was targeted in a grenade attack.

By the end of that day, a state of emergency was declared.

The conflict hastened the end of British rule in the territory, which had begun in 1839.

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THE mopping up may have stopped but businesses in Hull are only just beginning to count the cost of last week's devastating floods.

The tidal surge, which was the largest in 60 years, crept up on businesses on Thursday evening, causing millions of pounds worth of damage and forcing premises to close indefinitely.

After ceasing production for the day and then having been cut off from their premises by the flood water, staff at Barrass Hull Limited in Alfred Street only found out the extent of the damage the following morning.

Julie Oliver, director at Barrass, said it will cost the company more than £1m to replace ruined machinery, a figure that could swell to £2m with loss of trade.

"We were under 5ft of water. It swept through the factory, the yard and the offices. We have lost practically everything. Our machinery, three lorries, forklifts, everything," she said.

"Our workforce has been fantastic but to get going again, even in a small capacity, will take a couple of months.

"Our customers will have to go somewhere else, so it's whether we get them back or not that is hard to predict.

"The problem is we can't tell our customers when we will be open and up and running again."

The Humber burst its banks shortly after most businesses had closed for the day.

The water level rose quickly, engulfing major roads in Hull, including the A63 and Clive Sullivan Way, as well as flooding Kingston Retail Park and surrounding streets lined with business premises.

While emergency services raced to protect homes, businesses were left defenceless against the flood waters.

Ms Oliver, 52, remembers the 2007 floods that rocked Hull but said the nature of this year's disaster has proved more damaging.

"We flooded in 2007 but managed to pump the water out of the factory," she said.

"This time we just didn't know it was coming and we couldn't do anything about it.

"If it had been earlier, we could have taking precautions, but staff had left the site.

"That was also a good thing because they could have easily been trapped in the building with the machinery we have.

"We were all in shock to start with when we saw the damage. It's devastating, but we will turn it around.

"People in the area are talking to each other and trying to help in any way they can. It has brought the business community together really."

Smith & Nephew was also hit by the floods.

Susan Myers, head of communications of the Advanced Wound Management Division at Smith & Nephew, said: "We have been impacted quite severely by the floods, but it is too early to stay how much it has cost us. We are just focusing on the recovery.

"At the time, the site was immediately evacuated and we had it closed from Thursday evening but were able to reopen the offices on Monday.

"All the ground floors, offices and factory areas were affected.

"We have had such a brilliant effort from everyone to get us back up and running and have had a team of people working around the clock since Thursday."

As well as suffering damage to its main site, the healthcare supplier also lost materials stored at its warehouse in English Street.

However, the company is hopeful the clean-up operation will not be lengthy.

Ms Myers said: "Our priority is our customers.

"We have never seen anything like that before at all but we are assessing the damage and we are focused on recovery.

"We have to work in clean conditions because of the nature of the products we deal with, so the production area is being cleaned thoroughly and the offices are being ripped out and cleaned.

"We have had to rearrange the offices and squeeze staff onto the upper floors but we are coping.

"We also host the worldwide computer network on the site and that is back up and running.

"The recovery is ongoing, but we will be opening the factory for business imminently."

Roger Teasdale, president of the Advanced Wound Management Division at Smith & Nephew, paid tribute to employees at the firm for helping get the company get back up and running.

He said: "We have had an excellent response from employees and supporting companies and contractors and I want to thank everyone for their professionalism during this difficult time and also for the sheer amount of goodwill shown since this incident occurred."

Hull firm Arco was also washed out but managed to carry out trading worth £1m the following day, despite working from a remote office.

The safety equipment company's headquarters in Waverly Street was under almost a foot of water.

Joint managing director Thomas Martin said: "By 6am on Friday, we had a team of subcontractors and cleaners to help out and, by 9am, we had the remote office set up with 45 laptops at our distribution centre.

"We managed to trade £1m on those laptops, which was an amazing achievement."

Three of the offices in the building have been totally destroyed and will need to be rebuilt, while the reception area will remain closed for a couple of weeks. The shop remains open.

HOPE, anger, confusion. Relatives hardly know what to feel after human remains that could belong to the lost crew of the Gaul were found in Russia.

DNA tests are currently being carried out by the Russian authorities to identify what could be the remains of up to ten bodies.

Families have been searching for answers for almost 40 years after the Gaul disappeared during a fierce storm in the Barents Sea in February 1974, 80 miles off Norway. The entire 36-man crew were lost.

The trawler was eventually found in 1997 during a privately funded seabed survey.

Only the remains of just three crewmen were discovered and were formally identified as factory charge-hand Stan Collier, 40, James Wales, 29, the Gaul's third engineer, and acting first mate Maurice Spurgeon, 38.

Now, there are fresh hopes more missing men could be identified.

For Beryl Betts, the sense of purgatory is difficult to deal with.

Her brother Billy Jones, 26, was a deckhand aboard the Gaul when it sank.

"There will be mixed emotions for all the families," she said.

"There will be relatives who will be over the moon by the news but I fear it could pose even more questions.

"The wait now will be agonising. We have a hundred questions but we're not sure those answers will come."

While pleased at the development, part of Beryl is very anxious about the outcome.

"In a way, I wish they had only told us when they were absolutely sure," she said.

"Now we have this uncertainty hanging over us right through Christmas.

"It all settles down for a while and then something happens and it all comes flooding back.

"This time feels more upsetting than before. I feel it is definitely them. There's a sense of trepidation."

While there have been false dawns in the past in the search for the missing men, Beryl is confident this time round.

"I do feel 99 per cent sure these remains found belong to our crew members, but there is always that 1 per cent nagging at you," she said.

"The way the police are acting suggests they are pretty confident and they have 18 family liaison officers on hand.

"I don't think they would use those resources if they weren't pretty sure. They have been very good."

Beryl, 74, of east Hull, hopes light will be shed on the troubling mystery.

"We have been told there could be up to ten crew members," she said.

"I just don't know how I will feel if one of them is my brother. It isn't something I have let myself think too much about.

"There will never be closure until we find out the truth.

"We have so many questions but I don't want to speculate at this stage.

"We have been searching for answers for a long time and we are still not sure we will get them even now.

"I feel we have been terribly let down up until now."

Humberside Police confirmed it was working with the Foreign Office to liaise with the Russian authorities over the discovery of the bodies buried under rocks by people living in the Rybachy peninsula in the Murmansk region in either 1974 or 1975, shortly after the Gaul disappeared.

It is not clear why the discovery of the remains was not reported to the British authorities at the time although the loss of the Gaul happened at a time of extreme tension between the former Soviet Union and the West during the Cold War.

Another family member, who wished not to be named, also admits feeling mixed emotions.

The man, who lost his dad, said: "Most people just don't believe it right now but we would like to think they are our relatives.

"We are angry as this should have been done 40 years ago.

"We have been let down so many times in the past and this has opened old wounds.

"They are coming this week to take a swab for DNA tests.

"But if it is my dad, it will at least provide some closure and we can finally pay our respects."

The effects of that day still reverberate more almost 40 years on.

It was on January 22, 1974, Hull trawler the Gaul set sail for the Norwegian fishing grounds.

Five days later she joined the fishing fleet in the Barents Sea and by Thursday, February 7, after ten days, the 66m trawler was ladened with 19 tonnes of boxed, frozen fish.

Next day, she was spotted by another vessel in appalling weather conditions more than 70 miles north of Norway.

And despite sending two private telegrams to Wick between 11.06am and 11.09am that day, the Gaul was never seen afloat again.

A formal investigation into the tragedy at the City Hall in autumn 1974 found "that Gaul capsized and foundered due to being overwhelmed by a succession of heavy seas".

In April 1999, the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) published its findings following a detailed search of the vessel using underwater video cameras.

It also concluded the Gaul had been lost due to "downflooding through open weathertight doors and hatches on her trawl deck after being 'knocked down' by several large breaking waves."

But speculation has persisted among members of the fishing community that the Gaul had been involved in Cold War intelligence gathering.

The eventual admission by the Ministry of Defence that some trawlers were used for Russian spying missions added fuel to the suspicions.

The Gaul was discovered by a television crew in 1997, using the same co-ordinates given to the Government more than 20 years earlier.

The ship was claimed to have been found lying near top-secret sensor equipment for monitoring submarine movements.

But the MAIB dismissed the claims.

Yet in the intervening years, a number of questions surrounding her disappearance – including why no distress signal was sent – have refused to go away.

A resumed public inquiry into the tragedy was given the go-ahead by Deputy PM and East Hull MP John Prescott following the presentation of the MAIB report and took place in 2004.

The report ruled out the possibility the Gaul deliberately sunk by the Soviet Union or pulled down by a submarine.

It also concluded the vessel was lost in a storm.

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It's nice to see that Hull City AFC's supporters have taken our 2017 City of Culture status to their hearts, writes Hull Daily Mail columnist Ian Midgley. After the ingenious chant of "Come for the culture, you've only come for the culture" to some bemused Crystal Palace fans the other week, the even better "City of culture, we know what we are," at Swansea on Monday was top notch.

Way to rub it in. I know the mirth-tinged chant to the Palace faithful managed to make it way around the corridors of power down south too. I talked to Sir Peter Bazalgette, chairman of the Arts Council and inventor of Deal Or No Deal no less, this week and even he had heard of it and found it highly amusing. Now, if we can only engineer a way to play both Dundee and Leicester in the next four years, our gloating tour of the UK will be complete.

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A BAG thief suspect was handed in to police by his mum after appearing in Caught on Camera.

The man was arrested on suspicion of stealing a woman's bag inside the Lizard Lounge bar in Hull city centre.

He was taken to Clough Road police station by his mum, just hours after his image was included in Monday's Mail.

Mail readers have also named three men suspected of robbing a man outside Pozition nightclub in George Street, city centre.

Detective Sergeant Justin Marrow, of the city's priority crime team, said: "We have had some good results, several people have called in to name the men involved.

"We have also had a man hand himself in over the handbag theft at Lizard Lounge."

The suspected bag thief was one of three men pictured smiling for the bar's photographer, in a picture posted on the Lizard Lounge's Facebook page.

It was taken on the same night a handbag was stolen from a bench in the bar on November 3.

The bag was later found in the toilets by a friend of the victim. It had been emptied of its contents.

The man who handed himself in has since been released on bail.

DS Marrow confirmed the two other people featured in the image were not involved in the theft.

Detectives investigating the attack outside Pozition are now investigating whether the names given to the police are correct.

A man was left with a broken nose after he was elbowed in the face by one of the men who demanded his mobile phone.

The group escaped with his phone.

DS Marrow: "We received several calls with the same names in relation to this, which we will now be investigating."

Detectives are continuing to hunt eight people whose images were featured in Caught on Camera.

They include a man who was part of a gang who assaulted a man and his girlfriend outside The Bank pub in Holderness Road, east Hull.

The woman suffered a broken cheekbone after the couple were attacked from behind at around 11.20pm on October 12.

Do you recognise any of the people pictured? Email ddiv prioritycrimeteam@humberside.pnn.police.uk or call 01482 340629, quoting the image reference or crime number. Crimestoppers can be called anonymously on 0800 555111.

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