HDM Sport on Facebook THERE may be the small matter of a European game to focus on tomorrow night, but that doesn't mean the Hull City transfer talk is slowing down. In fact, the Tigers continue to be linked with up and coming stars and the latest is Irish under-21 international Brian Lenihan. According to the Cork Evening Echo, the 20-year-old defender has been the subject of a bid by an English club. Watched recently by the likes of Arsenal, Tottenham, Aston Villa, Leeds United, Bournemouth and Huddersfield Town, Lenihan is expected to be coming to England in the near future. But the Irish paper believe any deal will see the right-back loaned straight back to Cork for the forthcoming season. Having suffered concussion in a fall in a 2-0 loss at Bohemians last week, Lenihan is not available for Friday's home clash against champions St Pat's. According to reports in Ireland, the Tigers are one of the clubs tracking Lenihan and have tabled a bid of £100,000 even though Crystal Palace saw their opening bid of £130,000 rejected recently.Dawson can go if Musacchio arrives With Michael Dawson again being linked with a switch to the KC, the England international may become up for grabs if Tottenham can complete a deal for Villarreal centre-back Mateo Musacchio. They are believed to have agreed a £17m fee with the Spanish club, according to The Mirror, and that would make Dawson available for around £4m. However, competition would come from Sunderland, who are now said to be keen to land the 30-year-old to add experience to their own back line. Having made 31 outings for Spurs last season, he has also been linked to Crystal Palace as well as the Tigers and his future continues to remain shrouded in doubt. Bruce wants Premier League class to show The good old Daily Star are focusing on the Tigers' second leg of their Europa League clash against AS Trencin and have spoken to manager Steve Bruce about what will be needed to progress. And Bruce says he has ordered his players to prove their Premier League class if they want to seal the Tigers' first victory in Europe. "I'm hoping that we can play with the energy levels we know we can play with because they're certainly not used to that," he said. "That's what the Premier League is all about and what makes it the spectacle it is. "It's been a difficult one to manage but I know for a fact we will be a damn sight better than last week."Is Chester one of your ultimate fantasies? For those of you who are currently taking part in the annual "Fantasy Football" conundrum and choosing who to pick in your team, one of City's best defenders is being tipped as a good addition.James Chester, so often a regular alongside Curtis Davies at the heart of the Tigers' back line, is being touted as a shrewd addition for this season. Relatively cheap in the 'fantasy' price stakes, the experts at fantasyfootballpundits.com reckon the Welsh international should pull in a few points as part of a defence which rarely leaks a lot of goals.

THE sister of a call centre worker who stole colleagues' money from a Christmas savings scheme has branded her "money-mad".

Anna Marie Shaw, 40, ran a "didlum" savings scheme at an npower call centre in Clough Road, Hull, but emptied it of more than £4,000. She later tried to cover her tracks by claiming it had been stolen.

Magistrates took just 30 minutes to find Shaw guilty of nine counts of theft following a trial.

The offence cost Shaw her job. She is due to be sentenced at the same court later this month.

At one point, Shaw tried blaming her sister, Angela Coates, for stealing the money even though she lives almost 50 miles away in Castleford, West Yorkshire.

Mrs Coates, 38, said: "She doesn't have enough money to support the lifestyle she has been leading. She is money-mad and ruled by it.

"Anna Marie can't accept she comes from a council estate in Bransholme. She wants to be someone she isn't."

Shaw, of Rosedale Avenue, east Hull, ran the "didlum" savings scheme for three years and there were no problems in the first two, the court heard. She collected from colleagues, many of whom she described as friends, on or around pay day on the 22nd of each month.

But while she initially paid the money into a Halifax Liquid Gold account, in the third year Shaw began keeping most of the cash in a red tin box after claiming to have lost the paying-in book. She paid other amounts into her personal account at the same bank.

The fund for last Christmas was due to be paid out on Monday, November 4, and most of the savers asked to be given cash.

Instead of cash, she gave cheques, which all bounced.

Mrs Coates said she will not be able to forgive her sister for what she has done. She said: "I haven't really had a relationship with Anna Marie since she was about 15 years old.

"She has always been devious and she is like two different people. She is a complete liar.

"To tell her colleagues I had taken the money was devastating to hear. For her to use others as scapegoats was disgusting.

"I cannot forgive her for this. Where I come from, you don't steal, particularly when it is for kids at Christmas."

Shaw claimed she left the locked box in a holdall at her mother's home in Mullion Close, Bransholme. Shaw had been living there but did not take the holdall with her when she moved out into her partner's home in August last year.

She said she wrote the cheques intending to pay the cash into her account to cover them, but discovered the bag had been forced open and the box was "missing" when she went to retrieve it on November 13.

She said she thought it would "turn up" and claimed to have reported the "theft" to police the following day, but the police log showed she did not report it until November 18.

Only one of the ten people who took part in the scheme got their money back.

In total, Shaw was convicted of stealing £4,290 from nine female colleagues, with amounts ranging from £220 to £900.

Shaw will be sentenced on Tuesday, August 26.

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What's the dictionary definition of a selfie? I'd wager it's a badly framed picture of an idiot taken by a moron.

It may be the craze sweeping the world. It may have been accepted as an acceptable word by the makers of Scrabble. And it may even keep the cast of Towie in work and off the streets. Unfortunately.

But as far as I'm concerned, the plague of selfies is just the latest trough in humanity's pursuit of the banal by the vain and the vacuous.

The taking of the selfie has become a newsworthy event in its own right, taking our woeful obsession with celebrity culture to new depths.

Any Z-lister can now take a picture of themselves wearing a cropped top or a posing pouch and be assured instant drooling worldwide coverage.

I'm starting to suspect that our tastes have become so dumbed down that Stephen Hawking could invent time-travel tomorrow and still no one would be interested unless he got Helen Flanagan to post a topless selfie of herself with the research.

Here are some examples of headlines gracing some of our less highbrow national newspapers and websites this week.

"Kim Kardashian reveals the truth about her super-racy selfie."

Really? Great. Now maybe she's done that the pointless s'leb, basically little more than a professional walking arse who's contributed nothing to humanity other than being able to wear clothes, can get a proper job.

"Adam Levine shares his first selfie as a married man with new wife Behati Prinsloo."

Good for him. Never heard of him. Or her.

"Lewis Hamilton and girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger pose for selfie on mountain bike excursion."

Well, anything's more exciting than Formula One. Or her music.

"Lauren Goodger can't stop posting bikini selfies as she relaxes in Dubai."

Possibly the only valid argument I've ever heard in favour of burkas.

And perhaps the most depressing selfie story of the week came from Mexico: "Man shoots himself while posing for a selfie."

No surprise there. It takes dexterity and more than the limited intelligence of a lobotomised wombat to successfully carry out two tasks at the same time.

What I'm saying is this: There's already enough untalented, fame-hungry wannabes around without us creating legions more merely because they're able to point a smart phone in the right direction with a trout pout.

Should we not aspire to more?

Is this really the message we want to pass on to our kids – that they don't need to be clever or funny or hardworking to be someone in life – all they need to do sell their last remaining shred of privacy and dignity by flogging a selfie of themselves half-naked on a beach?

I say no. I wish Kim Kardashian would too.

AT WHAT point should we admit defeat and grow old gracefully?

We all know that time waits for no man, that we should act our age, that there's no fool like an old fool and that dad dancing at the disco is a crime that should be punishable by a three-to-five stretch in Pentonville.

I only say this because, last weekend, Tory MP Graham Stewart was caught on camera "throwing some shapes" at the Humber Street Sesh.

On a video posted on the Guido Fawkes political website the silver fox 52-year-old can be seen, as clear as day, bopping along to a popular Hull dance combo.

Or, as Guido put it: "Gurning Graham spent Saturday night at the Humber Street Sesh with monged-out fellow revellers dancing to endoflevelbaddie."

There, apparently, the politician was "having it large".

I'm not sure the rest of the revellers were "monged out" as the website put it, but they certainly looked happy enough.

As someone rapidly approaching his dotage, I don't feel quite ready for the pipe and slippers just yet and I intend to continue acting like an idiot, dad dancing inappropriately, going to gigs, singing loudly out of tune and "throwing shapes" for many years to come.

For the record, Guido said he approved of the MP's activities – at least it proves he's human. Or as human as a politician can be. And so do I. After all, 50 is the new 30, isn't it?

THE partner of a woman who has been locked up in a detention centre for eight months awaiting deportation is concerned about her mental wellbeing.

Flora Yennyuy was due to be sent back to Cameroon earlier this year, despite having lived in Hull for seven years. But the flight was cancelled after her solicitor stepped in.

She lodged an appeal in April, but it was turned down and she remains at Yarl's Wood detention centre in Bedfordshire.

A petition was launched to stop her from being deported as the community rallied round to support her.

The online petition has attracted more than 600 signatures.

Ms Yennyuy's partner, Keith McDonald, has been behind the campaign to let her remain in the city.

He said: "This has been a real struggle for Flora. I spoke to her recently and she just wants to get out.

"This ordeal has taken its toll on Flora's mental health.

"It has been very stressful for her, her friends and her family, but we just have to get on with it.

"She needs to get back to some kind of normality."

Ms Yennyuy, 34, arrived in Hull in 2007. She completed a masters degree in environmental technology at the University of Hull.

She has carried out community work with churches in west Hull and has been involved in the city's Open Doors Project.

Ms Yennyuy was also a trustee at The Mental Health Action Group, where she was involved in making the black and minority ethnic communities aware of mental health issues.

Mr McDonald hopes Flora's solicitors will be successful in getting her released on bail soon.

He said: "The High Court deemed the fast-track system to deport people unfair, which has given us hope.

"Her solicitor is looking at what can be done to get her out on bail.

"Hopefully, something can be done soon and we remain hopeful."

Ms Yennyuy came to the UK on a student visa and met a man, who was originally from Cameroon, but is now an EU national.

She applied for a visa as the unmarried partner of an EU national, which was due to expire in 2016.

But, after the relationship broke down, her ex-partner contacted immigration officials and the visa was revoked.

Ms Yennyuy was first detained in March last year and bailed, but was detained again in January, meaning she has spent 12 months in detention.

For the past year, she has been fighting her deportation.

Cameroon is deemed one of the most corrupt countries in the world.

Police and military forces have been accused of mistreating and torturing criminal suspects, ethnic minorities, homosexuals and political activists.

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The second Withernsea International Pirate Festival gets under way on Thursday evening (August 7).

Thousands of people are expected to visit the town, many dressed as pirates, for four nights and three days of entertainment.

Jim Blake, one of the organisers, said: "This year, there are people coming from all over the country and Scotland to be here for the festival.

"We hope to build on the success of last year, which exceeded everything we had hoped for."

Residents and businesses in the town are also getting involved, with scarecrows and shop windows being decorated in a pirate theme.

The entertainment takes place at the town's Valley Gardens, with performers travelling from as far afield as America and Zimbabwe.

Last year's event was the brainchild of Kevin and Andrea Young.

Mr Young said: "From the beginning of this year's pirate festival to the end, it's excitement and entertainment and there will be lots to do."

Mr Blake said: "We've been living and breathing pirates for the past few months, raising the money to put on the event.

"The festival is self-funded and we've been doing Mummers Plays in pubs and other events to raise the money needed.

"It costs about £4,000 to put on the events and we are also raising money for charities such as the RNLI, Coastguard association and the Duke of Edinburgh award for youngsters in the town.

For more information about the festival, search for the Withernsea International Pirate Festival on Facebook or call Mr Young on 07710 049123.

THE owners of a historic pub in Hull are celebrating the one-year anniversary of its refurbishment.

The Polar Bear in Spring Bank has been a working pub since the mid-1800s, but had fallen into disrepair in recent years.

Twelve months ago, the venue was taken over by Dave Mays, owner of Fruit and the Welly Club, to transform the premises into a destination for music-lovers.

Manager Dave Courtney admitted the pub was suffering when it was taken over, but the £25,000 refurbishment was well worth the investment.

He said: "Things are going well for us but it has been a lot of hard work.

"The past 12 months has proved to be a steep learning curve, but we are now focusing on what we do best.

"A lot of pubs have been shutting, particularly in the Spring Bank area, and it's been great to survive what has been a difficult time for pubs."

The team are heavily involved in Hull's thriving music scene and host several nights of live music a week.

Dave said: "We normally manage venues and we've realised that going into the pub trade is a different kettle of fish altogether.

"But not a lot of landlords around here can afford to put on live entertainment every night and this is something we do well.

"Whether we have live bands or show live football, there is always something happening."

The pub has also been popular with football fans and is conveniently situated near the KC Stadium, where staff have lured Hull City fans to watch away games.

Dave said the team is keen to make further refurbishments to the premises in the next few months.

He said: "It is such an iconic building and we want to do as much as we can to improve the venue without making too many changes to the aesthetic of the pub. We want to bring it into the future without betraying its history."

Dave is hopeful the Polar Bear's success could lead to renewed interest in the area.

He said: "I think Spring Bank is on the rise and, looking towards 2017, we want to make sure Spring Bank is not left behind with all the investment and energy that is going into the city centre.

"We need to make sure it's not forgotten about."

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A WOMAN has been fined more than £2,000 after pleading guilty to carrying out teeth whitening illegally. Angela Johnson, 48, of Wide Smile, Foot Health and Wellbeing Clinic in Hessle, said she had been advised she did not need a dentistry qualification to carry out the work.

Despite letters from the General Dental Council warning her she was breaking the law, Johnson continued the practice until a summons was sent through – at which point she stopped.

Defending Johnson at Beverley Magistrates' Court, Mike Farr said: "Mrs Johnson has never been in court before and regrets the position she is in.

"She accepts she has made a mistake, but believed she could carry out the teeth whitening procedure having been on a day course.

"She had no reason to believe she was doing anything unlawful."

Johnson, who became a qualified beautician 15 years ago, looked into teeth whitening as a possible lucrative area to work in.

The mother of two started carrying out the procedure in December 2012, ceasing teeth whitening work in May this year.

Mr Farr said she carried out 96 treatments during that time, at a cost of £60 a time. Taking into account the costs and equipment, it was said the whitening treatment will have made about £2,000 in total.

He said: "There was insurance in place and there have been no complaints about the work which was carried out.

"She was contacted last September from the General Dental Council and told what she was doing was unlawful.

"The first thing she did was panic and contacted the company that was providing her with the products.

"The company said there was nothing wrong with what she was doing and she took that at face value."

When Johnson received further communication and a summons from the General Dental Council she stopped.

Mr Farr said: "She regrets becoming involved with that line of work and will not be looking at carrying on with that form of work in the future.

"I wonder how many more people are in her position carrying out unlawful work?

"She realises she has been foolish."

Helen Lyle, who was prosecuting on behalf of the General Dental Council, said: "When we receive an allegation of illegal tooth whitening, the General Dental Council will not investigate straight away, but send a warning letter.

"Further allegations were made after the letter and in January, we sent a final warning letter.

"At that point we received a reply which said she didn't think she was breaking the law."

Johnson was given a 12-month conditional discharge, fined £2,000 and told to pay a victim surcharge of £15.

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THE Red Arrows are due to fly over Withernsea on Sunday, as the town celebrates its emergency services.

The RNLI, police, ambulance and fire service will be giving demonstrations on the town's seafront from 12.30pm at the annual Water Safety Day.

The Red Arrows, based at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, have flown more than 4,500 displays and are celebrating their 50th season this year.

Councillor Gordon Hodgson, one of the event's organisers, said: "The fly- past by the Red Arrows is due to take place from 3pm to 4pm.

"It should be a great day. The aim is to show the public the amount of emergency services that spring into action when necessary."

The Water Safety Day was started more than 30 years ago following a tragic drowning in Easington.

Councillor Hodgson was on the original organising committee back in 1979, when it was agreed to stage an event to raise awareness of the emergency services and water safety.

"The Water Safety Day is a brilliant event," he said.

"There will be demonstrations throughout the afternoon, although some of these can change.

"There was one year when the ambulance, police and helicopter were all called to emergencies.

"I would urge people to come along and see what's going on and talk to the emergency services. It's a good opportunity to see the equipment the emergency services use as well."

Also taking place on the day is an annual raft race.

Councillor Hodgson said: "We have at least eight rafts taking part this year, which is more than last year."

Volunteers from Withernsea's RNLI are holding a volunteer recruitment day at the event in a bid to attract people to a range of roles.

Martin Woodhouse, Withernsea RNLI lifeboat operations manager, said people do not need to have seagoing experience to get involved with the RNLI.

He said: "The RNLI provides fantastic training to turn ordinary people into lifesavers and, by volunteering, people will gain some great experience, knowledge and skills.

"For those who don't want to get involved at the sharp end, on the lifeboat, there are other support and fundraising opportunities with the RNLI in Withernsea."

To qualify as lifeboat crew, volunteers must be:

• Living or working in or within approximately three miles of Withernsea.

• Physically fit.

• Not colour blind.

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A HULL woman has been left devastated after thieves stole two ornaments from a memorial to her son. Sheena Gibson lost Andrew Richardson nine years ago when he was 26.

She set up the memorial in the garden of her home in Goodrich Close, off Beverley Road, a place father-of-two Mr Richardson loved.

Thieves targeted her garden in the early hours of Sunday morning and stole two Rastafarian ornaments and the top part of a water fountain.

Mrs Gibson, 51, said: "I was crying all day after I discovered what had happened.

"It wouldn't be so bad if they were just normal ornaments but this was from the memorial garden to my son so they mean a lot more.

"I was mortified. This feels like a real violation.

"The next night I kept the television on all night to make it look as if someone was still up as I feared they would return.

"It hasn't just affected me. My grandson, who is just 11 years old, is also really upset by what has happened to his dad's memorial.

"We only recently had a new fence fitted but they climbed over from a neighbour's property."

Mrs Gibson is baffled by how the thieves managed to remove the stolen items.

She said: "The ornaments were both about 1ft-high and the fountain part was very heavy. I've no idea how they got it over the fence but it must have taken at least two people."

Mrs Gibson said she will struggle to buy new items for the memorial.

She said: "I would say the stolen items cost about £300.

"I am a single parent with a disabled son and I can't afford to replace them."

Mr Richardson was found dead in Hull Prison in 2005 from a suspected drugs overdose. An investigation was launched after he was discovered in his cell.

Mr Richardson was on remand at the time on charges of burglary.

Mrs Gibson said: "Andrew was a naughty boy but he was loved by everyone.

"We set up the memorial because he loved the garden and was out there all the time.

"Hundreds turned up to his funeral and he had a lot of friends. He was also a brilliant dad and was very funny."

Humberside Police confirmed they are investigating the theft. A spokesman said: "The ornaments are a grey stone garden water fountain, about 3ft and another featuring two Rastafarian-style figures wearing brightly coloured rasta hats, about 1ft high."

Anyone with information should call police on 101.

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AN APPRENTICE programme to teach East Yorkshire youngsters the dying art of butchery is more popular than ever, organisers have said.

Hull pork firm Cranswick has been running the scheme for three years and this time found its 12 vacancies easier than ever to fill.

The aim is to give teenagers a traditional career and a possible job for life.

It is ideal for young people who decide further study is not for them, HR manager Matt Pearson said.

"It's about getting people into manual work and saying it's not beneath them," he said.

"It's a good career path with a good future, and well paid.

"If you put the work in and you're dedicated, there's a career in it – it's Cranswick through and through, really."

The shareholder-owned business has come under fire from Hull East MP Karl Turner for employing foreign workers through Polish-language recruiters.

He said it meant jobs were unavailable to city people.

But managing director Adam Couch countered there was a strong tradition of butchery in eastern Europe, meaning the best talent came from abroad.

The apprenticeships at Cranswick's Preston factory are its attempt to solve the problem.

Harry Scott, 16, joined the programme on leaving Archbishop Sentamu Academy.

"I was a bit of a bad lad at school and they said I wouldn't get anywhere, but here I am," he said.

"It's hard at first because you've not got a clue, but with plenty of help from the trainers it comes gradually and you get faster and more skilful."

Harry will become a trainee butcher after his year-long apprenticeship and can then progress through the ranks, potentially becoming a manager.

Among the first year's intake was 18-year-old Paul Jenkinson, a former pupil at David Lister School.

"I was at a wood yard before this and it was a dead-end job," he said.

"But it's great here and you've always got help."

Mr Pearson hopes the scheme will continue to be popular among young people for years to come.

"Recruitment this year has been the best it's ever been because of word of mouth," he said.

"Kids have been beating the door down to come on the course.

"We want the next generation of butchers trained in our ways."

Tests carried out by the Environment Agency have confirmed pollution was not to blame for the deaths of hundreds of fish in the Victoria Dock basin.

The fish were found floating on the surface last month.

A spokesman for the agency said: "The tests have shown no signs of pollution and we believe the deaths were caused by a lack of oxygen in the water brought on by the hot weather."

The agency estimated 1,600 fish may have died in a freshwater pond behind the old dock gates.

The deaths consisted mainly of course fish, including roach and rudd.

Bob Carter took photographs of the dead fish.

He previously told the Mail: "It is great to see wild fish in the basin, so it was very sad to see all that.

"I'm not one to exaggerate but there were hundreds floating on the surface in different batches."

Anyone who sees any dead fish or fish in distress should call the agency on 0800 807060.

A new plaza could be created next to a well-known landmark by the Humber Bridge under proposals.

Agent NPS Humber Ltd is seeking permission to provide a new accessible path from the Humber Bridge Visitor Centre to the lower reaches of the country park, which will emerge into the new Bridge Park Plaza next to Hessle Whiting Mill.

The plan is to create a new landscaped space to enhance the visitors' experience.

The mill will also be refurbished with information about the ancient monument.

In the design and access statement, the applicant says: "The plaza will provide a greatly improved setting for the Hessle Whiting Mill, make good and attractive provision for visitors and assist the interpretation of its industrial and historic heritage.

"The mill will be refurbished to allow supervised public viewing with interpretation of its industrial heritage to provide a pivotal destination within the bridge park plaza."

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A singer-songwriter who reached the final of this year's The Voice is performing in the East Riding. Sally Barker, who was mentored by Sir Tom Jones and is supporting the legendary performer at his shows this summer, is singing in the more intimate surroundings of The Back Room in Cottingham on Saturday, September 20.

The mother-of-two, who brought Sir Tom to tears with her rendition of Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, is joined on the bill in Cottingham by acclaimed instrumentalist Vicki Genfan, who has performed at jazz and guitar festivals worldwide.

The show has come about from a close relationship between Sally and local musicians Lou and Rich Duffy-Howard, who perform around the region as Loudhailer.

Lou said the friendship dates back to the 1980s when she was playing in Paris with Hull indie band The Red Guitars and her brothers Mike and Rob Howard were busking in the French capital with Sally.

Lou said: "We have had some really great, fun times over the years and have kept in touch, bumping into each other while playing gigs around the country."

In 2012, Sally and her bass-playing son Dillon Wakeford turned up to play a Loudhailer Acoustic night, and last November, Sally made the most of a break from recording The Voice to return with Vicki and play another set.

Lou said: "Sally had been recording The Voice in Manchester but she dashed over from her hotel to do a show here.

"She knew by then that she was through the first round, but we were sworn to secrecy.

"Earlier this year Sally got in touch again and said she was lining up some gigs for September.

"She wanted to come to Hull again and Rich suggested The Back Room because we like to collaborate with other musicians and promoters.

"We have worked hard to make Loudhailer Acoustic a venue and an event where people listen and appreciate the music.

"We know Paul Sutton takes the same approach at The Back Room and we want to support that."

The show will kick off the venue's new season, which two days later will see a performance from Canadian acoustic roots group My Sweet Patootie, supported by Irish singer-songwriting duo Odi.

Paul Sutton, owner of The Back Room, said: "The interest in Sally's show is huge. There is already heavy demand for tickets. We'll definitely sell out."

Tickets cost £12. Call 01482 847007 or visit The Back Room Cottingham website

1 Humber Bridge

It's a familiar sight and probably the most easily-recognisable landmark in the area.

However, did you know that one tower stands on dry land while the other lies in shallow water some 500 metres from the shore?

The difference mirrors the contrasting geology on either side of the estuary.

A bed of chalk on the North Bank makes for a perfect foundation, but the southern tower stands on a bed of clay created by glacial erosion of the same chalk bed.

2 Monument Bridge

When is a bridge not a bridge? When it's Monument Bridge in Hull.

The moveable crossing once connected Queens Dock with Princes Dock in the city centre.

It earned its name thanks to the original location of the Wilberforce Monument, which stood nearby.

Today, the docks are no longer connected, Queens Dock is a park and the monument stands elsewhere, for the moment at least.

A two-minute film shot on Monument Bridge from 1900 is available on the British Film Institute website player service and is well worth a look.

3 Ennerdale Bridge

If a proposed road tunnel meant to connect north Hull to the emerging Kingswood estate had not sprung a fatal leak, this twin set of bascule bridges might never have been built.

The leaky tunnel project marked a low point for Humberside County Council, which was abolished shortly afterwards.

Rumour has it that spoil dumped at the site following the tunnel collapse now makes navigating that stretch of the River Hull rather tricky.

4 Weel Bridge

Admittedly, it's not much to look at but Weel Bridge does have its uses.

For a start, it's the only direct route to and from Beverley for people living in Weel.

If you've never been, Weel has about 40 houses and that's just about it.

The bridge also provides access to Beverley's only household waste recycling centre.

5 Wilmington Bridge

Arguably the most stylishly-designed crossing over the River Hull.

The old swing bridge has a wooden cabin perched high above it, giving great views up and down the river.

Originally built for rail traffic, it now provides a safe passage for cyclists, pedestrians and photographers keen to capture its graceful 117-year-old curves.

6 Scale Lane Bridge

Costing £7m, some might expect an all-singing, all-dancing crossing for that kind of money.

Well, you almost get it here, with twinkling LED lights, recordings of ships' bells and bird song. It is also a bridge you are actually encouraged to stand on when it moves.

Regular weekend rides during the summer are already proving a popular tourist attraction.

Some have likened the bridge to a giant pinball machine flipper, swinging across the mudbanks between the Old Town and the east bank of the river.

7 Sutton-on-Derwent Bridge

Marking the boundary between the East Riding and North Yorkshire, there's been a bridge of one kind or another here since 1396.

The current one is built of stone and connects the villages of Elvington and Sutton.

The problem with being a narrow historic bridge – it's got a grade two listing from English Heritage – is that today's generation of heavy lorries tend to knock lumps out of it on regular occasions. Temporary speed restrictions and, more recently, a set of CCTV cameras have been tried to persuade drivers to slow down.

8 North Bridge

Built in 1931, the current North Bridge is a spectacular array of bright blue-painted metal which lifts like the jaws of a giant Transformer toy to let boats pass underneath.

Its 1870 predecessor, however, was just a simple flat drawbridge designed by local shipbuilder Martin Samuelson. His name was given to Sammy's Point, where The Deep stands today.

City councillors had to petition the government of the day to secure new legislation allowing the current North Bridge to be built.

9 KC Stadium Footbridge

This pedestrian route snakes its way from Argyle Street to the back of the east stand of the stadium.

It was built after plans to create a Wembley Way-style walkway from the junction of Princes Avenue and Spring Bank were shelved following objections from residents living in Hymers Avenue, who didn't fancy thousands of football and rugby fans passing the bottom of their back gardens.

The bridge is also popular with trainspotters and wildlife fans hoping for a glimpse of a colony of great-crested newts which apparently live in the scrubland below.

10 Castle Street Bridge

Okay, it's not built yet.

In fact, the final design has yet to be unveiled.

But the whole of Hull is holding its breath to see if the Highways Agency really can come up with an iconic new way to get across the city's busiest road.

Initial design options included what appeared to be the longest skateboarding ramp in the world and a variety of Scalextric-style figure-of-eight structures.

In July, the Humber Local Economic Partnership secured £4m towards the cost of building it.

A final preferred design is expected to be unveiled later this year.