Officers praised for pulling woman from drain
HULL: Two police officers have been praised for rescuing a woman from Holderness drain.
PCSO Steve White and Sergeant Lauryn Landeg entered the water and pulled the 46-year-old to safety on Saturday near the Longhill estate at 4.50pm.
Mark Johansson, superintendent of operations in Hull, said: "I am extremely proud of our officers who worked together under testing circumstances to locate a woman who was in difficulty. The selfless and brave actions of our officers ultimately saved a life."
The woman was unhurt, but was taken to hospital for mental health treatment.
HULL: The site selling tickets for Luke Campbell's first professional fight crashed after huge demand.
The Olympic Gold medallist confirmed his first professional fight will be on Saturday, July 13, at Craven Park.
Tickets went on sale at 5pm last night but the clamour to see the Hull hero left fans frustrated.
Entitled The Homecoming, the fight will be the first time Campbell's fans will have the opportunity to see him box live after winning Olympic Gold last summer, with a crowd of more than 10,000 fans expected to attend.
Tickets cost £20 and are available from lukecampbellofficial.co.uk/tickets
HULL: The city has one of the highest number of neighbourhoods in the country where more than 30 per cent of people are claiming benefits.
There are 45 such neighbourhoods in Hull with only Liverpool (70) and Birmingham (49) with more. The likes of Manchester and Leeds have fewer struggling neighbourhoods.
The figures have been published this week in a report on "benefit ghettos" by the Centre for Social Justice.