Power of the flower as a complementary medicine
FLOWERS have their annual moment of glory at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show but their power to heal and boost wellbeing is less well recognised. Flower essence consultant Clare G Harvey tells GABRIELLE...
View ArticleCareless drivers kill bikers, warns father
THE father of a young man who died after being knocked off his motorcycle is urging drivers to be more aware of bikers.Student mechanic Daniel Martin, 18, died in hospital after crashing into a car in...
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EAST YORKS: Two teenage sailors had to be towed back to the beach as darkness fell on Saturday evening.Bridlington's Inshore lifeboat Windsor Spirit was launched just after 8pm after members of the...
View ArticleTeachers' warning to parents as free transport is axed
HEADTEACHERS are urging parents not to act rashly and pull their children out of schools after free transport was axed.Schools with city-wide catchments will be the worst affected by the change in...
View ArticleDangerous archery equipment stolen in raid on Scouts' HQ
POTENTIALLY deadly archery equipment is in the hands of criminals after a raid on a Scout headquarters.Eight powerful bows and 60 aluminium-tipped arrows were stolen in the break-in at Humberside...
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Officers praised for pulling woman from drainHULL: Two police officers have been praised for rescuing a woman from Holderness drain.PCSO Steve White and Sergeant Lauryn Landeg entered the water and...
View ArticleRight kids, ready for a game of rounders?
THEY waited with bated breath ready to greet the plane flying over their school.More than 700 pupils and staff from Bricknell Primary School began chattering excitedly when the hum of the aircraft...
View ArticleBridge wasn't working on day before 10k race
A MALFUNCTIONING swing bridge, which led to Hull 10k being cut short, wasn't working properly the day before the event.Organisers were alerted just 30 minutes before the race, as more than 3,000...
View ArticleGrace will grow up knowing Daddy was a hero
BRITAIN'S youngest war widow has vowed to ensure their baby daughter grows up knowing all about her soldier father, shot dead in Afghanistan.Speaking days before the first anniversary of losing her...
View ArticleThe bacon and eggs arsonist
A DRUG addict put hundreds of lives at risk when he chopped up a door and started a bonfire to cook bacon and eggs.Fire crews in breathing apparatus rushed to the 13th-storey flat, in Great Thornton...
View ArticleDanny Houghton: Hull FC's 'owe Rovers one' in Magic Weekend derby
HULL FC vice-captain Danny Houghton says his side are gunning for revenge in Saturday's derby.Houghton admits Hull "owe Hull KR one" after losing last year's Magic Weekend game in controversial...
View ArticleGrace will grow up knowing Daddy was a hero
BRITAIN'S youngest war widow has vowed to ensure their baby daughter grows up knowing all about her soldier father, shot dead in Afghanistan.Speaking days before the first anniversary of losing her...
View ArticleThe litter dumped with the rubbish: Kittens found left out with bins
THEY were just hours from being taken away with the rubbish.Dumped in a box next to a wheelie bin, the odds were stacked against these three kittens.But after their cries were heard by a member of the...
View ArticleFire service cuts 'will not risk lives'
FIRE chiefs insist £5m of cuts to be made to the fire service will not put people at risk despite an "inevitable" reduction in engines and staff.Humberside Fire and Rescue Service has put forward 26...
View ArticleHull KR's senior stars must lead way to Magic Weekend derby win - Sandercock
HULL KR coach Craig Sandercock says his senior stars must be leaders on and off the field if they are to claim a second derby win of the season.The Robins head to the Magic Weekend on Saturday looking...
View ArticleHull City's Nick Proschwitz keen to stake claim for Premier League spot
NICK Proschwitz has no wish to engineer a move away from Hull City this summer, despite enduring a difficult first season with the Tigers.The German striker, signed for £2.6m from SC Paderborn last...
View ArticleHull FC have come a long way since 'embarrassing' Rovers defeat - Gareth Ellis
GARETH Ellis says Hull FC are a far cry from the side that gave what he labels an 'embarrassing' performance against Hull KR earlier this season.And the Hull captain believes with confidence rising in...
View ArticleDock move brings Siemens deal closer
THE deal for Siemens to build an offshore wind turbine assembly plant in Hull has moved another step closer.As the waiting continues over a final decision by the German engineering giant, East Riding...
View ArticleIn profile: Bowie's Hull bassist Trevor Bolder
Hull musician Trevor Bolder, who played with Uriah Heep and David Bowie's Spiders From Mars, has died aged 62. The bassist, described by Bowie as a "major inspiration" and a "tremendous guy", died...
View ArticleBlind pensioner, 93, burgled as she napped in chair
ELDERLY people are being warned to take care at home after a deaf and blind pensioner was burgled in broad daylight.The 93-year-old woman was asleep in a chair at her home in Bishop Burton when a thief...
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