Driver saves woman from sex attack
A HULL taxi driver saved a woman from being sexually assaulted after she became separated from her friends during a night out.Police are appealing for the taxi driver who rescued the woman from three...
View ArticleHessle Road pram race scrapped
THE Hessle Road pram race will not go ahead this year, it has been confirmed.Earlier this year, community campaigners had vowed the popular event would go ahead.But with no major sponsor and no...
View Article'I was suspended for reporting rape', student tells trial
A YOUNG woman was suspended from college after accusing fellow students of rape and sexual assault, a court heard.Three men have gone on trial at Hull Crown Court accused of abusing the woman on campus...
View ArticleFire in Hull's Hedon Road after 'explosion' (video)
Workers were evacuated after fire broke out at a water treatment plant near Saltend this morning. Firefighters were called to Yorkshire Water's waste water treatment works, in Hedon Road, after fire...
View ArticleBomb squad called to Sewerby Hall at Bridlington
SEWERBY Hall and Gardens was evacuated today, when an MoD bomb squad carried out a controlled explosion in the grounds of the tourist venue.A quantity of old marine pyrotechnics and flairs were blown...
View ArticleJacob Miller named in Hull FC squad for Cas, but Gareth Ellis misses out
JACOB Miller has been called up to the Hull FC squad for Friday's game at Castleford Tigers as coach Peter Gentle makes two changes to the squad that travelled to Catalan. Prop Mark O'Meley returns at...
View ArticleJose Mourinho: Hull City will bring 'Championship spirit' to Chelsea
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho says Hull City will bring "Championship spirit" to Stamford Bridge for the first game of the new Premier League season. The Tigers will travel to the Bridge for a...
View ArticleSone Aluko: Hull City's Chelsea opener perfect incentive to get fit
SONE Aluko says he now has the ultimate incentive to be fully fit for the new season after Hull City were handed a trip to Chelsea on the Premier League's opening weekend.The unveiling of the 2013-14...
View ArticleHull FC vow to carry on hunt for quality signings after Paea and Thompson moves
PETER Gentle says it is getting easier to attract players to Hull FC as he continues his squad building for 2014.It has this week been confirmed by Hull KR chairman Neil Hudgell that Hull have signed...
View ArticleTears of joy as school saved from closure
CAMPAIGNING parents are celebrating after being told their school has been saved from closure.Dunswell Primary is to be taken under the wing of Swanland Primary School Academy Trust after the...
View ArticleSaltend stench fear after major fire
ENGINEERS are battling against the clock to ensure a major fire at a water treatment plant does not result in the return of a stench, with pea season days away.Drivers reported seeing flames and then a...
View ArticleChild sex abuse: Internet firms MUST do more, says campaigning Hull MP
CITY MP Diana Johnson has urged the Government to draw up plans for "co-ordinated action" to tackle child abuse.The Hull North MP has stepped up her long-running campaign to clamp down on internet...
View Article'I blacked out and fell 40ft from cliff'
A MAN has told of the moment he blacked out and plunged 40ft down a cliff near Hornsea.Leigh Westerman, 29, was walking along the cliff-top at Mappleton with his partner when he blacked out and...
View ArticleHull City of Culture bid: 'This is where the hard work really begins'
Ian Midgley talks to supporters of Hull's City of Culture bid as the city is announced on the 2017 shortlist.THIEVING Harry's was an apt place to host the party.After all, Hull, the outsider, the...
View ArticleNew Aldi store row: 'We're under siege'
PLANS for an Aldi supermarket in Cottingham look set to spark controversy after claims the village is under siege from developers.Budget supermarket chain Aldi wants to develop a store in a residential...
View ArticlePolice target Hull theft hotspots
SHOPLIFTERS are being targeted by police after a spike in theft.Officers have made reducing shop theft a priority after a huge rise in the past two months.As revealed in the Mail, the biggest increase...
View ArticleHull City transfer talk, June 20: Ilombe Mboyo, Carlton Cole, Curtis Davies,...
There's a lot of chatter out there about Gent striker Ilombe Mboyo and a possible move to Hull City. Seems this one has more truth in it than the previous Belgian striker linked to City, Anderlecht's...
View ArticleCash Converters raid: Three arrests
THREE men have been arrested in connection with a robbery at Cash Converters in Hessle Road.Staff were left shaken at the store in west Hull after a man smashed a display cabinet and stole £4,000 worth...
View ArticleCampus sex trial: 'I didn't scream because I felt threatened'
A YOUNG woman claims she did not scream when she was being subjected to an alleged sex attack because she felt threatened.Three men have gone on trial at Hull Crown Court accused of abusing the woman...
View ArticleFirst Hull Trains named best operator
FIRST Hull Trains has been named as the best long- distance rail operator in the country.The news comes almost a year after the firm met with Hull's three MPs to discuss its "service reliability...
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