Swan pub revamp threat to Blitz plan
PLANS to create a permanent wartime memorial at a bombed out cinema in Hull have been dealt a blow after an application to restore the pub next door was submitted by the owners.The National Civilian...
View ArticleHospital trust in 'special measures' - health secretary
A HOSPITAL trust in our region has been named as one of those to be placed in special measures.Speaking in the House of Commons today, health secretary Jeremy Hunt said a new report found failings at...
View ArticleHull man banned from city shopping centres after threatening staff
A HULL man who threatened shoppers has been banned from various shopping centres across the city centre.Scott Stelloohas been handed an ASBO for two years after he threatened and became verbally...
View ArticleBenefit fraud woman to pay back thousands
A Patrington woman will have to pay back £4,360 for housing and council tax benefit fraud. Charlotte Staves, 35, of Humber Lane, Patrington, appeared at Hull Magistrates Court where she admitted...
View Article'Safe-cracker Sid': Calculating career criminal plotted to kill a policeman
Safe-cracker Sidney Sivewright has been jailed for breaking in to Hull City Council's Wilson Centre and stealing thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money. Here, we profile the career criminal....
View ArticleExclusive: Identity of Hull City's mystery international trialist revealed
HULL City will use this week's training camp in Portugal to run the rule over South African international Daylon Claasen.Claasen, who has made seven appearances for his country, has been training with...
View ArticleDesigners pay tribute to our lost trawlermen
A MEMORIAL to pay tribute to the city's lost trawlermen has moved a step forward.Three competing designs for The Memorial to the Lost Trawlermen of Hull are now on display at the Hull Maritime...
View ArticleHull City: 'Brightest prospect' Jack Hobbs joins Nottingham Forest - to...
Nottingham Forest have confirmed the signing of Hull City defender Jack Hobbs. The deal - trailed here yesterday - will see the 24-year-old move to the City Ground on an initial season-long loan. But...
View ArticleMan, 61, jailed for sex attack
A former Sunday school volunteer who sexually assaulted a seven-year-old girl has been jailed.Brian Geoffrey Smith, 61, sexually assaulted the girl more than ten years ago.He has since worked as a...
View ArticleHappy to be crappy: Why Hull can laugh at Crap Towns' sniping
Opinion by Hull Daily Mail columnist Ian Midgley.CRAP. It's an emotive word. Look it up in the Oxford English Dictionary and it's defined as: "1. noun, vulgar, faeces, nonsense, rubbish".Not much...
View ArticleTravellers set up illegal camp at Hull nature reserve
Travellers have set up home on a nature reserve in Kingswood.The travellers have set up camp on an area called Wilberforce Wood, formerly known as Midmeredales.The land is a designated dog walking...
View ArticleCameron hints at Siemens decision
HULL will soon learn if the £210m Siemens investment is going ahead, after Prime Minister David Cameron hinted a decision on Green Port Hull was imminent.Mr Cameron yesterday visited Siemens in Lincoln...
View ArticleI went to the bog and someone nicked my dog!
A MAN is appealing for his puppy to be returned after it was stolen when he nipped into a pub after being caught short.Chris Evans and his girlfriend Emma Sunman have been devastated after Bella was...
View Article'We tried to save shoplifter drowning in River Hull'
SHOP workers have told of their desperate attempts to save a shoplifter who plunged into the River Hull after threatening them with a knife.David Chaplin, 35, was spotted stealing Adidas clothes worth...
View ArticleWatch safe-cracker Sid steal £21k from Hull City Council building
A SERIAL safe-cracker is today starting a four-year prison sentence for breaking into a council building and stealing more than £21,000. Hull Crown Court heard Sidney Sivewright used a stolen access...
View ArticleChinese contract funds Hull firm's huge expansion
A CHINESE utilities firm is bankrolling a multi-million-pound expansion of a Hedon company.Hydrocore Ltd, which manufactures water pumps and sprinkler systems, is undergoing a major relocation from its...
View Article'We'll keep Castle Street moving'
HIGHWAYS Agency officials have pledged to keep traffic flowing on Hull's busiest road during a four-year improvement scheme.Details of the proposed £160m upgrade of Castle Street go on show at a...
View ArticleHull's stunning art coup: Ferens buys £1.6m Italian masterpiece
IT IS 700 years old, painted in vivid golds and red, considered a true masterpiece of the early Italian Renaissance and is worth more than £5m. And now a "rare and beautiful" painting called Christ...
View ArticleKate Middleton baby: Queen Iana has a royal ring to it
Opinion by Hull Daily Mail columnist Ian Midgley.Quick. Ring the bells. Sound the fanfare. Organise an impromptu street party, put up some bunting and rejoice.Our future monarch is about to make an...
View ArticleHull City transfer talk, July 17: Danny Graham loan move set to be confirmed
Our daily blog of transfer rumours from the press as Hull City prepare for life in the Premier League.Danny Graham's move to Hull City is set to be confirmed after the striker returned from...
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