We'll avoid the 'usual suspects'
THE hunt is on to find a dozen people to oversee an ambitious new ten-year plan to revitalise Hull's economy.The City Plan has set a target of creating 7,500 jobs over the next decade.At the same time,...
View ArticleLetter mix-up is a first class shambles
HULL North MP Diana Johnson has branded a Government department "shambolic" after it mislaid 300 of her constituents letters.On October 23, Ms Johnson was photographed delivering the letters to the...
View ArticleWe can get married and have children at 16 but we can't vote
IT IS considered a right to be given the chance to vote.If this is the case, then why can you only vote once you've turned 18 under UK law?I believe that everybody has a voice and that everyone has the...
View Article'I loved my baby to pieces but I felt everything I did was wrong'
TERRIFIED someone was going to snatch her daughter and crying constantly, she felt she had lost all control of her emotions.Laura Seddon went through the same hell almost every day for months, not even...
View ArticleQuarter of sixth formers drop out
HUNDREDS of East Riding sixth-formers are dropping out of school without completing their A-level studies.One in four students is deserting East Riding secondary schools by the end of their first year...
View ArticleThis week, Femail tries a range of Christmas gifts
Lush Best Wishes gift set – So White bath bomb, Snowcake soap and Melting Snowman bath melt, £10.95, available in Lush stores nationwideThey say: A true classic, this has been our favourite for years....
View ArticleSpoil your favourite Christmas belles with dazzling beauty sets
Beauty used to get a bad wrap at Christmas: soap on a rope, redundant bath salts and selection boxes of revolting mini fragrances.These days, Christmas lists are packed with pampering requests, Lisa...
View ArticleCharlie's cancer fight appeal hits the halfway mark
A £300,000 appeal to cover the cost of a little boy's potentially life-saving cancer treatment has hit the halfway mark.Charlie Hook, six, was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, an aggressive form of...
View ArticleStart your own love story by taming those curls
Taylor Swift seems to have been on the music scene for years and yet she is still only 22 years old. She signed her first recording contract when she was just 14 and was nominated as the Best New...
View ArticleKind pupils wrap up a new shoebox record
KIND-HEARTED children at a west Hull primary have filled more than 500 shoeboxes with Christmas gifts for those less fortunate than them.The 552 boxes were collected by pupils at Bricknell Primary...
View ArticleBling up an old reliable outfit with some festive trimmings
As Christmas trees and festive lights go up, so does the pressure to decorate yourself with a dazzling party ensemble.If you have invitations aplenty but only one fail-safe party frock, do not fret as...
View ArticleMy hairdresser may have saved my life!
A VISIT to the salon for his monthly haircut could have saved a farmer's life.David Edmunds, 65, has praised hairdresser Debbie Skoyles after she noticed a worrying growth on his scalp.After urging him...
View ArticleKind teenager nominates his hard-working mum for a treat
Teenage boys usually ask Santa for the latest games console or a new wardrobe full of labels, but Kallum Thomson wrote to Femail asking for a makeover for his mum.The 13-year-old is very proud of his...
View ArticleHull City: Robbie Brady and Liam Rosenior give Steve Bruce food for thought
THE cold wind and heavy rain swirling around the KC Stadium on Tuesday night told you otherwise, but somehow it felt like August 2011 all over again.In the first start of a second loan spell with Hull...
View ArticleHull City v Nottingham Forest: Corry Evans determined to prove his worth
CORRY Evans, the quiet man of the Hull City dressing room, offered up no arguments when taken to one side by Steve Bruce two weeks ago and informed he would be dropped to the bench for the trip to...
View ArticleJudge slams decision to grant bail to alleged axe-wielding Bransholme robbers
HULL's top judge has criticised police and prosecutors for bailing two alleged axe-wielding robbers.Judge Michael Mettyear has told both authorities the decision was "wrong" and their systems need to...
View ArticleSteve Bruce: Hull City have restored my enthusiasm for football
STEVE Bruce says he owes Hull City a debt of gratitude after restoring his enthusiasm for football a year on from his darkest hour in management.The Tigers boss takes his promotion-chasing side to...
View ArticleWillerby man Patrick Lewis jailed for grooming schoolgirls
A MAN who posed as a teenage boy and groomed two schoolgirls online has been jailed.Patrick Lewis, 54, pretended he was a teenager to target two girls aged 13 and 14 on social networking site...
View ArticleVIDEO: Hull man Corey Eastwood's shocking city centre drink-drive rampage
THIS is the shocking moment a man went on a drink-drive rampage through Hull city centre.Corey Eastwood, 20, was three times over the limit when he drove at speed along Posterngate, running into two...
View ArticleHumberside Police prepare Christmas crackdown on drug-drivers
A DEDICATED team of police officers has been set up to target drug-drivers.Officers will be concentrating on testing drivers they suspect of being high on drugs behind the wheel as part of this year's...
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