Football referee punched when he sent player off
A FOOTBALL referee was punched in the head when he sent a player off during a game. The 56-year-old man was concussed after he was attacked while refereeing the match in Bridlington on Sunday. He was...
View ArticleHull City paper talk, September 3: Robbie Brady, Shane Long, Olly Murs!
Our daily blog with the latest news, transfer rumours and gossip about Hull City in the Premier League. You know how mad transfer deadline day has become when The Mirror quotes Olly Murs on Hull City's...
View ArticleSporting Champions Awards 2013: Entry form
The Mail is launching its Sporting Champions Awards 2013 to recognise the best in local talent and sporting achievement. Find out more and enter a candidate here. IT'S been another great year for Hull...
View ArticleWill dogs be banned from play areas?
EAST Riding councillors are to decide whether tighter controls on dogs should be introduced across the county.The results of a public consultation on dog control orders in the county, which drew 186...
View ArticleTV 'How to Live Longer' doctor is new chief medical officer for Hull and East...
HIS first lecture was an in-depth look at armpits but Professor Ian Philp was not put off joining the medical profession.Following in his father's footsteps to become a doctor, Prof Philp has since...
View ArticleCabbie Melissa hopes to book a ride to Mars
IT HAS proved to be one of the most desirable job vacancies in the world, with more than 165,000 applicants from more than 140 countries.The aim of Mars One is to establish a permanent human settlement...
View ArticleDrunken criminals to get 'wake-up call' support, not prosecution
Police in East Yorkshire have begun a trial that sees drunken criminals escape prosecution if they agree to see an alcohol support worker. First-time or low-level offenders will be given a caution with...
View ArticleFluffy the cat uses up one of nine lives after 14-hour ordeal trapped under...
A MISCHIEVOUS cat spent 14 hours trapped under floorboards and had to be rescued by firefighters and the RSPCA.Six-year-old Fluffy has always had a habit for seeking out hiding places and panicked...
View ArticleHumber businesses urged to support University Technical College plan for Hull
MORE than 170 Humber businesses are being urged to support proposals for a new multi-million pound training centre.A Humber-wide partnership lodged a bid last year with the Government to create the...
View Article£50m of 'world class' schools handed over to teachers and pupils in Hull
IT IS a once-in-a-lifetime chance to alter the education landscape, which the city of Hull has grabbed with both hands.Already, thousands of children are being taught in world-class facilities under...
View Article'Hull City have done well in transfer market despite Shane Long drama' -...
As the dust settles on a dramatic transfer deadline day, Hull City managing director Nick Thompson tells Philip Buckingham why he feels Steve Bruce has done some good business.THE mood of deflation was...
View ArticleHull City paper talk, September 4: Fryatt rejects Nottingham Forest? West...
Matty Fryatt is ready to leave Hull City for a Championship club in the loan transfer window - but only if his long-term future can be sorted out. Today's Nottingham Evening Post says it believes the...
View ArticleFamily who grew cannabis at home worth £56,000 a year spared jail
A FATHER, his son and daughter caught producing cannabis from their homes have been spared jail.More than 70 plants, capable of producing £56,000 worth of cannabis annually, were found at a house in...
View ArticleHull man admits sexually assaulting woman who fell asleep at his house party
A MAN who sexually assaulted a woman following a house party has avoided jail.Abbas Ahmadi, 29, sexually assaulted a 21-year-old woman who fell asleep at his house after the party.She had spent time at...
View ArticleEgg-throwing, bin-banging, '118 insult' pensioner is oldest Asbo man in Hull
PENSIONER Robert Cain has become the oldest man in Hull to be given an antisocial behaviour order after a seven-year campaign of harassment against his neighbours. The 70-year-old threw eggs on his...
View ArticleEDL marcher 'punched man repeatedly in face in front of Hull shoppers'
A MAN repeatedly punched an anti-fascist protester in front of children during an EDL march in Hull, a court has heard.John Claydon, 46, was pictured by the Mail being dragged away by police officers...
View ArticleHull City MD: Collapse of Shane Long deadline day deal 'hugely disappointing'
MANAGING director Nick Thompson admits Hull City were left "enormously disappointed" after their ambitious attempt to sign West Bromwich Albion striker Shane Long fell agonisingly short on deadline...
View ArticleHull FC's Mark O'Meley retires from rugby league
Hull FC prop forward Mark O'Meley has played his last game of rugby league after being forced to retire with a knee injury. The 32-year-old Australian was set to call time on a glittering career at the...
View ArticleWoman more than four times the drink-drive limit avoids jail
A WOMAN who crashed her car while more than four times over the drink-drive limit has narrowly avoided being sent to prison. Elaine Burnett, 55, told officers who found her sitting on a garden wall...
View ArticleStanley Gene is new Gateshead Thunder coach after Hull KR Academy apprenticeship
Hull KR Academy coach Stanley Gene has been named Gateshead Thunder coach from the 2014 season onwards. Gene, who enjoyed two successful spells at Rovers as a player, has been a part of Craig...
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