New 111 number launched for less urgent calls
A NEW phone number to get urgent healthcare is being launched in East Yorkshire.The new 111 number is for calls that are less urgent than 999, but still warrant an answer straightaway, rather than...
View ArticleFarmer Tamara to tour global projects
AFTER launching a community allotment site in the town last year, a Beverley farmer is looking overseas for inspiration for future projects.Tamara Hall opened up four acres of land at Molescroft Grange...
View ArticleHull City Council budget 2013: Outpouring of anger from protesters
AS THE voting bell chimed in Hull's council chamber, a hush fell across the crowded public gallery.For many listening, this was a moment their livelihoods depended on.Councillors were voting on a raft...
View ArticleHull City Council budget 2013: Labour's day of 'compassionate cuts'
WHEN it came the crunch, the inevitable happened.Labour city councillors lined up to vote through a budget which, in many ways, was completely alien to them.Proposals to axe up to 600 jobs at the...
View ArticleHull boxer Luke Campbell prepares for Dancing On Ice semi-final
HE IS through to the semi-final of one of TV's biggest celebrity shows.Now, the pressure is mounting as Luke Campbell enters the final stages of ITV's Dancing On Ice.Last week, the Hull boxer found...
View ArticleHull City's young stars 'have earned' Liverpool test at KC Stadium
HULL City academy boss Billy Russell believes his precocious side have earned their big night out at the KC Stadium after reaching the FA Youth Cup quarter-finals for the first time in 22 years.A 3-1...
View ArticleParents of missing Russell Bohling will 'let go' after fruitless search of...
THE parents of missing teenager Russell Bohling admit they will probably never know what happened to their son after a new search of a former RAF bunker revealed nothing.Dad Roger Bohling had raised...
View ArticleHull KR and FC legend Colin Hutton given Freedom of Hull
HE PLAYED for one team and coached another in a city known for its passion for rugby league.Now, rugby league legend Colin Hutton has been moved to tears as he was granted the Freedom of Hull at a...
View ArticleNew food factory 'to create 700 jobs' in Hull
UP TO 700 jobs could be created at a new food production business being lined up for Hull.Talks between the as yet unnamed company and Hull City Council are at advanced stage.Full details have yet to...
View ArticleCameron Stewart 'knuckling down' to revive Hull City career
STEVE Bruce has been impressed by the application of Cameron Stewart as the forgotten winger attempts to plot a course back from the Hull City wilderness.Stewart, without a league start for the Tigers...
View ArticleWidnes v Hull FC: Gentle happy to make tough selection calls
HULL FC coach Peter Gentle says he welcomes having tough decisions to make over his team selection to face Widnes tomorrow.FC are confident of having stand-off Daniel Holdsworth back in their ranks for...
View ArticleCome Dine With Me star threw victim down stairs at bar
A TELEVISION show contestant who threw a man down a flight of stairs in a nightclub has been ordered to pay his victim compensation.John Beachell, who has appeared on Come Dine With Me, grabbed Richard...
View ArticleMatty Fryatt closing on on Hull City comeback
MATTY Fryatt is on course to provide Hull City's Championship promotion bid with a timely lift by resuming full training in the next 10 days ahead of an eagerly-awaited comeback next month.The Tigers'...
View ArticleHull KR: Don't expect a Travis Burns miracle ... yet
HULL KR coach Craig Sandercock has warned fans not to expect miracles from Travis Burns when he makes his long-awaited debut this Sunday.The former NRL stand-off will finally make his first start...
View ArticleTrain delays between Hull and Doncaster 'to last until June'
Train passengers are facing another "16 to 18 weeks" of disruption on the Hull to Doncaster line because of a landslip at Hatfield, Network Rail said today. The problems began on Monday, February 11,...
View ArticleTwo charged over crash on A63 in Hull city centre
TWO men will appear in court this morning charged in connection with a crash on the A63 on Wednesday.A 35-year-old man is accused of dangerous driving, affray, possessing an offensive weapon, driving...
View ArticleHull man caught stealing meat from Sainsbury's spat at PCSO
POLICE are putting up dozens of posters of a serial shoplifter who has been given an antisocial behaviour order after spitting at a PCSO. Neil Francis Palmer, 32, spat on and punched the officer after...
View ArticleVery Empress-ive: Landlady marks 25 years at Hull pub
SHE'S the empress of landladies in Hull – having run a pub for 25 years.Ann Donkin will be hosting a celebration event to mark the occasion in the Old Town this month.She started working at The...
View Article£40,000 fishing lake plan for Hull's Orchard Park
IT IS not the first place you would think of for an afternoon's quiet fishing.But plans are being drawn up to create a £40,000 angling lake in Orchard Park, on land next to the pitch and putt golf...
View ArticleHull FC's Kirk Yeaman will make amends for being slow out the blocks
WITH a look of real determination on his face, Kirk Yeaman lays his cards on the table. "I'm not happy with my performances," he reveals.It's a statement made not to placate his team-mates or the fans,...
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