Hull City target 25% rise in season ticket sales for 2013-14
HULL City managing director Nick Thompson has set an ambitious target to increase season ticket holders by up to 25 per cent for the 2013-14 campaign.With prices frozen until April 16, the Tigers have...
View ArticleHobbs: Hull City 'must show no fear' as promotion run-in starts at Huddersfield
JACK Hobbs says Hull City cannot allow trepidation to damage their automatic promotion hopes as Steve Bruce's high-flyers target one last sprint towards the Premier League.As the Championship draws...
View ArticlePhil Brown: My busy time out will help in Southend play-offs drive
PHIL Brown hopes to put his time out of football to good use by helping Southend to reach the play-offs. Brown's first game in charge of the League Two promotion hopefuls will come at Bradford City on...
View ArticleAl-Ahly will sell Hull City's on-loan Egyptians Gedo and Ahmed Fathi in summer
HULL City's loan star striker Gedo is likely to be sold by his Egyptian club in the summer, his coach has admitted.It comes as Cairo-based club Al Ahly continues to come to terms with the huge...
View ArticleX Factor in Hull: Hundreds face Simon Cowell's talent scouts
HULL'S undiscovered talent was given a boost when the X Factor came to the city and gave singers the thumbs up.Hundreds of hopefuls queued at the Prospect Shopping Centre in Hull as the talent show's...
View ArticleMad March: Snow-hit East Yorkshire 17 degrees colder than this time in 2012
A YEAR ago today, East Yorkshire was basking in record temperatures.People flocked to the region's beaches to make the most of the dry, sunny weather – with temperatures exceeding 20C.What a difference...
View ArticleWhite van child snatch report 'a misunderstanding', police say
Police have said they are no longer treating a suspected accosting in Willerby as an attempted child abduction.Officers have said the suspected snatch attempt was a misunderstanding after a man came...
View ArticleClosure of Anlaby Park Library in west Hull delayed
HULL city council leader Steve Brady has delayed the closure of Anlaby Park Library by two months.The library in west Hull - which is closing as part of the council's cost-cutting plans - will now shut...
View Article'Sugar daddy', 82, caught smuggling crack to woman in prison
AN 82-YEAR-OLD "sugar daddy" has been given a suspended sentence for trying to smuggle crack cocaine to a woman in prison.Widower William Jones was arrested after staff at New Hall Prison near...
View ArticleStripped, tied and force-fed potpourri: Hull court hears of gang ordeal
A MAN was stripped and force-fed potpourri at knifepoint by a gang in a bid to extort money from him.The gang imprisoned Christopher Hipkiss after luring him to a flat in west Hull, believing he was...
View ArticleAllam rolls the dice: Promotion essential or Hull City finances will be...
FIVE years ago, with Hull City closing in on their first ever promotion to the top flight, all involved with the club were 'daring to dream' and hoping Premier League football would finally come to the...
View ArticleHull Paragon Interchange evacuated due to "faulty alarm"
MORE than 500 people were evacuated from Hull Paragon Interchange this morning because of a faulty alarm.The alarm went off at 10.16am - forcing commuters and buses to leave the station.No trains were...
View ArticleMan pulled from River Hull after jumping from Sutton Road bridge
A MAN has been pulled from the River Hull after jumping from the Sutton Road bridge this morning.Paramedics are currently treating the man at the scene after he was pulled out of the water at...
View Article100 new jobs for the Humber in port deal
Around 100 new jobs are to be created on the Humber after Associated British Ports signed a 15-year deal with Drax. ABP says the deal will see investment of up to £100m at its ports at Immingham, Hull...
View ArticleStars turn out for funeral of comedian Norman Collier
Some of Britain's best-loved entertainers said farewell to Hull comedian Norman Collier at his funeral today. Russ Abbott, Roy Chubby Brown, Little and Large and Tom O'Connor were among the mourners at...
View ArticleAdam Walker returns to Hull KR squad for derby
Hull KR coach Craig Sandercock has recalled prop Adam Walker to his 19-man squad for Good Friday's derby with Hull at the KC stadium.Walker missed last weekend's 26-22 win over Catleford at MS3 Craven...
View ArticleMcDonnell and Holdsworth left out of Hull FC's derby squad
Shannon McDonnell and Daniel Holdsworth have both been left out of Hull FC's 19-man squad for the Good Friday derby at the KC Stadium.The full-back and stand-off were both rated as doubtful for the...
View ArticleHull City ship out Seyi Olofinjana on loan to Sheffield Wednesday
HULL City midfielder Seyi Olofinjana has joined Sheffield Wednesday on loan until the end of the season, effectively ending his four-year association with the Tigers. Without a Championship start since...
View ArticleHull KR: 'We believe we can win every game' - Craig Sandercock
HULL KR coach Craig Sandercock says his side is full of confidence and heading into every game believing they can win at present.The Robins will go into tomorrow's derby clash with Hull at the KC...
View ArticleHull KR's Greg Eden will bounce back from Castleford horror show
HULL KR coach Craig Sandercock has backed full-back Greg Eden to prove his quality against Hull tomorrow after his horror show against Castleford.Three of Eden's five errors led to Castleford tries in...
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