Clarty, chimley and chizzack – Yorkshire speakers can have their keeak...
Accents and dialect raise a lot of controversy. A northern headteacher made the national press when she issued guidelines to parents encouraging them to check that their children avoided certain...
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Community artworkArtlink's Centre for Community Arts offers a contemporary gallery space at the entrance to the building. Exhibitions from local and national artists are shown in conjunction with...
View ArticleHull musician up for British Blues Awards 2013 honour
HE HAS been credited as one of the country's best blues artists from humble roots.Hull's Andrew McLatchie, known as Half Deaf Clatch, has been nominated for Best Original Song at the British Blues...
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HULL: Guitar legend Mick Ronson is to be honoured by a special radio show in his memory tonight.The show – The Man with the Golden Guitar – will air on Radio Two at 10pm as Gary Kemp marks the 20th...
View ArticleSerial burglar jailed for raid at mum-to-be's Hull Marina home
A SERIAL burglar who targeted the home of a heavily pregnant woman has been jailed for three years.Thomas Critcheson, 34, broke into a house after he returned to a life of crime despite his intention...
View ArticlePave attack victim Paul Spence leads fundraising half-marathon
HE SUFFERED a terrible head injury that almost killed him, then spent weeks in hospital and lost memories of his past.But, yesterday, Paul Spence organised a fundraising half-marathon, which raised...
View ArticleHull schools unite to revamp gardens at nursing home
FOR these students Wham! is not about cheesy Eighties pop but work in the community.Youngsters from Winifred Holtby, Andrew Marvell and Hymers College put their heads and school names together and...
View ArticleHull actor Jordan Metcalfe to play Brutus at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
A HULL actor has landed a leading role in a William Shakespeare play.Jordan Metcalfe, a third year student at Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, will perform at Shakespeare's Globe theatre...
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HULL: Every woman's fantasy – an 8ft tower of shoes – has been put up at St Stephen's shopping centre, pictured.The stack was created to promote the new Schuh store, which is opening at the centre on...
View ArticleHull dog owner starved pets because he could not afford to feed them
A MAN who starved his two dogs has been banned from keeping animals for ten years.Single parent Craig Wake said he left Staffordshire bull terriers Bella and Buster without food or water because he...
View ArticleCrackdown on speeding motorists on key East Yorkshire routes
POLICE will be using unmarked cars to target drivers speeding on East Yorkshire's roads.Humberside Police are launching a month-long campaign to crackdown on drivers breaking the speed limit.Officers...
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EAST YORKS: A home is needed for a three-legged cat defying the odds.Volunteers at Cats Protection want to find 12-year-old Scooter a new owner.A spokesman from the charity said: "Scooter lost a leg as...
View ArticleHull City boss Steve Bruce brands travel restrictions 'nonsense'
HULL City manager Steve Bruce has branded police restrictions for Tigers fans travelling to Saturday's match as "total nonsense".Huddersfield and Hull City fans marched together through Huddersfield...
View ArticleHeart ops suspension at Leeds General Infirmary leaves parents in limbo
PARENTS have been left wondering when their children will get life-changing treatment after surgery stopped at a heart unit.Congenital heart surgery at the unit at Leeds General Infirmary ceased last...
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EAST YORKS: Ambulance staff are holding a one-day strike tomorrow in a dispute over patient safety and the de-recognition of their union.Unite has said its 450 paramedics and other ambulance staff...
View ArticleHull ballroom champions celebrate golden wedding anniversary
THEY have won dozens of gold medals together on the dance floor.Now, Raymond Callis, 78, and his wife Joyce Waudby, 72, have celebrated another golden milestone – their 50th wedding anniversary.The...
View ArticleFighting fund set up to help revive Hull to York railway line
CAMPAIGNERS hoping the Beverley to York railway line will be reopened are appealing for sponsorship to fund a study into what it will cost.They hope the increasing numbers of people using trains and...
View ArticleFatal A63 cycle race: Organisers insist bank holiday event was safe
ORGANISERS of a cycle race have defended their decision to stage the event over the bank holiday weekend after one of the cyclists was killed.Drivers have criticised race organisers for holding the...
View ArticleHull KR hammered 84-6 by ruthless leaders Wigan Warriors
FORMER Hull KR stand-off Blake Green ran in a hat-trick of tries as he helped Wigan Warriors hammer the Robins 84-6. Pat Richards scored 28 points as the Warriors blew Craig Sandercock's under-strength...
View ArticleHull City's promotion bid boosted further by Palace's shortcomings
HULL City's automatic promotion hopes have received another lift this afternoon after watching fourth-placed Crystal Palace fall to a late 1-0 defeat at Blackpool.The Eagles missed out on the chance to...
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