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HOODED THIEF STOLE CAR WITH MAN IN BACK SEAT

A TERRIFIED man feared he had been “kidnapped” after a hooded thief got into a car, started up the engine and drove off at high speed – with him sitting helplessly in the back seat. The horrified passenger feared something terrible was going to happen...

GUILTY AT LAST FORMER LEGACY FUNERAL DIRECTOR FACES LENGTHY PRISON SENTENCE AFTER CHANGING HIS PLEAS

FORMER Legacy funeral director Robert Bush faces a lengthy prison sentence after changing his pleas to guilty on 31 charges, including 30 of preventing the lawful and decent burials of dead people and one offence of theft from charities. Bush...

THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC

THE sad death of the man behind Hull’s iconic music venue, the New Adelphi Club, has been announced. Paul “Jacko” Jackson passed away after a short illness, a post by the De Grey Street venue said on Tuesday, March 31. The announcement on Facebook...

161 NEW EAST HULL HOMES

PLANS for 161 new homes in east Hull have been approved by Hull City Council. The homes make up a part of the wider Ings development off Bellfield Avenue. Permission has now been granted for sections 3a, 3c, and 4a of the wider Ings development, parts...

‘HIPPY’ BIRTHDAY

THE owner of one of Hull’s most enduring independent shops has told of his ambition to keep going for another 35 years in the city centre. “Hippy” shop Kathmandu has been trading for more than three decades on Ferensway, offering its range of...

VIOLENT STALKER BOMBARDED WOMAN WITH 222 CALLS

A SHOCKED woman was left “absolutely terrified” – and her life was made a misery for months – after an obsessed stalker bombarded her with 222 telephone calls and attacked her car with a chisel while she was sitting inside it. Jason Hill also...

400 NEW JOBS

CALL centre operator Resq says it is set to create about 400 jobs by the end of the year following a series of new contract wins. The £38m turnover company has secured new work in the energy, telecoms and automotive sectors. Now, the 2,000-strong firm...

NEW ERA FOR HULL

AFTER six years and “one of the most complex engineering challenges in the UK”, the “transformative” new split-level junction on the A63 Castle Street has been completed. Following the opening of the underpass last weekend, engineers have finished...

POTATO PEELER STABBER

A MAN used a potato peeler to stab an associate repeatedly – despite telling him they were going to have “a fair fight”. The injured man suffered a collapsed lung and needed three blood transfusions following the attack on Holderness Road, east...

NHS trust ranks highly in national league table

THE Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust has been ranked among the best performing in England. The trust has secured 7th place in a league table ranking Mental Health and Community Trusts. The trust has now been placed in the highest of four segments...

JUSTICE SERVED

A TROUBLEMAKER who played a leading role in the riots, arson and looting that brought “shame” to Hull city centre during “12 hours of racist, hate-fuelled mob violence” has been jailed. Billy Bragger was “front and centre” among the large number of...

‘KIRSTY WAS A RAY OF SUNSHINE’

TRIBUTES have been paid to a devoted single mum and “extraordinary woman” who tragically died from cancer at the age of just 39. Kirsty Neilson, a mum of two young boys from Hedon, is described by loved ones as having a “heart of gold” and as a “ray...

50 YEARS ON THE NHS FRONTLINE

HE has played a key role in saving lives on Britain’s ferries, put Steri-strips on actor Tom Hardy’s eye and saved the life of a man who collapsed in a busy railway station. It has all been in a day’s work for Gary Hewitt, a charge nurse at Hull’s...

‘THE POLICE DOG JUST TOOK OFF AND WENT FOR ME’

AN IT worker was attacked by a police dog while working at the former Hessle Road station. Patrick Bryant was working inside the empty former Humberside Police facilities when the police dog, off its leash, came across him. The building was presumed...

‘MISSED BY MANY, FORGOTTEN BY NONE’

TRIBUTES have been paid to “one of Beverley’s familiar faces and genuine characters”. Ian Gow sadly passed away unexpectedly at his home on Sunday, February 22, at the age of 68. The former town councillor was connected to many organisations in the...

TODDLER’S FIGHT FOR HER LIFE

A LITTLE girl from Hull suffered seizures and needed a blood transfusion after she was inadvertently exposed to a rare form of poisoning. Myah Edwards, then aged two, was behaving like many toddlers when she developed a habit of biting things,...

HUSBAND FLED ON MOBILITY SCOOTER FROM WIFE ARMED WITH KNIFE

A Heavy-drinking woman repeatedly threatened her terrified husband with a knife “in the dead of night” and kept him prisoner in his bedroom. He thought that he was going to die during the alarming confrontation when she held the knife to different...

‘MY BROKEN BONES HAVE HEALED BUT MY BROKEN HEART MAY NEVER HEAL’

A CARE worker shot across a Give Way crossroads in his Audi A6 killing a much-loved grandmother and local preacher driving her car home to Bridlington with her husband. Timothy Kusemi, 41, formerly of the Hull area, admitted causing death by dangerous...

MAN’S HEFTY FINE OVER CLAPPED OUT CAMPER VAN

A MAN has been ordered to pay more than £1,500 by a court after abandoning a camper van in Bridlington. The “dirty, dilapidated” Ford van was left on land behind Quay Road in Spring last year. Following reports it was found by streetscene enforcement...

LYLA’S LASTING LEGACY

THE Government’s Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, has met with the parents of Lyla Story, a two-year-old girl from Hull who sadly died from undiagnosed Type 1 diabetes last year. Mr Streeting has said work is ongoing to ensure “Lyla’s lasting legacy...

SON ADMITS STABBING HIS MUM TO DEATH

A MAN who stabbed and killed his mum in their family home has pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Rick Parker, 42, of Aspen Close, Market Weighton, killed Helen Harrison in March 2023. Appearing at Hull Crown Court, he also admitted to actual bodily harm...

DRIVE FOR NEW A63 FUEL STOP

Impressions of how the new A63 service station could look

‘I’M AN ARTIST, NOT A CLOWN’

“YOU will see a lot of confusion and pain in it. That’s my life you’re looking at. I am a lifer.” Those are the telling words of Charles Bronson, the man who has been described as the most violent and dangerous individual in the British prison system,...

FURIOUS OAP SHOT PISTOL AT A GROUP OF WOMEN

AN enraged pensioner fired a pistol towards a group of women and girls after they laughed when their dog fouled on a lawn outside his bungalow. Brian Hoyle had been a “very skilled marksman” in the past and the group heard him shouting “Why do you let...

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DRIVER WHO FAILED TO GIVE WAY KILLED WOMAN CARER FACING LENGTHY PRISON SENTENCE

A DRIVER faces a lengthy prison sentence after he caused the death of a 70-year-old woman – and serious injuries to her husband – in a horrific crash by failing to give way at a crossroads junction on a country road. Susan Whittles, who was driving...

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‘A MENTOR , A HEALER AND A SOURCE OF WISDOM’

A “DEEPLY compassionate” doctor who dedicated his life to helping others is being remembered for his extraordinary efforts to bring healthcare to as many people as possible. Dr Nicholas Alexander spent decades as GP in Hull, and is said to have cared...

TRIBUTES PAID TO TEENS WHO DIED AT HOLIDAY PARK

TRIBUTES have been paid to 15-year-old Cherish Bean and 17-year-old Ethan Slater who were tragically found dead inside a rental chalet at a Bridlington holiday park. Humberside Police confirmed that a cordon remains in place at Little Eden Holiday...

WOMAN’S LEG HAD TO BE AMPUTATED AFTER BOTCHED SURGERY

A patient at Castle Hill Hospital later had to have her leg amputated following errors during knee replacement surgery

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ASSAULT VICTIM FEARED ‘SHE WAS GOING TO DIE’

A TERRIFIED woman feared that she was “going to die” when a heavydrinking bully viciously punched her during an “appalling” attack – and ignored her desperate pleas to stop. She was fighting for her life during the beating and she later said “I would...

SCHOOL DINNERS CHANGES SLAMMED

UNION leaders have accused a Hull school trust of trying “to save money at the expense of children and low paid staff” amid plans to stop cooking fresh meals at three schools. Horizon Academy Trust, based at Biggin Hill Primary School in Bransholme,...

‘TRUST ME, YOU ARE DYING TODAY’

Brandon Copeman has been jailed for 16 months after sending a series of shocking death threats and attacking and strangling a woman

SEX ABUSER ‘LAUGHED ALL THE WAY THROUGH HIS TRIAL’

A SERIAL sex offender who targeted three young boys, including raping one of them, during a catalogue of “disgustingly destructive” behaviour, has been jailed for 14 years. The victims suffered “catastrophic” and “seismic” damage from the serious...

PURR-FECT NEW HOME

AN animal rescue centre in Hull which was threatened with closure has been saved after a landowner leaped to the rescue. Amy Donoghue has spent several months in a desperate race against time searching for a new home, after her landlord announced...

JOBS TO GO AT VITAL CHARITY

A VITAL Hull charity has announced that jobs are set to go amid a fall in funding. Hull and East Riding Citizens Advice Bureau – which has been offering free advice since 1939 – has confirmed that a number of redundancies are to be made as part of a...

NEW LIFE FOR OLD NIGHTCLUB?

A FORMER Hull nightclub could be razed to the ground to make way for a six-storey development with swish apartments. Circus Circus called time two decades ago and has lain empty ever since, falling victim to vandalism and a number of fires over the...

KIDNAP PLOT GANG JAILED

MEMBERS of a gang of men and women who travelled from across the country, including one man who flew over specifically from the Netherlands with the intent to carry out a tactical and disturbing kidnap plot, have been sentenced to a combined total of...

FULL STREAM FOR KCOM SALE?

A DRIVER hurtled along a busy city centre road at “crazy” speeds just seconds before suddenly hitting a pedestrian who was crossing the road – and sending him flying into the air, causing serious injuries. The victim suffered a broken collarbone and...

RECKLESS DRIVER WAS ‘ABOUT 16 TIMES THE LEGAL LIMIT’

A RETIRED couple suffered “devastating” injuries after their car was suddenly hit head-on by a speeding vehicle hurtling towards them – and weaving in and out of traffic before the cocaine-addled driver lost control. The other car was being driven...

‘HOW ABOUT I COME AND STAB YOU ALL?’

A Heavy-drinking bully angrily warned that he would kill his wife – and caused serious alarm when he made the menacing threat: “How about I come and stab you all?” Ex-plasterer Andrew Malone left members of his family “greatly frightened” by his...

GRAND PLANS FOR CRAVEN PARK

PLANS for a major retail and sporting development next to Hull Kingston Rovers’ Craven Park have been backed by Hull City Council’s planning committee. The project, which would transform much of the land near the east Hull stadium, seeks to help Hull...

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New junior school head on mission to make it ‘the best in the country’

THE new head at a Hull junior school has declared her plans to make it the best in the country. Imogen Cowan has moved more than 160 miles with her family to take up her new role as head of Hymers College Junior School. Hymers College has more than...

CAREER GOALS

A MANAGER at a top Hull sports and entertainment venue is set to share lessons – and memorable moments – from her 20-year career at a major skills and training event. Katie West, sales manager at the MKM Stadium for Venue Catering Partner Limited, has...

Wok & Go closes outlet at St Stephen’s centre

A LONGSTANDING noodle bar and takeaway in Hull city centre has closed its doors. Wok & Go has been a notable part of the fast food scene since it arrived in the city in 2013. St Stephen’s Shopping Centre has confirmed that the lease has been formally...

No current plans for M&S to return to Hull city centre

A RETURN to Hull city centre is not in Marks & Spencer’s plans, a senior Hull City Councillor has revealed. The retailer left the city centre in 2019, leaving Hull without a full-range store ever since. The brand’s presence hasn’t entirely vanished...

‘GENTLE JEFF’ BEHIND BARS

AN “entrenched paedophile” nicknamed “Gentle Jeff” targeted three young boys for serious sexual abuse – but later tried to talk his way out of trouble by pretending that he was the victim of a “deliberate hatchet job”. Jeffrey Prest was a “sexual...

NEW ‘LIFELINE’ FOR HOMELESS VETERANS

VETERANS facing homelessness in East Yorkshire will benefit from safe and comfortable accommodation thanks to the Hull 4 Heroes charity, as well as a donation by BAE Systems. The property was purchased by the charity in 2024 and recently benefited...

WHITELEY WAY

A RUGBY fan is campaigning to get a Hull road named after Hull FC legend Johnny Whiteley, pointing to his contribution to the city. Mike Pearson, from Gipsyville, says the sporting “icon”, who died in 2022, should be honoured alongside others – such as...

ROAD CLOSURE CAUSING CHAOS

THREE Hull councillors have raised concerns over an ongoing road closure on Anlaby Road. The closure, which is due to necessary gas works, is causing “unbearable” impact on local residents, the councillors have said. Since January 5, a section of...

‘NO EXCUSE FOR ABUSE’

A HUMBERSIDE Police officer has spoken out after being the victim of 21 hate crimes and racially-aggravated assaults in the past three years. PC Mourad Karaouani was targeted so frequently he was the number one victim of hate crime across the entire...

SHAME OF FORMER POLICE INSPECTOR

A FORMER Humberside Police inspector who had a “long and impressive” career has “only just” avoided prison after being found with “revolting” indecent images of children on his phones. Police discovered 246 photos and videos depicting child abuse on...

MUM PUNCHED WOMAN IN FACE AFTER SHE TRIED TO HELP HER

A Heavy-drinking woman repaid the kindness and concern of another woman by viciously attacking her during a nasty confrontation in the street after midnight. The well-meaning victim was only trying to help and she went over purely to offer support if...

BODY FOUND IN SEARCH FOR GRACE

A BODY has been found on Withernsea beach during the search for teenager Grace Keeling, police have said. The discovery comes following the tragic disappearance of 15-year-old Grace who was swept out to sea in rough weather two weeks ago. Humberside...

Fairy Godmother is a dream come true for sweet tooths

I HAVE enjoyed the excuse to indulge my sweet tooth thanks to a new arrival in Hull city centre. Fairy Godmothers Bakes has joined the exciting mix of independents in Paragon Arcade. The original Fairy Godmothers Bakes is still based in Spring Bank...

Health charity welcomes Amy Gledhill as its first patron

LOCAL mental health charity Hull and East Yorkshire Mind has appointed Amy Gledhill, the Hullborn, multi-award-winning comedian and actress, as the charity’s first patron. Recognised for her warm, sharply observed humour and ability to find laughter...

Plan for six new units at business park approved

PLANS for six new commercial units at an East Yorkshire business park have been approved by East Riding Council. The plans see the new units being constructed at Green Park Business Park, near Junction 38 of the M62. The approved plans include two...

WOMAN SHOT DEAD BY HER ESTRANGED HUSBAND

A FORMER medal-winning Team England clay pigeon shooter was unlawfully killed by her estranged husband who then shot himself in a tragedy that rocked a northern Lincolnshire village. An inquest has heard that Robert Jobson, 84, killed his wife Rose...

‘HEROIC EFFORTS’

PEOPLE have spoken of the “heroic efforts” and “selfless” acts of all those involved in the tragedy at Withernsea. Members of the public, politicians and the emergency services themselves have all voiced their heartfelt gratitude for the efforts made...

A COMMUNITY IN MOURNING

GRAHAM Stuart MP has issued a statement on the Withernsea tragedy. The Beverley and Holderness representative said: “On Friday, we learned of a serious incident off our coast. “Throughout the weekend, in bitter weather conditions, we could only watch...

‘A TRUE HERO’

A MAN who died trying to help two people stuck in the sea in Withernsea, on Friday, January 2, has been named by family as 67-year-old Mark Ratcliffe. His family continue to be supported by specially trained officers. Paying tribute to Mark, his...

DRINK-DRIVING GRAN CRASHED INTO TWO CARS ON BUSY ROAD

A Heavy-drinking grandmother crashed her car into two other vehicles during a shocking late-night “moment of madness” on a busy dual carriageway. The Vauxhall Astra suddenly hit the first car without warning and scraped along the whole length of it...