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Features
School Meals
A Groundbreaking Scheme Is Allowing Hull's Primary School Children To Get Stuck In For Free...
Foster Care
You don't need special qualifications or experience to become a foster parent. Just special qualities...
Yes or No?
Depending on your viewpoint, it's either a much needed shot in the arm for local democracy or yet another unnecessary layer of costly bureaucracy...
Independence Way
Hull's Nationally Recognised Young People's Support Service Is Helping Youngsters Stand On Their Own Two Feet...
Getting out and about
Local people are being asked to rediscover the joys of their hometown and then pass the message on to visitors. ...
Spurn Point USA
Steve Walsh Touches Down At The 'Beginning Of America' In Part Two Of His Look At Another Hull...
January 31, 2004: Drowned hog day
The temperature outside is minus five degrees C but the wind chill makes it feel even colder. It's a day for battening down the hatches and lighting a fire, not putting on skimpy costumes and jumping into the sea...
That's the way the money goes...
The council is responsible for providing a range of services to the city's 243,000 residents, to local businesses and to visitors...
News
Waterfront plans to create a modern European city
A new public square and riverside promenades are at the heart of plans for one of Hull's last remaining waterfront 'jewels'...
Final Curtain for ABC cinema
The demolition of the former ABC cinema and electricity showroom is complete, bringing to a close the latest chapter in the £160m redevelopment of Ferensway...
Four boards aiming for excellence
Four 'programme boards' have been set up to focus on areas identified as being in need of improvement in the recent Corporate Governance inspection...
New station with a community focus
Humberside Police are hoping that a new style of police station due to open in East Hull next month...
On the right track
Local youngsters have been given kart blanche to take the fast track to learning...
Mental health care 24/7
A new mental health crisis service aimed at providing more comprehensive and individual care for people experiencing mental health problems...
Starter's orders to Race for Life
Last year 5,700 women of all ages and abilities took part in the event raising £264,000 for research into women's cancers. Organisers hope that at least 6,250 will take part this time...
New team at Endeavour helm
Parents, teachers and students have been praised for their support of a new team overseeing Endeavour High School, following the resignation of its head teacher...
Satisfaction with Council services
The most important factor in creating a desirable place to live is crime reduction, according to Hull residents questioned in a recent survey...
Like the Dutch do
East Hull residents are going Dutch to create safer and friendlier streets...
Tweendyke gets creating
The exotic sound of the gamelan accompanied shadow puppets when pupils from Tweendyke Special School took part in an unusual arts project...
Hull man first to take oath
Jamaican-born Jeremiah Matthias James made history in March as the first person to be sworn in as a British citizen at a new local citizenship ceremony at Hull's Guildhall...
Duchess voices approval
Ann Davies, the head teacher of Wansbeck Primary School in East Hull, has praised the contribution made to her school by the Duchess of Kent...
Cameras roll as CCTV eyes up whole city
Eyes in the sky, cameras on stalks, call them what you want...
Calling in the experts to tackle waste challenge
Environmental experts have been appointed to look at different options for disposing of the area's waste...
Danes to benefit from 'vision thing'
The Danes area of Orchard Park is undergoing a £1.9m transformation as the vision of local residents for the area is realised...
New charter guiding the way
People who need long-term help in their day-to-day lives now have a new guide to help them...
Big Hand for the musical minds
Young people are being helped to hone their skills in writing songs and playing music with a series of creative projects in April...
Access all areas at Ings
What if you could pop into the library to return your books, raise a council tax query, find advice about benefits, and request a council housing repair, all in one trip? ...
Bills paid with flash of a card as central Hull turns to plastic
A bright future is on the cards for the payment of council bills, following a positive response to the introduction of swipecards in central Hull...
On the buses: your views wanted
Hull in print readers are being asked to mind their bus queues...
Old news from St Mary's pupils
St Mary's students got a taste of life in the editor's hot seat last month after producing a broadsheet newspaper in a single day...
Future housing top of the agenda as conference kicks off partnership
The future of housing in Hull will be the focus of a special conference later this month...
Rights on the high street
The Office of Fair Trading's consumer roadshow reaches Hull on June 9 ...
Acorn grows into community house
People power has made a dream come true for Acorn Residents Association...
Right Quarter
Hull is in the top quarter of UK locations considered suitable for public sector jobs away from London and the South East...
Famous frocks on display
Wedding dresses from centuries past are displayed alongside bridal gowns from film and television at Wilberforce House...
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