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Features
Summer in the City
According to the latest Yorkshire Tourist Board figures, 4.49m people visited Hull in 2000, a figure that's likely to have increased this year with the opening of new attractions like The Deep and the Museums Quarter ...
Golden girls
Dancing, a few drinks and a good laugh. The things older folk get up to. Christine Jarvis meets two dedicated ladies determined to promote the social side of life ...
Space for everyone
The city's parks and open spaces are there for everyone. Steve Walsh visits Pearson Park and finds a previously underused clubhouse that's now a meeting point for the local community ...
On the make
Most Hull people of advanced years will know what it means to have to 'make do and mend'. Wartime rationing, lean years of economic depression, and low pay meant that housekeeping budgets had to stretch a long way. ...
Hooking up
A scheme on Preston Road is aiming to put cut price
computers into 1,000 local homes ...
Now then
The Lord Mayor's duties no longer include trying chicken thieves and brothel keepers but a hectic diary and charity work ensure the golden chains of office get a daily airing ...
News
Craven Primary moving as £24m development launched
Deputy Prime Minister and East Hull MP John Prescott has launched the start of a major regeneration project on Holderness Road ...
Big bangs clear the way for a fresh future
Three of Orchard Park's tower blocks came down in controlled explosions, leaving 24,00 tons of rubble ...
Opening doors for an early start ...
St Thomas Moore Primary School has held an open day for parents to see the outcome of a project to make the former secondary school more suitable for four to 11-year olds ...
Early Stubbs 'found'
One of the earliest portraits by an 18th century artist better known for his pictures of horses than of people, has been 'discovered' at The Guildhall ...
Twin City Lives and learns again after brutal times
An exchange scheme between teachers in Hull and its twin city, Freetown, has resumed following the end of hostilities in Sierra Leone ...
Famous face back to foster success
One of Hull's most famous daughters has backed the city's efforts to recruit more foster carers ...
The only way is up for hot air
Hull's first Hot Air Balloon Festival went with a bang. While beautiful balloons flew up, up and away, novelty ones of all shapes and sizes, from a whisky bottle to a dolphin, stayed tethered to the ground ...
IMPS success no accident
Organisers of a pioneering accident prevention programme for school children have been celebrating a successful year ...
'Easy to read' magazine hits the spot with the people that matter
A survey of Hull in print readers has produced a positive result for the City Council's monthly magazine ...
Cityman with eye on Hull
Neil Bradbury has been appointed Chief Executive of Hull Citybuild, the city's new urban regeneration company ...
Green crew hit top gear and aim to soak up the sun
Hull's green fleet is officially the country's best after the City Council's fleet management section took the top prize in the environmental category of the 2002 Motor Transport Awards ...
Even more fun
Three late additions have been made to the Summertide activities programme ...
Residents consulted on transport proposals for new community stadium
Transport proposals for the Community Stadium should mean that success on the pitch doesn't translate into congestion on the roads ...
Sporting status
Less than a year after opening, Hull's newest secondary school has won 'Sports College' status ...
Putting Hull's housing in order
Two groups aimed at involving all the city's residents in planning the future of Hull's housing have been launched ...
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