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Features
Cultivating the wild side of life
The garden hedge seems to sum up the mixed feelings many city dwellers feel for the natural environment ...
Larger than Life
Like a precious artefact kept in storage, Thomas Sheppard, Hull's first museum curator, was long overlooked. But there's no missing him now ...
Looking up as the blocks come down
Boom, boom, boom and down will come three of the six tower blocks on the Orchard Park Estate this summer ...
Cheek to cheek
People naturally wear very little at Beverley Road Baths. In the hot and steamy vapour cabin, they might prefer to sit around in even less ...
Don't expect to see a blackboard
They're appearing all over the country and Hull has got two. Hull in print discovers it's learning, but not as we know it ...
News
Cashless parking in a mobile age
A pocketful of change for the parking meter is no longer a necessity for connected motorists in Hull ...
Leading learners to water
The Deeps is chalking up another major success in the nation's classrooms ...
Schools get cash
Hull's Local Education Authority has secured more than £4m from the Government to improve facilities at two city schools ...
Mum's the word for new service
A new service giving 'joined up' advice and support to Hull's pregnant teenagers is now open ...
An urban make-over we can bank on
Spring Bank is getting more than a spring clean. At on end of the busy road, work has started on creating a new mini-park ...
Taking the high-tech route to the peoples of the past
Everyone hatched, matched or dispatched in Hull between 1837 and 1950 will soon be recorded on a new web site launched by the city's Register Office ...
Drunken revellers were safe says historian
The commonly held belief that the Press Gang picked up drunken lads in Hull pubs and forced them to serve in the Royal Navy is a myth ...
Residents reassured over new Priory Road cemetery plans
The City Council is reassuring residents living next to the site of a proposed new cemetery in the East Riding ...
'Old Boy' back for playtime
After a wait of more than 80 years, Sydney Parkins finally saw his school get its own playing field ...
Firm support on the cutting edge
Companies moving into a new £2.5m art, science and technology park will be able to call on advice and support from one of their neighbours ...
Finding a way to boost Hull's housing
How to revive Hull's housing market - that was the subject under discussion at this years annual housing conference ...
£250,00 suite opens
Preston Road New Deal for Communities has opened a computer learning centre at its Regeneration Centre headquarters on Flinton Grove ...
'Football failed me' says tigers chairman
Adam Pearson remembers when his love of football gave him a bad time in the exam hall ...
Spotlight on Social Services finds the strengths and challenges
The Social Services Inspectorate has put Hull under a a double spotlight. As well as the annual review of the city's performance, the Inspectorate has reported on services provided for people with learning disabilities ...
LEA thumbs-up
So far so good! The department for Education and Skills has judged Hull LEA's blueprint for raising standards in city schools as 'good' ...
'Second best won't do'
The Deep's finished but citybuild want it to be just the start. Steve Walsh finds out about Hulls urban regeneration company and the small matter of seven hundred million pounds ...
Safeguarding care services for the elderly
The City Council's Cabinet Committee has agreed steps to safeguard the future of the residential homes and home care services for older people following and independent review ...
Cut that speed!
Young people on Bransholme are tackling the area's speed freaks bumper to bumper ...
Race for Life 2002: get your entries in by June 14
A change to the rules means that women should hurry to put their names down for Race for Life 2002 ...
Inkjet cartridges can be green
Don't jettison your old inkjet cartridge. Whatever colour the ink, you'll be making a 'green' move to help charity ...
Getting the colours right at the bottom line
Hull's black and white and black and amber armies won't clash with the fixtures and fittings at the city's new community super stadium ...
Park design is childs play
City Council park designers - they get younger every year. The latest prodigies, from Appleton Primary School and Bricknell Avenue Methodist Creche, helped design a new £127,000 play area at Bricknell Playing Fields ...
Buses out of bounds for truants as new scheme takes to the streets
Truants are about to have their travel options limited, as bus companies in Hull launch a campaign to combat school dodging ...
No let up on board blitz
A Hull campaign to reclaim the streets from clutter has been hailed as a success so far ...
Plenty to learn from Africa
Nine Hull teachers learned a lot from schoolchildren in Ghana during a six-day visit at Easter ...
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