The Hull Story

08/10/2025

Residents of Hull and East Yorkshire are being invited to take their place on a travelling ‘hot seat’ and join in with conversations across the region aimed at helping women, their families and friends face up to the menopause.

The Menopaus’ull Support Network – a project of Neighbourhood Network – has embarked on a tour of Hull and the East Riding, which sees a vibrant pink sofa take centre stage at locations including shopping centres, the University of Hull and Castle Hill Hospital as a symbol of support.

By Rick Lyon , Co-Editor Residents of Hull and East Yorkshire are being invited to take their place on a travelling ‘hot seat’ and join in with conversations across the region aimed at helping women, their families and friends face up to the menopause. The Menopaus’ull Support Network – a pr...

07/10/2025

New council houses being built in Orchard Park will be among the most energy-efficient in the city, Hull City Council has said.

The 34 new properties in Isledane should be completed in early 2027.

By Simon Bristow , Co-Editor New houses being built in Orchard Park will be some of the most energy-efficient in the city, Hull City Council has said. Construction has begun on 34 new properties in Isledane which will be available for social rent from the council. The scheme includes installing

07/10/2025

We lead our eight-page business supplement this month on growing digital agency One SC Media's move to Allenby Commercial's stunning new Monocle development.

News too from Ideal Heating, KCOM, My Caring Ltd, Quickline and more.

07/10/2025

Chemicals giant INEOS has announced it is cutting 20 per cent of the workforce at its Acetyls plant at Saltend, on the outskirts of east Hull.

Sixty skilled jobs are being lost as a direct result of energy costs and anti-competitive trade practices, it has claimed.

The company said cheap carbon-heavy imports from China, produced using coal and emitting up to eight times more CO₂ than INEOS’s UK operations, are now flooding the market.

By Rick Lyon , Co-Editor Chemicals giant INEOS has announced it is cutting 20 per cent of the workforce at its Acetyls plant at Saltend, on the outskirts of east Hull. Sixty skilled jobs are being lost as a direct result of energy costs and anti-competitive trade practices, it has claimed. The c

06/10/2025

The story of the 'Drypool Ghost'.

Local history feature from our friends at Hull History Centre:

By Neil Chadwick , archivist and librarian at Hull History Centre Over the last few years, staff at the History Centre have written about the reputed sightings of ghostly monks on Bransholme. They’ve also written about the reputed haunting of Argyle Terrace on Argyle Street. So, with October bei

06/10/2025

In our new monthly column in partnership with Culture Hull, Rose Barker, from Polar Bear Music Club, gives her live music highlights in the city this month:

Forget the darker nights and seasonal slump, Hull’s music scene is brighter than ever. October’s gig calendar is packed, loud, and ready to shake the leaves off the trees – and drag you up off the sofa! We’re kicking things off with a bang on Thursday, October 2 at Wrecking Ball Arts Centre ...

03/10/2025

A live performance of improvised sound and vision inspired in part by the legacy of war is to take on an additional dimension with the release of vinyl records – each of them a limited edition of one – produced on equipment used 80 years ago to transcribe the Nuremberg trials.

The creator of Bombed Buildings – House is Stewart Baxter, drummer in the Hull-based Indie band LIFE and founder of Hinterland Creative, a business working in photography, design and project management.

By Phil Ascough A live performance of improvised sound and vision inspired in part by the legacy of war is to take on an additional dimension with the release of vinyl records – each of them a limited edition of one – produced on equipment used 80 years ago to transcribe the Nuremberg trials. Th

03/10/2025

Intrepid investigator Phil Ascough gets a taste of life in the relaunched community-owned pub The New Clarence.

By Phil Ascough It was a Victor Kiam moment. Sort of. He famously liked Re*****on shavers so much he bought the company. I enjoyed my first pint of Mahou in The New Clarence so much I bought the pub. Or at least a small part of it. About 490 other shareholders invested before I splashed out, an

03/10/2025

Your essential guide to all the top activities and events taking place across Hull this month, brought to you in partnership with Visit Hull.

Hull Fair 2025 Walton Street Car Park October 10 - 18 Assorted prices The fair is one of the largest travelling fairs in Europe, with over 250 rides and an array of attractions. It offers traditional favourites such as palm reading, waltzers and dodgems, alongside new and exciting rides.

02/10/2025

Hull-based education company Creative Briefs is set to encourage young people in Bradford to design their own escape room challenges as part of Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture.

By Angus Young A Hull-based education company is set to encourage young people across Bradford to design their own escape room challenges as part of Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture. Tutors and designers from community interest company Creative Briefs spent three days working with a small group

02/10/2025

Plans have been revealed to spend at least £26.3m on new flood alleviation projects in Hull over the next five years.

They include a new tidal pumping station on Fleet Drain where Michael Barnett, 28, died during the 2007 floods.

EXCLUSIVE By Angus Young Plans have been revealed to spend at least £26.3m on new flood alleviation projects in Hull over the next five years. They include constructing a new tidal pumping station on Fleet Drain where Michael Barnett tragically died during the 2007 floods. The new schemes for

01/10/2025

Professor Brian Cox will bring his new show Emergence to Connexin Live, Hull later this month.

Tickets go on sale at 10am on Friday.

By Simon Bristow , Co-Editor Professor Brian Cox will bring his new show Emergence to the city this month. The physicist, whose Horizons show plated to nearly half-a-million people across the world, will appear at Connexin Live on Saturday, October 31. Tickets go on sale at 10am on Friday, Octob