Kingston upon Hull

Type: City
Name: Kingston upon Hull
Country: United Kingdom
Latitude: 53.75
Longitude: -.36
population: 302,297
First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Point Topic project only 81% of UK to have super fast access in 2015

Point Topic has been busy analysing the various datasets for UK broadband coverage and have mapped each postcode in the UK to its telephone exchange and modelled the downstream speeds, thus is able to give scorecards for the local authorities across the ... [Published Thinkbroadband - May 14 2013]
First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Jelf confirms £15.5m deal for The Insurance Partnership

Jelf has continued its Northern expansion bid with the capture of The Insurance Partnership Services (TIP) for £12m. The agreement - which is made up of 8.9m cash and 3.1m in Jelf shares - also includes a deferred performance related consideration of ... [Published Insurance Age - May 13 2013]
First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

Grayling to face crime lawyers

Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East, Labour):When probation officers dared to criticise the Secretary of State’s bonkers plans, he put a gagging order on them. When the chairman of the Criminal Bar Association criticised the Secretary of State’s bonkers ... [Published ACQ Magazine - May 12 2013]
First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 2 reports

Call for progress on flood insurance deal as at-risk homes face being unable to get cover from July

Ministers today faced fresh pressure to secure protection from homeowners facing an insurance crisis which could see premiums rocket, or home rendered unsellable in two months time.Labour MP Diana Johnson, Kingston upon Hull North, said her constituents ... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 10 2013]
First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

IHT Quick Read: May 6

Syrian Arab News Agency, via European Pressphoto Agency A photograph released by the Syrian Arab News Agency shows a bulldozer removing rubble on Sunday after an explosion in the Al Hama area of rural Damascus.NEWS The Syrian government publicly condemned ... [Published New York Times - May 06 2013]
First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

Money News in Brief: Time for a Holiday?

There are so many ways to cut costs when you're booking a holiday that your dream destination could be in reach even if your budget isn't big.You just need to be smart so that you get bang for your buck. Here's what you need to do:Shop around for your ... [Published Money - Apr 23 2013]
First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

Extremist groups targeting young girls with racist literature

Extremist groups are targeting vulnerable young girls with racist literature that claims to keep them safe because a "vacuum" has been created by schools not providing compulsory sex education, Labour claimed today.Shadow education minister Lisa Nandy ... [Published Asian Image - Apr 23 2013]
Entities: Sex, Michael Gove, Education
First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 1 reports

Revealed: the funeral plot to bury Dave

By WeWe are all Thatcherites now, said David Cameron in a BBC interview on the morning of Margaret Thatcher's funeral. Wishful thinking, perhaps, on the PM's part.Even as he was wiping away a tear in St Paul's Cathedral, the real Thatcherites were sharpening ... [Published Mail Online UK - Apr 22 2013]
First reported Apr 21 2013 - Updated Apr 21 2013 - 1 reports

Investors beat rising prices with buy-to-let property acquisitions

Paragon, the buy-to-let specialist lender, has estimated just over 29,000 landlords entered the buy-to-let market for the first time last year, 19 per cent more than in 2011 and 80 per cent more than in 2010. The figures are based on a survey of brokers ... [Published Business Matters Magazine - Apr 21 2013]
First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 2 reports

Top buy-to-let locations revealed

Hugh Morris housemodel.jpgSouthampton takes the crown for the best location for buy to let, offering savvy landlords an impressive 7.82% rental yield.Southampton takes the crown for the best location for buy to let, offering savvy landlords an ... [Published Moneywise Magazine - Apr 19 2013]
First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 15 2013 - 1 reports

High Court emphasises the local authority’s duty to consult appropriately before removing children subject to ICO

Court finds for mother in judicial review proceedings against councilHis Honour Judge Richardson QC, sitting in the High Court, has found against the local authority in R (on the application of H) v Kingston upon Hull City Council [2013] EWHC 388 (Ad ... [Published Family Law Week - Apr 15 2013]
First reported Mar 13 2013 - Updated Mar 14 2013 - 1 reports

A £1,500 Santa? Local councils on naughty list over misspent funds

Public money handed to local councils to revitalise their high streets has been spent on apparently frivolous items including a £1,500 Santa Claus and £1,000 reindeer. The Government gave 100 local authorities millions of pounds last March in a high-profile ... [Published The Independent - Mar 13 2013]

Quotes

"There are a great deal of talented professional crafts people that live and work in Hull, we need to celebrate this. We are passionate about Hull and the people that live here, and that is why we felt that it was important that everything was handmade locally; this has included the boxes that have been beautifully hand crafted by Philip J B Ratcliffe and hand engraving by Dennis Jones."
"(1) It is always important (usually vital) for any decision-maker to consult with all relevant parties to be affected by the proposal before making the decision. The weight (or none) to be attached to the responses is a matter for the decision-maker providing the decision is legally rational."
And he added: "During the course of negotiations we have realised just how culturally aligned our two businesses are."

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Winners of 2013 Roofing Awards revealed [Published Specification Online - 21 hours ago]
Oresome Gallery creates chains for the High Ste... [Published Hull City Council - 22 hours ago]
To decide or not to decide, that is the question [Published Local Government Lawyer - May 20 2013]
Point Topic project only 81% of UK to have supe... [Published Thinkbroadband - May 14 2013]
Jelf confirms £15.5m deal for The Insurance Par... [Published Insurance Age - May 13 2013]
Jelf Group PLC : Acquisition [Published Investegate - May 13 2013]
Grayling to face crime lawyers [Published ACQ Magazine - May 12 2013]
Call for progress on flood insurance deal as at... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 10 2013]
MP calls for update on flood insurance decision... [Published This Is Money - May 10 2013]
British fitness instructor plunges to his death... [Published Mail Online UK - May 08 2013]
IHT Quick Read: May 6 [Published New York Times - May 06 2013]
Money News in Brief: Time for a Holiday? [Published Money - Apr 23 2013]
Extremist groups targeting young girls with rac... [Published Asian Image - Apr 23 2013]
Revealed: the funeral plot to bury Dave [Published Mail Online UK - Apr 22 2013]
Investors beat rising prices with buy-to-let pr... [Published Business Matters Magazine - Apr 21 2013]
Top buy-to-let locations revealed [Published Moneywise Magazine - Apr 19 2013]
Rents in capital soar to all-time record in March [Published Equities.com - Apr 19 2013]
High Court emphasises the local authority’s dut... [Published Family Law Week - Apr 15 2013]
A £1,500 Santa? Local councils on naughty list ... [Published The Independent - Mar 13 2013]
Half of the British Army’s officer corps is pri... [Published The Coffee House | Politics and News Discussion ... - Jan 31 2013]
Fact Sheet for Kingston Communications (HULL) PLC [Published Able2Act - Jan 10 2008]
Biography for Alan Johnson [Published Able2Act - Aug 01 2007]
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Half of the British Army’s officer corps is pri... [Published The Coffee House | Politics and News Discussion ... - Jan 31 2013]
An interesting spot, courtesy of the good chaps at Think Defence . From Hansard: Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North, Labour) To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of new recruits to the Army at (a) soldier and (b) officer level ...
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