A city centre hotel has been evacuated with at least two fire engines at the scene. Witnesses in Ferensway reported seeing a large crowd of people waiting near the cenotaph across the road from the Royal Hull Hotel, with two fire engines outside. One woman said: “I just walked over …
Read More »The Labour leadership contest has been largely bereft of debate about the party’s future policy platform. Recognising the shift to the left during Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership, the main contenders have mostly promised to adopt the major planks of his programme, especially in economic policy. In the wake of a severe …
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Businesses will need a bailout from government to get over the ‘shock’ of coronavirus, the new chief of the Bank of England said today. Andrew Bailey warned there would be ‘damage’ to the economy from the virus, saying small firms in particular would need help. With a week to go …
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But, the wartime heroics of some of the Broad Street postmen are among the great resistance stories of the Occupation’s moral quagmire. As some Islanders with personal grudges wrote anonymously to the German authorities to denounce their neighbours, the men responsible for delivering those letters did everything they could to …
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By Press Association 2020 Mountbatten Festival of Music The Duke of Sussex will carry out what is expected to be his final official royal duty, as Captain General of the Royal Marines, on Saturday. Buckingham Palace confirmed Harry will be at The Mountbatten Festival of Music in London, in …
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The Duke of Sussex waved to well-wishers outside Buckingham Palace this afternoon as he was driven away in a Range Rover following a series of internal meetings as he prepares to step down as a senior royal. Prince Harry held discussions with his team as he waits for his wife …
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A former east Hull postwoman has opened a new vegan restaurant in the city centre. Sarajayne Poppleton, 34, has overcome her battle with Lyme disease to realise her dream of opening a restaurant serving vegan food. She previously contracted the bacterial infection that can be spread to humans by infected …
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Law360, London (March 4, 2020, 5:18 PM GMT) — A tribunal in London ruled Wednesday that findings from the European Commission’s €2.93 billion ($3.25 billion) cartel settlement with multiple truck producers in 2016 are binding on several damages claims that have been brought against them in the U.K. The Competition …
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This editorial feature appears in the February 20, 2020, issue of Fleet News and is sponsored by DriveTech Providing electric vehicle (EV) training for drivers, even if it is simply a thorough handover, outlining how to charge the vehicle and how to drive it rather than a formal training …
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Princess Margaret’s longest serving Rolls-Royce car will go on sale at auction later this month – and is expected to fetch around £50,000 – £60,000. Hand-built to special order, the Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith II was finished in cardinal red with a Black Everflex Roof and was delivered to Kensington Palace on May …
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