“That was part of the founding aim of the society,” she said.
“To try and educate the people of Hull. It was very moral and really wanted to lift Hull up to what it perceived was the standard of other comparable places.
“It felt Hull was lagging…

“That was part of the founding aim of the society,” she said.
“To try and educate the people of Hull. It was very moral and really wanted to lift Hull up to what it perceived was the standard of other comparable places.
“It felt Hull was lagging…

The first phase includes roof repairs to the Pavilion Arts Centre and office area, as well as the roofs above the retail units and cafe seating areas.
Phase two will concentrate on the conservatory roof sections and upgrades to public toilet…

Plans are in the pipeline to expand Derby College in an effort to meet growing demand for construction and trade courses.
The college has submitted an application to build a two-storey extension to the Hudson Building at its Pride Park campus.
The…

Elizabeth BainesSt James’s Hospital, Leeds
Elizabeth Baines / BBCIt is a busy day at St James’s Emergency Department in Leeds as patients wait to be seen and…

A new mural celebrating Newquay’s Women’s Institute (WI) has been unveiled.
Irish muralist Shauna Anseo has painted the Newquay WI branch’s founder, Lady Molesworth-St Aubyn, and a reimagined version of the institute’s banner on the Newquay WI…

Laing said with local authority budgets stretched, keeping The Box free to visitors was “difficult”.
“It’s a continual conundrum about how you keep funding an institution like The Box,” she said.
“It’s no secret that local authority budgets are…

“It felt like there was a movement to try and change the relationship between human beings and nature,” Rother councillor Nicola McLaren said, “so we thought it was a great opportunity to be part of that movement.”
The Liberal Democrat, who…

Jonny ManningNorth East and Cumbria
CDDFTA doctor who was unfairly dismissed by an NHS trust has been awarded £85,000 in compensation at an…

“A lot of the tools I use have existed for millennia nearly,” she said.
“For earliest man, leather was his textile and he knew it inside out.
“I would take great pride in the idea that if there’s ever a part of them where they are looking down at…

9pm, BBC Two
The Titanic’s final 160 minutes above sea are relived in real time for this sombre but fascinating four-part series. Actors read from first-hand testimonies, letters, memoirs and telegrams to show the stories…