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From the Miller’s Tale to King Lear’s roaring sea, a history of flooding in literature

Geoffrey Chaucer’s Miller’s Tale is renowned for its salacious storyline of sexual misadventure. Set in 14th-century Oxford, it tells the tale of John the Carpenter, a husband so terrified that another “Noah’s flood” is coming to drown the world that he sleeps in a basket in the attic – freeing…

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Richard Gott obituary

Journalist, historian and author who served as a foreign correspondent and features editor of the Guardian

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Oggy oggy oggy! The donk-tacular dance music of Hull’s huge funfair

With 600,000 people attending, Hull Fair is the UK’s biggest – and has a thrilling but overlooked musical subculture. We follow the blaring soundsystems to meet the DJs and MCs facing off in waltzer battles

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Maurice Rutherford obituary

Poet who wrote with originality, warmth and mischief about his home city of Hull, after turning to writing later in life

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Funeral director admits giving women ashes he claimed were their unborn children

Robert Bush pleaded guilty to offences spanning more than 10 years at his business, Legacy Independent Funeral Directors’ in Hull.

Evening Standard

Hull funeral home director pleads guilty to fraud

Robert Bush, 47, admits to 36 counts of fraud relating to misleading families of the deceased

The Guardian - UK

Mr Hull KR: real-life hero of Post Office IT scandal bankrolls club to verge of treble glory

Owner Neil Hudgell is as proud of his players’ connection to the community as he is of the club’s success as they face Wigan in Saturday’s Grand Final

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Ineos to cut a fifth of Hull jobs, blaming ‘dirt-cheap’ imports from China

Company says more roles will be at risk unless UK government supports tariffs to protect industry

The Guardian - UK

Ineos blames Chinese imports and energy costs as it axes 60 jobs in Hull

Bosses said ‘carbon-heavy’ imports from China are ‘flooding the market’ after they were blocked from entering the US due to recent tariffs.

Evening Standard

Late Oliver Gildart tries help Hull KR book Grand Final date with Wigan

Gildart’s late double confirmed a deserved if not entirely convincing 20-12 victory for the League Leaders’ Shield winners.

The Independent UK

‘Nonconformist’ architect of MI6 building Terry Farrell dies aged 87

Designer of postmodern landmarks including the TV-am studios and the Deep in Hull, remembered for his maverick approach

The Guardian - UK

Duchess of Kent has died, Buckingham Palace announces

Katharine, who was married to the late Queen’s cousin the Duke of Kent, worked as a music teacher in Hull for 13 years.

Evening Standard

Crackdown on international students could hurt struggling UK cities, thinktank warns

University sector, which is reliant on overseas students for a quarter of income, key to economic activity in cities like Leicester and Hull

The Guardian - UK

Family of man whose body was found after being ‘cremated’ call for tighter regulation

Michaela Baldwin was given stepfather’s supposed ashes before his remains were found at Legacy undertakers in Hull

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‘We’ll keep going until we get the appropriate result’: Aslef boss warns Hull Trains strikes will continue

Exclusive: Mick Whelan accuses bosses of ‘witch hunt’ as rail firm seeks ‘open dialogue to resolve dispute’

The Independent UK

Coldplay’s Chris Martin fights back tears as fan travels 5000 miles from China to join him for unforgettable duet

Chris Martin fought back tears as a Chinese superfan travelled 5000 miles to watch Coldplay in Hull, joining him on stage for an unforgettable duet.

The Independent UK

Reform UK mayor Luke Campbell under fire over £1m community fund website

A Lib Dem councillor has accused Hull and East Yorkshire mayor Luke Campbell of setting up a site for a £1 million fund promoted by Reform UK

The Guardian - UK

UK’s largest bioethanol plant to shut after blow from Starmer’s trade deal with Trump

Associated British Foods says 160 jobs will be lost at Vivergo site in Hull after ministers refuse to fund rescue

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Evening Standard

Bioethanol plant deems lack of Government support an ‘act of economic self-harm’

Vivergo Fuels says it will have to close its Hull plant after the decision not to provide financial backing.

Evening Standard

Funeral director appears in court charged over human remains found at premises

Robert Bush, who is accused of preventing lawful burials, ran three funeral homes in Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire

Evening Standard

Funeral director to enter pleas to 63 charges after remains found at premises

Robert Bush was charged after an investigation into Legacy Independent Funeral Directors’ sites in Hull.

Evening Standard

Last wheat delivered to largest bioethanol plant under threat after trade deal

Vivergo Fuels, near Hull, is in crisis talks with the Government after the UK-US agreement removed tariffs on American imports.

Evening Standard

Fears over bioethanol plant ‘putting £1.25 billion jet fuel project in jeopardy’

Vivergo Fuels, in Hull, is in crisis talks with the Government after the UK-US trade deal removed tariffs on American bioethanol.

The Guardian - UK

Train operators allowed to run more east coast mainline services to Glasgow and Hull

Regulator to extend paths from London for private operators despite capacity concerns and impact on state-funded services

Evening Standard

Three train operators given go ahead to run extra East Coast services

The Office of Rail and Road said it approved some proposals from open access operators Lumo, Grand Central and Hull Trains.

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