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A woman in her 60s with short grey hair wears a black fleece, white shirt and silver ear-rings. She is sitting on a blue sofa in front of a cream wall.

'I could lose home because I won't go to chapel'

Atheist Sandy Smith says she has been told to attend services at the almshouse where she lives.

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Google Street View of the proposed site on Middlesex Road it shows a blue metal fence with grass growing behind it

Plan for 166 new homes on former council estate

If approved, the houses would be built on derelict land in east Hull.

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A sniffer dog with its paw on a green overturned industrial waste bin with boxes of tobacco concealed in a compartment in the base

Tobacco seizures up despite elaborate hidey-holes

More than two million counterfeit cigarettes were uncovered in raids by Hull City Council in 2024.

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Hull to receive £3.9m funds for 42 new green buses

The government says the green vehicles are expected to be operational in Hull by spring 2027.

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Underwater shot of a child wearing goggles swimming in a pool. There are air bubbles in the picture and some pool steps in the background.

Free activities for kids during Easter holidays

Activities will include swimming, football and arts and crafts sessions, Hull City Council says.

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Aerial view of a blue tent in a field with a number of police officers standing around and blue police tape stretched across.

Sword attack victim: 'I cannot get back to normal'

A safeguarding review has been launched after a 15-year-old boy was sentenced for attempted murder.

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The schoolchildren, dressed in high visibility vests and wearing hard hats, help a man dig a hole for one of the trees

Trees planted as part of £3m city park revamp

Bude Park in north Hull is also getting new football pitches and changing facilities.

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Rossett House has pink cladding and yellow doors and window frames, with a car park protected by a barrier at the front.

Tenants give their support to flats demolition

Hull City Council confirms that Rossett House will be knocked down rather than refurbished.

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The outside of the Treasury building, in Guildhall Road, Hull, with brown bricks and green window panes

Council to spend £5.5m in office revamp project

The authority has approved a contractor to redevelop the Treasury Building in Hull for 500 staff.

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