• Taxi passengers could be at risk from drivers who have committed crimes abroad

  By harryoffdock2

  Just like to add, a few weeks ago I got in a cab ( English driver) and we got talking about the...

            

   

  By Hull Daily Mail at 07:05 on 19/05/12

  

  TAXI passengers could be at risk from drivers who may be working in East Yorkshire despite having committed crimes abroad. Drivers in the UK have enhanced Criminal Records Bureau checks revealing previous convictions to prevent people from becoming drivers if they might be a danger to the public. But drivers working in Hull and the East Riding after coming from other countries are not always subject to the same background checks in...

• Lakeminster Park home residents lose battle for full-time occupancy

  By richspice

  The premises are HOLIDAY homes not houses and a holiday home is not for all the time residency...

            

   

  By Hull Daily Mail at 07:00 on 18/05/12

  

  A COMMUNITY of mainly retired people living in holiday homes have lost their fight to be allowed full-time occupancy. But that does not yet mean residents of Lakeminster Park, near Woodmansey, are being evicted. Developer William Flannigan has six months to appeal against yesterday's decision. The result is likely to be a protracted inquiry, which will seek to find a solution for the 100-plus people who have nowhere else to...

• 'It's hell', says mum, as hammer thrown through window of Beverley home

  By pcrowan

  "Homes under the Hammer"

            

   

  By Hull Daily Mail at 07:08 on 17/05/12

  

  A MOTHER claims she and her son are living in danger after a hammer was thrown through their window. Hayley Southern, 26, says her nine-year-old son Brooklyn O'Donnell is forced to walk the gauntlet of drug users gathering outside their home in Queens Road, Beverley, every day. Miss Southern has been appealing to East Riding Council to find them a new home for more than a year. But the mother claims her pleas to be moved have been...

• Hull's two Birthdays card stores to close

  By pcrowan

  Can't understand why when they must of sold a record numbers of "Sorry your out of a job"...

            

   

  By Hull Daily Mail at 07:00 on 18/05/12

  

  TWO popular card stores in Hull are set to shut – and more closures could be on the way. Administrators for the Clinton Cards business have revealed the two Birthdays shops in Hull will close for business. They have also said about 200 Clinton stores across the country will be shutting from Monday, although details of which shops are getting the axe have not yet been released. The closure of the 350 outlets could mean up to...

• MPs prepare to present petitions against caravan tax to Parliament

  By pcrowan

  @Rugbyladhull,thanks for info in respect of the petition,i was not aware of this which i also...

            

   

  By Hull Daily Mail at 07:04 on 19/05/12

  

  EAST Yorkshire MPs today vowed to keep up the fight to overturn the caravan tax as the consultation on the proposed plans closed. Thousands of people have signed a petition calling on the Government to ditch the tax, which experts fear will lead to more than 7,000 job losses. Now, MPs are preparing to present their petitions to Parliament in the hope people power will convince ministers to drop the plans to introduce VAT on static...

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