FIFA, the World governing body of soccer, announced today an immediate ban on flares at all World Cup matches, stating the ban was long overdue.
With the 2014 World Cup set to be staged in Brazil many see the ban as not only ensuring a safer envir...
In response to a tourism drive instigated by council big wigs in the glorious city of Kingston Upon Hull, a protest group has been set up to stop the renaming of the city. Council chiefs had wanted to rename the city "Hell" which in Back and to the L...
Council chiefs in Kingston-Upon-Hull have unveiled a proposal designed to boost the city's tourism industry.
Their madcap idea is to rename the city 'Hell'.
Council spokesman Claude Dogsbody explained the barmy plans earlier today. "Tourism fig...
Lord Prescott, former deputy prime minister and Secretary of State for Chinese take-aways, is the special guest at a ceremony to celebrate the opening of the Hull Barrier Reef.
Speaking at a special luncheon for the Hull Association of Street Drin...
Baywatch legend David Hasselhoff has pledged his support for a campaign to reopen Morecambe, the North Lancashire town and Britain's Most Decrepit Seaside Resort 2005.
Morecambe, voted Britain's Most Desolate Ghost Town in 1999, has been closed si...
In a bid to try to prevent the city's ailing football team, Hull City, from being relegated from the Premier League in its first season in the top flight, Hull City Council has taken the extraordinary step of banning all fat ladies from singing withi...
The Rugby League Challenge Cup Final between the Cup holders St Helens and heroic Hull FC turned out to be a real thriller at Wembley this afternoon, with both sides sustaining a long list of injuries.
St Helens won the match, but their veteran Pa...
The national tourist office is reported to be furious after it emerged yesterday that visitors to the UK may have been subjected to Hull. Geovanni, a Brazilian, and Bernard Mendy, a Frenchman, have both been spotted on Humberside with reports even su...
An unexploded World War II bomb has been discovered on a battered old bus in East Yorkshire on the route between Hull and Leeds.
Victims of last year's nationwide flooding have suffered unprecedented trauma that has led to some people developing a fundamental fear of water, rendering them unable to undertake routine tasks...
Concern was mounting amongst fish and animal lovers amongst others today after the tank temperature of the fish in the Leeds United board room fish tanks plummeted by 15 degree points. Fish are said to be hardy and able to withstand changes in fortu...
New firm to the premiership, Hull City Psychos who according to one expert are said to be "the worst set of northern monkeys ever to hit the top division" have been in preliminary discussions with want away Lee Bowyer.
Sarah Ferguson, or, if you like, the Duchess of York, has been unceremoniously dumped out of the city of Hull by unhealthy eating campaigners, after starring in a reality TV show which promoted better diets amongst the Poor
Following on from the Duchess of York's stay with a low income family in the deprived east-Yorkshire city of Hull, the city is poised to return the favour.
A 4-year-old Hull girl, who was arrested when she dropped a piece of sausage roll whilst shopping with her mother, has claimed that bakers in the city are using substandard sausagemeat in their rolls...
After most of England was hit by the biggest earthquake since the 1990 Barnsley "Big One" in the early hours of this morning, householders near the epicentre face the daunting task of clearing up.
Sacked England manager Steve McClaren has given his first interview after losing his job after only fifteen months in charge of the national team. Spoof reporter Harry Enscombe, respectful of the ex-Hull player's state of mind so soon after finding himself in the dole queue, put the questions to McClaren earlier today:...
Prison staff working at a maximum-security jail at the weekend found that the establishment's hi-tech locking system was no match for Kitchen staff, whose extraordinary culinary talents helped sp...