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News - Hull Screen Threatened With Closure - 16.10.04 By Pablo Luis Gonzalez
	Hull Screen, the only independent cinema in Hull is being threatened with closure by Hull City Council. For many years Hull Screen has had a diverse programming of films from several countries (including the UK), mostly Read more...

News Music - Tom Ritchie California Bound
	Tom Ritchie, front-man of highly rated Hull band, Pave, heads out to the West coast of America on the 29th September to build on the international success of his track, Wake Up. Catching the ear of the executives of FCUK, the track has been placed on the play-list of Read more...

News - Adventure Zone Crisis By Tricia
	Hull's only Adventure Zone (previously known as North Hull Adventure Playground and locally known as Addy) is under threat of closure or certain destruction due to lack of funds for staffing. Voices In Play (VIP), a local residents group Read more...

News - The Renegade Writers - Viagra for the Flaccid Masses
	New members are required for our group the Renegade Writers. We are currently an eclectic mix of 8 members and are looking to expand our ranks. So, if you have a twitching in your quill, a passion for prose, a plethora of poetry Read more...

News Music - Titanic Exhibition In Hull By Sarah Tomlinson
	I was doing the usual I can't afford anything shop around on Saturday when I spotted something a little bit different. On the boards at the Maritime Museum I spotted an advertisement for a Titanic Exhibition. Admittedly a fan of Read more...

News - Workshops At The Thorpes By Rich Mills
	During the Easter break we are running workshops for the young people in the area. From break dancing, DJ skills, film-making, music production, and many other arts and crafts activities. One aspect of the activities was to produce a digital record of Easter at the Thorpes community resource centre. Another was Read more...

News - Newroz At The Spring Bank Community Centre By Rich Mills
	A quite Sunday in Hull, as we made our way to Orchard Park to meet-up with a group of young people, no-one could have guessed the vibrant multi-cultural event that was going on just off Spring Bank. Newroz, a festival of fire as I understand the translation, Read more...

News Update - FISH KILLER WELL AND TRULY CAUGHT
	The net has finally closed in on the mysterious Hull fish killer. Police arrested and charged a local man this morning after an anonymous tip-off. Police can reveal that the man is Phil Itter, an ex gynaecologist with serious psychiatric Read more...

News Music - Hull Bands and 3WBC 94.1 FM From Glenn Williams
	3WBC is an independent FM radio station in Melbourne, Australia. The station is looking for decent music to play on air from bands and artiste s in Hull. The Landau's, one of Hull's up and coming bands is already receiving airplay Read more...

News - Renegade Writers Recruitment Special
	Hello There. Since the dawn of the Renegade writers in late 2002, we have had a skip load of e-mails asking us if we are accepting other members into the group. We decided at the very beginning that we would limit the membership until we Read more...

News - A Call To Arms .. Or at least to the pen or the keyboard.. By Rich Mills
	If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next There is currently underway a local history research project, in relation to the Basque Children who came to Hull as refugees, during the Spanish Civil War. We are asking anyone with anything they have, or know about this subject area to urgently get in touch.. Read more...

News - Rhythm House in Hull Latin American & African Drumming Event at City Hall
	Young people from Maybury Youth Centre, East Hull, West Hull Warren and Hessle Road Yoof Network are taking part in a six-week Latin American and African drumming project that culminates in a free public performance at the Mortimer Suite, Hull City Hall on Friday 20 February at 7.30pm. Read more...

News - Community Media Project - Film Making By Paddy Holdsworth
	PLACES AVAILABLE NOW on a fun, free course to learn all the skills you need and get a qualification. Courses range from one day to several weeks, and can be run anywhere in Hull or the surrounding area. All equipment is provided Read more...

News - Victorian Valentine Hunt at Wilberforce House
	From Hull City Council Press Office Come along to Wilberforce House Museum during the half-term holiday and take part in our Victorian Valentine Hunt. There are six original Victorian Valentines hidden in rooms around the Museum for you to find. Read more...

News - What's On! Hull Museums & Art Gallery FEBRUARY 2004
	Hull Museums & Art Gallery check the full listing. Material from the Wilberforce, Anti-Slavery and Slavery collections, with many rare and previously unseen artefacts. The gallery is situated on the 1st floor of Wilberforce House Museum, which is inaccessible to people with mobility problems. Read more...

News - WEDDING DRESSES AT WILBERFORCE HOUSE
	From Hull City Council Press Office An exhibition of wedding dresses from the last two centuries is to be held at Wilberforce House Museum, Hull until 30th May 2004. The Big Day features a selection of stunning wedding dresses dating back to 1800, offering a fascinating insight into the changes Read more...

News - Liberty-X February/March 2004 Tour Cancelled
	From Hull City Council Press Office Hull Arena regrets to announce that the forthcoming Liberty X tour has been cancelled by the artists¹ management company. The chart topping group were due to play at Hull Arena on February 29th. Clear Channel Entertainment Read more...

News - Hull Kurds celebrate Saddam capture. By Mo
	It's Sunday evening in Hull, December 13th, 6 o'clock in the evening when I am interrupted from writing up my Sunday football report (I am following a Kurdish Sunday league football team) by a phone call from a friend, Heather. "I'm looking out of my window (Middleton Street, Hull) and Read more...

News - Bush arrives in London By Rich Mills
	Bush is 4-letter word for... 2 days, 1000's of police and 100's of thousands of protestors... A typical jolly out for the hardcore of Hull activists who made their way down to London to protest against G. Bush's visit to our country. What started for us with haranguing the presidential cavalcade Read more...

News - Gosschalks Award for Art - Ferens Art Gallery
	YOUNG ARTISTS TRANSFER LIFE TO EVERYDAY OBJECTS Dramatic installations by Hull art and design students have transformed a gallery space at Hull's Ferens Art Gallery. The annual Gosschalks Award for Art prompted the collection of work in which the life experiences of Read more...

News - City Arts Unit E-Newsletter
	"Diwali - Festival of Lights" The Hull & East Riding Hindu Cultural Association will be celebrating "Diwali - Festival of Lights" on Sunday 26th October 2003 at Hull Grammar School, Cottingham. Happy Diwali from www.thisisUll.com Read more...

News - PRESS RELEASE, Paddy Holdsworth - Creatrix Media
	Parents invited to join in the vaccination debate. Public screening of video interviews with parents and researchers. Creatrix Media, based in Hull, are seeking parents, health workers and budding documentary makers to work on one of a series of community media projects Read more...

News - ITV's Pop Idol Saturday 27th Sept VOTE ROXANNE!
	Mary Rye-Cooper was picking up her two youngest children Shaka aged 10 and Ry aged 7 from St Vincent's School playground when I noticed her handbag full of VOTE ROXANNE flyers. I needed no further cue to approach and find out more about it for Read more...

News - Newland Avenue Traders Association End of Year Report by Vicki Blanchard
	It is with delight I can say that the Association has gone from strength to strength in the past year. We now have 120 members and a strong volunteer base of committee members, old and new. In addition, we have also caught the attention of outside parties who Read more...

News - Home and Gardens?....No...This IS Hull.
	After a long time out of Hull I bumped into a friend who has lived in Edinburgh Street for twenty years. "Tell me about Little Beirut," I said. "What's it like living at the epicentre of west hull's Council-sponsored landgrab?" Read more...

News - Good things come in small packages!
	The children of Marfleet Primary School in Hull have joined forces with Barrow Island Primary School and Lowick School, Abbotsmead in Barrow, Lancashire to produce a fantastic exhibition of art that consists of more than 1500 pieces. Each piece of work has been made to fit into a matchbox and was inspired Read more...

News - Local LETS
	I am Jane and am setting up a LETS scheme for Ella Street and the surrounding area. LETS stands for ‘Local Exchange and Trading System’. It’s basically like going back to the old system of trade and barter rather than using money as a currency. Read more...

News - Raw Revolutionary Writing By Rich Mills
	The Masses Find Their Literary Voice A balmy summer Sunday saw me attend my first meeting of the Renegade Writers Group, a Hull based writers circle. Now there are apparently a number of writers circles in Hull, the city being such a hot-bed of literary creation and such. Read more...

News - Community Pioneers awards at the KC Stadium July 15th.By Rich Mills
	Hull's Pioneering Spirit Is Recognised By Rich Mills A balmy summer's evening, and hundreds of specially invited guests make their way to the new KC Stadium. A guest as part of the Hull Asylum Seekers Support Group contingent, I witnessed an evening of award giving and hearty backslapping. Read more...