Alexandra Wood

Tributes have been paid to Peter Ackroyd “a lifelong wool man of the highest calibre” who has died at the age of 76.

One of the UK’s last remaining timeballs should finally start marking time after being lifted back into place on top of Hull’s Guildhall.

Work has finally started on a £3m scheme to give a roof to people who have lost their home to the sea.

A family from West Yorkshire are taking legal action over claims they fell sick at the same Canary Islands resort where a holidaymaker contracted food poisoning and later died.

Officers identified a “significant fire risk” at a large waste processing site at Melton in East Yorkshire, during a national crackdown.

MPs are backing calls to end the 'Wild West' of unregulated funeral care ahead of the sentencing of Hull funeral director Robert Bush on Monday.

Many of the relatives told the court how empathetic and personable Robert Bush seemed – adding yet another layer to the difficulty in trying to understand how he could do such evil things.

It was a throwaway comment made by a worker casually employed by Robert Bush that gave an indication of the horror police were about to discover behind the doors of Legacy Independent Funeral Directors.

A funeral director whose parlour was a "horror scene" and who gave the wrong ashes to dozens of grieving relatives splashed out tens of thousands of pounds on holidays, motorbikes, restaurants and home improvements.

A FUNERAL director whose parlour was a “horror scene” and who gave the wrong ashes to dozens of grieving relatives splashed out tens of thousands of pounds on holidays, motorbikes, restaurants and home improvements.