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  • Anger as mobility scooters banned from Hull fish and chip restaurant

    By Hull Daily Mail at 07:01 on 14/05/12
    ‘Humiliated’:  Eddie Buck  was refused entry to Bob Carvers restaurant.
    EAST Yorkshire's best known fish and chip shop has banned mobility scooters because they are a "hazard". Bob Carvers fish and chip restaurant in Chapel Street, city centre, imposed the ban on anyone with a mobility scooter, regardless of their disability. The decision has sparked an angry reaction from mobility users and disability groups. Robert Carver junior, part- owner of the Bob Carver chain, said some scooter...
  • Life-size statue of Roman centurion to be built in town

    By Hull Daily Mail at 07:00 on 14/05/12
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    BROUGH: A 6ft statue of a Roman centurion will be erected in the town using the proceeds from the sale of a racy calendar. More than £1,500 was raised from the Brough and Elloughton In Bloom committee's calendar. The money has now been used to commission a life-size sculpture by local artist Robert Wilson. The calendar – dubbed The Naked Bloomers and launched in 2010 – saw mechanics and vets take their clothes...
  • Plaque tribute to former RAF mess building

    By Hull Daily Mail at 07:00 on 14/05/12
    loss:   Stanley Andrew died  a year into the Second World War.
    A PLAQUE to remind people of part of the city's history will be put up in west Hull. A former Swanland resident, who has dedicated his later life to arranging plaques for notable buildings, has now been told one will be placed at the former RAF Volunteer Reserve mess in Beverley Road. Newland House – which is next to the Lidl store near the junction with Cottingham Road – was the city's mess for RAF reserves from 1936 to...
  • Chad Chadwick is new East Riding Council chairman

    By Hull Daily Mail at 07:00 on 11/05/12
    HONOUR:  New East Riding Council chairman Chad Chadwick, left, with wife Margaret  and town crier Michael Wood.  Picture:   Les Stubbs
    FORMER international shipping company director Chad Chadwick has been elected the new chairman of East Riding Council. The veteran Conservative councillor, who represents Bridlington South, will take on the role of the council's civic figurehead for the next 12 months. After being unanimously elected at the authority's annual meeting, he said: "I just hope I live up to people's expectations. "I intend to make...
  • 79 days to go

    By Hull Daily Mail at 07:00 on 09/05/12
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    THERE are now 79 days to go until the start of the Olympics and the Games will be celebrated with a host of events across the region. On June 18 and 19, the torch relay will sweep through the East Riding, calling at Bridlington, Beverley, Hull, Brough and Goole. Sporting events in the county include a beach festival in Bridlington on July 22, with sports from volleyball to cricket on offer to families. The imove programme is...

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