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MP Johnson votes to keep house cash perk

MP Johnson votes to keep house cash perk

Hull North MP Diana Johnson has opposed reforms that would have abolished an allowance that gives MPs funds to buy and kit out their second homes.

The perk provides MPs with up to £24,000 each year to pay for household goods and improvements.

While voting to keep the budget, Ms Johnson she also rejected calls for independent...


Professor Nick Stafford outside the new  Hull and East Yorkshire Medical Research and Teaching Centre

'Medical research centre will save lives of cancer and heart disease patients'

A multi-million pound medical research and teaching facility will officially open its doors this month. The Mail has been given an exclusive...

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Breaking news: Police given more time to question Goole murder suspect

Breaking news: Police given more time to question Goole murder suspect

Detectives have been granted further time to question a man arrested on suspicion of murdering Frank Garner and dumping his body in grassland...

Geldof backs David Davis's campaign

Geldof backs David Davis's campaign

Former Boomtown Rats frontman and poverty campaigner Bob Geldof will visit the region today as he throws his celebrity weight behind Davis...

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Police would like to speak to this woman

Child pickpockets caught in resort

As part of their investigation into a series of thefts that took place in Bridlington, police have released CCTV footage of a woman they wish to...

'RECOGNISING DEDICATION': Hull College principal Dr Elaine McMahon has praised staff and students after the institute was named as one of the best in the country

Ofsted report is 'pinnacle' for college

Ofsted inspectors have delighted staff at Hull College after they awarded it “outstanding” marks in all six of the criteria they...

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Stephen Ketley

Hospital-death family pay tribute

The family of a man whose sudden death in hospital is being investigated by police have described him as a “loveable rogue”. Stephen...

'VISIBLE FROM ALL POINTS': Barry Norton told the public inquiry the turbines would dominate the landscape

Residents voice fears over wind farm

Residents have had their say at a public inquiry over plans to build a wind farm in an East Riding village – claiming it would harm their...

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Tony Sheppard, left, watch manager at Preston fire station, talks with Lex Tillart, a Dutch firefighter

Dutch firefighters swap floods lessons

Representatives from the Dutch Fire Service are visiting the region to share details on flooding with residents and fire crews from the East...

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Breaking news: Family of patient speak out in suspended doctor case

Breaking news: Family of patient speak out in suspended doctor case

The family of a man whose death at Castle Hill Hospital is being investigated by police have this afternoon spoken out. Consultant anaesthetist...

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open quote The bottom line is this country was not well-prepared for flooding last year
close quote Sir Michael Pitt,


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