Local News
Electric Eels invite people with disabilities to free powerchair football taster
Hull & East Yorkshire Powerchair Football Club is hosting a free taster event, open to full-time wheelchair users of all ages who want to try the sport and meet the region's only powerchair football club
Local messages
The criminals locked up in July for an array of horrific offences
It has been a very busy month in the courts with a number of serious offenders put behind bars
Death notices and funeral announcements from the Hull Daily Mail - July 27-August 2, 2026
Our thoughts are with those who have lost a loved one
Get Weekly Updates
Get the headlines in your inbox every week.
'Robert Bush treated my uncle like a rotten piece of meat - I will never forgive him'
Nigel Hotham says his uncle Mark, 82, was the last of Robert Bush's victims to be identified - finally confirmed by the serial number on his hearing aid
I needed cake for a crowd and tried a recipe Mary Berry was ‘brought up on’ with great results
Her Granny’s Gingerbread proved a light and sticky sensation
Hull 'drop curb' parking row sees angry neighour explode in rage over 'drop curb' spot
Doorbell footage shows the neighbour allegedly trying to force his way into the house before challenging Ashley Stephenson to 'fight like a man'
Double joy for Beverley business partners as foot and wellness clinic makes strides
'As a growing independent clinic it’s incredibly rewarding to have our hard work recognised'
No auditions, no solos, no stress: Hull's pop choir is looking for new voices
Lucy's Pop Choir, which meets in Cottingham and Beverley, is welcoming new singers of all abilities — and is set to expand to East Hull with a new session opening soon
'Mayor's Fares' give teens half price bus travel
Meanwhile, children aged five to 15 will travel for free thanks to the the Government’s ‘Great British Summer Savings Scheme’
Victims call Robert Bush jail term ‘atrocious’ as Government vows regulation
The Government vowed to formally regulate the funeral sector as grieving families criticised the 20-year prison sentence handed to crooked funeral director Robert Bush.
Robert Bush: Campaigner calls for public inquiry into rogue funeral director
A campaigner who entrusted the funerals of her parents to rogue undertaker Robert Bush has called for a public inquiry into what went wrong.
Judge condemns Robert Bush's 'heartlessness' in sentencing remarks
The judge praised the quality of the police investigation in 'unusual and challenging circumstances'
Son's agony after mum's body left in disgraced funeral director Robert Bush's warehouse for six months
Ron Marsh thought he had given his 98-year-old mother Joyce a dignified send-off, until he discovered her body was still at the funeral home six months after her service
The Hull gym supporting generations and putting teens on the right track
St Paul's Boxing Academy lies in the shadows of Hull Minster
Legacy funerals heartbreak - 'This can never be allowed to happen again'
Robert Bush took advantage of grieving families when they were at their most vulnerable
Disgraced Legacy funeral director Robert Bush jailed for 20 years - updates
WARNING: This article contains details some may find distressing. After days of emotional statements and harrowing details of his crimes, Bush is set to learn his fate at Hull Crown Court
'It will never be long enough for us' - Families affected by the Legacy funeral scandal on sentencing of Robert Bush
'He’s ruined a lot of people’s lives and he hasn’t got a life sentence himself'
Hull mum's baby 'may never have been cremated' after funeral director's betrayal
Katie Woolston, who tragically lost four babies between 2018 and 2023, says it "broke her in two" to discover the ashes she had been treasuring for over a year did not belong to her baby
Government announces 'urgent' crackdown on rogue funeral operators after Robert Bush jailing
Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, said a 'proper response' is needed to ensure 'there can’t be any repeat of what we’ve seen'
'No sentence can undo the hurt' - police who investigated Robert Bush speak after criminal funeral director is jailed
Humberside Police said the enquiry into Legacy Independent Funeral Directors was one of the ‘biggest and most complex investigations' in its history