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Not since 1910, when they were edged out on goal average by Oldham, have Hull City been as close as they are now to securing top flight football.  Always dogged by the tag of being the largest city in Europe never to have had a team in the top division of their domestic league, Hull City stand on the brink of a glorious achievement that has taken 104 years to fulfill.

With only three games left the Tigers currently sit second in the Championship table behind West Bromich Albion - a position, which if maintained until 4th May, would guarantee promotion to the Premiership for next season.

Barring a disasterous run-in, which seems unlikely as Hull have won seven of their last nine games, a place in the play-offs is assured at the very least, but how the supporters would love the Tigers to be promoted without having to endure that end-of-season nail-biting and stomach-churning climax.

So why is it that Hull City have produced this fantastic surge up the table this season - especially after finishing just one place above relegation last term?

Immense credit has to go to the players of course, but in Chairman, Paul Duffen, and a management team of Phil Brown and Brian Horton, Hull City have a back room staff that has instilled confidence in the team and their influence has been paramount in the upturn in form.

After the opening five games of the season, and with only one win in that time, Hull City sat in 20th place. Until mid-December the Tigers form, and position in the table, was very up and down with little momentum gained. It was at this point in the season that things started to change - and it came on the back of two heavy defeats at Preston and Southampton. The Tigers had lost 3-0 and Deepdale and been mauled 4-0 at St. Mary’s but bounced back with a fine 2-0 win against Leicester at the KC Stadium. Those two games at Preston and Southampton seemed to galvanise the team and from then on Hull City have put together an impressive run of form that has made their rivals sit up and take note and given loyal supporters the dream of top-flight football for the first time.

The success on the field has been based on a solid defence of goalkeeper Bo Myhill and a back four of Sam Ricketts, Michael Turner, Wayne Brown and Andy Dawson. In midfield, Dean Marney has at last shown the skills and class of a Premiership quality player and skipper Ian Ashbee is playing the best football of his career that is making him a real contender for player of the year. Up front Fraizer Campbell has been a revelation since his arrival on-loan from Manchester United and Caleb Folan has proved why City paid a club record fee to Wigan for his services with a string of eye-catching displays and vital goals. Add this together with the steadying influence and unselfish displays from the likes of Bryan Hughes, Henrik Pedersen and Jay-Jay Okocha (when fit!) and you can see why Hull have emerged as promotion front runners. And we haven’t even mentioned Dean Windass yet! The old war-horse is now in his 40th year but still has the enthusiasm and capabilities of a player half his age. He would run through a brick wall for Hull City and the influence he has had since returning to the Tigers cannot be emphasised too much - he is Mr. Hull City. Although without exception individuals have performed terrifically of late, the key to this unrivalled success has been based on teamwork. Hull have performed as a team - they attack and defend as one giving support to each other when needed. They are oozing confidence at the moment while others are suffering from nerves. They defend as a unit and always look capable of scoring goals - yes these are indeed heady days at Hull City.
 
West Brom are still favourites to secure the Championship Crown but while they, and the chasing pack, have faltered recently, Hull have maintained their momentum and run of form to suggest that the top place is not beyondthe realms of possibility. Starting with Sheffiels Utd. on Saturday, Hull City know that destiny is in their own hands - three wins (or maybe two) and that 104 year wait will finally be over.

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Tribfest Taster Hull City Hall 17th May 2008

It’s back….bigger and better… East Yorkshire’s answer to Glastonbury

An exciting 3-day festival of music featuring some of the country’s top tribute bands is back for its 2^nd appearance in East Yorkshire.

The Glastonbury-style event, which attracted around 3,000 people last year, is expected at least to double following its massive success.

It’s being held again at the Driffield Showground, Kellythorpe near Driffield on 15^th to 17^th August.

But music lovers can get a taste of what’s to come at the Tribfest Taster being staged at Hull City Hall on Saturday 17^th May 2008.

It will feature four top tribute bands - The Antarctic Monkeys, a tribute to the Arctic Monkeys who already have national acclaim, The Fillers, a tribute to The Killers who have made a massive impact on the UK tribute scene, and two of the top Tribfest ‘07 bands who played last year’s festival, Achtung Baby, a tribute to U2 and our very own Hull-based band topping the bill, Badness, a tribute to Madness/Ska.

To get festival-goers in the mood for Tribfest 08, people who attend Tribfest Taster are being urged to go in their wellies!

The gig, which starts at 7pm, will provide four and a half hours of quality music aimed at families.

“The Tribfest Taster was very successful last year. Over 1,000 people attended, but we have gone one better this year and added another band,” said Eddy Faulkner, of Tribfest and Tribfest Taster organiser Ed Entertainments.

“We are aiming this night at all ages especially families, as we have a special price of £50 for a family of four. We’ve got a good mix of bands to suit all ages.

“It’s like a mini indoor festival so we would like everyone to turn up in their festival wellies!!!!”

Anyone buying a Tribfest Taster ticket can get 15% off their Tribfest 08 Festival ticket if they keep their Taster ticket stub and redeem it at the Hull City booking office.

Tickets for the Taster are priced at;

£20 Adults
£10 Children 5-16 years
£15 Concessions
£50 2 Adults 2 Children

They are available on 01482 226655 or at Bridlington or Beverley Tourist Office.

Both this summer’s Tribfest and the Tribfest Taster are being organized by Eddy Faulkner, of Ed Entertainments Ltd, who is also the front man of the highly-acclaimed tribute band, The Beautiful Couch, tribute to the Beautiful South & Housemartins

“The idea for Tribfest came after seeing the reaction The Beautiful Couch and other tribute bands receive at gigs around the country,” said Eddy. “The Couch has played twice at the Mathew Street Festival in Liverpool, which attracts around 400,000 people over the weekend; it has a full day dedicated to the UK’s top tribute bands.

“If Liverpool can do it then why can’t we? We are trying to create our very own tribute band event which I feel over the next few years will become nationally recognized. I think East Yorkshire has suffered as far as music festivals are concerned, but feel we have now filled the gap.

“We’re using last year’s festival as our inspiration - making it bigger and better this year. We have added another day - with music starting Friday 15^th August at 6pm instead of at noon on Saturday, which increases the number of bands from 18 to 22 over the weekend.

“Lots of other entertainment will be on offer. This year we have acquired the services of Music Exchange who run local events in Hull who will be gathering some of the top local acts to perform at the festival.

“Because of the family element we are increasing the entertainment for children, stalls, food and drink, and lots of other onsite activities. It should be a fantastic, fun weekend, which will pull more people into the East Yorkshire area.”

The weekend camping event will be staged at Driffield Showground, Driffield, on Friday 15^th, Saturday 16^th and Sunday 17th August 2008.

The new line up of 22 bands will be released mid April 2008.

Eddy is searching for more sponsors for Tribfest, as well as stall holders, caterers and other firms that might want to get involved.

“We got the backing of local businesses last year including, Viking FM, Bonus Electrical, East Riding Council, Stratstone Mini as well as several smaller companies who sponsored the bands which was fantastic with it being a new event,” said Eddy.

“Kingston Communications have also agreed to get involved in Tribfest ‘08 and all businesses who supported us last year are getting on board this year again which is a testament to the success of the event. Driffield Showground was absolutely top class for an event of this nature, with great facilities.”

Ed Entertainments are putting together some Sponsor/VIPs Packages for companies and individuals alike which will be available in the coming weeks.

Anyone interested in sponsoring Tribfest ‘08 in the summer, we would like to invite them to the Tribfest Taster at the Hull City Hall to see the quality of the bands on offer and chat about what we can offer companies within the Festival Weekend.

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HER Breast Friends Pink Pamper Day
Village Hotel & Leisure Club
Priory Park
HULL
26th April 2008

Breast Cancer treatments can have some distressing side effects that can affect not only the appearance, but can badly knock self-confidence and self-esteem too. It can mean a different body shape due to surgery, weight gain/loss, problems with skin and nails, and when your hair grows back, a different texture/colour, or even curly hair instead of straight! It can be a lot to cope with on top of recovery from your treatment regime.

The annual HER Breast Friends Pink Pamper Day, now in its third year, aims to provide a FREE day of relaxation, inspiration, encouragement, and rejuvenation to help promote a sense of well being for local people affected by Breast Cancer, in a very practical way.

The Event will provide an indulgent day of complementary and beauty therapies plus various workshops, exhibition area, use of the hotel’s leisure facilities, and even the opportunity for a bit of retail therapy too!

‘ A day to enjoy ‘

The HER Breast Friends Pink Pamper Day event will be held at The Village Hotel and Leisure Club, Priory Park, Hull on Saturday 26th April 2008 and will cater for up to 100 breast cancer patients from Hull and the East Riding area.

The free day will include a choice of complementary and beauty therapies, lunch, various workshops and guest speakers focusing on ‘wellbeing’ and will include mind, body and spirit, incorporating health, hair, beauty and style.

The costs are borne by fundraising events, and sponsorship from local companies and individuals.

Qualified complementary therapists, workshop facilitators and others, who are all very kindly volunteering their time and skills, are staffing the event.

There are still some places for breast cancer patients available, but these must be pre-booked prior to the event.

For details on how you can sponsor a breast cancer patient for a day of pampering, advertise in our official programme, donate to the HER Breast Friends Raffle or Pink Tombola please contact us on http://eastyorkshireweb.co.uk/www.herbreastfriends.org or telephone the General Enquiries Line on 07982 016002. If you would like to join HER Breast Friends and take part in The Pink Pamper Day please telephone the Membership Line on 07982 074157

HER Breast Friends is a Registered Charity Number: 1114143
and a Member of The Fundraising Standards Board

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Celebrity florist Carl Wilde will be entertaining people at Alexandra Hall in Hedon on Friday 14th March 2008 at 7.00pm with an evening of captivating spring floral arrangements in aid of local breast cancer charity Hull and East Riding Breast Friends.

HER Breast Friends is a pro-active group that supports local people affected by breast cancer in many different ways, helping to turn some of the more negative effects of the disease into real and lasting positives. One example of this is The Pink Pamper Day (click here for details) that is held annually in April to provide a free day of complementary and beauty treatments for those who have had or are currently receiving treatment for breast cancer.

Further details about the charity can be found at http://eastyorkshireweb.co.uk/www.herbreastfriends.org and tickets for the evening with Carl Wilde cost £7.50 and are available now from Pat Wilson on Tel: 01964 562905.

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NLP COMES TO HULL!

Cottingham, East Yorkshire - 12 September 2007 - local people development specialist, Robert Purfield, strongly believes the people of Hull have been deprived of NLP long enough - so along with fellow NLP training specialist, Terry McCoy from Liverpool, he’s decided to run a 10-day NLP Practitioner course at the KC Stadium in Hull and so far the levels of interest are phenomenal.

Rob told us, “There is a lot of interest in NLP in our region, but in the past people wanting quality training have had to travel down to London. I am delighted to be able to offer this course in Hull and encouraged by the level of interest we are receiving. To run the course alongside me I have drafted in a first-class associate of mine - Terry McCoy from Liverpool - who I regularly work with down at the NLP Academy in London. You might say between us we are on a mission to bring NLP to the North!

“NLP is all about making your dreams come true. In a nutshell, on this course, participants will learn to study behaviour patterns and the brains internal filtering systems. Understanding both of these gives people the ability to mirror the behaviour patterns of other successful people so that they too can achieve their own dreams and goals.

“The techniques Terry and I use when training are highly effective because we focus on how the brain takes in, retains and recalls information. We have a lot of fun too - it’s interactive and entertaining, so anyone attending the course will receive 8 exciting days on the power of NLP and they will be offered a further two optional days for certification for anyone wishing to become an NLP Practitioner.”

Robert Purfield is co-founder and Director of Cottingham-based, people development agency, PHP Ltd and he’s known UK-wide for his work with organizations like Volvo, Linpac and Hull City Football Club.

Robert Purfield and Terry McCoy are amongst the few people in the world to have had the pleasure of being personally coached by NLP co-creator Dr. John Grinder as well as working with Carmen Bostic St Clair and Michael Carroll of the NLP Academy. This certification covers them both not only as Master Practitioners and certified trainers of NLP but they are accredited by John Grinder and the team to train other NLP trainers.

We asked Robert Purfield for examples of how people use NLP techniques to get more out of life. He explained, “NLP can be used for all areas of life, whether it’s to become more successful in your career, to get more out of your personal life or even to overcome phobias and debilitating fears. By understanding behaviour patterns and your own internal filtering system you can focus on achieving whatever outcome you want in life.”

You can hear a recent BBC Radio Humberside interview with Robert Purfield on this subject on www.onlinenlp.co.uk.

The course, which is for people wishing to help themselves and others achieve the outcomes they want from life and for those who wish to become certified NLP Practitioners, will take place 23-30 November 2007 at the KC Stadium in Hull (Price per delegate £1497). The optional 2 days for certification will take place again at the KC on 8 and 9 December 2007 (Price per delegate £150). For further information or to book places - visit www.nlponline.co.uk or phone 01482 300851.

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TOP CAR DETAILER DRIVES ‘HALF AND HALF’ CAR

Unique Mercedes is half blinger, half minger

Leading automotive paintwork restorer Richard Hutchins has created the ultimate ‘before and after’ demonstration of his services - by letting one half of his car rot whilst the other side is pampered.

The barmy Yorkshireman even drives it on public roads as it is fully road legal, although his ‘other half’, Carolynne, isn’t so keen. Whilst the driver’s side is almost factory fresh, the passenger side is dirty, suffers from torn trim and is littered with empty crisp packets.

“It’s a total embarrassment for me,” explained Carolynne. “Richard loves to drive it everywhere to show off his talents, but you can only see the passenger side from the pavement. If he collects me from town, passers-by think the whole car is like that and tut in disgust.”

However, from the offside, the car looks almost as good as it did when it left Stuttgart. Richard has:

• Completely renovated half the paintwork, turning it from a dusty pink to a shining red and removed dents and other defects

• Comprehensively cleaned and detailed half the exterior

• Repaired, cleaned and renovated half the interior, including seats and trim

“I bought the car for under 200 GBP and it was in a real state, but driveable,” says Richard. “The paint was really faded, so I knew it would come up well. After doing one side, I knew that no-one would believe it was the same car afterwards, so I decided to leave the passenger side how it was.

“It shows what professional paint restoration can do. You don’t always need a respray, and even a good clean can work wonders.”

Richard’s video walk-around of his car can be seen at:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xSCSrsRVz-o

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