Sponsored Cycle Ride Hull to Liverpool for the Green Party

Hull and East Riding Green candidate for Hull North Party Martin Deane has set off on a sponsored cycle ride Hull to Liverpool for the Green Party. Six cyclists in total are hoping to cover the trans penine route to Liverpool by Monday. Raising money for this coming election is crucial and we are asking anyone who wants to sponsor or to donate to contact Yvonne Kinghorn Campaign Election Agent on 01482 562079.

Martin Deane has started canvassing in the North Hull Area and response has been extrememly positive. Local people want to see a different Greener Hull. Check the Current Affairs section on thisisUll.com Green Party to fight Hull North

Current Affairs - Green Party to fight Hull North

	The Green Party would like to announce their intention to contest the next general election in Hull. Martin Deane, 42, was selected as the party's prospective Parliamentary candidate at Wednesday's meeting of the Hull and East Riding Green Party. The group will focus on Hull North and build on the green vote Read more...

News - Learners' Forum On-Line Questionnaire From Nicole Fuller, Volcom
	When did you first switch on a computer? How did you learn to find out more about Hull on the World Wide Web? Do you fancy learning more about computers? Or are you looking at the screen right now and thinking, I hate this damn machine! Read more...

News - Blue International Relief Organisation
	Blue International is a newly established relief organization, whose UK arm is now based in Hull, East Yorkshire. Originating in Finland as a response to the Tsunami Disaster, Blue International aims to be an independent and Read more...

News - Thursday 3rd February - TechAid Computer Recycling Introduction Evening
	Donate Your Old Computers and Parts to us for Distribution Abroad. Come to Our Introduction evening on Thursday 3rd February at Relax Coffee Bar, Newland Avenue from 7pm. We refurbish old machines into working Read more...

Commmunity News - Not in work? Not at college? Aged 16 - 25? Free Computer Training
	This is aimed at young people wanting to learn how to use computers. It is tailored to your needs and interests and is an opportunity to gain knowledge and skills that can help you get more out of using a computer. Read more...

News - OPERATION SOUTH EAST ASIA By Rich Sharp
	As a response to the disaster in South East Asia, and the need for a coordinated approach we are looking at establishing Operation South East Asia here in the UK. Already established in Finland and in the US, there are now hundreds of volunteers globally. Read more...

Current Affairs - War and Terror ... The Green Party by Martin J Deane.

	Brave hero, George W Bush, commander in chief of the world, oops, sorry, America, wants to liberate all peoples from oppression wherever they may be, and is set on bringing democracy to the Middle East. Let's see how well he has done so far - and, of course, the Republicans' "junior partner" in all this, New Labour. Read more...

Current Affairs - Neasden PS, under threat - "Education is not a cost. It's an investment." Save Hull Schools by Martin J Deane, 21.2.05

	The proposed closure of 9 Hull primary schools (including the 2 for 'amalgamation') is causing great concern to communities across Hull. The Council plans to close Newland Ave, St Charles, St George's, Coleford, Constable, Midmere, and Read more...

Current Affairs - URGENT APPEAL- DERRINGHAM BY-ELECTION HULL CITY COUNCIL

	The BNP are standing a candidate in this by election to be held on 13th January 2005. They are hoping to capitalize on an extremely low turnout to sneak into the Guildhall. Unite Against Fascism will be organizing to stop the BNP. We are facing a very tight timescale Read more...

Current Affairs - Colin Powell - Saint or War Criminal? By Martin Deane

	After the near beatification of Ronald Reagan recently, it falls to the peace movement to do the honours once again on the occasion of Colin Powell's recent resignation. Colin Powell was the official moderate, and national security adviser, under Reagan. Let's take Africa. During the Reagan years, there was a policy called Read more...

Current Affairs - Burning Issues - Was 9/11 the greatest show on earth? By Martin Deane.

	The War on Terror is based on the premise that the 2001 9/11 attacks on New York and Washingotn, which killed nearly 3,000 people were carried out by 19 Islamic fundamentalist men. The official story has been played in such detail throughout our media that we will all know it. But the facts could be - and probably Read more...

Current Affairs - Does intelligence help us? By Robin Ramsay.

	Michael Moore's film Fahrenheit-9/11 is great propaganda but, like all propaganda, it isn't about the truth. In a section mocking the so-called "Coalition of the willing" which supported the US invasion of Iraq, Moore listed several very small countries - but omitted Australia, the UK and others. For Australia Read more...

Current Affairs - International Contradictions and Hypocrisies By Andrew Martin

	After reading the British government's pre-war dossiers on WMDs anyone with the slightest hint of intelligence would have concluded that the ability of Iraq to pose a serious threat to the world was minimal. The evidence in these documents was thin, Read more...

Opinions - Mother's Day By Andrea Longstaff
	Rain! Rain! Rain! Is this Mother Nature's symbolism? The bursting of the amniotic sack? Well it's not big and it's not clever! It's like some select club that I'm not a member of, and at my age (weirdo)! I'm made to feel like an outcast! I'm mocked by the little ones cos I've Read more...

Opinions - Comment on Fear And Loathing In Hull By Nicholas Boldock and In Reply To - Fear And Loathing In Hull By Anonymous By Anna
	In my first contribution on this website I referred to the nice experience I had in Hull as a foreign student. When I read the articles on Hull's racism, I thought I can share my view since I have had some experiences from both sides. Albanian immigrants residing Read more...

Opinions - How Karoo Could Double Their Trade Over Night By Paul Bawden
	If you live in Hull and want a telephone line you are very lucky as you don't have to call on BT or any of the other companies who claim to be cheap. Kingston Communications are cheaper that any other phone provider in England. Read more...

Opinions - Start a New Career in IT - Average starting Salaries £26k - Don't Get Sucked In! By Paul Bawden
	I have lived in Hull all of my life. I'm just coming up to my 31st birthday. I have over 15 years experience and am very much respected within the ITC industry, with more qualifications than you can shake a stick at. So what do Read more...

Opinions - Take The Highground - or why we shouldn't read The Daily Mail By Andy Dykes
	Oh The Daily Mail: bastion of British journalism, voice of the British people, key to the formulation of a balanced opinion and veritable textbook of reporting and the written word. It was within a day or two of the catastrophic Read more...