Hull and Hereabouts

You know the story of King Canute (or Cnut if you wish, maybe even Knut ), he that sat by the sea shore and told the tide not to rise and...

High up on the southern tower of St Margaret's is this oddity; a moon phase and tide clock. The writing on the edge says Lynn High T...

There's really nothing new in this picture, the mural you've seen before, the bridge and the flood defence ditto; even the pigeo...

All today the news has been about an expected storm surge down the east coast. Tonight though the Tidal Surge Barrier has done its job a...

So here we are up close and personal with the indispensable tidal surge barrier. Since it was built in 1980 it has saved the city from f...

The German Ocean gently laps on Bridlington's blue-flagged North Bay. Today is the third anniversary of the great deluge that put pa...

This is probably the most important piece of kit in the whole city. The flood barrier must have paid for itself many times over in the thir...