Lance Racey (aka CranesfootLance)

How the horror of the Dunblane school shooting changed Britain A new BBC documentary charts how the murders of 16 children and their teacher in March 1996 led to a handgun ban in the UK.

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'Capital of the Wolds' Driffield bids for UK Town of Culture 2028 The winner will be awarded £3m to hold cultural events throughout the year.

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Driffield bids for UK Town of Culture 2028 The winner will be awarded £3m to hold cultural events throughout the year.

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Rembrandt's Vision of Zacharias in the Temple rediscovered after 65 years The painting, created by the Dutch master in 1633, had disappeared after being sold in 1961.

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Scotland becomes first UK country to allow water cremations The process - called alkaline hydrolysis - will offer families a third option instead of burial or traditional cremation.

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King pays tribute on Great Heck train disaster 25th anniversary The service at Selby Abbey was held to mark the anniversary of the Great Heck rail disaster.

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D:Ream's Peter Cunnah: How I tracked down my birth father after 50 years The musician, who was born in a mother and baby home, only found out who his natural father was when he was 59.

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Spurn Lightship tickets to be made available for tours The ship will open at its new location in Hull Marina on 7 March, the city council says.

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British Museum to keep pendant linked to Henry VIII after campaign The museum says it has reached a fundraising goal so it can permanently display the artefact.

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Hull Minster secures more than £230,000 for renovation works Hull Minster's heritage manager says the money will be spent on renovation works at the site.

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Henry VIII's lost castle and the ghost of the Devil's Post Hull Citadel has long been demolished, but tales of a murdered woman and haunted soldiers linger.

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Hull's medieval town wall uncovered, giving glimpse of past Work on Guildhall Road in Hull has revealed a section of the defensive walls from the 14th Century.

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New project explores Hull's theatre history A £150,000 grant will help a Hull theatre company tell the story of a twice burned-down venue.

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Famous Up Helly Aa festival sets Shetland's skies ablaze During the event local

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Secrets of an 'opulent' Georgian house Maister House, a National Trust property in Hull, has been shaped by trade and tragedy.

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Oldest cave painting could rewrite origins of human creativity A stencilled outline of a hand found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi is the world's oldest known cave painting, researchers say.

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Germany returns stolen fragments of Bayeux Tapestry to France Two fragments of the 11th-Century fabric were stolen from Bayeux during the Nazi occupation of France in the 1940s.

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Germany returns stolen fragments of Bayeux Tapestry to France Two fragments of the 11th-Century fabric were stolen from Bayeux during the Nazi occupation of France in the 1940s.

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Nuclear bunker nears collapse due to coastal erosion The brick building, on the East Yorkshire coast, is thought to be about 70 years old.

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Goole's shipbuilding past brought to life by exhibition Goole Built tells the story of the town's former shipyard through workers' words and memorabilia.

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It's always going to be younger than my eldest!

Hull's 6,000 lost trawlermen to be remembered at services Five services, including one at Hull's St John the Baptist Church, will be held in January.

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Goole 200th birthday celebrations announced Organisers say an

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The untold story of Spider T's wartime missions The boat was used to evacuate women and children from Hull during Luftwaffe bombing raids.

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Intriguing finds could solve mystery of women in medieval cemetery There is growing evidence that the women were part of an early female religious community.

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Happy New Year everyone!

Earliest coin minted in Scotland saved for the nation after 900 years The medieval David I silver coin, discovered in a wooded area in Midlothian, has been dated to the second half of the 1130s.

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The Hull Georgian institution still going strong today The Hull Literary and Philosophical Society provides public lectures on a range of subjects.

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