All news by author: Emily Johnson

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Villagers living with sewage spurting from drains as faeces bubbles into roads
Residents of a village in East Yorkshire are used to dealing with sewage problems, but claim that this time, "it has never been this bad" with sewage levels rising above sea level
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Cyclist makes citizen's arrest on bus driver after claiming he was amost hit
The cyclist claimed that the bus driver had 'nearly wiped him out'
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Famous TV bailiff caught in pub planning row says 'someone wants to see us fail'
Paul Bohill, star of Channel 5's 'Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away' and business partner Andrew Ward recently took over The Plough Inn, at Hollym, near Withernsea, from its previous owners of 20 years
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'Neighbour from hell' sets fire to electric box as mum and kids beg her to stop
Tracey Smith, of Hull, has been jailed after she set an electrical box on fire in a neighbour dispute, while a mum whose children were "petrified" pleaded with her stop
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Schoolgirl, 12, left in tears at being put in isolation for wearing Asda skirt
Parents claim the youngsters was made to sit in isolation and was not given teacher-led lessons as punishment for not wearing the branded uniform from the approved supplier
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Girl draws own King Charles letter stamp and Royal Mail delivers to grandparents
Lily-Mai Lee, 10, decided to write notes to her grandparents, who live in York, to tell them how much she loved them - but got creative when it came to the postage fee
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'My son was left lying in the street for three hours after he was hit by a car'
WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES Leo, 11, was walking across to One Stop, Hessle Road on Saturday evening, via the pedestrian crossing, when he was struck by a vehicle
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'Our council has put up a huge fence - it makes us feel like we're in a prison'
Residents in Hull are angry with the local council for building a 2.4 metre fence, which was put up without consultation, and they claim towers over their gardens making them feel imprisoned
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Kids play in lake just hours after two teenagers die and four rescued
It comes search and rescue officials pulled the bodies of two young men, aged 18 and 19, from a lake at the High Eske Nature Reserve in East Yorkshire on Wednesday afternoon while another two were rescued
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Pensioner, 82, barred from favourite pub of 20 years after row over voucher
Ivor Rodgers, 82, has been visiting The Beech Tree for more than 20 years and regularly takes a friend for lunch - he was left horrified when he was told he was longer allowed to visit
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'Our Eurovision party plans were ruined after our street was dug up on the day'
Residents in Northfield, Hull, say they had no idea contractors were due to arrive and dig up their road on Friday last week - and the noisy work continued through Saturday
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Two teen girls found 'abducted' in back of car - with pair of men arrested
Two missing teenage girls have been found in the back of a car in Hull that was stopped by unmarked police vehicles with two men, aged 18 and 19, arrested on suspicion of abduction
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Woman, 34, and little boy, 3, killed in lorry crash 'after breaking down'
The woman and child are thought to have been inside a stationary Ford Focus which was broken down in a live lane at the time of the crash on the A180 last night
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Huge house fire kills woman in early morning blaze with three properties damaged
A woman died following a house fire in Withernsea, East Yorkshire, in the early hours of this morning. Police said two neighbouring properties were also damaged
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Dad's huge lottery win means he can finally buy a headstone for tragic baby son
Adam Scaife tragically lost his son, also called Adam, after he was born prematurely, but the dad from Hull hasn't been able to afford a headstone for the young tot until he pocketed £35,000 in a lottery
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UK estate where youths 'think they run the place' and people afraid at night
Residents living in Orchard Park in Hull, Yorkshire, have complained about antisocial behaviour on the estate - shops being raided, people being assaulted and taxi drivers afraid to drive through
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School forces kids, 4, to stand outside without coats as punishment for chatting
A relative of two of the children ordered to stand outside said some of them were "brought to tears" because of how cold it was, claiming temperatures had dipped below freezing at the time
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Veteran devastated after using war pension to buy £28k 'unfit for road' caravan
Tony Porter and his wife Julie splashed out using a part of his pension on a £28,000 caravan to help them get out and enjoy themselves more but the expensive purchase was ridden with issues and is 'unfit for the road'