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SOUTER Lighthouse, a landmark familiar to residents and visitors on the North-East coast on Monday marks exactly 150 years since it began its working life 1871. Now under the care of the National Trust, when it was first built Souter Lighthouse, on South Tyneside, was a technological marvel of its age. The coastline between the River Wear and River Tyne was treacherous to shipping, with submerged rocks and constant smog from local industry, claiming up to twenty ships a year. Trinity Hous...

Submitting... Souter Lighthouse will mark its 150th anniversary in January 2021 Trinity House, the organisation which is still responsible for lighthouses today, recognised that a new beacon was needed, and work began to create Souter. Kate Devlin, National Trust Collections and House Officer at Souter Lighthouse, said: “We’re proud of the fact that Souter plays an important part in the history of lighthouses. "It was designed by Sir James Douglass, who was engineer-in-chief to Trinity Hous...

Hull training course launched for young people to have career at sea The aim is to equip more 16 to 25-year-olds with the necessary skills for seafaring careers A stock picture of a fishing boat at work in the English Channel (Image: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire) Sign up to the Hull Live newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up here! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometime...

What next for Whitefriargate as £22m bid to transform historic Hull shopping street fails? Have your say in our poll as Hulls once famous shopping destination continues to struggle An empty Whitefriargate (Image: Peter Harbour) Sign up to the Hull Live newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up here! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in a...

It gives me great pleasure today to sign the 2021 Appropriation Bill and the enabling 2020 Finance Bill into law. I would like to appreciate the National Assembly, and in particular, thank the Senate President, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and indeed all distinguished and honourable leaders and members for their cooperation in expeditiously enacting these important money bills. This will enable their implementation to commence by 1st January 2021. I commend the sustained mutual u...

The year 2020 has been dreadful, especially with the COVID-19 pandemic. Here is a look at events that shaped the year. The first month of the year gave an insight into the weird things to expect as bomb blast at Gamboru in Borno State killed over 30 people and injured 35 others just three days after gunmen razed homes and killed 19 people in Tawari, Kogi State. Another trouble for university students Lassa fever outbreak also killed at least 29 people in 11 states during the month. Twenty-six m...

Stories by Adejayan Oluwagbenga 2020, a year characterized by the covid-19 pandemic has been a tough year as many prominent Nigerian socialites died during the difficult year, throwing the nation into mourning. As 2020 draws to a close, The Street Journal remembers some of these prominent socialites who died during the year. Below is a list of 11 prominent socialites who passed on in 2020 Renua Giwa Amu: She is the daughter of popular clergyman, Femi Giwa-Amu and just yesterday, December 26th, ...

Linking Covid-19 Vaccine To Biblical 666:  a Bigotry Taken Too Far By Listen to article There is no denying the fact that the polemics that have been trailing the quest to find lasting solution to the surge of Covid-19 pandemic have brought to the fore the aversion which most religions have over vaccinations. In as much as some can be exonerated from such aversion, some undeniably have considerations, concerns or restrictions regarding vaccination. To buttress the foregoing view, it is ...

Thames Festival Trust has moved into Clipper House on Trinity Buoy Wharf. - Credit: Thames Festival Trust Thames Festival Trust, which launched in 1997 with a Guinness World Record setting tight rope walk across the Thames, has moved to Trinity Buoy Wharf. Delivering a wide selection of education and heritage events and projects across the world such as Rivers of the World, Foragers of the Foreshore and Life Afloat as well as our yearly festival Totally Thames, the trust has been based in th...

Trinity House Academy set for new school site and open doors to girls Plans put forward for earmarked Beverley Road site in move to expand school Hull Trinity House Academy Sign up to the Hull Live newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up here! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we off...