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Winifred Holtby Academy
Winifred Holtby Academy (previously Bransholme High School, Winifred Holtby School, Winifred Holtby Technology College) is a coeducational secondary school located in the Bransholme area of Kingston upon Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The school is named after Winifred Holtby, a novelist and journalist who is best known for her novel '' South Riding''. Originally known as Bransholme High School, the school was later renamed Winifred Holtby School, and some time later, Winifred Holtby Technology College. In May 2013 Winifred Holtby School converted to academy status and was renamed Winifred Holtby Academy. The school was given a substantial £38 million rebuild in 2011 under the Building Schools for the Future scheme and was twinned with Tweendykes Special School, who now share a small section of the building, and was opened in September 2011 following a minor delay caused by the collapse of the school's furniture supplier. In 2019 Winifred Holtby Academy ...
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Academy (English School)
An academy school in England is a state-funded school which is directly funded by the Department for Education and independent of local authority control. The terms of the arrangements are set out in individual Academy Funding Agreements. Most academies are secondary schools, though slightly more than 25% of primary schools (4,363 as of December 2017) are academies. Academies are self-governing non-profit charitable trusts and may receive additional support from personal or corporate sponsors, either financially or in kind. Academies are inspected and follow the same rules on admissions, special educational needs and exclusions as other state schools and students sit the same national exams. They have more autonomy with the National Curriculum, but do have to ensure that their curriculum is broad and balanced, and that it includes the core subjects of English, maths and science. They must also teach relationships and sex education, and religious education. They are free ...
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Karl Turner (British Politician)
Karl William Turner (born 15 April 1971) is a British politician. A member of the Labour Party, Turner has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston upon Hull East since 2010. Turner was appointed Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales in January 2016 by Jeremy Corbyn, before resigning from that role in June of that year. He served as Shadow Shipping, Aviation and Road Safety Minister within the Shadow Transport team from 2017 to 2020. Early life Karl William Turner was born on 15 April 1971 in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. He was raised in the city and was educated at Bransholme High School from 1984 to 1987, leaving at the age of 16. He attended HCC Training to study business administration from 1987 to 1989. Later, Turner became a self-employed antiques dealer. He returned to education in the late 1990s to study A Levels at Hull College, before graduating with a law degree as a mature student from the University of Hull in 2004. He became a b ...
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Ged Dunn
Gerald Dunn (31 October 1946 – 2 August 2021) was an English rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer, who played in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He coach (sport), coached rugby league in the 1980s and 1990s. Dunn played rugby union for Redcar Rugby Union Football Club, Redcar RUFC, and representative level rugby league for England national rugby league team, England and Rugby League War of the Roses, Yorkshire, and at club level for Hull Kingston Rovers, as a , or and coached rugby league for Hull Kingston Rovers. Playing career 1969 - Yorkshire RU Representative 1975 - Yorkshire RL Representative 1975 - England World Cup Squad 1975 - 1977 - England International 1974/75 - Yorkshire Cup Winner 1974/75 - Rugby League 'Top Try Scorer' 1974/75 to 1984/85 - Hull KR 'Most tries in a season record' (42 in 1974/75) 1975/76 - Yorkshire Cup Runner Up 1977/78 - BBC2 Floodlight Trophy Winner 1978/79 - Rugby League Championship Winner Hull Kingston Rovers Herita ...
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Joe Cator
Joe Cator (born 15 June 1998) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a loose forward for Hull F.C. in the Betfred Super League. He played for Hull Kingston Rovers in the Championship and the Super League, and on loan from Hull KR at the Coventry Bears and the Newcastle Thunder in Betfred League 1. Cator also played for the Leigh Centurions in the Betfred Championship. Background Cator was born in Kingston Upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Playing career Hull KR Cator began his career with Hull Kingston Rovers and was part of the side which was promoted back to the Super League. He then spent time on loan at Leigh before signing for his boyhood club Hull F.C. Hull F.C. Cator played 11 games for Hull F.C. in the 2020 Super League season including the club's semi-final defeat against Wigan. Cator had a loan spell with Bradford during the early stages of 2020. When he returned to Hull, he became one of the standout performers and went on to win the ...
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Hull Daily Mail
The ''Hull Daily Mail'' is an English regional daily newspaper for Kingston upon Hull, in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The ''Hull Daily Mail'' has been circulated in various guises since 1885. A second edition, the ''East Riding Mail'', covers East Yorkshire outside the city of Hull. The paper is published by Mail News & Media. Mail News & Media also publishes two free weekly newspapers, the ''Hull Advertiser'' and ''Beverley Advertiser'', and a monthly magazine, ''The Journal''. In 2012, Local World acquired owner Northcliffe Media from Daily Mail and General Trust. Trinity Mirror purchased Local World in 2015, and is now known as Reach plc. The ''Hull Daily Mail'' is produced every day except for Sunday and has a readership of 10,232. History The paper's prehistory is indicated in the heading of the first issue on Tuesday, 29 September 1885 which reads ''Hull Daily Mail and East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Courier (with which is incorporated The Hull and Lincolnshire Times) ...
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Danny Houghton
Danny Houghton (born 25 September 1988) is an English rugby league footballer who plays as a for Hull F.C. in the Super League. He has played his entire career for his hometown club Hull FC. He is an England Knights international. Background Houghton was born in Kingston upon Hull, Humberside, England. Early career Since signing for Hull from amateur side East Hull, he has progressed through the club's academy ranks to make his début in 2007. His position of choice is , although he only established himself there during his time in the Hull academy, having previously played as a scrum-half. Playing career Hull FC The start of the 2008 season saw Houghton gain a regular place in the first team, often being used from the bench. Houghton quickly established himself as Hull's starting , and was also handed the vice-captaincy of the team. He was in Hull's 2013 Challenge Cup Final team, losing out to Wigan Warriors by a score of 16–0. Houghton had his most successful season t ...
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Sheffield Eagles
The Sheffield Eagles are a professional rugby league club that play in the Championship (rugby league), Betfred Championship. The club play their home games at the Olympic Legacy Park (OLP) on the former site of Don Valley Stadium, their former ground. The original club was formed in 1984 and formerly competed in the Super League. The new, current club was formed in 2000 following a merger of the old club with Huddersfield Giants. The old club's biggest achievement was winning the Challenge Cup in 1998. Sheffield were the inaugural winners of the 1895 Cup, after they beat Widnes Vikings, Widnes at Wembley Stadium on 24 August 2019. History 1982–1984: Foundation of original Eagles In 1982, Huddersfield Giants, Huddersfield captain and chairman of the Players' Union, Gary Hetherington, missed out on a coaching job at York F.C. He decided to form his own club in Sheffield. The original plan to enter the Rugby Football League Championship Second Division, Second Division in ...
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Lee Jackson (rugby League)
Lee Jackson (born 12 March 1969) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. He was a for the Great Britain, England, Hull F.C. (two spells), the Sheffield Eagles, the South Sydney Rabbitohs, the Newcastle Knights, the Leeds Rhinos and the York City Knights. Hull-born Jackson was arguably the most talented British hooker of his generation. He featured on the 1990 Lions tour and played in Hull FC's 14–4 victory over Widnes in the Premiership Final during the 1990–91 season at Old Trafford, Manchester on 12 May 1991, before joining Sheffield Eagles. He was selected to go on the 1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand. Lee Jackson scored the fastest ever try in either code of rugby, after 9-seconds for Hull F.C. in the 8–12 defeat by Sheffield Eagles in the 1992 Yorkshire Cup semi-final during the 1992–93 season at the Don Valley Stadium on Tuesday 6 October 1992. In 1993, Sheffield Eagles ...
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Richard Horne
Richard Horne (born 16 July 1982) is the head coach at Doncaster in Betfred League 1, and a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, Scotland and Yorkshire, and at club level in the Super League for Hull F.C., primarily as a or . Background Horne was born in Kingston upon Hull, Humberside. He is the older brother of the rugby league footballer; Graeme Horne. Career Horne made his début for Hull at the age of 16, and spent his entire career with the club. He has also played for Great Britain, and Scotland. Horne played at stand-off half for Hull in the 2005 Challenge Cup Final victory against the Leeds Rhinos. He set a Super League record of tries scored in succession by scoring tries in 13 consecutive games during 2006's Super League XI. Hull reached the 2006 Super League Grand final to be contested against St. Helens, and Horne played at scrum half back in his side's 4– ...
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Hull F
Hull may refer to: Structures * Chassis, of an armored fighting vehicle * Fuselage, of an aircraft * Hull (botany), the outer covering of seeds * Hull (watercraft), the body or frame of a ship * Submarine hull Mathematics * Affine hull, in affine geometry * Conical hull, in convex geometry * Convex hull, in convex geometry ** Carathéodory's theorem (convex hull) * Holomorphically convex hull, in complex analysis * Injective hull, of a module * Linear hull, another name for the linear span * Skolem hull, of mathematical logic Places England * Hull, the common name of Kingston upon Hull, a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire ** Hull City A.F.C., a football team ** Hull FC, rugby league club formed in 1865, based in the west of the city ** Hull Kingston Rovers (Hull KR), rugby league club formed in 1882, based in the east of the city ** Port of Hull ** University of Hull * River Hull, river in the East Riding of Yorkshire Canada * Hull, Quebec, a settlement opposite Otta ...
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Kirk Yeaman
Kirk Yeaman (born 15 September 1983) is a former English professional rugby league footballer who played all of his senior career for Hull F.C. in the Super League. An England national rugby league team, England international , he also previously played for Great Britain national rugby league team, Great Britain, and has played his entire club football career to date with Hull. He made 374 appearances for Hull FC, hung up his boots at the end of the 2016 season after a stellar 15-year career with the club but came out of retirement in May 2018 to register for Hull F.C. due to the number of injury problems the club had. Career Yeaman came up through the ranks at Hull, a centre who was likened to Jamie Lyon and also a proven try scorer. He scored 17 tries at the end of the 2005 season and an impressive tally in 2006 that took him over the 20 try mark. Hull F.C. reached the 2006 Super League Grand final to be contested against St Helens R.F.C., St. Helens, and Yeaman played ...
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OCR Nationals
OCR Nationals are vocationally related qualifications which were officially launched by the OCR Board in September 2004. The qualifications are designed to meet the needs of those seeking vocational education in place of the traditional, theory-intensive, academic route. Although the target audience are teenagers (14-19), the qualifications are also suitable for adult learners, much like the GNVQ. The OCR Nationals are being phased out, and replaced by the Cambridge Nationals. New alternative OCR Nationals are available at Levels 1, 2 and 3. They are available in the following subject areas: * Business * Design * Health & Social care * Information Technology * Leisure/Travel & Tourism * Media * Public Services * Science * Sport Sport pertains to any form of Competition, competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and Skill, skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to specta ... ...
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