The Japan coast guard identified the trawler and its owner after Canadian officials provided the identification number on the hull of the ship.

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The Japan Coast Guard identified the owner of the vessel after being contacted by Canadian officials, who were provided the identification number on the hull.

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The group's treasurer, Gary Craig, who is also Professor of Social Justice at the Universities of Hull and Durham, said the number of racially motivated incidents were falling in most police force areas but in North Yorkshire they were continuing to rise.

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The difference between the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance in Hull and in Cambridge has nearly doubled since the start of 2008.

BBC: Economic gap between UK cities 'widening'

The number of jobs under threat at Brough, near Hull, was reduced in February after BAE said 54 technical and engineering jobs had been saved.

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Norman Collier died at a residential care home close to his home city of Hull after being ill with Parkinson's disease for a number of years.

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World number two Stephen Hendry faces Finland's Robin Hull, Paul Hunter is pitted against Malta's Tony Drago and John Higgins opens his campaign against local boy Michael Judge.

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Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) also showed the number of people claiming Job Seekers Allowance (JSA) in North Hull last month was double the national average.

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