For the vast majority, Sunday evening’s friendly against Georgia was a forgettable outing, shorn of any competitive edge, but you’d be hard pushed to convey such a sense of insignificance to Stephen Quinn.

Irish and UK airports suffered some of the biggest falls in passenger numbers in Europe last year, according to a continent-wide survey.

Stephen Hunt fired a parting shot at Hull's financial mis-management after swapping Humberside for the Black Country.

ANDY DAWSON sounded like he meant it, but after hearing the Hull defender insist – yet again – that the club will survive their increasingly desperate relegation battle, the question remained: was he trying to convince the club’s doubters or himself?

SHOULD Liverpool achieve the improbable and overhaul Manchester United at the top of the Premier League table then no-one will have personified the spirit and determination of Rafael Benitez’s side more than Dirk Kuyt.

THIS has been a season of highlights for Hull City, but the most dazzling achievement of all is still to come.

Britain's suspended Humberside Chief Constable David Westwood said today he still believed he was the right man to put right his force’s failings.

Lawyers acting for British Home Secretary David Blunkett intend to lodge a legal action against Humberside Police Authority today in the latest stage of a power struggle over the future of Chief Constable David Westwood.

Embattled Humberside police chief David Westwood should not be sacked for failures over the Soham murder case, the father of victim Holly Wells said tonight.

British Home Secretary David Blunkett was tonight preparing for a High Court battle, which could come as early as Monday, over the future of Humberside’s Chief Constable David Woodward.

Embattled Humberside chief constable David Westwood insisted today he had widespread public support despite calls for his suspension over police failings in the Soham murder case.

A BELEAGUERED was last night involved in a stand-off with the British Home Secretary who had ordered his suspension over the Soham debacle.

An inquiry into how child killer Ian Huntley slipped through the UK police’s intelligence net today revealed a “deeply shocking” catalogue of errors.

Humberside Police chief constable David Westwood insisted today he would not be resigning from his post despite pressure in the aftermath of the Soham murder case.

The British police force that investigated the Soham murders faces a double barrage of criticism for its handling of Ian Huntley in two scathing reports expected out next week.

Humberside’s Chief Constable David Westwood is adamant that the British Data Protection Act was to blame for the deletion of records on Ian Huntley.

UK Humberside Chief Constable David Westwood was twice warned not to blame Britain's Data Protection Act for the deletion of records on Ian Huntley, the Soham Inquiry heard today.

THE police force that failed to keep records on killer Ian Huntley’s murky past is behind in a British drive for better intelligence handling, it emerged last night.

Vetting systems at Cambridgeshire Police had “weaknesses” and “shortcomings” at the time Ian Huntley was being checked, its chief constable admitted today.

Kevin Wells had visions of his daughter in an empty bath before it was even suggested that she had been killed in Ian Huntley’s bathroom, he disclosed today.

THE Chief Constable of Cambridgeshire Police accepts it is “more likely than not” that his force never asked Humberside Police to vet Soham killer Ian Huntley, the Bichard Inquiry heard yesterday.

An alleged offence against Ian Huntley was recorded on Britain's Police National Computer two years late, the Soham inquiry heard today.

SOHAM killer Ian Huntley was identified in a police intelligence report as a “serial sex attacker” who would strike again, three years before he murdered Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, it was revealed yesterday.

An inquiry was opening today into how evil Soham murderer Ian Huntley was able to get a job as a school caretaker despite a string of sex allegations in his past.

Calls were made today for an overhaul of the system for checking the backgrounds of people working with children.