Angus Young
@angusyoung61.bsky.social
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Freelance Geordie journalist based in Hull. All views are my own. Email:
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Unique local landmark facing an uncertain future. My latest for
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Pimp. Blackmailer. Dealer. Grass. Killer?
An alternative take on a notorious Hull murder
https://aqyoung61.substack.com/p/pimp-blackmailer-dealer-grass-killer
4 days ago
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New one from me for
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on Hull’s forgotten annual carnival.
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9 days ago
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I went down an unexpected rabbit hole when I started looking into the collapse of a Hull firm best known for a series of memorial sculptures. New weekend long read here:
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Steel bars, fast cars, beauty queens and a liquidation
A tale of the unexpected
https://aqyoung61.substack.com/p/steel-bars-fast-cars-beauty-queens
13 days ago
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Pub quiz question for today’s edition of
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13 days ago
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Grim carnage in the First World War and its links to a church in Hull. My latest for
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16 days ago
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Giz a job
Redundancies loom over job creation programme
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19 days ago
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Six of the best (or worst) local story angles from the Epstein files.
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Six of the best (or worst) from the Epstein Files
The local angle on the story of the century
https://aqyoung61.substack.com/p/six-of-the-best-or-worst-from-the
21 days ago
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New weekend long read on the Hull company owned by Robert Maxwell and its business links with the Soviet Union. New subscribers - free or paid - always welcome.
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Shiver me timbers
The forgotten story of how Robert Maxwell bought a Hull company to cement his links with the Soviet Union
https://aqyoung61.substack.com/p/shiver-me-timbers
25 days ago
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Let’s talk about sex - and limericks. My latest for
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26 days ago
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Weekend long read is out. New subscribers-free or paid -always welcome.
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How Hull council taxpayers helped swell the coffers of the world's richest man
Melania and Trump's tech billionaire pals come to town
https://aqyoung61.substack.com/p/how-hull-council-taxpayers-helped
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How Hull council taxpayers helped swell the coffers of a Trump-supporting tech billionaire
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How Hull council taxpayers helped swell the coffers of the world's richest man
Melania and Trump's tech billionaire pals come to town
https://aqyoung61.substack.com/p/how-hull-council-taxpayers-helped
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Forget about AI and robots, the future is all about plumbing. My latest for
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A DIY fix for Northern Powerhouse Fail?
A city’s electric dream
https://aqyoung61.substack.com/p/a-diy-fix-for-northern-powerhouse
about 1 month ago
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Robert Jenrick? “He is a snake”
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about 1 month ago
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New from on plans for hydrogen storage and carbon capture in East Yorkshire. Will it happen? Should it happen?
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about 1 month ago
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Top of the Flops - a curious tale about Hull’s least successful record label. My latest for
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Meet the man who heckled Robert Jenrick. New subscribers - free or paid - always welcome.
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Meet the man who heckled Robert Jenrick
He’s got a story to tell
https://aqyoung61.substack.com/p/meet-the-man-who-heckled-robert-jenrick
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In which we discuss men wearing shorts in January, cannelloni and appearing on page three in the altogether. Oh, and also a bit about Hull.
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about 2 months ago
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New weekend long read on a bonkers by-election
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The bonkers by-election with side order of nuttiness
A month of summer madness in 2008
https://aqyoung61.substack.com/p/the-bonkers-by-election-with-side
about 2 months ago
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When Hull went to war with London over Arctic oil. Weekend long read is out. New subscribers - free or paid - always welcome.
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Greenland? Been there, done that.
The forgotten Arctic oil war between Hull and London.
https://aqyoung61.substack.com/p/greenland-been-there-done-that
about 2 months ago
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Ready to dip into some local history with
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? Aye, ready!
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about 2 months ago
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New weekend long read is out. Subscribers - free or paid - always welcome.
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Want to work for Luke Campbell?
ÂŁ1.1m recruitment drive is underway.
https://aqyoung61.substack.com/p/want-to-work-for-luke-campbell
2 months ago
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Weekend long read on a bit of blue on blue.
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Blue on blue with a plot twist worthy of Line of Duty
Trouble at the top of Humberside Police
https://aqyoung61.substack.com/p/blue-on-blue-with-a-plot-twist-worthy
2 months ago
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Some personal Geordie nostalgia for
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2 months ago
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New weekend read on Hullywood dreams. Subscribers- free or paid / always welcome.
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Turning the Hullywood dream into reality
Spotlight on big budget Punjabi film
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3 months ago
Who Is Hull’s Most Famous Christmas Day Baby? Our festive parturition correspondent
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marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of Hull’s favourite sons. At least, until his mic breaks…
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Toxic tales from the riverbank
Brown stuff, bad stuff and a police chase
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3 months ago
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3 months ago
Who Cheated Who In The Great 1970s Hull Bingo Scandal? Eyes down for a tale of fraud, full houses and fat ladies as our illegal gaming correspondent
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gets his card marked.
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The criminal past of the founder of a scrap company at the centre of the cargo ship fireball in Hull. New weekend long read from me. Subscribers - free or paid - always welcome.
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A dockside accident waiting to happen
Report into cargo ship fireball reveals no checks on hazardous waste
https://aqyoung61.substack.com/p/a-dockside-accident-waiting-to-happen
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3 months ago
Why Is A Punjabi-Language Movie Being Filmed In Hull? Apparently it’s not Bollywood, it’s Pollywood, according to our movie location correspondent
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Weekend long read is out, re-visiting my first ever news feature written 46 (cough!) years ago.
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On the road with a band of Bruvvers
A Punch and Judy show with a difference
https://aqyoung61.substack.com/p/on-the-road-with-a-band-of-bruvvers
3 months ago
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The Russians targeted Nathan Gill for a reason - a devout money-making Mormon whose religion puts church (and its revenue-generating tithes) ahead of state and offers salvation for wrong-doing. This pose yesterday wasn’t an accident.
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New from me on Nathan Gill, now jailed for taking Kremlin bribes. New subscribers- free or paid - always welcome.
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Nathan Gill - sins of the stepfather
To Hull and back
https://aqyoung61.substack.com/p/nathan-gill-sins-of-the-stepfather
3 months ago
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New one from me.
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Grift baby, grift
Road rage to race hate - welcome to Wild West journalism
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4 months ago
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Royal souvenir edition now available.
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4 months ago
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Weekend long read on moors fires and Whitby goths
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Darkness on the edge of town
An eco-disaster on our doorstep you might never have heard about
https://open.substack.com/pub/aqyoung61/p/darkness-on-the-edge-of-town?r=2nflsh&utm_medium=ios
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Weekend long read on the eco-catastrophe on our doorstep you’ve probably never heard of.
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Darkness on the edge of town
An eco-disaster on our doorstep you might never have heard about
https://aqyoung61.substack.com/p/darkness-on-the-edge-of-town
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RIP Don Robinson.
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Farewell Don, the East Coast entertainer
Former Hull City chairman was a colourful character
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Medieval Tripadvisor
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4 months ago
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End of an era as Ernest Whitely & Co. closes in Bridlington. Cash only since 1901. Pic by
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4 months ago
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New extra bit from me.
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Trust shelves plans to bring historic steam trawler back to Hull from the South Atlantic
Virtual reality film will tell Viola's story
https://aqyoung61.substack.com/p/trust-shelves-plans-to-bring-historic
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Big energy arrives in the land that time forgot
Domesday Book hamlet braces for infrastructure development
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Weekend long read is out.
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Big energy arrives in the land that time forgot
Domesday Book hamlet braces for infrastructure development
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4 months ago
What’s The Story Behind This Old Doorway In Witham? The difference between the rest of us and our muck garths correspondent
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is that we see an owld doorway and he sees a social history of Hull.
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Newland Avenue
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Crash bang wallop
Dispatches from the UKIP frontline on the trail of Nathan Gill
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4 months ago
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Why Is One Of The Metropolitan Police’s First Big Bosses Buried In Cottingham? Our police history correspondent
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is an enthusiastic graveyard rambler and often finds fascinating tales of local folk long past.
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How Green Is Hull Fair? With the rides now safely away from Walton Street for another year, our environmental carnival correspondent
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looks at how sustainable the event is.
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Weekly long read is out and it’s an exclusive. New subscribers - free or paid - always welcome.
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Exclusive: Lifting the lid on an eight-year police cover-up
Force ordered to pay damages to elderly man
https://aqyoung61.substack.com/p/exclusive-lifting-the-lid-on-an-eight
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