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The Great Ronaldo

2011-01-24T05:53:00.000-08:00

A Happy New Year to you and all. I know it's a bit late but here are the Great Ronaldo photos that were taken at the Castle Hill lecture theatre when we recorded The Great Ronaldo that has been broadcast on Kingstown Hospital Radio over the festive season.

A synopsis of the play:- THE GREAT RONALDO' A Comedy By TERRY CAVENDER (Dedicated to the memory of the late Sir Norman Wisdom) RONALD CLAPPER, MIDDLE-AGED, IS UNMARRIED AND LIVES IN HULL WITH HIS AGED AND WIDOWED MOTHER. HE EARNS A VERY MODEST LIVING AS A PROFESSIONAL MAGICIAN - (THE GREAT RONALDO.' THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER HE HAS RECEIVED SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT FROM HIS MOTHER. RONALD'S SEEDY MANAGER, BRIAN MORRIS, RUNS A SMALL AGENCY FROM IDA'S FRONT ROOM, LOOKING AFTER RONALD'S FAILING CAREER. UNEXPECTEDLY BRIAN OBTAINS AN AUDITION FOR RONALD ON THE PRIME TIME Z.T.V. TALENT SHOW - WHICH COULD BE THE BIG BREAK THAT RONALD HAS BEEN WAITING FOR.

And some photos from the day:

Bin the habit!

2010-10-14T05:09:00.000-07:00

The NHS and Hull City Council have teamed up in an attempt to reduce the amount of smoking related litter in the City.

Bin The Habit! is a litter awareness campaign aimed at encouraging smokers to discard their cigarette ends responsibly. It highlights the fact that cigarette butts are litter and anyone caught littering the streets can be fined up to £60 for the offence.

The campaign, which has been developed and funded by the Humber Alliance Against Tobacco (HALT), is being piloted in and around Hull Royal Infirmary where hospital security guards will be patrolling the surrounding area issuing advice about littering to smokers. Hull City Council’s Community Wardens will be carrying out a similar operation in other areas of the city. Anyone caught discarding a cigarette end will be asked to pick it up and informed that in future, fines may be issued for similar behaviour. They will also be given a free “stubbie” – a specially designed container for collecting cigarette ends, and, if they are interested in quitting smoking, given information on how they can access the Stop Smoking Service.

Bin the Habit! posters will be located around the Hull Royal Infirmary as well as the Castle Hill Hospital sites for the next month.

Scilla Smith, Chairman at Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, which manages the two hospitals said:

“We are very pleased to be a part of this campaign. Three years ago we took the decision to make our hospitals smoke-free zones. This has helped to reduce the number of smokers on our sites but we know that lots of people ignore our request not to smoke, which can make certain areas very unpleasant for non-smokers. Bin The Habit! helps us to get the message across to smokers in a different way.

“We have to sweep up an enormous amount of smoking-related litter every week simply because people don’t regard cigarette ends as litter. We hope that this campaign might change people’s attitudes.”

April Cundy is the Co-ordinator for HALT, she is delighted that this campaign is being so proactively embraced by the hospital trust and the local authority. She said:

“To many people cigarette ends are just not regarded as litter. If we see someone dropping sweet papers or crisp packets onto the street we are horrified, but cigarette ends just don’t seem to evoke the same response.

“We want people to realise the impact of their actions. Not only do discarded cigarette ends look unsightly but the clean-up costs are at great expense to the taxpayer”

Kingstown Hospital Radio at Hill Top fun day.

2010-07-23T02:10:00.001-07:00

A selection of photos by photographer Pierre Nichol, taken at the Castle Hill fun day.

Mark Evans at Hull New Theatre

2010-07-09T16:36:00.000-07:00

Earlier this evening, Davey spoke to Mark Evans who is currently playing 'Curly' in the production of 'Oklahoma', at Hull New Theatre. This is an exclusive release of the interview (with video here too!) which won't be broadcast on-air until Monday evening, between 7 and 9pm.

John Butcher speaks to Madelaine Mcdonald

2010-07-02T04:55:00.000-07:00

Madelaine Mcdonald has been a regular feature writer on the Yorkshire Post for a few years, and here, John Butcher finds out what she's been up to lately

Download Kingstown Hospital Radio - John Butcher Interview

Promo preview!

2010-06-15T05:57:00.000-07:00

A preview of the new promo for Davey and Julia on Kingstown Hospital Radio. If you listen carefully, you'll hear the voice of Dan Bryan from Big Brother 5!

Download Kingstown Radio - Davey And Julia Promo

Dan Bryan joins Davey and Julia

2010-05-26T06:33:00.000-07:00

On Monday 24th May 2010 Dan Bryan joined Davey G and Julia Douglass for their programme on Kingstown Hospital Radio. You can listen again using the links below (split in to 5 parts due to size).

Dan Bryan is from Hull band IceHouse Project, and he was also a contestant in series 5 of C4's Big Brother.

Download Kingstown Radio - Dan Bryan Part 1

Download Kingstown Radio - Dan Bryan Part 2

Download Kingstown Radio - Dan Bryan Part 3

Download Kingstown Radio - Dan Bryan Part 4

Download Kingstown Radio - Dan Bryan Part 5

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

2010-05-11T12:26:00.000-07:00

Wilesy is at Hull Truck for the new spectacular musical adaptation by John Godber.

Download Kingstown Radio - 20000 Leagues

Wilesy at the Real Yorkshire Travel Awards

2010-04-25T02:24:00.000-07:00

John Wiles speaks to Janet Reuben at the Real Yorkshire Travel Awards.

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John Butcher interviews Linda Acaster

2010-04-25T02:00:00.000-07:00

John speaks to Linda Acaster about her new Novel, 'Torc of Moonlight'. The artwork for her book is currently on display at Hull Truck Theatre in the foyer as part of their 'Writing on the Wall' exhibition.

Download John Butcher - Linda Acaster

John Butcher interviews Penny Grubb

2010-04-25T01:53:00.000-07:00

John Butcher speaks to local author Penny Grubb about her new book, which is flying off the shelves.

Download Kingstown Radio - Penny Grubb

Roary's Run

2010-03-28T04:53:00.000-07:00

Some photos and videos from the fun run, earlier today. Well done to everyone who took part!

Roary's Run, this Sunday

2010-03-26T04:24:00.000-07:00

A reminder that Kingstown Radio will be at Roary's Run, a fun run taking place on Sunday 28th March 2010.

The morning starts at around 8.30am (and remember that clocks go forward the night before) and takes place between the KC Stadium and the Gemtech Arena in Hull.

Chef, James Martin

2010-03-26T04:14:00.001-07:00

Wilesy met TV Chef James Martin.

Audio fo follow shortly!

John Wiles recieving a cheque from LEAPS for Kingstown Radio

2010-03-26T04:12:00.000-07:00

In the photo is Graham Walker of the Grumbleweeds patron of LEAPS, John Wiles and Councillor Karan Woods, Lord Mayor of Kingston upon Hull. The presentation was made at the New Walton Club in Hull on Wednesday 17th February 2010.

Flashback to the past in the Hull/East Riding Mail.

2010-03-24T08:52:00.000-07:00

2010-03-01T07:59:00.000-08:00

Wilesy talks to Jane & John Godber about their play 'April in Paris'.

Hull History Centre

2010-02-04T12:36:00.000-08:00

John Wiles interviewing at the new Hull History Centre.

The King is Bread

2010-02-04T11:58:00.000-08:00

Richard Sutherland reading "The King is Bread"

Wilesy interviews...

2010-02-04T11:50:00.000-08:00

Richard Sutherland discussing his book "The Unitary Authority of Ersatz"

New Blog

2010-02-02T04:49:00.000-08:00

To help you find out all of the latest information, we've just launched our new blog.

We'll add things here as often as we can, so please keep visiting!

There will be a link to this blog from our website main page, so all you need to remember is www.kingstownradio.co.uk