It might come as a surprise - but something innovative is happening in Hull.
Hull is one of those cities, like Swindon and Slough, that’s long been the butt of jokes - like the one about the guy that typed 'Hell' instead of 'Hull' into his Sat-Nav, but still got there - it's not that funny, or even really justified.
In the 2003 book of Crap Towns Hull came in at number one but so did London in 2013 whilst Hull dropped out of the top 50. This year, though, Hull is the UK City of Culture but it still has some major needs: a 2015 survey by the City Council found that over half the population lived in the most deprived areas of the country.
