Global warming could turn Hull into the Venice of the North

Global warming could turn Hull into the Venice of the North

Hull could become the Venice of the North, say country's top architects, as they outline plans to cope with rising sea levels.



Town planners should allow parts of the suburbs to flood while preserving the historic centre to deal with water levels rising by as much of four feet in the next century.

That way they can make a "positive out of a negative" by creating a walled old city with new waterways around the edge that would be attractive places to live and visit.