And John Miles, a Hull fan living in Huddersfield, had told the BBC he would have to travel the 71 miles (114km) to Hull and then back to Huddersfield on an official coach to see the match.

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Mr Turner, along with Hull MPs Alan Johnson and Diana Johnson, met managing director John Redman at Seven Seas.

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Uniformed police were stationed outside the Prescott house in Hull on Wednesday and the gates were shut, with no sign of John or Pauline Prescott.

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