Fly-tipping incidents in Hull are falling rapidly, according to new figures released by Hull City Council.
Reports of illegally dumped waste made to Hull City Council stood at 5,795 in the past year. This is 368 fewer than the 6,163 in the previous year. While it is 1,932 fewer than the 7,727 in 2016/17.
The highly successful Bridlington Seafood Festival will make a welcome return to the town’s seafront on the weekend of 15-16 June 2019.
The seafood festival is led by the Holderness Coast Fisheries Local Action Group (FLAG) with funding from the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and East Riding of Yorkshire Council.
Rugby league fans are being asked to donate food at collection points being set up at Hull FC and Hull KR’s matches, as part of a Teaming up for Families initiative.
Use of the Hull Food Bank has risen every year since it began in 2011, and in 2017/18 it gave out 5,096 parcels. 1,200 of these parcels went to children.
Hull’s Bonus Arena has been shortlisted for two prestigious awards.
The venue has been shortlisted at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Awards and the Local Authority Building Control (LABC) Awards.
The Alcohol and Drug Service (ADS) has introduced a free and confidential service to provide accurate information about the issues around taking Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs (IPEDs).
The Juice Bar offers advice on a range of substances, including steroids and a needle exchange, delivered as a part of the East Riding Partnership, which is run by the Alcohol and Drug Service and Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust.
The refurbishment of apartments at Liberty House in Hull’s Old Town is completed and the property developer Iguana Developments has confirmed that fifty per cent of the scheme has been reserved off-plan.
Home hunters will now be able to access all areas of the building, which comprises a total of twenty-five, one, two and three bedroom apartments, at their open day on Saturday 6 April 2019.
Hull Trains has revealed its new trains are on schedule to arrive in the UK later this year – which will see them become one of the “best rail operating companies in the UK.”
It comes as the firm revealed the fifth and final train in the new £60m fleet arrived in Europe for internal fitting ahead of schedule this week – having been built at Hitachi Rail’s manufacturing plant in Kasado, Japan. When they are launched, Hull Trains will have the youngest entire fleet in the country.
Lord Sugar, one of the best known British businessman in the world, is announced as the headline speaker of The Business Day 2019; to be held at Bridlington Spa on Friday 7 June, coinciding with the end of Humber Business Week.
Lord Sugar, most famous for his role leading BBC TV’s The Apprentice, founded the hugely successful electronics company, Amstrad, in 1968 and served as chairman of Tottenham Hotspur between 1991 and 2001.
The former Riverside and Wyke areas will continue to be protected by a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO), following a decision record approving an extension to the order.
The PSPO was established to address alcohol influenced anti-social behaviour within these areas of the city and requires a review every three years. The order gives the council or police the power to request anyone within the area surrenders alcohol, should it be required.
Swansea City Opera will be returning to Bridlington Spa with a production of Cosi Fan Tutte in May.
Beautifully staged in English with elegant 19th Century costumes, Così fan Tutte contains some of Mozart’s most ravishing music.
Matt Jukes, Hull City Council Chief Executive and elections Returning Officer has today published the Notice of Election in the Guildhall.
The pre-election period is now underway, running from the publication of Notice of Election to the close of polls at 10pm on Thursday 2 May.
ArtWaves has announced the return of the Open Air Painting Competition ‘Paint Out’ as part of the 2019 Festival offering in June 2019.
Paint Out encourages artists to brave the elements of the East Yorkshire Coast and put their plein air painting skills to the test for the chance of winning a £200 prize at the festival.
Following the recovery of a woman’s body yesterday afternoon (Wednesday, 20 March) from the Humber Estuary, Detective Superintendent Martin Smalley has issued the following: “A post-mortem examination commenced this afternoon and is continuing to be carried out this evening, however formal identification has now taken place and we can confirm the body recovered is that of missing woman Libby Squire. “Libby’s family have been informed and are receiving support from specially…
Difficult Women Of Burton Constable is a new exhibition for 2019 that tells the story of independent women who have helped to shape this historic house.
Society has long since seen those who fail to conform as ‘difficult’ or ‘meddlesome’. But were they truly difficult – or were they simply different?
Hymers College has appointed a new Headmaster to take one of the leading private schools in the North of England into a new era.
Justin Stanley joins Hymers from Hereford Cathedral School where he is Deputy Headmaster (Academic). He will take up the reins at the Hull co-educational day school at the beginning of the new school year in September.
Acclaimed composer Gavin Bryars and his Ensemble will be joined by singer and songwriter Gavin Friday for a performance of Nothing Like the Sun, Bryars’ commission for Opera North and the Royal Shakespeare Company, at the University of Hull’s Middleton Hall on 4 April.
The haunting, dramatic piece for chamber group and voices weaves Bryars’ music through eight of Shakespeare’s sonnets. The performers include Bryars himself on double bass, tenor John Potter, and American soprano Claron McFadden.
The Burton Constable Foundation has received support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to increase its organisation resilience and sustainability.
Thanks to National Lottery players, the project aims to secure the future of Burton Constable by reviewing the effectiveness of the organisation, building capacity through adopting new ways of working, testing out ideas, increasing the skills of staff, volunteers and trustees and becoming more financially sustainable.
National Apprenticeship Week saw MP Graham Stuart spend time with young people who work for BAE Systems.
His visit gave him the opportunity to learn more about the importance of Apprenticeships in the workplace. It also gave him the chance to see first hand how young people are benefitting from taking an apprenticeship.