Moors Explorer Route Revamped By East Yorkshire Buses, Plus Journeys To Flamingo Land Resort!

Moors Explorer Route Revamped By East Yorkshire Buses, Plus Journeys To Flamingo Land Resort!
July 31, 2023

East Yorkshire Buses has announced that the Moors Explorer ME1 service will return in summer 2023 with a brand-new route.

On Sundays and bank holidays until 28 August, the new route will travel from Hessle, Hull & Beverley to Pickering, Kirkbymoorside and Helmsley, with a stop at Flamingo Land Resort – so everyone can have a good time, whether they prefer a quiet walk in the Moors or a theme park and zoo.

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Defence School of Transport Welcome Rugby League World Cup Trophies Tour

Defence School of Transport Welcome Rugby League World Cup Trophies Tour
October 10, 2022

As part of its preparation for the Rugby League World Cup, the Defence School of Transport, Leconfield welcomed the trophies and the international Fiji team using the barracks as a training facility.

As part of the National Lottery Trophies Tour that kicked off in Newcastle on Friday 26 August, 50 days before the tournament begins, the trophies are in the region.

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Local Legal Talent Shines As Rollits Announces Promotions

Local Legal Talent Shines As Rollits Announces Promotions
July 1, 2022

Leading law firm Rollits LLP has announced the promotion of five members of the team at its office in Hull, including four who graduated from the University of Hull.

Donna Ashbridge and Emma Fawke step up from senior solicitor to associate. Their colleagues John Ashworth, Leanne Hatch and Harriet Wheeldon have all been promoted from solicitor to senior solicitor.

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Former Trainees Progress To Dispute Resolution Roles At Rollits

Former Trainees Progress To Dispute Resolution Roles At Rollits
April 12, 2022

Leading law firm Rollits LLP has bolstered its dispute resolution team with the addition of two solicitors who began their careers as paralegals with the firm.

Abbie Bielby has been recruited into the department after recently being admitted as a solicitor on completion of her period of recognised training. She joins Harriet Kingston, who completed her training at Rollits and qualified as a solicitor in 2021.

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Meet Artist Lee Karen Stow In Beverley On Saturday

Meet Artist Lee Karen Stow In Beverley On Saturday
March 7, 2022

As part of the exhibition, ‘Hidden: Cold War Women’, artist Lee Karen Stow will be giving a talk in the Treasure House in Champney Road on Saturday, 12 March at 1.30pm.

The talk will be a chance to hear about Lee’s photographic travels that have revealed the unheard stories of women survivors of war and conflict from around the world, as well as close to home. This event marks this year’s International Women’s Day.

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Rollits Recruits Highlight Career Path For Local Legal Talent

Rollits Recruits Highlight Career Path For Local Legal Talent
January 26, 2022

A leading law firm is celebrating the talent on its own doorstep as it builds for the future by putting local people at the heart of its recruitment strategy.

Rollits LLP revealed that nine lawyers joined the firm during 2021 and most have either grown up in the region or graduated from the University of Hull.

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Reflections Of Japan In East Yorkshire Exhibition Gets Official Recognition

Reflections Of Japan In East Yorkshire Exhibition Gets Official Recognition
January 25, 2022

The popular exhibition at Beverley Art Gallery, ‘Reflections of Japan in East Yorkshire’, has received further official recognition from the Japanese Embassy.

The exhibition is an official event in the Japan /UK Season of Culture and has been featured in a new video of highlights from the Season of Culture, alongside events at the Ashmolean in Oxford and at Japan House in London.

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Health And Care Staff Thanked For Efforts During Latest Pandemic Surge

Health And Care Staff Thanked For Efforts During Latest Pandemic Surge
January 22, 2022

Local leaders would like to thank health and care staff for their hard work and the public for their support during the latest pandemic surge.

The Humber Local Resilience Forum (LRF) has declared a major incident due to the ongoing high levels of COVID-19 infection and the extra demand and pressures this is putting on local health and care services across Hull and the East Riding. 

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Reflections Of Japan In East Yorkshire Exhibition Opens This Weekend

Reflections Of Japan In East Yorkshire Exhibition Opens This Weekend
October 15, 2021

‘Reflections of Japan in East Yorkshire’, a unique exhibition bringing together a selection of items from private collections across East Yorkshire and artwork by Laura Boswell, opens Saturday 16 October at Beverley Art Gallery in the Treasure House.

The idea for the exhibition came about over two years ago when the Japanese Embassy introduced the ‘Japan-UK Season of Culture’, a celebration of the many facets of Japanese culture in the UK.

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Hull Vehicle Branding Firm Teams Up With University To Kit Out Eco-Friendly Transport

Hull Vehicle Branding Firm Teams Up With University To Kit Out Eco-Friendly Transport
October 7, 2021

A new bike hire hub ready to loan out more than 60 refurbished bikes to University of Hull students has opened on campus.

The eye-catching fleet has been branded in bright purple by Hull-based vehicle livery and decal firm Brandfixx, who spent just a day-and-a-half kitting out the bikes to make sure they look the part while being ridden around the city, as well as ensuring they are easy to spot during the dark winter nights.

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WISHH Charity Launches £40,000 By Your Side Appeal

WISHH Charity Launches £40,000 By Your Side Appeal
September 19, 2021

Hull Hospitals are here, by your side when you need them, from the delivery of exceptional care to supporting families and loved ones.

They are a team we can truly depend on when we need them most. Many of us will have our own story to tell on how hospital staff have touched our lives and gone above and beyond to make a difference.

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Japanese Themed Exhibition Coming To Beverley Art Gallery

Japanese Themed Exhibition Coming To Beverley Art Gallery
September 9, 2021

Opening on Saturday, 16 October at Beverley Art Gallery will be ‘Reflections of Japan in East Yorkshire’, a unique exhibition bringing together a selection of items from private collections across East Yorkshire and artwork by Laura Boswell.

The idea for the exhibition came about more than two years ago when the Japanese Embassy introduced the ‘Japan-UK Season of Culture’, a celebration of the many facets of Japanese culture in the UK.

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Library Link Brings Bedside Poems And Stories To Hospital Patients

Library Link Brings Bedside Poems And Stories To Hospital Patients
August 17, 2021

A hospital in Yorkshire has become the first in the country to support patient care by bringing poetry, stories and chat to the bedside in a partnership that has its roots in the UK City of Culture programme.

Library Link has completed a pilot scheme with volunteers from Hull and East Yorkshire reading poems and short stories to patients in wards and waiting rooms at Hull Royal Infirmary and is now gearing up to return post-Covid.

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