Hull and East Riding residents are encouraged to ensure they are prepared for the upcoming bank holiday, Monday 25 May 2020, and reminded which NHS services will be available.
Urgent Treatment Centres (UTC), out of hours GP services and some pharmacies across Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire will remain open. GP practices and most pharmacies will be closed on the bank holiday.
Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart has held an urgent meeting with the Managing Director of Hull Trains, Louise Cheeseman, to get an update on the train operator’s situation as a result of the coronavirus crisis.
Hull Trains have suspended their operations since 30th March following the Government’s guidance that services should be for essential travel only, leading to an increase in the number of people working from home.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Health and Wellbeing service has launched an online survey.
Its aim is to understand the attitudes of its customers towards the use of the council’s sports and leisure facilities when they are allowed to reopen.
Despite the uncertainties surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic, the founder of Market Weighton based support group, Talking about Loss has reason to be optimistic as the group approaches its first anniversary and celebrates achieving charitable status.
Following the death of her father, Christopher Munby, Jacqui Gunn was inspired to use the legacy that he left her to set up a support group for people to talk freely about loss and hosted Talking about Loss’s first meeting in June last year at Bishop Wilton Village Hall.
People in East Yorkshire who want to train as a taxi or private hire drivers have just received a much-needed boost.
Humberside Training Associates is now providing the mandatory NVQ Level 2 training qualification across the East Riding.
Following the government’s latest announcement that housing market transactions in England can take place again, Barratt Developments Yorkshire East will re-open its doors to customers on an appointment-only basis from Thursday 21 May.
This move follows a phased restart of its construction sites last week with 12 sites opening across the region.
New messaging reminding people to remain safe and follow social distancing measures is appearing in public spaces.
The government has outlined a plan that, if certain conditions are met, would see the gradual easing of lockdown measures over the coming months.
Children and young people living in the Humber and North Yorkshire areas are being encouraged to use a free online mental health and emotional wellbeing service if they need support during Mental Health Awareness Week (18th-24th May) and beyond.
People aged between 11 and 25 in Hull and East Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire, and North Yorkshire can register to use Kooth – a free, anonymous online counselling and emotional wellbeing service which can be accessed using a computer, smartphone or tablet device.
YORSwitch, the scheme that helps save money on energy bills is still running despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, registration is now open for the Spring auction.
The auction takes place on Tuesday, 19 May and in the days following, the winning supplier will be announced.
International Museums Day, organised annually by the International Council of Museums took place on 18 May.
Asa result of the day, East Riding Museums is marking the occasion, despite their facilities being closed at the moment.
Hull charities pull together in support of the City’s most vulnerable residents via Hull Helpline, to deliver food parcels and meals.
Unity in Community, EMS and Goodwin Development Trust responded to a plea from Hull City Council for local groups, community services and organisations to support the COVID-19 relief efforts.
From today, Monday 18 May motorists will be charged for using on-street parking in Hull. However, any council-owned car parks including short-stay and long-stay will remain free until further notice.
This means that motorists parking in Hull City Council-owned car parks including Albion Street, Lowgate, History Centre, Tower Street, Trippett Street, Osborne Street, George Street, Pryme Street, Francis Street and the ice arena will not be charged.
Safer Roads Humber is pleased to announce that it is now offering its driver safety courses online.
The partnership is rolling out the courses using Microsoft Teams and clients are being contacted to arrange a suitable date.
15 people have been arrested in the last three weeks as part of a targeted forcewide operation to tackle online sex offences.
Detectives from the Internet Sex Offenders Team (ISOT) have been busy gathering evidence and making arrests to help protect our communities.
Laws around organ donation is changing in England is changing on the 20 May subject to finalising the Parliamentary process.
As a result, people are being encouraged to consider the options and register or share their decision.
Criminals are continuing to use the COVID-19 pandemic to scam the public and organisations. They are targeting people looking to buy medical supplies online, sending emails offering fake medical support and scamming people who may be vulnerable or increasingly isolated at home.
Reports from the public have included online shopping scams where people have ordered protective face masks, hand sanitiser, and other products, which have never arrived and a number of cases have been identified where fake testing kits have been offered for sale.
It’s no secret that the construction sector is male-dominated. According to the UK’s Construction Training Board (CITB) the proportion of women working in skilled manual labour is just 2 per cent.
Tackling the diversity divide in Hull, women employed at KWL want to encourage young women to follow in their footsteps into the trades.
In response to the new legislation that has been passed by Government, Humberside Police Chief Constable, Lee Freeman has issued a statement.
In it, he says he would like to thank residents for the support in recent weeks. While he also urges people to be aware of the dangers.