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Designs Signage Solutions Ltd To Help Hull 2017 UK City Of Culture Dress The City

January 27, 2017January 26, 2017Comments Off

Designs Signage Solutions Ltd. are excited to announce their involvement with Hull 2017 UK City of Culture as a supplier. Designs will be helping showcase the events going on throughout the year with high quality branding, signage and print.

This year is of great significance to Hull, honouring the city’s history and acknowledging its revitalisation over the last ten or so years. The influx of tourism and investment that come with the title will only enhance the city and build a better Hull for years to come.

February Half-Term Events At Sewerby Hall And Gardens

January 26, 2017January 26, 2017Comments Off

The team at Sewerby Hall and Gardens have put together a fantastic fun-filled program of events and activities for the half-term holiday week with something on offer for all ages and interests.

Between Sunday, 19 and Sunday, 26 February, visitors will be able to take part in many varied and entertaining activities including healthy walks, family archery and outdoor wildlife sessions, pancake tossing and a brand new Rusticus Adventure: Gold Rush!

Nun Who Saved Jews During Holocaust Honoured In Hull

January 26, 2017January 26, 2017Comments Off

A nun who protected Jews during the Holocaust has been honoured with the 29th Lord Mayor Centenary Plaque this week.

Sister Agnes Walsh (1896 – 1993) was born Clare Walsh in Hull in 1896 and lived at 75 Lowgate (1906-1916). Clare Walsh entered into the Daughters of Charity in 1916 and subsequently became Sister Agnes Walsh.

Tales From The Treasure House – February Fevers

January 26, 2017Comments Off

Are you still trying to overcome that lingering cough or cold from the new year, which just won’t go away in spite of all the medicines money can buy?

Well, if you were to walk into your local archives instead of the local chemists, you would find one or two remedies that are nowhere to be seen on the high street.

Local Businesses Back Win Your Wedding Competition

January 26, 2017January 30, 2017Comments Off

Cash for Kids have partnered with Berry’s Jewellers to offer couples in East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire the chance to win the wedding of their dreams, worth a whopping £20,000.

Win Your Wedding gives away a complete wedding package, including an 80 guest wedding at the 4* Humber Royal Hotel in North East Lincolnshire.

VIDEO : Molescroft Grange & New Bypass From Above

Good News For Drivers With Link Road Set To Open Next Week

January 26, 2017Comments Off

The new Molescroft Link Road which during its construction has caused so much misery to road users is set to open next week according to local Councillor Denis Healy.

News that the road will finally open should be good news for motorists making it easier for people to get around the town and for those passing through.

Peacock Should Do The Decent Thing And Resign Says Healy

Everyone Has Banged Their Self Righteous Drums For So Long – Cllr Peacock

January 26, 2017January 30, 2017Comments Off

Disgraced Councillor, Dominic Peacock has written back to East Riding of Yorkshire Council making it clear he has no intention of resigning despite calls for him to do so.

Cllr Peacock who made offensive and distasteful remarks in relation to a fund set up to raise money for the family of the assassinated MP Jo Cox says residents in his ward, Minster and Woodmansey do not want him to resign.

Help For Charities To Cut Through Financial Red Tape

January 26, 2017January 25, 2017Comments Off

As more and more charities are recognising the need for expert financial guidance, award-winning 360 Chartered Accountants has decided to devote its next Saturday morning surgery to helping those struggling with what can be a financial minefield.

The Hull and East Yorkshire-based firm says many charities try hard to cope with the different types of financial reporting required, but fall short of the complicated regulations without expert guidance.

Biggest Beach Angling Festival In The World Celebrates 24 Years

January 26, 2017January 25, 2017Comments Off

With less than a month until the record breaking Paul Roggeman European Open Beach Championship (EOBC), the world’s largest three-day beach angling festival, entries are reeling in.

The event, renamed in memory of its founder, celebrates its 24th birthday this year and will run from Friday, 24 to Sunday, 26 February, with an estimated 1,000 anglers returning to the East Yorkshire Coast, with its HQ at Sand Le Mere Holiday Village, hoping to reel in a share of £35,000 in prize funds.

STA International Learn to Swim Programme now available in South Holderness

January 26, 2017January 25, 2017Comments Off

East Riding Leisure South Holderness at Preston has introduced the STA (Swimming Teachers’ Association) International Learn to Swim Programme throughout its swimming lessons programme, including platinum awards for advanced swimming and junior lifeguard courses from Monday 23 January, 2017.

The new programme will be fun and exciting, and will help children and young people progress through levels and achieve, by virtue of their success tracker and Health and Wellbeing books.

Dear Yorkshire, Can I Tempt You With An Abseil?

January 25, 2017January 25, 2017Comments Off

Feeling the January blues? Why not give yourself something to look forward to by signing up to a daring abseil down one of the tallest buildings in the North on Sunday 21st May to raise money for the British Red Cross!

The Red Cross is looking for brave people from across Yorkshire to don their finest fancy dress and make their way down the side of a towering student accommodation building in the centre of Leeds to raise money to help people in crisis.

Residents Offered Market-Leading Rates For Home Energy

January 25, 2017January 25, 2017Comments Off

Residents are being offered exclusive market-leading rates* for home energy thanks to the power of collective energy switching.

East Riding of Yorkshire Council teamed up with technology partner iChoosr, the UK’s leading expert in collective energy switching, in 2013 and has been able to deliver savings of £3.5million so far for East Riding residents.

Hull Trains Continue To Fly The Flag For Humber Region

January 25, 2017January 25, 2017Comments Off

Official results published have confirm that Hull Trains continues to exceed customer satisfaction levels with the long-distance rail industry.

The independent National Rail Passenger Survey (NRPS) shows that Hull Trains has the highest ever satisfaction score recorded for any operator in the UK this decade.

Outgoing And Playful – Over 60s Redefine O.A.P. In Hull And Beverley

January 25, 2017Comments Off

Visitors at the Coletta and Tyson Garden Centre in Beverley and The Freedom Centre Hull were surprised by groups of over-60s performing Bollywood dance, tai chi and watercolour painting in the foyers, as part of Royal Voluntary Service’s volunteer recruitment drive.

Led by local instructors Sandra Thompson, Sheila Dickinson and Austin Holt, the classes were organised to demonstrate just a few of the activities residents in the area can get involved with, bringing more people together to have fun and create new friendships.

The Prince Of Wales And The Duchess Of Cornwall To Visit City

January 25, 2017Comments Off

Clarence House has confirmed today that The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall will visit Hull on the 8 February as Hull celebrates its year as the UK City of Culture.

The tour will take in visits to the Ferens Art Gallery, Holy Trinity Church, the literacy charity First Story at The Deep and The Royal Shakespeare Company outreach programme at the Goodwin Development Trust.

HULL : Pregnancy Fitness Projects Celebrates Success

January 25, 2017January 24, 2017Comments Off

A fitness project designed to increase levels of physical activity among pregnant women and new mums in Hull is hosting an event to celebrate its success and promote new and exciting sessions for 2017.

The Us Mums event takes place at Ennerdale Leisure Centre on Thursday 26 January from 11.30am – 2.30pm. New and expectant mums will have the chance to try a range of free taster sessions including Buggy Bootcamp, Yoga, pool party and Box Fit.

Evans Halshaw To Help Families Keep Moving Thanks To Award-Winning Astra

January 25, 2017January 24, 2017Comments Off

Finding the perfect family car can be a challenge – how can the kids be kept entertained? Is the price right? Does it cost much to run? Is there space for everything?

Fortunately, local Vauxhall retailer, Evans Halshaw, has the answer, thanks to Vauxhall’s latest Astra.

Brace Yourselves… Winter’s Still Here, Stay Warm Stay Well

January 24, 2017January 24, 2017Comments Off

As plummeting overnight temperatures hit the region, local residents are encouraged to take simple steps to protect their health.

Night-time temperatures are set to dip below 0⁰C and it is likely that we will see several days of frost, fog and cold weather before the end of February.

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