A groundbreaking partnership between Hull City Council and smart city operator Connexin is set to put Hull among the world leaders in smart city technology.
The ambitious plans would link services including waste management, traffic and parking to deliver improved public services for residents.
Five-star housebuilder Barratt Homes Yorkshire East recently invited 20 students from Cottingham High School to learn about the importance of protecting and preserving wildlife in the community, this autumn.
As part of the activity, the housebuilder took the students on a tour of its Gold Standard RSPB wildlife-friendly garden at the nearby Poppy Fields development in Cottingham.
The River Hull as it was in its heyday is brought to life in a new book that tells first-hand accounts of life on and around the river.
It is illustrated with over 200 photographs from the 19th century to the present day, many previously unpublished or rarely seen.
Ring in the festive season and shop for a good cause at the 24th annual Southburn Christmas Fayre in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.
This year’s Southburn Christmas Fayre is taking place on Tuesday 12th November at 10am-4pm at Driffield Showground.
A crowd of supporters gathered at KCOM Stadium with Sonny Taylor, Hull’s next boxing champion.
He has confirmed his first local fight at Hull’s Bonus Arena. He will feature on a card with other local boxing pros on Saturday, 26 October.
Humberside Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman was left serious hurt. They say she fell from a ride while adding a teenager was also hurt.
Writer and historian John Heywood will be at Bridlington Central Library on Monday, 14 October from 2pm – 4pm to talk about his book, ‘Beside the Seaside’, a history of Yorkshire’s seaside resorts.
The afternoon will be a tour down Yorkshire’s beautiful East Coast and through history.
A Hull team has been crowned as the winner of the Humber Care Tech Challenge 2019 with their design on how to support people living with dementia.
Team Ull-Tra Fast designed a technological concept on how to ease the symptoms of dementia suffers who experience sundown syndrome. The term refers to an end-of-day confusion and restlessness that manifests at a certain time of day.
A new walking football session – arranged in partnership between East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s sports and play service, Driffield EI AFC and East Riding Leisure Driffield – will take place from October.
The sessions will run every Thursday for 10 weeks, starting from Thursday, 10 October between 7.30-8.30pm at East Riding Leisure Driffield on Bridlington Road, Driffield.
Regional accountancy practice Forrester Boyd are delighted to announce the appointment of Carrie Jensen as partner to be based at the firm’s Grimsby branch.
The move takes the total number of partners at the firm to 10 as the practice continues to expand in the Lincolnshire and the Humber region.
Award-winning theatre company Middle Child is teaming up with Hull Libraries to bring a pop-up version of their script library to residents across Hull this autumn, called Plays Aloud.
Middle Child’s Theatre Library, based at their rehearsal space on the Thornton Estate, stocks over 1,000 plays by contemporary and classic writers, in association with their publishers Oberon Books.
Forrester Boyd, one of the leading independent accountancy firms in the Lincolnshire and Humber region, is excited to welcome the class of 2019.
This year’s intake of six trainee accountants have a very broad range of skills and interests that they bring with them.
Humberside Police say they are continuing to deal with frequent reports of anti-social behaviour, street drinking and open drug-taking on Jameson Street in Hull city centre.
They say that as a result of the level of complaints from local traders they are looking to address the issue.
Work is underway on a major project in the Humber Bridge Country Park.
‘Quarry to Country Park’ is a heritage project, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and delivered by East Riding of Yorkshire Council and their contractors, Ashcourt Construction.
New parking restrictions will be in place during Hull Fair. Several streets in Hull will have parking restrictions increased to allow only parking for residents with permits during the fair.
Streets will include Granville Street, Lowther Street, Paisley Street, Perry Street, Ruskin Street, Sandringham Street and Walliker Street.
Emma Hardy MP has spoken with the charity Guide Dogs at the Labour Party conference.
The MP spoke about the challenges that blind and partially sighted people face when walking the streets. Some of the issues faced include pavement parking, street clutter and shared spaces.
The flourishing local Walking for Health scheme is expanding and has just launched a new 30-minute walk in Bridlington.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council runs a programme of health walks aimed mainly at people who take little or no exercise. It is part of the national Walking for Health initiative and offers led walks for beginners.
St Peter’s Church in Wawne was targeted overnight Friday 27 to Saturday 28 September.
Thieves removed the lead from the roof causing damage and theft worth thousands of pounds.