Residents with hearing and sight impairments across the Humberside Police area will directly benefit from a new project, created by East Riding of Yorkshire Council and Community VISION, in association with Hull and East Yorkshire Centre for the Deaf.
A new podcast and BSL (British Sign Language) signed video were launched at a recent event in Beverley to highlight fraud awareness and protection, allowing residents to access information which would otherwise have been unavailable to them.
Hull City Council and its partners will be hosting various events across the city in support of TravelWise Week, a world-wide, week-long travel challenge where sustainable travel organisation, Modeshift, encourages everyone to travel wisely.
It is the council’s ambition to make Hull cleaner, greener and healthier by encouraging residents to choose active forms of travel like walking, cycling or taking the bus.
A council tax increase of 4.99% for the financial year 2023/24 has been approved by councillors in the East Riding.
The East Riding of Yorkshire council approved the 4.99% increase at a special budget meeting, the maximum amount allowed by the government without a referendum.
With a focus on the enforcement of road traffic laws, the Safer Roads Humber Partnership continues its ‘Share the Road’ campaign. It takes hard work and dedication to pass the driving test and earn the privilege of driving.
Speeding, using a handheld mobile phone while driving, and being impaired by alcohol and drugs can and will result in that privilege being revoked.
According to the latest recorded crime figures, drug and weapons offences have decreased in Humberside.
Humberside Police once again defied national crime trends, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) crime figures covering the 12 months up to June 2022.
A local youth rugby league organisation will, this week, hold a tournament that aims to raise awareness of two national campaigns.
The City of Hull and District Rugby League (COHDRL) will host the youth games, starting this Saturday, together with partners including Hull City Council, to raise awareness of black contribution for October’s Black History Month, and celebrate and promote youth achievement in the sport of Rugby League.
After pleading guilty to the killing of Neville Morrison, 53, earlier this year, a man has been sentenced to ten years in prison for his crime.
A dispute between James Hayman and Neville took place on 6 March at Neville’s home address on Roborough Close, Bransholme, which led to Hayman being charged with Neville’s murder. Hayman, 37, of Broadstone Close, Hull, was to go to trial following Neville’s murder.
Humberside Police are appealing to the community in helping them to identify a woman. They have released a CCTV image following a theft that took place in the town.
According to the latest figures, 41 people died and 434 were seriously injured on the roads of the Humber region in 2021.
Safer Roads Humber Partnership has launched a campaign called Share The Road to reduce these casualties. They also say that we all have a responsibility to change this.
After two years on hold, the LGBTQ+ community has lots of celebrating to catch up on. Therefore, Pride in Hull has planned something extra special to celebrate 50 years of Pride in the UK and 21 years in Hull.
Initially, planned to take place in West Park, the venue change was announced at the end of June following confirmation of fixtures for Hull City AFC. Pride in Hull will be held in the aptly named, Queen’s Gardens.
Officers investigating a reported assault at a venue are releasing CCTV images of a woman they believe may be able to assist with their enquiries.
It is reported that a woman was assaulted by another woman whilst inside the venue on Saturday Market, Beverley, at around 1:30am on Sunday 24 April. The woman sustained injuries to her face.
Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, has written to the Humberside Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), Jonathan Evison, in response to a government consultation that has been created to consider how Fire and Rescue Services across the country is governed and by whom.
Hull will commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Falklands conflict this weekend.
On Saturday 18 June, residents and visitors will be invited into the city centre with a chance to watch and interact with attractions in Queens Gardens and around the rose bowl area.
