How to recycle your festive waste and have a green Christmas 23rd December 2022 Christmas is a time for celebration, generosity and goodwill. But for many of us it’s also a time of excess – and that includes excess waste. With all that extra packaging, wrapping paper and food and drink over the festive period, the amount of household waste we produce goes up by about a third. Most of […] Read more Christmas News Waste Christmas 2022recycling
Weekly roadworks update – December 23 23rd December 2022 Read more News Transport & Streets Hull weekly roadworks updateRoadworks
Hull City Council awarded regional title for supporting small businesses 23rd November 2022 Hull City Council has been awarded a prestigious ‘best in the region’ award for its support for the local small business community. The council were the regional winners in the ‘COVID-19 Support and Recovery’ category in the Federation of Small Businesses’ (FSB) inaugural Local Government awards. The awards are aimed at celebrating and recognising those […] Read more Business News Regeneration businessCllr Paul Drake DavisCouncillor mike rosscovid responseCOVID-19Federation of Small BusinessesFSB LG AwardHull Youth EnterpriseRegenerationyouth enterprise
Newly restored Invacar on display to mark Disability History Month 23rd November 2022 A newly conserved Invacar has gone on display at Hull’s Streetlife Museum to celebrate UK Disability History Month. The car will be displayed alongside a film from the East Midlands Film Archive from the 1970s, featuring people explaining how phasing out the Invacar would affect them. It is also accompanied by a personal story of […] Read more Education and Learning Leisure & Culture Museums News What's on Arts and cultureArts Council EnglandCouncillor Rob PritchardDisability History MonthHCALHull Culture and LeisureHull MuseumsMuseums QuarterStreetlife Museum
Don’t forget to donate your unwanted Christmas jumpers 23rd November 2022 There is just one week left for people to donate unwanted children’s Christmas jumpers to help local families and keep textiles out of wheelie bins. Over the past few years, Hull City Council has collected about 200 Christmas jumpers and delivered them to schools in priority areas identified by the council’s Love Your Street project. […] Read more Christmas News Waste Christmas 2022Christmas wasterecyclingwaste management
Council statement on Queen’s floral tributes and memorial cards 23rd September 2022 Statement from Hull City Council: “Residents have been asking what will happen to floral tributes left to Queen Elizabeth II, now that the period of national mourning has ended. “Floral tributes are being removed and taken to the community garden in Pearson Park where they will be composted. “All memorial cards will be taken to […] Read more News Death of Queen Elizabeth IIHull History CentrePearson Park
Hull stands with Ukraine on Independence Day 23rd August 2022 Wednesday 24 August is Ukrainian Independence Day, marking 31 years since Ukraine declared independence from the Soviet Union and, this year, six months since the country was invaded by Russia. The city has welcomed 149 people who have fled from war-torn Ukraine, with residents across the city opening their homes to the refugees. Since March, the […] Read more Community and Living News Homes for UkraineHull 4 UkraineUkraine
Freedom Festival 2022: Spectacular 9-day arts festival kicks off this weekend 23rd August 2022 The phenomenal Freedom Festival returns this weekend with a jam-packed programme featuring artists and performances from all over the world. Back for its 16th year, this year’s festival features more than 350 individual performers, artists, musicians, visual artists and creatives. We sat down with Mikey Martins, artistic director & CEO of Freedom Festival Arts Trust, […] Read more Leisure & Culture News What's on Freedom Festival 2022Freedom Festival Arts TrustGravity and Other MythsHull New TheatreMiddle ChildMikey MartinsResonanceTheir Should Be Unicorns
Specialist design team brought in for South Blockhouse Project 23rd June 2022 Hull City Council has today published a decision record that will see specialist design team The Manser Practice brought in to assist with progressing plans for the creation of a new visitor attraction at the site of the South Blockhouse.This appointment is an important milestone for the South Blockhouse Project, the £1.25m development made possible […] Read more Community and Living Leisure & Culture News Regeneration What's on archaeological projectCllr Paul Drake DavisHistoric EnglandManser PracticeNational HighwaysScheduled MonumentSouth Blockhouse
Hull residents urged to register for flood warnings as only 6.6 per cent signed up 23rd June 2022 Just days ahead of the 15-year anniversary of the 2007 flooding in Hull, Living with Water has revealed the city is lagging behind other towns and cities in Yorkshire when it comes to signing up for crucial flood warnings. Environment Agency figures show just 6.6 per cent of people in Hull have signed up to […] Read more Environment Living With Water News Environment AgencyFlood warningsFloodingLiving With Water
Hull, a City of Sanctuary, supports Refugee Week 23rd June 2022 Hull City Council, alongside partners in the voluntary and academic sectors, is marking Refugee Week, 20 – 27 June, with a wide range of activities celebrating the contributions, creativity and resilience that refugees and people seeking sanctuary give to the city. As one of the UK’s designated Cities of Sanctuary, Hull has a long and […] Read more Community and Living Leisure & Culture News Refugee Week
Brick by Brick LEGO exhibition comes to Hull 23rd May 2022 A LEGO® exhibition Brick by Brick International LEGO® Brick Art is coming to the Ferens Art Gallery this month. The Brick by Brick exhibition gathers the work of 18 artists, designers and photographers from around the world who use LEGO® bricks as their medium or inspiration. Using this simple plastic construction block as their starting […] Read more Ferens Leisure & Culture Museums News Ferens Art GalleryHCALHull Culture and LeisureLego
