Day: 7 November 2024

View article Move over, Tom Hardy: Hull’s young storytellers set to rival CBeebies Bedtime Stories

Move over, Tom Hardy: Hull’s young storytellers set to rival CBeebies Bedtime Stories

Hull school pupils now have the opportunity to star in their own read-aloud films as Hull Schools’ Library Service launch a new project – ‘Hull’s Young Storytellers: Lights, Camera, Read!’ ‘Hull’s Young Storytellers’ aims to boost literacy and creativity by combining storytelling with filmmaking. Year five pupils from six schools across the city will produce […]

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View article Lord Mayor’s Christmas Tree Festival back at Minster

Lord Mayor’s Christmas Tree Festival back at Minster

The Lord Mayor’s annual Christmas Tree Festival will return to Hull Minster this December. The popular event will run from Tuesday 3 December to Saturday 21 December, and will see dozens of decorated trees fill up the 700-year-old church. Businesses and organisations, and individuals, can get involved by providing a tree, which can be decorated […]

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View article Love Your Neighbourhood: Beverley and Newland area receives tidy-up treatment 

Love Your Neighbourhood: Beverley and Newland area receives tidy-up treatment 

The Beverley and Newland area is the latest area to be supported by Hull City Council’s Love Your Neighbourhood project.    Streets across the Beverley and Newland Ward are now basking in the glow of a much-needed makeover, thanks to Hull City Council’s ambitious Love Your Neighbourhood initiative.    As part of the citywide project, several streets […]

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View article Hull City Council’s Music Service appointed to lead Humber Music Hub

Hull City Council’s Music Service appointed to lead Humber Music Hub

Hull City Council’s Music Service has been appointed by Arts Council England to lead the Humber Music Hub from September 2024, as part of an ambitious national programme to provide high-quality music education for all children and young people. The Music Hub covers the Humber region of East Riding, Hull, North Lincolnshire and North East […]

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View article Council campaign to support cyclists to ‘stay safe and stay seen’ hailed a success

Council campaign to support cyclists to ‘stay safe and stay seen’ hailed a success

A council campaign to support cyclists in Hull to stay safe and stay seen during the winter months has been hailed a success, following a final pop-up event this week. Hull City Council’s popular Bike Lights for Dark Nights initiative returned in October of last year, when the clocks went back, and saw nine events […]

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View article Dozens of Christmas jumpers donated to help local families 

Dozens of Christmas jumpers donated to help local families 

Kind-hearted people in Hull have been donating unwanted Christmas jumpers to help local families.  Hull City Council recently launched its annual appeal for jumper donations ahead of Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day, which is taking place today (Thursday 7 December).  A total of 85 jumpers were donated via Beercocks and Hull City Council’s customer […]

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View article Free festive fun comes to Hull city centre

Free festive fun comes to Hull city centre

Hull’s old town will come alive with Christmas cheer every weekend through December, with free entertainment for all the family. Activities have been funded by Historic England, in partnership with Arts Council England and the National Lottery Heritage Fund. It aims to support the Whitefriargate High Street Heritage Action Zone, with a three-year Hi! Whitefriargate […]

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View article Public to have its say on Jameson Street Conservation Area

Public to have its say on Jameson Street Conservation Area

Residents, business owners and landlords can have their say on the proposed changes to the Jameson Street Conservation Area as part of the public consultation starting next week. In September, Hull City Council’s Cabinet approved hosting the consultation to garner public and stakeholder opinion on the plans. These are: If proposals are approved, the existing […]

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View article Residents share memories of Hull’s suburban railways as restoration of Stepney Station is complete

Residents share memories of Hull’s suburban railways as restoration of Stepney Station is complete

Vital repairs to a former railway station are now complete. As part of the Beverley Road Townscape Heritage Scheme, funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund and Hull City Council, a grant was awarded to Summit Education Society to support essential repair works and the restoration of traditional historic features at Stepney Station on Beverley […]

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