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View article Councillors to consider £18m NHS facility proposed for Albion Square

Councillors to consider £18m NHS facility proposed for Albion Square

NHS patients could soon be able to access a wide range of healthcare in the city centre if a proposed £18m Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC), earmarked for Albion Square, if approved by Cabinet on Monday 18 December. The NHS has secured £16m in funding from the Department of Health and Social Care to develop a […]

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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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View article Major city centre road part of national regeneration scheme

Major city centre road part of national regeneration scheme

An area of Beverley Road is set to receive a boost after it was named as part of national regeneration scheme. The Stepney area has been confirmed today, Wednesday 6 December, by the government’s Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities as one of 10 pilots for high street accelerator status. The High Street Accelerator […]

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View article £42m invested to protect from flooding a decade on from tidal surge

£42m invested to protect from flooding a decade on from tidal surge

On 5 December 2013, Hull was submerged by a tidal surge, the like of unseen since 1953. Over 250 properties and many roads were flooded and impacted areas stretched from the North Sea to the Humber, with significant damage suffered in many communities.   Now, a decade on, over £42 million has been invested in […]

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View article Drive to reach net zero accelerates with more public and fleet electric vehicle charge points

Drive to reach net zero accelerates with more public and fleet electric vehicle charge points

Hull City Council will invest a further £150,000 in new electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure to support one of the largest fleets of electric vehicles in the region and more than double capacity at a city centre public car park. The council has appointed SWARCO to supply, install, operate and maintain 20 new EV charging […]

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View article Ambitious plans to take step forward as developer sought for East Bank

Ambitious plans to take step forward as developer sought for East Bank

Ambitious proposals which feature up to 850 new homes will take a step forward as Hull City Council seeks a lead developer partner to deliver its East Bank Urban Village project. The site, approved by Cabinet in July, will see up to 850 new homes and mixed uses on brownfield land on East Bank next […]

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View article New Youth Enterprise Ambassadors chosen

New Youth Enterprise Ambassadors chosen

Four enterprising young people have been recruited by Hull City Council and the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank (JCYEB) to become Youth Enterprise Ambassadors to encourage other young people to develop enterprising ideas. Luke Garner, founder of John Henry – Pen Name, is a former Making Changes for Careers programme (MC4C) participant who has been […]

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View article Celebrate Small Business Saturday 2023

Celebrate Small Business Saturday 2023

Small Business Saturday 2023 is here! Running for over a decade, Small Business Saturday is a grassroots campaign that celebrates amazing small businesses and encourages customers to shop locally. Hull has a plethora of fantastic small businesses across the city. This year, the council has hosted two Hull Business – Your Future breakfast events that […]

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View article Late Saturday night buses – helping you get home safely

Late Saturday night buses – helping you get home safely

Those enjoying an evening out in Hull over the festive season will have even more travel options to help get home safely thanks to late Saturday night bus services, funded by Hull City Council. Through funds allocated by the Department for Transport (DfT) for its bus service improvement plan (BSIP), the council, working with local […]

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View article Green light for final phase of Preston Road housing regeneration programme

Green light for final phase of Preston Road housing regeneration programme

A major milestone in Hull’s 15-year, city-wide housing regeneration programme is set to get underway with the start of the second development phase on Preston Road, East Hull.  The redevelopment of the Preston Road regeneration site is being carried out by Hull City Council’s long term, strategic development partnership KSHP, a consortium of housebuilders that […]

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View article Councils and bus operators join forces to demonstrate electric buses

Councils and bus operators join forces to demonstrate electric buses

Hull City Council, in partnership with East Riding of Yorkshire Council and the region’s two main bus operators, East Yorkshire Buses and Stagecoach, will be holding two public engagement events on Wednesday 29 November 2023 to demonstrate electric buses. East Yorkshire Buses will be providing a zero-emission, fully electric, single-deck demonstrator Volvo BZL bus at […]

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