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View article Hull Adventure Centre opens in East Hull

Hull Adventure Centre opens in East Hull

The brand-new Hull Adventure Centre is open to the public today, Friday 1 March, with visitors now able to enjoy a bigger and better experience. The centre, based at Hull Karting, has also launched a new website to enable quicker and easier online bookings. Hull Adventure Centre has introduced archery-tag, bubble ball football and dodgeball, […]

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View article Share your views on proposed new affordable housing developments

Share your views on proposed new affordable housing developments

Hull City Council has arranged three drop-in sessions for residents to see the early feasibility work for the new housing developments planned on the sites of Boothferry Flats, the Torpoint Drive, Millport Drive and Woolwich Drive tower blocks; Henson Villas in Pearson Park, and Selworthy Close, a brownfield site between Minehead and Holwell Roads. The […]

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View article Rix Group receives national award for its work supporting staff to choose sustainable travel options

Rix Group receives national award for its work supporting staff to choose sustainable travel options

One of Hull’s most prominent businesses has received national certification for its workplace travel plan, which encourages and supports its workforce to walk, cycle and use public transport for their daily commute. Rix Group, the sixth-generation, family-owned business, with a portfolio of 22 companies ranging across many industries, has received a Good Travel Plan award […]

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View article Increase in number of Hull school pupils offered their first preference school

Increase in number of Hull school pupils offered their first preference school

Families across the city have received their children’s secondary school place allocation for September. 84% of pupils were offered their first preference of school, up from 81% the year before. 9% of pupils were offered their second preference and 2% their third preference. This means 95% of pupils in total obtained one of their preferences, […]

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View article Eight Hull residents successfully prosecuted for fly-tipping  

Eight Hull residents successfully prosecuted for fly-tipping  

Hull City Council warns residents to dispose of their waste legally to avoid facing enforcement action, following eight fly-tipping prosecutions this month (February).  The council continues to advise residents to dispose of their waste properly through legitimate services. Fly-tipping is defined as the ‘illegal deposit of any waste onto land that does not have a […]

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View article Hull residents prosecuted for littering 

Hull residents prosecuted for littering 

Hull City Council is continuing to warn residents to dispose of their litter responsibly, to avoid a substantial fine or prosecution.   The warning comes after two residents, who failed to pay fines issued by the Council, were convicted in Hull Magistrates’ Court this month (February) after littering in Jameson Street and Whitefriargate.  Both residents were […]

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View article Leaders say ‘thank you’ as thousands have their say on devolution

Leaders say ‘thank you’ as thousands have their say on devolution

The public consultation for Hull and East Yorkshire’s devolution proposals has now ended and leaders of Hull City Council and East Riding of Yorkshire Council have thanked all those who have given their views. More than 4,600 people who live or work in Hull and East Yorkshire have had their say during the eight-week public […]

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View article Hull man prosecuted and ordered to pay over £1,000 for abandoning vehicle 

Hull man prosecuted and ordered to pay over £1,000 for abandoning vehicle 

Hull City Council is continuing to warn residents not to abandon vehicles, to avoid a substantial fine or prosecution.    The warning comes after Mr Mark Adams, who abandoned a vehicle in Netherton Road in July last year, was prosecuted by the Council at Hull Magistrates Court earlier this month (February).  After receiving reports that the […]

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View article East Area Committee to discuss East Park plans

East Area Committee to discuss East Park plans

Plans for changes at East Park will be discussed at the East Area Committee next week, after public consultation came to an end. One of Hull’s most popular parks is subject to planned changes to improve parking and access. As part of the proposals, the main gates to East Park will reopen to motorists (in-line […]

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