Bumper Platinum Jubilee weekend comes to Hull 26th May 2022 Hull will come alive next weekend in a sea of red, white and blue as the city celebrates the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Plenty of events are planned to take place across the long weekend as Hull joins the nation in celebrating 70 years of Queen Elizabeth II as the nation’s monarch. There will be something […] Read more Leisure & Culture News What's on beacon lightingFlotillaFruit MarketHull city centreHull MinsterJubilee weekendMallMuseum GardensQueens Platinum JubileeTrinity MarketTrinity SquareUEFA
Hull Primary School children celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee at the Streetlife Museum 26th May 2022 Magical Museum Member pupils are stepping back in time as they re-enact the Queen’s coronation. The ‘God Save the Queen’ workshops run from Monday 16 – Friday 27 May and have been made available free and exclusively to Magical Museum Member schools. The Magical Museum Member Schools is a membership scheme Hull Museums run to […] Read more Leisure & Culture Museums News Children and young peopleHCALHull Culture and LeisuremuseumsQueens Jubilee
Hull City Council backs project to support Ukrainian women entrepreneurs 24th May 2022 Hull City Council has today announced that it will be backing a national project to support Ukrainian women entrepreneurs as part of a programme that will see women entrepreneurs from war-torn Ukraine relocate to the UK. During the first Global Entrepreneurship Congress [GEN] since before the pandemic, 6,000 ecosystem builders, ministers, researchers, entrepreneurs, and investors exchanged ideas […] Read more Business News Regeneration businessRegenerationUkraine
Free school meal vouchers for 12,500 families to help with cost of living 24th May 2022 Hull City Council has announced that children who live in Hull and are currently receiving free school meals will receive food vouchers worth £15 over the May half-term week. Around 12,500 families currently receive free school meals in Hull. These families will be sent a text or an email asking them to choose the supermarket […] Read more Children and families Education and Learning News Free school mealsHousehold Support Scheme
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
Child car safety workshops piloted across Hull 23rd May 2022 This week, parents and carers throughout Hull have a unique opportunity to meet child seat experts to learn more about how to keep their children safer in cars. New child car safety workshops are being piloted in children’s centres across Hull and provided by Good Egg Safety, an internationally awarded non-profit organisation funded by Government […] Read more Children and families News Transport & Streets Children's centresroad safety
Weekly roadworks update – May 20 20th May 2022 A short section of Beverley Road will be reduced to one lane in each direction from next week. From Sunday 22 May, emergency work will be carried out to repair two gully connections that are in danger of collapse between Trafalgar Street and Leonard Street. This work is expected to last seven days. From Monday […] Read more News Transport & Streets Hull weekly roadworks updateRoadworks
Pupils give tour of new Broadacre Primary School 20th May 2022 Pupils moved into the new Broadacre Primary School in March and the school is now holding an official opening and celebration day looking at life in the new school. A video showcases the journey of the building of the school, to the children moving in; including children writing their names on steel beams and the […] Read more Children and families Education and Learning News Broadacre Primary SchoolCouncillor Linda TockEducationHull Esteem ConsortiumHull SchoolsSewell Construction
Appointment of new administration, leader and cabinet confirmed for Hull City Council 20th May 2022 The new leader of Hull City Council and cabinet has been formally agreed at a full meeting of Hull City Council. Councillor Mike Ross will lead the council, with Councillor Jackie Dad as deputy. Councillor Dad will also be responsible for governance, finance, legal, HR and digital as well as leading on emergency planning. A […] Read more Council Government and Democracy News Cllr Jackie DadCllr Mike RossFull CouncilLiberal DemocratsNew administrationNew Cabinetportfolio holders
Major work to begin on £6m Priory Way upgrade 19th May 2022 Major work is set to begin on the Priory Way improvement project, paving the way for further development of the Priory Park East business park. As part of the £6million Priory Way scheme, the highway will be widened to accommodate the additional traffic the development of Priory Park East is expected to create. Preparation work has been […] Read more Business News Regeneration Transport & Streets Hull and East Yorkshire LEPPriory ParkPriory WayRoadworks
New city centre bakery, bar and restaurant receives £70,000 grant 18th May 2022 A new bakery, bar and restaurant will open in Hull’s Old Town thanks to a £73,356 Levelling-Up Fund grant. The council has today published a decision record that confirms the grant to Hearth Family Ltd, who will open the unit at 10.5 King St, in Trinity Square. The company already occupy the second floor of […] Read more Business News Regeneration City centreGarry TaylorHAZHearth Family LtdHistoric Englandlevelling up grantOld TownRyan TelfordWhitefriargate
Hull City Council awards Community Wellbeing Service contract 18th May 2022 Hull City Council has awarded contracts for the delivery of Community Wellbeing Services across the city. The Community Wellbeing Service replaces the previous homecare framework and is designed to provide the essential care and support to people and enable them to continue to live in their own homes and communities. The Community Wellbeing providers will […] Read more Adult social care News adult social careasccontract
