Victory! Watch how Hull celebrated VE Day with free archive screenings at the Hull History Centre 14th April 2025 Hull History Centre are hosting screenings of Hull’s Victory in Europe (VE) Day celebrations next month. Thursday 8 May marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe. To celebrate this momentous anniversary, Hull History Centre will be hosting a free event on Saturday 3 May. There will be screenings […] Read more Leisure & Culture Libraries News What's on HCALHistoryHull Culture and LeisureHull History CentreHull LibrariesSecond World WarVE Day
Next steps taken in Albion Square redevelopment 14th April 2025 Hull City Council has today launched a pre-market engagement exercise welcoming Expressions of Interest for the redevelopment of Albion Square. This will allow the council to give interested parties more information about the site and development opportunity, and for developers to share their outline ideas for the site ahead of the formal procurement process and […] Read more News Regeneration Albion SquareengagementGillian Osgerby
Hull City Council weekly traffic and travel update – 11 April 11th April 2025 Here is the latest breakdown of scheduled and emergency works taking place across Hull over the next few weeks. All works are subject to change. For the latest updates: Read more News Transport & Streets Hull weekly roadworks updateRoadworks
Exhibition celebrating the Polish community in Hull opens at Streetlife Museum 10th April 2025 A new exhibition celebrating over 100 years of the Polish community in Hull has opened at the Streetlife Museum. Cześć Hull, To My!/Hi Hull, It’s Us! explores Polish traditions, food, dress, and lifestyle that enrich Hull’s cultural landscape and highlights some of the local legends with Polish heritage. Hull Museums have worked with pupils from […] Read more Leisure & Culture Museums News What's on exhibitionStreetlife Museum
Learn to dance Bridgerton-style at Lord Mayor’s Charity Ball! 9th April 2025 The Lord Mayor has enlisted the help of a dance tutor for his Bridgerton-themed Charity Ball. Heidi Dodson will teach Regency-era dancing at the event, which takes place at the Guildhall in Hull on Friday 9 May. Kingswood-based Heidi is the head of the company that bears her name, which in addition to dance lessons […] Read more Civic News Cllr Mark CollinsonGuildhallLord Mayor
Tobacco seizures double – hitting 2.4 million cigarettes 8th April 2025 The amount of counterfeit cigarettes, tobacco and vapes seized by Hull City Council’s Public Protection Team doubled in 2024. Between 2023 and 2024, the number of confiscated cigarettes increased from 1.05 million, to 2.4 million; tobacco pouches from 5,312 to 25,841; and vapes from 26,868 to 45,731. The figures included routine seizures, as well as […] Read more News
Further funding approved to increase electric bus rollout in Hull 8th April 2025 Hull City Council and the region’s two main bus operators – East Yorkshire Buses and Stagecoach East Midlands – have welcomed the Department for Transport’s (DfT) announcement of additional funding for the rollout of electric buses in Hull. Today (Tuesday 8 April 2025), the Government confirmed it has made £3,907,844 available to increase the scope […] Read more Environment News Regeneration Transport & Streets Department for Transporteast yorkshire busesHull Bus AllianceHull City CouncilStagecoach East Midlandssustainable transportZEBRA2
Council announces essential carriageway maintenance scheme on Boulevard 7th April 2025 Hull City Council has announced that essential carriageway maintenance work will be carried out on Boulevard, from the junction of Witty Street to Hessle Road. This scheme aims to renew the failed section of the carriageway, to ensure the road provides a safe and even surface for traffic, with adequate grip and skid resistance. The […] Read more News Transport & Streets BoulevardGillian OsgerbyRoad closureRoadworks
Partners, employers and learners celebrated at Skills Bootcamps awards 7th April 2025 Skills Bootcamps Hull & East Riding celebrated its recent successes at its first awards ceremony. Hull Minster played host to the event which saw awards handed out to delivery partners, employers and learners from Waves 4 and 5 of the Skills Bootcamps. Delivery partner awards included tutor of the year and collaborative partnership of the […] Read more Education and Learning News Regeneration Alex CoddHTAESkills Bootcamps
Exciting new children’s book project coming to schools with free public launch event this Easter 7th April 2025 A ground-breaking city-wide literacy project for all year six pupils, the first of its kind in Hull, will begin this summer. ‘One Hull of a Read’ is run in partnership with the publisher Scholastic, Hull Libraries, Hull Schools’ Library Service and previous James Reckitt Hull Children’s Book Award winning author, Helen Rutter. Helen’s new ‘choose […] Read more Leisure & Culture Libraries News What's on Helen RutterJames Reckitt Hull Childrens Book AwardMakerspaceMichelle AlfordOne Hull of a Readprimary school projectSchools Library ServiceThe Boy with Big Decisions
Hull City Council weekly traffic and travel update – 04 April 4th April 2025 Here is the latest breakdown of scheduled and emergency works taking place across Hull over the next few weeks. All works are subject to change. For the latest updates: Read more News Transport & Streets Hull weekly roadworks updateRoadworks
Lord Mayor tours Hull Trains Learning and Development Academy 4th April 2025 After opening its doors last spring, popular open access operator, Hull Trains, welcomed Councillor Mark Collinson, Lord Mayor of Kingston upon Hull and Admiral of the Humber, to the company’s Learning and Development Academy to experience the facility’s world-class driving simulator and to discuss how the two organisations can work together to continue investing in […] Read more Business News Regeneration Transport & Streets Hull City CouncilHull TrainsLord Mayor and Admiral of the HumberLord Mayor Cllr Mark Collinson
