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View article Partners, employers and learners celebrated at Skills Bootcamps awards

Partners, employers and learners celebrated at Skills Bootcamps awards

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 […]

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View article Exciting new children’s book project coming to schools with free public launch event this Easter

Exciting new children’s book project coming to schools with free public launch event this Easter

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 […]

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View article Lord Mayor tours Hull Trains Learning and Development Academy

Lord Mayor tours Hull Trains Learning and Development Academy

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 […]

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View article Hull’s active and sustainable travel credentials showcased at national awards

Hull’s active and sustainable travel credentials showcased at national awards

Hull has been highlighted as an example of best practice, nationally, in promoting walking, wheeling, cycling and the use of public transport for everyday journeys after securing two awards at a summit in London. Representatives from Hull-headquartered business, Sewell Group, and from Hull City Council attended the event, organised by Modeshift, the not-for-profit sustainable travel […]

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View article Legacy Independent Funeral Directors investigation update

Legacy Independent Funeral Directors investigation update

Almost 13 months ago, on Wednesday, 6 March 2024, Humberside Police launched an investigation into Legacy Independent Funeral Directors. Today, Wednesday 2 April, following an extensive police inquiry and thorough Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) review, a 47-year-old man has been charged by Humberside Police with a combined total of 64 offences in connection to the […]

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View article Pupils support Bude Park biodiversity with tree planting event

Pupils support Bude Park biodiversity with tree planting event

Primary pupils have enjoyed a morning planting a variety of plant species at Bude Park Playing Fields. A selection of children from Bude Park Academy joined local contractor Houlton, supported by Landplan to plant species such as alder, aspen, birch, rowan, holly and willow. The trees will add to the biodiversity of the area which […]

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View article Hull City Council and Northern Gas Networks announce essential works at key junction 

Hull City Council and Northern Gas Networks announce essential works at key junction 

Hull City Council and Northern Gas Networks (NGN) are set to undertake essential works at the junction of Queens Road and Princes Avenue from next week.   This collaborative effort will see NGN carrying out vital asset maintenance works, while Hull City Council will undertake an essential carriageway resurfacing scheme.   The planned works are due to […]

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View article What’s on in Hull – April 2025

What’s on in Hull – April 2025

Spring is here and there’s plenty going on in Hull this month. Here’s just a small selection of what’s on offer. Healthy Holidays Various dates and locations There is tonnes of stuff going on over the Easter Holidays as part of the Healthy Holidays programme. There are events and activities for all sorts of ages, […]

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View article Your vote, your voice, your mayor – Hull & East Yorkshire residents urged to vote for region’s first elected mayor

Your vote, your voice, your mayor – Hull & East Yorkshire residents urged to vote for region’s first elected mayor

The campaign to encourage Hull and East Yorkshire residents to register and vote for the region’s first elected mayor has begun. Posters and large external advertising boards have this week began to appear across Hull and East Yorkshire, raising awareness of the chance to vote in the election on Thursday 1 May. The notice of […]

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