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View article Discounted bus fares to support individuals, families and friends celebrating the festive season

Discounted bus fares to support individuals, families and friends celebrating the festive season

The Hull Bus Alliance has confirmed that further discounted bus fare options are being laid on for the festive season to help support the local economy and provide greater choice when it comes to travelling around the city in the build up to Christmas. Stagecoach East Midlands and East Yorkshire Buses will again be offering […]

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View article Appleton Primary pupils plant hedges as part of Setting Dyke flood resilience scheme

Appleton Primary pupils plant hedges as part of Setting Dyke flood resilience scheme

Children from Appleton Primary School spent a morning planting hedges and learning of the benefits of Hull City Council’s Setting Dyke Catchment Improvement Scheme. The pupils were given expert talks from the council’s flood resilience team before planting hedges which will help to protect the new natural flood management feature. The youngsters also learnt about […]

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View article Newland area next to benefit from Hull City Council’s Priority Streets regeneration programme

Newland area next to benefit from Hull City Council’s Priority Streets regeneration programme

Hull City Council has approved a £4 million investment into streets between Newland Avenue and Beverley Road in north Hull. The funding is part of Hull City Council’s Priority Streets programme which identifies areas of the city most in need of housing improvement works. The streets involved are De Grey, Lambert and Grafton Streets and […]

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View article Council issues warning of significant fines after more people caught fly tipping

Council issues warning of significant fines after more people caught fly tipping

Hull City Council has reiterated its zero tolerance approach to people caught illegally depositing rubbish in the city after three separate £1,000 fixed penalty notices were handed out. The first fine was issued when a local resident was seen dumping bagged and loose household waste on Harlech Close in July. This was reported by a […]

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View article National gold award for Hull Adventure Centre

National gold award for Hull Adventure Centre

A landmark year for Hull Adventure Centre has reached another peak after it won gold for the Small Visitor Attraction of the Year Award at the Land Leisure & Tourism (LLT) Show 2024. The centre was announced as the winner at the annual awards at Birmingham’s NEC last month. The LLT Awards acknowledge those who […]

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View article Scale Lane Bridge to close to pedestrians for essential repairs

Scale Lane Bridge to close to pedestrians for essential repairs

Scale Lane Bridge will close to the public from Tuesday 10 December until the New Year, when repair works to its swing mechanism are scheduled to take place. A routine inspection of the bridge recently identified several bearings that need replacing to ensure the long-term operation of the structure. However, with several river traffic movements […]

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View article Skills board to support Hull and East Yorkshire devolution gets to work

Skills board to support Hull and East Yorkshire devolution gets to work

Influential figures from across the region have come together to form the Hull and East Yorkshire Skills Board. It is the latest group that will support the work of the new Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority, after a £400-million devolution deal was agreed with the Government. Alongside the new Hull and East Yorkshire Business […]

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View article Hull residents prosecuted and ordered to pay over £6,000 for untidy land

Hull residents prosecuted and ordered to pay over £6,000 for untidy land

Hull City Council is warning property owners and occupiers to maintain the cleanliness of their land, to avoid facing prosecution.   This warning comes after four property owners and two occupiers were prosecuted and fined a combined total of £6,200 last month (October) for failing to deal with the condition of their property’s.   In all cases, […]

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View article Bike Lights for Dark Nights initiative returns to support city’s cyclists to ‘stay safe and stay seen’

Bike Lights for Dark Nights initiative returns to support city’s cyclists to ‘stay safe and stay seen’

A successful safety scheme will return to Hull’s roads this winter, aimed at helping cyclists to stay safe and stay seen when riding around the city during the darker nights. After supporting and educating hundreds of cyclists over the past two years, Hull City Council will again be running its popular Bike Lights for Dark […]

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