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View article Festival goers can enjoy the ‘freedom’ of travelling by bus

Festival goers can enjoy the ‘freedom’ of travelling by bus

The Hull Bus Alliance is encouraging those going to this week’s Freedom Festival to make the journey by bus and take advantage of discounted travel. With a packed programme of music, arts and culture, Freedom Festival has something for everyone and runs from Wednesday 28 August until Sunday 1 September. Getting to events taking place […]

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View article Love Your Neighbourhood: Ings area next in line for a tidy-up   

Love Your Neighbourhood: Ings area next in line for a tidy-up   

Hull City Council’s Love Your Neighbourhood project will be arriving in the Ings area next week.    As part of the citywide Love Your Neighbourhood project, several streets within Hull’s Ings Ward will undergo a comprehensive tidy-up from Monday 2 September to Friday 13 September, leaving streets transformed and residents with a renewed sense of pride […]

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View article Women’s football exhibition opens at the Streetlife Museum

Women’s football exhibition opens at the Streetlife Museum

A new exhibition telling the story of the rich history of women’s football in Hull has today (Wednesday 28 August) opened at the Streetlife Museum. The Lionesses of Hull exhibition explores the life in football of Hull-born Carol Thomas and Flo Bilton. Carol Thomas had a 43-year club career and played for England from 1974-1985, […]

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View article Essential resurfacing work to commence on Plimsoll Way 

Essential resurfacing work to commence on Plimsoll Way 

Hull City Council are preparing to begin an essential resurfacing scheme on Plimsoll Way next month.    The scheme will improve the existing carriageway between the junction of The Haven to South Bridge Road, including the roundabout.  The intention of the scheme is to reconstruct and resurface the failed area of the carriageway, to ensure the […]

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View article The Apprentice star delivers motivational afternoon to HTAE learners

The Apprentice star delivers motivational afternoon to HTAE learners

Hull Training and Adult Education (HTAE) learners were given the opportunity to pick the brains of Hull-based entrepreneur Megan Hornby during a recent motivational afternoon. Megan, who appeared on BBC’s ‘The Apprentice’, owns The Candy Shop on Newland Avenue and shared her experiences with Business, Creative and Digital apprentices at HTAE’s Craven Park Enterprise & […]

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View article New immersive audio walk to take visitors through 60 years of Hull music history

New immersive audio walk to take visitors through 60 years of Hull music history

Grab your headphones! A free guided audio tour of Hull’s incredible music history, narrated by comedian Lucy Beaumont, is now live. ‘Diamond Life’ is a collaboration between Hull City Council, Visit Hull & East Yorkshire (VHEY) and artist collective Mutiny. It offers over 60 minutes of discovery into Hull’s rich music past, guided and narrated […]

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View article Survey feedback calls for clean and tidy neighbourhood for Stepney area of Beverley Road

Survey feedback calls for clean and tidy neighbourhood for Stepney area of Beverley Road

A clean and tidy area free of litter, graffiti and fly-tipping would have the greatest impact in improving Stepney, according to a survey completed by the area’s residents and businesses. A four-week survey held earlier in the summer showed that 69 per cent of respondents were of the same opinion. The survey, part government’s High […]

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View article Love Your Neighbourhood: Drypool area receives tidy-up treatment 

Love Your Neighbourhood: Drypool area receives tidy-up treatment 

Drypool is the latest area to be supported by Hull City Council’s Love Your Neighbourhood project.    Streets across the Drypool area are now basking in the glow of a much-welcomed makeover, thanks to Hull City Council’s ambitious Love Your Neighbourhood initiative.    As part of the citywide project, several streets within the area underwent a comprehensive […]

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