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View article Start the summer with a splash

Start the summer with a splash

Families can splash into summer this weekend as three of the city’s water play areas open to the public. East Park, Alderman Kneeshaw and West Park splash pads will be open from Saturday (25 May) every day through the half term and then at weekends 10am – 5pm.All are free to use. Councillor Rob Pritchard, […]

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View article Record numbers of people visit Hull Museums

Record numbers of people visit Hull Museums

Hull Museums are celebrating after seeing visitor numbers across their sites exceed pre-lockdown numbers. The busy year saw over 383,000 people visit the city’s free museums and galleries, up 13 per cent on 2019/20. It also saw the Museums Quarter sites – Streetlife Museum, Hull and East Riding Museum of Archaeology and Wilberforce House Museum […]

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View article Love Your Neighbourhood: Newington and Gipsyville area next in line for a tidy-up 

Love Your Neighbourhood: Newington and Gipsyville area next in line for a tidy-up 

Hull City Council’s Love Your Neighbourhood project will be arriving in the Newington and Gipsyville area next week.   As part of the citywide Love Your Neighbourhood project, streets in the Newington and Gipsyville area will undergo a comprehensive tidy-up from Wednesday 29 May to Friday 7 June, leaving the streets transformed and residents with a […]

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View article Tag archery and bubble ball football at popular annual business event

Tag archery and bubble ball football at popular annual business event

Hull City Council is proud to once again be a main sponsor of The Business Day and will be showcasing some of its latest attractions from Hull Adventure Centre. The annual event, held at Bridlington Spa, is an inspirational day with guest speakers, breakout sessions and networking with some of the region’s biggest business leaders. […]

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View article Trial launched to explore benefits of heat pumps for council tenants

Trial launched to explore benefits of heat pumps for council tenants

Ideal Heating has launched a heat pumps trial with Hull City Council. The Living with Heat Pumps project will explore the benefits of living in a home with an air source heat pump compared to a traditional gas boiler. Ideal Heating has worked with Hull City Council and regional net zero campaign, Oh Yes! Net […]

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View article Deputy Lieutenant Chris Blacksell appointed Chair of Visit Hull and East Yorkshire’s Advisory Board

Deputy Lieutenant Chris Blacksell appointed Chair of Visit Hull and East Yorkshire’s Advisory Board

Regional tourism partnership Visit Hull and East Yorkshire (VHEY) is delighted to announce the appointment of Chris Blacksell, a Deputy Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire, as the new Chair of its Advisory Board. Having been appointed jointly by Hull City Council, East Riding of Yorkshire Council and the VHEY Advisory Board, Mr Blacksell […]

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View article Caught on camera: Fly-tipping caught on CCTV cost vehicle owner £660 

Caught on camera: Fly-tipping caught on CCTV cost vehicle owner £660 

In an incident captured on CCTV, a registered owner of a vehicle was prosecuted and ordered to pay over £600 after a passenger committed an act of illegal fly-tipping.  Hull City Council brought the case against Mr Vorel Voicu of Queens Road, Hull, after CCTV caught a passenger fly-tipping waste from a vehicle he owned. […]

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