Councillor Charles Quinn

View article Registered waste carrier prosecuted for burning waste and fly-tipping  

Registered waste carrier prosecuted for burning waste and fly-tipping  

Hull City Council has successfully taken legal action against a registered waste carrier for burning waste and fly-tipping mattresses.  On Friday 5 December 2025, Mr Andrew Pearson, trading as Kingston Clearances of Paragon Street, Hull, appeared at Hull Magistrates’ Court and pleaded guilty to multiple offences under the Environmental Protection Act 1990.  These offences were as follows:  The offences occurred between January and […]

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View article Avoid being fined for fly-tipping this festive season  

Avoid being fined for fly-tipping this festive season  

Hull City Council is urging residents to make use of the multiple authorised waste schemes and services available this festive season, following four substantial fly-tipping fines.  In the separate incidents, the offenders were caught dumping waste in Sutton Street, Spring Bank West, Dover Street, and May Street.  Councillor Charles Quinn, portfolio holder for environment, said: […]

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View article Hull City Council’s digitisation project for children’s services files delivers 300 new trees

Hull City Council’s digitisation project for children’s services files delivers 300 new trees

Hull City Council has continued its move towards a greener, more efficient future by digitising thousands of historic children’s services files. The project, delivered in partnership with Hull-based company Storetec, recently led to 300 new trees being planted in Pickering Park. This, in turn, will see a range of benefits, from improving biodiversity, contributing to a […]

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View article Christmas bin collection dates and recycling centre opening times 

Christmas bin collection dates and recycling centre opening times 

Hull City Council is reminding residents to check their bin collection days over the festive period.  Due to the bank holidays over Christmas and New Year, there will be changes to the usual collection schedule.  Hull residents can check their collection days at any time via the online bin collection day checker or on the […]

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View article The Venn Boulevard Centre: School pupil creates winning logo for Hull Nature Trail

The Venn Boulevard Centre: School pupil creates winning logo for Hull Nature Trail

A Hull school pupil has designed the winning logo for the city’s new Nature Trail initiative.  Earlier this year, pupils across Hull were invited to submit design concepts for the Hull Nature Trail – a new initiative aimed at helping people reconnect with nature.  After careful consideration, a logo created by Blake, a pupil at […]

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View article Silver Award success for Hull!

Silver Award success for Hull!

Hull has won a prestigious Sustainable Food Places Silver Award. The award recognises Hull Food Partnership’s work to promote healthy, sustainable and local food and to tackle some of today’s greatest social challenges; from food poverty and diet-related ill-health to the disappearance of family farms and the loss of independent food retailers. The Sustainable Food Places Award […]

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View article Love Your Neighbourhood: Footpath improvements set to begin in east Hull 

Love Your Neighbourhood: Footpath improvements set to begin in east Hull 

As part of Hull City Council’s ongoing Love Your Neighbourhood initiative, improvement works are set to begin on several footpaths within the Longhill and Bilton Grange and Marfleet areas.  Following a recent ‘patch walk’ in these areas, 10 footpaths were identified as being in poor condition and in urgent need of repair.    In response, the […]

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View article Council cracks down on littering outside Hull Royal Infirmary 

Council cracks down on littering outside Hull Royal Infirmary 

Hull City Council is to issue £150 fixed penalty notices to individuals caught littering outside Hull Royal Infirmary.  Starting tomorrow (Wednesday 12 November) the council’s enforcement contractor, LA Support Limited, will be issuing £150 fixed penalty notices to those found to be littering around the perimeter of Hull Royal Infirmary – including those dropping cigarette […]

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