Hull City Council

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 Paralympian Roy Turnham leads vision impaired tennis taster days for Hull students

Paralympian Roy Turnham leads vision impaired tennis taster days for Hull students

Hull-based Paralympian and blind athlete Roy Turnham has teamed up with Hull City Council’s Integrated Physical and Sensory Service (IPaSS) Vision Support Team to deliver two inspiring vision impaired (VI) tennis taster days for young people living with sight loss. This autumn, Roy and his team from Roy Turnham’s Vision Impairment Training and Active Living Skills (RT Vitals) visited St […]

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View article Hull Bus Alliance announce festive group travel offer

Hull Bus Alliance announce festive group travel offer

The Hull Bus Alliance has announced a group travel discount to help people get out and about over the festive season as well as providing a timely boost for the local economy during the busy Christmas and New Year period. Stagecoach East Midlands and East Yorkshire Buses will be offering the Hull Card Group ticket […]

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View article Successful season for Moorsbus following return of popular service

Successful season for Moorsbus following return of popular service

Hundreds of residents from Hull and the East Riding took the opportunity over the spring and summer to enjoy trips to the North York Moors thanks to the return of a popular bus service. The Moorsbus (M1) was brought back thanks to funding from Hull City Council and East Riding of Yorkshire Council, through their […]

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View article Bollywood movie set comes to Hull

Bollywood movie set comes to Hull

Hull will once again become a film set this month as scenes for a new feature are shot across the city centre. Hotshot Production Limited, in conjunction with UK Line Producers 4K INC Limited and Northern Films Limited, will shoot parts of ‘Dastaar’, the first Bollywood production to visit city, from Sunday 16 November to […]

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View article Hull City Council and East Riding Council host Apprenticeship Expo 2025

Hull City Council and East Riding Council host Apprenticeship Expo 2025

Hull City Council is teaming up with East Riding Council to host a large-scale apprenticeship event. Members of the public are invited to attend the Hull & East Riding Apprenticeship Expo 2025 on Wednesday 19 November from 3.45pm-6pm at Bishop Burton College’s Equine Centre*. More than 50 exhibitors will attend, including apprenticeship employers, colleges, Independent […]

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View article Hull bus operator prepares for arrival of electric buses

Hull bus operator prepares for arrival of electric buses

East Yorkshire Buses has announced the successful completion of phase one of its electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure programme, as the operator prepares for the arrival of 21 new electric Wrightbus vehicles later this year. The infrastructure programme has been made possible thanks to an allocation of capital funding from Hull City Council to support the […]

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View article Blue Diamond Awards return as National Care Leavers Week expands to a month 

Blue Diamond Awards return as National Care Leavers Week expands to a month 

Hull City Council hosts its annual Blue Diamond Awards on Thursday 13 November, celebrating the successes and achievements of the city’s young people. This year, the ceremony lands in the middle of National Care Leavers Month. Previously, National Care Leavers Week took place at the end of October. The week has now moved and expanded to run throughout November. […]

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View article Council invests to improve 100 city bus stops

Council invests to improve 100 city bus stops

Hull City Council is investing more than £900,000 to improve around 100 bus stops across the city – making them safer, more accessible and more convenient for passengers while they wait for their bus. Following an audit of 1,108 bus stops and bus shelters in the city last year, the council, working alongside local bus […]

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View article Council welcomes award that highlights Hull Paragon Interchange improvements

Council welcomes award that highlights Hull Paragon Interchange improvements

Hull City Council has welcomed the news that Hull Paragon Interchange has been crowned Large Station of the Year at the National Rail Awards. Often referred to as the “Railway Oscars,” the award was presented at a ceremony in London where the judges praised the station’s transformation in recent years, which have helped make it […]

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