Have you ever read an email or received a letter that you were suspicious about? Have you ever felt someone is trying to con you out of your hard earned cash over the internet? Has anyone tried to get you to give up your personal information when you don’t want to? Well, the fourth edition of the ‘Little Book of Big Scams’ has been released for our force area which highlights some of the frauds…
With some 5,000 people under the care of hospital consultants in Hull for migraine and headache disorders, it’s no wonder the city has become a nationally recognised centre for treating such debilitating neurological problems. Five thousand people are just the tip of the iceberg, however. According to the Migraine Trust, migraine affects one in every seven people, and is more prevalent than diabetes, asthma and epilepsy combined. “Hull Royal Infirmary’s department of neurology has been…
Throughout the Autumn term Year Six (Nile & Zambezi) of Wheeler Primary School began a mission to help the homeless of Hull. This was in response to hearing about the increasing number of homeless, including children, across our city. Our teacher, Miss Owston, contacted Hull Project Hotdog, a charity run by a large group of amazing volunteers. We got to know Chris Winn, who also runs Café Hotdog on Spring Bank, and he taught us…
My son Jarrad Joseph Grainger born 2nd July 1994 sadly took his own life on 6th September 2015 aged 21 years old. Our world fell apart on this day. We had no money set aside so wasn’t sure how we would afford a funeral for him, luckily our friends and family came together and donated their money so we could give him the fantastic send off that he deserved. The day I lost him will…
Park Street Performing Arts Centre are a well-established charity in Hull City Centre focusing on getting people from 3 to 99 into various disciplines of the Arts. We are staffed by 5 Trustees – all voluntary and 5 members of teaching staff. Due to transitional changes in July, we needed 4 brand new teachers and all have brought a real structure to the school and transformed the way we deliver Musical Theatre, Dance, Drama and…
Hull Minster is celebrating record-breaking visitor numbers in 2018, as the iconic church becomes established as a leading events venue. During the year 225,000 people visited or attended events at the Minster as the rejuvenated church capitalised on the transformation of the building to enable it to host flexible and inclusive forms of worship and become a major social, cultural and community hub. The numbers are a significant boost as increasing visitors and donations are…
The office of Police and Crime Commissioner Keith Hunter has been successful in a bid to the Home Office Early Intervention Youth Fund. A total of £337,500 has been awarded for projects which will operate across the whole of the Humberside Police force area, to help divert children and young people away from crime. The funding runs until March 2020. There are four projects which have secured funding, some of which began as Hull-based schemes…
Hospital scientists are using new technology to help rebuild the faces of cancer patients, those hurt in accidents and people born with complex facial deformities. Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust’s reconstructive scientists are using 3D printing techniques to produce resin models of patients’ skulls. The models are then used to create titanium plates and implants used by maxillofacial surgeons and neurosurgeons to repair damage to people’s faces. Scientists and consultants have already used…
How COVID-19 is impacting on our hospitals Hospital bosses has managed to see almost half of its patients awaiting outpatient appointments despite the impact of COVID-19 on the NHS. Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust had to cancel services including non-urgent appointments and routine operations in line with hospitals around the country in response to COVID-19. At a meeting of the trust board today, board members heard around 50 per cent of outpatient appointments have…
International Nurses Day, 12 May 2020, marks the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth. The special Day is an opportunity to recognise the role of nurses of all professions and levels, and the contribution they are making during the current pandemic. Lynda Whincup, who works for NHS Hull Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) as a Professional Advisor – Primary Health Care, looks back on 45-year career in nursing – predominantly in the community. Lynda says: “I’m in…
Nurses Day celebrations take place every year on 12th May, but in 2020, there’s even more reason than usual to celebrate the contribution nurses make in our society. Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust’s nursing staff have been central to the hospitals’ COVID-19 response in recent weeks, working round-the-clock in areas such as intensive care, emergency care and infection control to provide the best care possible for patients. But nursing staff can be found in all…
Brooklands Photographic Society was formed in 1968 as the staff camera club for Reckitts employees. In 1982 Reckits lost interest in the club and the club moved to the Brooklands Pavilion in Chamberlain Road but a few years later had to leave that and moved to Sutton on Hull Methodist Church where we remain today. The club retained the name it had used since its move to the Brooklands Pavilion. Today Brooklands PS is Hull’s…
MAUREEN HUNTER, ALCM, LGSM, FLCM … .started her musical education by studying the piano with her mother, the late Mrs Vera Pendrick, up to ALCM standard. However, at the age of 17 she was awarded an Exhibition of the Guildhall School of Music for singing, and her main interests settled in that direction. Further study resulted in her LGSM diploma. A consistent winner in musical festivals around the North of England, folk soon came to…
A new charity aimed at improving literacy in primary school children in Hull launched at an event hosted by Andrew Jackson Solicitors. The charity, Ready, Steady, Read,has been co-founded by Joanne Walker and Paula Stead who share a belief in the power of literacy to improve the aspirations and outcomes for children and young people in the city, along with a passion for the joy that a lifelong love of reading can bring. Joanne and Paula…
We know that many of our young people are feeling sad that Lifestyle 2020 has been cancelled, and for some of last year’s winners prize trips have been postponed. So we have decided to keep the spirit of Lifestyle alive and set our young people a special challenge to help share our smiles and keep everyone going through this unusual time. Lifestylers, are you up for it? One thing that has been really positive to…
Hull’s three household waste and recycling centres are to reopen next week, but for essential trips only.The centres located in Burma Drive, Amsterdam Road (Sutton Fields) and Wiltshire Road will open on Monday 4 May for residents who are unable to keep any excess waste at home. The sites will be open from 10am – 5pm.Social distancing guidelines will be enforced and no more than six vehicles will be allowed on site at one time.…
Pearson Park’s National Lottery Heritage Fund restoration project is to re-start. The £3.8 million scheme is nearing completion and has seen some of the park’s stunning Victorian features and significant assets brought back to life.Following Government guidelines for construction sites, contractors are practising safe social distancing, have reduced the number of staff working on site at any time and are holding daily meetings as well as using additional PPE. A full-time cleaner has also been employed…
A young woman who built a successful company with her partner after they initially met in a care home has scooped an international business award – reaching the top of the tree for her efforts to look after the bottom line. Sarah Fenwick, who with Gareth Pennington set up Tree Fellas Hull Ltd in 2019, has been named Student of the Year by the International Association of Bookkeepers (IAB). But as the couple celebrate they…
In response to two sets of national statistics that have been released today in regards to the boost in police officer numbers by the Government’s “Join the Police” campaign, and the continued compliance of the public with proportionate police enforcement of the Covid-19 restrictions, Humberside Police Chief Constable Lee Freeman has issued the following statement: “In 2017, we launched a recruitment campaign which was funded by the Police and Crime Commissioner and enabled us to welcome…
Today the Home Office have released their latest update on a national uplift in Police Officer numbers, which highlights that Humberside Police are well on track to meeting the targeted increase of 97 officer by March 2021. Police and Crime Commissioner Keith Hunter said: “I am pleased to see officer numbers increase in Humberside as part of the national uplift. The force now has over 2000 police officers compared with 1550 funded posts in 2016…
