East Park has been named the best local free day out in the Hull and East Riding Mumbler awards. The park in Holderness Road pipped the Streetlife Museum into second place in the parenting community group’s first Family Awards, celebrating the best things to do for families in East Yorkshire. Voting took place in January and February and results were due to be announced at an awards ceremony on Saturday 20 March before the event was cancelled…

Thousands of votes have been cast by the public to select 100 objects that feature in a new exhibition at the refurbished Hull Maritime Museum, joining many hundreds more as part of the new exciting displays. The People’s Choice exhibition will see some objects go on display for the first time. In the last three months 200 objects have competed for a place in the new exhibition. More than 10,900 online votes via Facebook, Twitter…

UK police leaders have come together and published a statement about George Floyd’s death.  Chief constables from forces across the country, the chair of the National Police Chiefs’ Council, the chief executive of the College of Policing and the President of the Police Superintendents’ Association have spoken following the death of George Floyd and the events that have followed in the United States. They said: “We stand alongside all those across the globe who are…

Seven centuries of fun This carnival of merriment is the largest travelling fair in Europe and one of the oldest – the fair celebrated its seven hundredth anniversary in 1993. The first charter granting permission for a fair to be held, from 9 to 23 March, was granted in 1278. The anniversary celebrated by Hull City Council dates from1293, when Edward I allocated six weeks in May and June for the festivities. By the 16th…

Barbara Lazenby is now 91 and yet still volunteers at the Sutton and Wawne Museum in Sutton on Hull each week. The other volunteers there wonder if she is Englands oldest volunteer in the museums of this country. Barbara has had a fascinating life and was born in Queens Road in Hull in 1927. She had three brothers and two sisters and she had early links to Sutton from early in her life as her…

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…

Follow Paul Schofield’s Fish Trail around Hull. Click links below to follow his journey. Episode 1 – Anchovies Episode 2 – Lobsters Episode 3 – Cod Episode 4 – X Ray Fish Episode 5 – Flying Fish Episode 6 – Herrings Episode 7 – Plaice Episode 8 – Mackerel Episode 9 and 10 – Dog Fish Episode 11, 12, 13 – Mussel, Starfish and Warty Doris Episode 14 – Swordfish Episode 15, 16, 17 –…

Contractors are being invited to be involved in restoring one of the UK’s last remaining Time Balls, reflecting the importance of maritime timekeeping, the link with navigation and the need to fix longitude from the John Harrison period (1720s) to the present. Companies have the opportunity to submit tenders to become the Principal Contractor to undertake a comprehensive restoration of the Guildhall tower including removing the existing replica ball and installing a new fully working…