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Read more about the article Scientists use new technology to help surgeons rebuild patients’ faces

Community and Services / Health and Wellbeing

Scientists use new technology to help surgeons rebuild patients’ faces

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…

June 24, 2020

Read more about the article We WILL Remember Them!

Hull's Past, Present and Future / Ian Judson

We WILL Remember Them!

You might have heard of me, through my campaign to have a statue of World War 1 hero Jack Harrison VC MC erected in Hull city centre, Then again unfortunately you might not, because as much as I keep the campaign going, and the more people I talk to, I’m still staggered by how many people still ask me, “Who is Jack Harrison?” However, I also have to advocate, that Jack isn’t the only man…

June 24, 2020

Read more about the article COVID-19 Impact on our hospitals

Community and Services / Health and Wellbeing

COVID-19 Impact on our hospitals

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…

June 24, 2020

Read more about the article Lynda reflects on 45 years in nursing for International Nurses Day 2020

Community and Services / Health and Wellbeing / Hull's Past, Present and Future

Lynda reflects on 45 years in nursing for International Nurses Day 2020

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…

June 24, 2020

Read more about the article There’s no better time to celebrate our nurses

Community and Services / Health and Wellbeing

There’s no better time to celebrate our nurses

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…

June 24, 2020

Read more about the article Brooklands Photographic Society

Community and Services / Hull's Past, Present and Future / Music and The Arts

Brooklands Photographic Society

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…

June 24, 2020

Read more about the article Life After Domestic Abuse.

Jennifer Gilmour

Life After Domestic Abuse.

Like all difficult situations, my journey has been a long and tedious one. However, I now feel that progress has been made and that I am a long way from where I started out and certainly in a more positive place. In brief, after my abusive relationship had ended months had passed and I was still in denial about what I went through. I attended a Hull DAP domestic abuse awareness course encouraged by a…

June 24, 2020

Read more about the article THE MAUREEN HUNTER SINGERS

Community and Services / Music and The Arts

THE MAUREEN HUNTER SINGERS

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…

June 24, 2020

Read more about the article Meet Ed

Our Kids Making It Happen / Schools and Education

Meet Ed

So Edward has just turned 12 and his full name is Edward Alan Walker. I have brought him up myself since he was 7 months old. Ed went to all the usual baby groups, music and me, baby gymnastics etc. and settled at Soccer Tots (football) and seemed happy. After a couple of years he refused to go to football and told me he wanted to be a professional dancer! I am disabled, I have…

June 24, 2020

Read more about the article Ready Steady Read

Community and Services / Schools and Education

Ready Steady Read

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…

June 24, 2020

Read more about the article Raising The Stakes

Health and Wellbeing / Our Kids Making It Happen

Raising The Stakes

Two local girls have been flying the boxing flag for Hull and Yorkshire this weekend when they competed as finalists in the prestigious and coveted National Association of Boys and Girls Clubs boxing finals in Bridlington. Demi Uscroft (16) and Sophie Sansam (15) from the Tommy Coyle Academy in East Hull were attempting to win finals at their respective age and weight classes against opponents, who like them, have battled through several weeks of qualifying…

June 24, 2020

Read more about the article Lifestylers are you up for the challenge?

Community and Services / Music and The Arts

Lifestylers are you up for the challenge?

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…

June 24, 2020

Read more about the article Hull’s three household waste and recycling centres will reopen next week

Community and Services

Hull’s three household waste and recycling centres will reopen next week

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.…

June 24, 2020

Read more about the article Work to resume at Pearson Park

Community and Services

Work to resume at Pearson Park

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…

June 24, 2020

Read more about the article NHS staff to thank the public

Health and Wellbeing

NHS staff to thank the public

For the past six weeks, the UK has been in lockdown. During that time, hospital workers at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust have been inundated with generous and kind offers of help and support from the public; everything from the production of PPE to donations of bread, toiletries, hot dinners, even Easter Eggs. Now it is the turn of hospital staff to say thank you back to the public and other key workers for…

June 24, 2020

Read more about the article Care home leaver wins international business award

Business Vibes / Community and Services

Care home leaver wins international business award

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…

June 24, 2020

Read more about the article Cock of the Walk cuts through red tape to supply hospital with PPE

Business Vibes / Health and Wellbeing

Cock of the Walk cuts through red tape to supply hospital with PPE

A Savile Row-trained tailor has turned her talented team and their mean machines over to making much-needed PPE after cutting through the red tape of NHS procurement. Gill Long, owner of Cock of the Walk, is confident of producing 250 surgical gowns a day with her international staff of six working variously from home and from their tailors shop in Grimston Street, Hull. The gowns are disposable, but Gill is also working on a prototype…

June 24, 2020

Read more about the article Officer uplift and policing Covid-19 restrictions

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Officer uplift and policing Covid-19 restrictions

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…

June 24, 2020

Read more about the article Commissioner comments on the National Policing Uplift

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Commissioner comments on the National Policing Uplift

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…

June 24, 2020

Read more about the article Hull’s Rose Bowl will flourish this summer despite coronavirus

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Hull’s Rose Bowl will flourish this summer despite coronavirus

The Rose Bowl fountain, surrounded by a vibrant array of flowers in Queens Gardens, has been the jewel in the crown of Hull city centre’s green spaces for many years. The colourful and uplifting landmark is admired by residents, city centre workers and visitors. It takes a dedicated team of gardeners to maintain the gardens to those high standards – and the coronavirus outbreak won’t stop efforts to keep it up to standard. The design…

June 24, 2020