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The Awakening is returning to Hull in 2023, bringing a new perspective to our maritime identity. This week, the team is revealing more information about the artists coming to Hull as part of the event

Freedom Festival Arts Trust has curated a creative programme of installation and performance which highlights the city’s relationship with nature, the changing of the seasons and folkloric traditions. In partnership with Hull City Council and supported by Hull Maritime Yorkshire and the Heritage Action Zone, focus is drawn to historic parts of the city centre around Queens Gardens, Whitefriargate, Ferens Art Gallery, Trinity Square and Zebedee’s Yard. Audiences can wander into the city centre to…

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March 15, 2023

William Wright Dock, Kingston Upon Hull, East Yorkshire, United Kingdom, 03 February, 2023. Pictured: Spurn lightship restoration progress

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Spurn Lightship returns to Hull Marina following restoration

Following a major restoration, Hull’s historic Spurn Lightship will make its final journey to Hull Marina to a temporary berth on Thursday 9 March, subject to weather conditions Preparations to move the lightship are expected to get underway from 5.30am and is due to leave Dunston Ship Repairs on William Wright Dock at 6am, making the short journey to Hull Marina for 7am. The vessel will be towed along the Humber estuary by Deans Tugs…

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March 15, 2023

Arcade

Community and Services

Hull Museums event will shine a light on women’s safety

Hull Museums and local community producers ARCADE are hosting Don’t Wait Up, an evening full of live entertainment, participation and protest. It takes place on Friday 18 November, 6:30pm - 9:30pm. Inspired by the carriages in the Streetlife Museum collection, and reflecting on restricted journeys taken by women in days gone by, audiences are invited to think about the ways women get home safely - both past and present. RashDash will be headlining the event,…

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October 25, 2022

Rose-Bowl-Fountain

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

Public urged not to paddle in historic Rose Bowl Fountain

People are being encouraged not to paddle in Hull’s historic Rose Bowl Fountain, as the hot weather continues. Last month, work to give the decorative Rose Bowl Fountain a new lease of life was complete and it now showcases water sequences and spectacular lighting that joins the wider city centre lighting scheme.   There are other ways to cool off in the city, and just a short walk away in Queen Victoria Square are the…

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August 12, 2022

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

Former museum leader visits Hull to see major maritime project

The former Chief Executive of The Historic Dockyard Chatham has visited the city to learn more about the plans to transform some of the Hull’s maritime treasures. Bill Ferris, who was at Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust for 19 years visited Hull on Thursday 11 August to hear about the ambitious plans and the progress to date. Over the past two decades, Bill led capital development projects totalling £47m and secured more than £40m investment from…

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August 12, 2022

The Connected Futures research programme will tackle barriers to training and employment

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£120,000 funding to tackle barriers to training and employment for young people in Hull

Hull City Council, The Warren and Humber Learning Consortium have been successful in securing £120,000 grant funding from the Youth Futures Foundation. The money will be used to undertake research into the mismatch between the high number of apprenticeship vacancies and job vacancies locally, compared with the high number of young people not in employment, education or training. Hull is one of seven areas to receive a part of £16million for the research, which will…

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August 12, 2022

The online game was shown on a big screen at Chess Fest in Trafalgar Square, London

Community and Services / Our Kids Making It Happen / Schools and Education

Young Ukrainian chess player leads Hull team to victory after fleeing war

A Ukrainian chess prodigy who fled the war in his home country has led Hull’s finest young players to victory at a national event. Maksym Larchikov, 12, displayed his remarkable talent as part of Chess Fest, the sport’s biggest public-facing event in the UK, after the event’s organiser, Chess in Schools and Communities, invited a team from Hull to take part. Some of the most promising players from the Hull and District Chess Association‘s new Junior Academy…

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July 23, 2022

UK Youth Parliament

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Hull to host UK Youth Parliament annual conference

Hull is to host this year’s UK Youth Parliament annual conference. Members of Youth Parliament, aged 11 to 18, from all over the UK will visit the city between 22 and 24 July for the conference being held at Hull University. Youth representatives will together debate the issues affecting young people, and vote on which top issues should make it onto the Make Your Mark ballot. UK Youth Parliament will then decide which of the issues should…

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July 23, 2022

Spurn Lightship will return to Hull Marina

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

Hull Maritime to tender for Spurn Lightship’s new berth

Hull City Council has today published a decision record that will allow the council to open a tender process to construct a permanent wet dock for the Spurn Lightship. To berth the Spurn Lightship in Hull Marina for many visitors to enjoy, we require the services of a specialist contractor to deliver a wet berth on the northwest corner of Hull Marina, close to the Holiday Inn and Murdoch’s Connection. A successful funding bid from…

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July 23, 2022

Hull-based artist Sarah Dalton (front) with her painted puffin at the RSPB centre at Bempton. Also pictured (from left) are Scott Davidson-Smith, visitor operations manager at the centre, and Glynis Charlton, Rick Welton and Clare Huby of Puffins Galore!

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Puffins Galore

A public art event which makes puffins the stars of stories of conservation, global warming and green energy has taken off with the installation of the first sculptures in a trail stretching along the coast of East Yorkshire. Organisers of Puffins Galore! placed the first sculpture at the RSPB Centre at Bempton, home to almost half a million seabirds which cram onto the cliffs every year. The second puffin was installed at North Landing, Flamborough,…

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July 20, 2022

Giacom, Hull, welcome HEY Chil;drens University children

Community and Services / Schools and Education

Giacom introduces children to the exciting world of tech with ‘Day in the Clouds’ visits

Leading tech business Giacom has introduced almost 100 young children in Hull to exciting futures available to them with two special business experience days. Giacom has been working with Hull and East Yorkshire Children’s University to open the eyes of primary school children in the city to the rewarding careers in tech they could pursue when they are older. Hull and East Yorkshire Children’s University aims to build the confidence, self-esteem and aspirations of youngsters…

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July 17, 2022

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

Hull’s historic Rose Bowl Fountain given new lease of life

Work to give the Rose Bowl Fountain a new lease of life is complete. The fountain, built in 1935 when the dock basin was filled in, has been sympathetically restored as part of the wider Queens Gardens redevelopment. The fountain, which is a key feature at the entrance to Queens Gardens, was drained to allow for a comprehensive refurbishment which includes the replacement of the water treatment, pump and fountain system to secure its long-term…

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July 17, 2022

Ron Dearing UTC, Kingston Upon Hull, East Yorkshire, United Kingdom, 12 July, 2022. Pictured: New Partners, LtoR James McIntosh, Rob Moulds, Glenn Jensen, Cathryn Harper, Sally Evans, Dave Hardacre, Liam Beardshaw

Business Vibes / Schools and Education

Ron Dearing UTC welcomes more business partners to further boost opportunities for students

Several of the region’s leading businesses have partnered with Hull’s employer-led school to provide students with industry standard skills and help create their potential future workforces. Advanced Plastics Ltd and Shipham Valves have become Major Partners of Ron Dearing University Technical College (UTC), while CATCH, Northern Powergrid, Ridings Consulting Engineers and Spectrum have become Partners. In addition to its Founding Partners, the UTC in Kingston Square, Hull city centre, has many other successful businesses working…

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July 16, 2022

Community and Services / Health and Wellbeing

Keeping ourselves, our community and our NHS protected in extreme heat

The Met Office has issued extreme heat weather warnings (Red and Amber) for our region on Monday and Tuesday next week, developing from Sunday. This means that a hot or exceptional hot spell is expected, leading to widespread impacts on people and infrastructure. What to expect (Taken from Met Office Red and Amber Guidance) Adverse health effects experienced, which may lead to serious illness or danger to life. Government advice is that 999 services should be used…

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July 16, 2022

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

Hull Maritime to tender for Spurn Lightship’s new berth

Hull City Council has today published a decision record that will allow the council to open a tender process to construct a permanent wet dock for the Spurn Lightship. To berth the Spurn Lightship in Hull Marina for many visitors to enjoy, we require the services of a specialist contractor to deliver a wet berth on the northwest corner of Hull Marina, close to the Holiday Inn and Murdoch’s Connection. A successful funding bid from…

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July 16, 2022

Appeal verdict for Postmasters at Royal Courts of Justice (Court of Appeal) for Hudgell Law

Business Vibes

Home win for Neil Hudgell in People in Business Awards

The founder of a law firm which this year marks 25 years of standing up for vulnerable people and giving a voice to those seeking justice has added the Hull & East Yorkshire People in Business Awards (PIBA) Lifetime Contribution accolade to his list of achievements. Neil Hudgell, who formed Hudgell Solicitors in 1997 was recognised for his inspirational efforts to help people affected by some of the highest profile cases in recent years. His…

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July 10, 2022

Whitefriargate, Kingston Upon Hull, East Yorkshire, United Kingdom, 17 June, 2022. Pictured: Tom Watson

Business Vibes

Wykeland reveals plans to breathe new life into landmark former Burton building

Leading developer Wykeland Group has unveiled plans to bring the landmark former Burton building in the heart of Hull back to life. The building, on the corner of Whitefriargate, close to Queen Victoria Square, has been vacant since the fashion store closed its doors after owner Arcadia went into administration in 2020. It was purpose-built as a fashionable men’s tailor shop in 1936 for company founder Montague Burton and, with its striking art deco facade,…

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July 8, 2022

Community and Services

OPERATIONAL NOTE – QUEEN’S BATON RELAY VISITS HULL

The Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay is spending 2 days in Yorkshire region during its 25-day tour of England in the final countdown to the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games The Baton will visit Hull: When: Wednesday 13 July, please arrive by 07.30amWhere: 8am - the Baton will arrive outside of the new ARCO building and proceeds into the Deep as it is submerged in a tank with a Batonbearer diver 8.20am – the Baton is then carried…

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July 8, 2022

The Manser Practice will come on board with designs for this historic site

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REMINDER TODAY – Media call: Biggest community archaeological project seen in Hull this century begins

The largest volunteer-driven archaeological dig in the city this century has started this week by the Deep. The South Blockhouse, a Scheduled Ancient Monument on the east bank of the River Hull, will see around 50 per cent of the site exposed for the first time in over 150 years, with over 4,500 volunteer hours assisting the council’s in-house archaeological team, Humber Field Archaeology (HFA), over an 11-week programme. Volunteers have been gathered by HEY!…

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July 8, 2022

Community and Services

Safer Hull community safety pod has moved to the avenues ward

People in Avenues ward have been invited to raise community issues, including antisocial behaviour, at a dedicated pod. The mobile Community Pod, designed to move around the city, has relocated from the city centre to a spot on Princes Avenue. Residents can drop in and meet Hull City Council teams responsible for dealing with neighbourhood nuisance and street scene service.  Police Neighbourhood Policing Team and Humberside Fire and Rescue Service are also present alongside other…

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July 8, 2022