Many people are reflecting on the lifetime of dedication and service of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II following the sad news of her death.
During her state funeral at Westminster Abbey on Monday 19 September, Hull City Council will provide residents and visitors with the opportunity to gather in Queen Victoria Square to watch.
NHS East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has confirmed that vaccination sites have been launched in the East Riding for children aged five to 11 with no underlying health conditions to be offered two paediatric (child) doses of the Pfizer vaccine, with 12 weeks between doses. Letters from the NHS are being sent to parents/guardians in the local authority inviting them to book their child’s first vaccine.
It is the first time the competition will be held in the UK
Following a successful bidding process by Hull City Council’s Conference Hull team, Hull has been chosen as the host destination for INTERKULTUR’s prestigious International Choir Competition.
In just eight weeks, more than 3,457 people in Hull received a vaccine at pop-up clinics held in parks, churches and communities. A total of 3,436 people collected at-home no-symptom test (LFT) kits, and 266 had an LFT on-site.
The walk-in clinics were targeted in seven areas of the city with lower vaccine uptake, with the aim of making jabs as accessible as possible. In the run-up to every clinic, the team went out into local communities to explain what was happening and encourage them to attend.
A shop that combined two separate businesses selling music and books is now bringing its wares to life with the addition of a live performance venue.
Wrecking Ball Music and Books has already presented a play and a Blues night upstairs at its premises in Whitefriargate, Hull, and established weekly matinee slots for an open-mic afternoon and a film club.
Last year, East Riding Archives unveiled a new app to turn back time.
‘What was Here’ is a virtual ‘time machine’ on smartphones or tablet devices to let users see what used to be at various locations across Hull and East Yorkshire, using historic photos.
There will be a live quadrophonic performance of the ‘Open Bridges’ music – ‘Moments in Time’ – by John Stead to accompany the ‘Open Bridges’ film at Beverley Treasure House and Art Gallery on Thursday, 21 June, at 6.30 pm for 7.00 pm start.
BAFTA winning composer John Stead will diffuse the especially commissioned work to accompany the film, which has been showing in Beverley Art Gallery this month.
The Promotion Company began celebrating 30 years in business along with over 160 guests at their fourth Promote and Prosper event at The University of Hull.
An exhibition included thousands of promotional items that were on display for guests to try out and special guest speakers included Thomas Martin, Non-Executive Chairman of Arco and Gadget Man, Jonathan Elvidge.
The brand new Hull Venue will be hosting the biggest Christmas parties in the city next year.
The arena will play host to seven Christmas Party Nights in December 2018 with 600 people at a time set to enjoy a three course meal, live band and DJ. Tickets, priced £39.95, are on sale now.
An exciting new exhibition that uses the unique medium of prosthetics to create highly stylised art pieces is being brought to the city by Artlink as part of Square Peg, a diversity and disability arts programme funded by Hull UK City of Culture 2017 and backed by its Principal Partner Spirit of 2012.
Working in collaboration with The Alternative Limb Project, Fly Girl Films, Kelly Knox and Omkaar Kotedia, Centre of Attention will showcase cutting edge prosthetic limbs, film, and photography. It opens on Friday 3 November and will be on display every weekend through the month at Hull’s Princes Quay until Sunday 26 November.
Over the last few months, Polish poet Bohdan Piasecki has been taking his Pop-up Poetry Station around Hull, gathering stories and writing poems with the local Polish community as part of Hull Gada.
Form Sunday 24 September to Saturday 30 September his work will be displayed in Princes Quay at Hull Gada Shop of Poems offering a glimpse into this foreign world, steeped in art and culture, just a language away.
The nation’s favourite talent show is hitting the road once again on its search to find talented acts for our brand new series.
This year, the Britain’s Got Talent team is coming to Beverley and Hull on Thursday 21 September to hold auditions at Armstrongs Social Club and also at Princes Quay Shopping Centre.
Hull’s 10th annual Freedom Festival is just one week away so now is the time to get planning your freedom weekend and explore all the incredible shows that are part of this year’s unmissable line up.
Here’s 10 things we think you need to know to make the most of this year’s festival.
After attracting great attendances for the first three gigs Quiet Riot returns to Hodgsons in Beverley once again on March 27th. This month’s line up comprises of soloist Benjamin Kitching