Countdown begins to Hull & East Yorkshire Combined Authority Mayoral election

Countdown begins to Hull & East Yorkshire Combined Authority Mayoral election

Matt Jukes, Hull City Council Chief Executive and Local Returning Officer for Hull has today posted the Notice of Election in the Guildhall for the Hull & East Yorkshire Combined Authority Mayoral election, following its publication by the Combined Area Returning Officer, Alan Menzies of East Riding of Yorkshire Council.

The pre-election period is now underway, running from the publication of Notice of Election to the close of polls at 10pm on Thursday 1 May.

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Beavers Beaten In Yorkshire Shield Semi Final

Beavers Beaten In Yorkshire Shield Semi Final

Trying to end North Ribb’s long unbeaten run in the Yorkshire Shield Semi Final was always going to be tough ask but Beverley certainly gave it a good go with all the team turning in one of their best performances of the season. The Beavers gave as good as they got for the first half hour of the game and the last 20 minutes, but a Ribblesdale try blitz around the half saw the visitors jump out to a lead that they would not relinquish.

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East Yorkshire Buses Offers Guaranteed Interviews to Atlas Leisure Homes Employees

East Yorkshire Buses Offers Guaranteed Interviews to Atlas Leisure Homes Employees

East Yorkshire Buses is offering a guaranteed interview to all Atlas Leisure Homes employees affected by the company entering receivership. This opportunity provides a fresh start in a secure, well-paid, and rewarding career as a bus driver, with full training provided.

Atlas Leisure Homes employees are known for their commitment, reliability, and teamwork—qualities that make for excellent professional drivers. At East Yorkshire Buses, we value these skills and are keen to offer long-term career opportunities within our trusted local transport network.

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NHS launches new oral health campaign in Humber and North Yorkshire

NHS launches new oral health campaign in Humber and North Yorkshire

NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) is launching a new campaign aimed at improving dental health across the region.

Targeting parents of children aged seven and under, teenagers and young adults, the campaign seeks to encourage parents and carers to introduce healthy teeth habits from a young age and persuade younger adults on the importance of oral health and how to improve it.

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Goole woman prosecuted after being caught on CCTV dumping waste in back alley

Goole woman prosecuted after being caught on CCTV dumping waste in back alley

A woman from Goole has been prosecuted for dumping waste in a back alley in the town after she was caught in the act on CCTV. 

Yvette Marston, of Byron Street, Goole, left books, plant pots, a paint tin, some metal and wood, and black bin bags containing a carpet and household waste in a pile next to a rubbish bin in the access road between Milton Street and Byron Street, Goole. 

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NHS in Humber and North Yorkshire Celebrates International Women's Day

NHS in Humber and North Yorkshire Celebrates International Women’s Day

In recognition of International Women’s Day on 8 March, the local NHS is proud to highlight some of the significant efforts being made to enhance women’s health services across Humber and North Yorkshire.

Through the ‘Women Living Well Longer Programme’, twenty-four Primary Care Networks in Humber and North Yorkshire have become Women’s Health Hubs, covering over half of the Primary Care Networks across our geography. This is a significant achievement against A national NHS target of a single Women’s Health Hub in each ICB area.

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Dove House Hospice: Care Beyond Measure During Families’ Most Challenging Days

Dove House Hospice: Care Beyond Measure During Families’ Most Challenging Days

In the heart of Hull, Dove House Hospice stands as a testament to the power of compassionate care. As part of this month’s “This is Hospice Care” campaign, which appeals for funding through gifts in wills, this touching story of a local family’s experience, highlights the vital role of hospice care in our community.

“Sitting by a pond, watching carp swim lazily, with doves cooing in the trees – it was peaceful and serene. I could have been on holiday,” wrote Prue, whose husband Dennis received care at Dove House in August last year, “But I was at Dove House Hospice, where my husband of nearly 57 years lay in his final days.”

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Bin Lorry Fire Leads To New Warning About Dangerous Vapes

Bin Lorry Fire Leads To New Warning About Dangerous Vapes

East Riding residents are reminded never to throw their disposable vapes in household bins after the latest fire in a rubbish collection lorry. 

A quick-thinking bin crew from East Riding of Yorkshire Council has been praised for dumping a pile of around two tonnes of smouldering rubbish after the load in their truck caught fire on Thursday (23 January) while they were on a regular round in Little Weighton, near Cottingham. 

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Solar Farm Proposed For East Yorkshire Close To Beverley

Solar Farm Proposed For East Yorkshire Close To Beverley

A new solar farm which would provide renewable, clean energy is planned for East Yorkshire, with local residents now being invited to share their views.

The Kingfisher Solar Farm, which would have a capacity of approximately 320 MW, is proposed on land three miles north of the town of Beverley and east of the A164. The proposals for Kingfisher are being brought forward by Ørsted, a global leader in developing renewable energy projects.

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