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Setting sights on silver – jubilee celebration rung up for Hull and East Yorkshire Business Awards as entries open
2025 marks 25 years of the region's great business bash

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Emergency lane closures on M62 Ouse Bridge due to 'damaged bridge joint'
It will lead to substantial delays, National Highways said


Humberside Police's Special Constabulary Chief Officer is recognised in King's Birthday Honours
'For 37 years he has volunteered his time to protecting and serving our communities, climbing the ranks whilst also holding a full-time paid senior role outside of policing'

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Teen killer driver had only passed test weeks before car meet tragedy
Lewis Samuels was driving at 74mph when he ploughed into another vehicle and bystanders


Hull bus operator celebrates 25 year career of award-winner
A Hull bus operator is celebrating the career of one of the key members of its team, who is retiring after 25 years of helping local people, throughout the region, to get where they need to go.


Man 'indecently exposed himself to woman and child'
The reported incident happened last night, Humberside Police said

John Good Group Welcomes Sailors’ Children’s Society to Quarry House in Major New Partnership
A historic partnership has entered an exciting new chapter as Sailors’ Children’s Society officially moves into Quarry House, the purpose-built headquarters of the John Good Group, located on the Hesslewood Hall Estate. The charity will reside at Quarry House for the next 18–24 months while it...

Plans to solve traffic 'pinch point' submitted to Hull City Council
The application proposes widening the road to aid traffic flow


Breast cancer left woman with rare side effect that 'completely changed' her
Louise Hatfield has joined an army of people from across Hull and Yorkshire in an incredible display of strength and unity


Woman 'seriously injured' after 'motorcycle collides with pedestrian' on Spring Bank
A 52-year-old woman was taken to hospital


Man, 81, who died following crash is named by family
Police are still appealing for information


Humber NHS issue 'attend your appointment' plea as people urged to put 'health before embarrassment'
Patients have been urged to attend

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Last week I wanted to travel the 100 miles from Hull to Manchester by train for a timely debate on English devolution and what it meant for the North. The train I had to take would have taken me 2 hours and 46 minutes, with a change at Halifax.

Yorkshireman on final leg of world's longest walk - a 27-year trek around the world on foot
A Yorkshireman is approaching the final leg of the world's continuous longest walk - a 27-year trek on foot around the world.


Cricket facility among planning applications approved in East Yorkshire
The approved applications also include 28 beach huts


Girl, 13, who spotted man involved in sexual activity in his car told him 'you shouldn't be doing something like that in public'
He told her he hadn't meant for her to see it, a court heard


Delays on eastbound A63 following incident near Welton
'Severe delays' have been reported


Hull teen walking to Bridlington to 'break stigma around mental health'
'I want to let people know that they are not alone'


Beautiful 7-bed house in conservation zone has 'superb outdoor entertaining area'
The house has "elegant architecture" and "spacious rooms"


How you could have a little bit of Linda Barker’s East Yorkshire garden in your home
The former Changing Rooms TV star has been inspired by her Holderness surroundings to create a new interiors collection
