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msn.com | Andrew Spence |David Dubas-Fisher |CULLEN WILLIS
Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
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hulldailymail.co.uk | Andrew Spence |David Dubas-Fisher |CULLEN WILLIS
Sewage was discharged into the Humber for the equivalent of over 200 days in 2024. Sewage is occasionally released into waterways to prevent overflows during heavy rainfall. There were 563,730 spills across England and Wales in 2024, according to figures from the Rivers Trust. It works out at an average of 1,544 a day, a figure that is down from 1,588 per day in 2023. The Humber itself saw sewage being discharged into its water for the equivalent of over 200 days in 2024.
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hulldailymail.co.uk | Andrew Spence
East Riding Council have received an application for the change of use of a former care home in Hornsea with plans submitted to turn the property into a cocktail lounge. The Promenade Residential Care Home on Marine Drive in Hornsea, which provided accommodation for up to 24 elderly persons, closed in summer 2024 "due to issues with meeting modern healthcare requirements" according to planning documents submitted to the council.
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1 week ago | 
bbc.com | Andrew Spence
Construction begins on new Lidl storeAndrew SpenceLocal Democracy Reporting ServiceGetty Images/NurPhotoThe supermarket is set to open in Brough in 2026Building work has started on a new Lidl store in Brough which is due to open next year. The new supermarket on Welton Road could create about 40 jobs, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS).
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1 week ago | 
hulldailymail.co.uk | Andrew Spence
Construction work has started on Brough's first Lidl store that is set to open next year. Plans for a supermarket in Welton Road were initially approved by East Riding Council in 2022, though they weren't welcomed by all with more than 140 objections made to the proposals at the time.
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hulldailymail.co.uk | Andrew Spence
Two Hull City councillors have explained their decision to quit the Liberal Democrats and defect to become Independents. In February, councillors Sherilee Jepmond and Julia Conner, both of the Longhill and Bilton Grange ward, left the Liberal Democrats and, in doing so, formed a new Independent group with the lone pre-existing Independent councillor, Gary Douglas Wareing, who has become the leader of the group.
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2 weeks ago | 
hulldailymail.co.uk | Andrew Spence
Humberside Police is set to recruit 38 new Neighbourhood Policing Officers funded by a Government cash boost. The Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer has announced plans to introduce a named, contactable police officer for every neighbourhood in the country. The announcement forms part of the Government's Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee which hopes to put 13,000 more police officers into neighbourhood policing roles by 2029, an increase of more than 50%.
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2 weeks ago | 
msn.com | Andrew Spence
Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
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2 weeks ago | 
hulldailymail.co.uk | Andrew Spence
A hustings event is set to take place ahead of May's Hull and East Yorkshire Mayoral election. On Thursday, May 1, voters will elect the first-ever Mayor to head the newly-established Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority (HEYCA). The deadline has now passed for people to enter the race to become Mayor meaning the six announced candidates are the names that will appear on voters' ballot papers in around three weeks' time.
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2 weeks ago | 
bbc.com | Andrew Spence
Andrew SpenceLocal Democracy Reporting ServiceA plan has been submitted to build 166 houses on vacant land in east Hull. The homes would be built on derelict land in Middlesex Road, on the Ings estate, according to plans. The proposed properties would be detached and semi-detached and range from two to four bedrooms. Outline planning permission has already been granted by Hull City Council, with the latest submission providing further details about the development.
