Rachel Russell

4 days ago | bbc.com | Rachel Russell

CCTV upgraded at city centre car park Hull City CouncilFourteen more cameras are installed at Osborne Street Car Park in response to anti-social behaviourMore CCTV cameras have been added to a city centre car park to tackle anti-social behaviour. Hull City Council said 14 cameras, costing £46,975.23, were fitted to stairwells at Osborne Street Car Park. The council-owned facility has been blighted by anti-social behaviour since opening in 2018.

4 days ago | bbc.com | Rachel Russell

Man suffers head injury during assault near pubRachel RussellGoogleThe attack took place on Saturday on Birley Moor Road, police sayA man has suffered a serious head injury during an assault near a pub in Sheffield, according to police. The attack took place at about 20:35 BST on Saturday close to The Sherwood pub on Birley Moor Road, a South Yorkshire Police spokesperson said. The man, aged in his 30s, was taken to hospital, where he remains in a serious condition.

5 days ago | bbc.co.uk | Rachel Russell

Image source, GoogleImage caption, The first floor of the shopping centre in Barnsley will be turned into a health and wellbeing hubWork has started on transforming the first floor of a shopping centre in South Yorkshire into a health and wellbeing hub. Barnsley Council said the former Wilko store at the Alhambra Shopping Centre is currently being revamped as part of its Health on the High Street initiative.

1 week ago | bbc.co.uk | Rachel Russell

Image source, Anttoni James NumminenImage caption, The Brunswick Centre was bought by Scarborough Group International (SGI) in 2021Work to modernise a North Yorkshire shopping centre is set to to begin later this year, it has been confirmed. The 1990s-built Brunswick Centre was bought by Scarborough Group International (SGI) in 2021 after suffering from declining footfall. Plans to revamp the centre and build an Odeon cinema and food court were approved by North Yorkshire Council in 2023.

1 week ago | bbc.com | Rachel Russell

Rachel RussellBBC News, YorkshireA man has been jailed for 15 months after headbutting a man so hard he needed reconstructive surgery to his face. Jamie Liley, 38, from Scarborough, was sentenced at York Crown Court on Thursday after pleading guilty to causing grievous bodily harm during the attack at a pub in the town in December 2023.