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BBC News
02-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Albert Avenue lido and water play in Hull to reopen for summer
A popular lido and water play area will reopen for the summer season heated outdoor swimming pool in Albert Avenue, Hull, was refurbished as part of a £10.5m project and unveiled in City Council said there would be a variety of sessions for families and adults until the end of September.A new twilight swim for adults will be staged on Fridays at 21:00 BST. Alison Walker, a director at the council's Hull Culture and Leisure service, said it was time "to turn on the heat" in the would be maintained at an average temperature of 28C (82F) over the next five months, she added. The lido, which was built in 1958, was closed to swimmers for more than 30 years until the refurbishment of the Albert Avenue Pools and Leisure can be booked at the reception or to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
BBC News
22-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Track closed at athletics facility in Hull to allow for repairs
The running track at an athletics facility in Hull is due to be closed for several weeks to allow for refurbishments to take Stadium on Anlaby Park Road North will be improved by a surface respray, along with essential City Council said the works were required to ensure long-term sustainability and the continued hosting of premier athletics facility would be usable again by early June, a spokesperson added. Alison Walker, director of leisure services at Hull Culture and Leisure - a limited company owned by Hull City Council - said: "Costello Stadium and its track and field provision is extremely popular, so it's pleasing that its long-term sustainability is being cared for."However, she added: "We appreciate that this may cause some temporary disruption for regular users of the running track."The stadium's indoor facilities would remain open as normal, the council said. Listen to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
BBC News
11-04-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Hereford's free Zipper bus service to be axed, says mayor
A city's free bus service that has been taking people on short journeys since 2023 is to be axed next year, amid concerns over City Council has said its three green, electric Zipper buses, named Handsome Norman, Pilot and Green Horse, will stop running in 2026 when the contract month, the council said the buses were averaging almost 500 passenger journeys per day, describing the figures as "incredible" and proof of the increasing popularity of the of Hereford Kevin Tillett said it had been a tough decision. "The bottom line is it is costing us a huge amount of money to run this free bus service," he stated. He added an estimate given before the service started had proved "a bit unrealistic"."We are only a parish council and we have a very, very modest budget," he said. Passenger Alison Walker said she used the service "all the time" to pick up her granddaughter on Thursdays and to get to work on Saturdays and Sundays, describing the provision as "great".But she complained: "Everything we have for free is taken away from us."She said a lot of older people used the service and said charging passengers fares would be better than losing it. "I'd pay a pound to go on it," she said. Brian Howarth, who uses the Zipper nearly every day for shopping, visiting town, and "just to get out", said: "If you want to do any shopping in Asda, it's a long walk from the bus station."He said losing the Zippers "impacted everything", adding: "You'll just have to walk." The mayor said each journey was currently costing £1.80 per said if journeys were paid for, people would not use the buses."We would have to be charging well in excess of £2 a journey to even make it slightly pay its way. We'd probably still end up having to subsidise it," he said. Follow BBC Hereford & Worcester on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
