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Yahoo
20-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Country park tunnel gets mural to deter vandalism
A mural has been unveiled at a country park in an attempt to deter graffiti. Ripple Effect by Emma Garness has been painted in a pedestrian tunnel at Hessle Country Park and celebrates the surrounding land and water. It was designed in consultation with the Friends of the Humber Bridge Country Park group and the Humber Rescue lifeboat group. The area around the Humber Bridge has been plagued by vandalism, including memorial benches being damaged and a newly-installed flood barrier being smashed. The mural was painted by students from Malet Lambert School, Hull, and members of Gilberdyke Youth Club. Ms Garness said she was thrilled with the pupils' work. "They were all a massive help, and as a group they were a force of nature," she said. An East Riding of Yorkshire Council spokesperson said: "In our experience, other sites benefitting from a mural rarely, if at all, suffer from more incidents of graffiti, meaning that there is a long-term improvement to the visual amenity of the area and no cost to the public purse in removing it." Lyn Healing, the council's cabinet member for housing and public protection, said the authority was committed to tackling issues such as graffiti. "This is a fantastic initiative and it's great to see so many volunteers play an active role in improving our communities," she 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. Racist graffiti scrawled on memorial benches Fears glass barrier could be replaced with concrete East Riding of Yorkshire Council
BBC News
03-04-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Pig farmer's £20k press-up fundraiser for St Paul's boxing club
Some of the £20,000 raised by a pig farmer with Parkinson's disease during a press-ups challenge will help a boxing club stage more classes for people with the illness, an academy has Longthorp, 71, from Howden, East Yorkshire, led a group of volunteers to complete 750,000 press-ups in January.A share of the money he has raised has been donated to two boxing clubs including St Paul's Boxing Academy, in Hull, which was presented with a cheque for £8,750 last Garness, chair of the trustees of St Paul's Boxing Academy, said the donation was "vital" to enable the club to "help more people in the community". Parkinson's is a progressive neurological condition that affects about 153,000 people in the Longthorp was diagnosed eight years ago and took up boxing at the Hull club in 2022 to help manage his later helped set up a dedicated boxing class for people with the illness called Parkinson's his daily 1,000 press-ups challenge in 2024, the farmer went on to set a new goal with help from volunteers. "We didn't quite reach the one million target, but managed around 750,000 which was quite an achievement," said Mr Longthorp."For me, the most important part of the challenge wasn't the final number, it was the personal stories which have come out of it. People pushing themselves way beyond what they thought they were capable of."Some of the proceeds are also being donated to Goole Amateur Boxing Club, England Boxing and Parkinson's Garness said: "St Paul's is a wonderful place. As a boxing gym, we have been producing champions since the 1940s and continue to do so to this day."But the club also helps countless people who will never box professionally, but just love the sport."He said the funds would help the boxing club stage more classes for people with Parkinson's. 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.
