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Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Council promises £5m for cultural projects
A local authority has pledged £5m to support cultural activity in Hull over the next five years. Hull City Council said the funds would be used to help deliver established events such as the Freedom Festival, Hull Fair, Humber St Sesh and Pride, as well as develop a "new community-led festival". It also plans to increase activities in parks. In a report, the authority said £1m would be spent annually over the next five years, including on staffing, a music plan and a "parks events fund". Councillor Rob Pritchard, portfolio holder for culture and leisure, said the investment would help the city's economy and increase civic pride. In its report, the council recommended the creation of eight full-time posts to support "events delivery" in parks, marketing, commercialisation, city centre management, strategic planning and fundraising. The £1m annual funding would include £420,000 for staffing and £100,000 each for an "annual music plan", developing the community-led festival and the parks events fund. The report stated that the investment would "help to maintain momentum for the legacy of City of Culture 2017". The council said it would form two new boards – the Hull Culture & Heritage Partnership Board and Hull Music Board – to facilitate the delivery of its plans. Pritchard said: "This additional funding recognises the importance of culture and heritage as a driver for regeneration, community pride and cohesion, and its role in raising aspirations and attainment. "It offers both an economic return and a social value to our residents. Successful places have connected the role of culture into their identity, maximising its contribution to the economy and creating a place that people love to live, work, study and visit." 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. Hull plans to be world-leading music city Westminster visit to highlight city's culture What next for Hull UK City of Culture? Did culture tag bring long legacy to 'cool Hull'? Hull City Council
Yahoo
11-03-2025
- Yahoo
Two fair workers jailed for child sex offences
Two men who targeted and groomed two teenage girls while working at Hull Fair last year have been jailed for child sex offences. Ryan Edgar, 30, was sentenced to 20 years after being convicted of sexual activity with a child, rape, assault by penetration and two counts of assault. Ashley Phillips-Dawson, 19, was jailed for five years after he was found guilty of assault and three counts of sexual activity with a child. Edgar and Phillips-Dawson had both denied the offences but were convicted following a trial in November. They were sentenced at Grimsby Crown Court on Monday. Jurors previously heard that Edgar and Phillips-Dawson had befriended the two young girls while working at the fair last October. Edgar, of Park Street, Hull, made requests for the girls to send him nude pictures and convinced both girls to go back to his flat with him and Phillips-Dawson, of Topcliffe Garth, Hull. The girls were reported missing but were later found at Edgar's flat, hiding in the bedroom, after he lied about them not being there. The men were arrested on suspicion of rape. It was later found that Edgar had taken one of the girls to his bedroom, pinned her down and raped her, while Phillips-Dawson sexually assaulted the second girl downstairs. Both men also subjected the girls to assaults as well as forcing them to take cocaine, the court was told. Det Con Megan O'Meara, who led the investigation, labelled the men as "sordid individuals" who "took advantage of two impressionable teenagers". "I'd like to commend the two girls and their families for coming forward," she said. "It's not easy to take that step and report sexual crimes in the first place, but then they had to relive the trauma through a trial after both men refused to admit their reprehensible crimes." 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. Two Hull Fair workers guilty of child sex offences HM Courts & Tribunals Service
BBC News
11-03-2025
- BBC News
Two Hull Fair workers jailed over child sex offences
Two men who targeted and groomed two teenage girls while working at Hull Fair last year have been jailed for child sex Edgar, 30, was sentenced to 20 years after being convicted of sexual activity with a child, rape, assault by penetration and two counts of Phillips-Dawson, 19, was jailed for five years after he was found guilty of assault and three counts of sexual activity with a child. Edgar and Phillips-Dawson had both denied the offences but were convicted following a trial in November. They were sentenced at Grimsby Crown Court on Monday. Jurors previously heard that Edgar and Phillips-Dawson had befriended the two young girls while working at the fair last of Park Street, Hull, made requests for the girls to send him nude pictures and convinced both girls to go back to his flat with him and Phillips-Dawson, of Topcliffe Garth, girls were reported missing but were later found at Edgar's flat, hiding in the bedroom, after he lied about them not being men were arrested on suspicion of was later found that Edgar had taken one of the girls to his bedroom, pinned her down and raped her, while Phillips-Dawson sexually assaulted the second girl men also subjected the girls to assaults as well as forcing them to take cocaine, the court was told. Det Con Megan O'Meara, who led the investigation, labelled the men as "sordid individuals" who "took advantage of two impressionable teenagers". "I'd like to commend the two girls and their families for coming forward," she said."It's not easy to take that step and report sexual crimes in the first place, but then they had to relive the trauma through a trial after both men refused to admit their reprehensible crimes." 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.
