Humber news round up – April 21st 2023

Wilder Humber

Did you see this project on Look North this week? A project to restore marine habitats in the Humber estuary has been announced. This is a partnership between the Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Wildlife Trusts and renewable energy firm Ørsted. The plan is to restore 40 hectares of protected habitats and rebuild the local oyster population.

Read more at >> Project to restore marine habitats in Humber Estuary 

A new chair for Business Week Humber

The new chair of Business Week has been announced as Pat Coyle, Director of Marketing and Client Relations at law firm Rollits LLP. Welcome, Pat! A massive thank you to Kath Lavery who is stepping down after 14 years. We are looking forward to Business Week Humber where we are launching the week at an event at MKM Stadium on the 5th June, hosting an event on public speaking on Tuesday 6th, and hosting a further event on Place later in the week. See here for more details on Humber Business Week 2023

Read more at >> New chair of Business Week Humber announced

We’d rather go to Hull, too

A favourite news story of ours recently is this article from London based journalist Stephanie Hawthorn who found that she could get a full weekend in Hull, including travel, accommodation, theatre tickets for two, and a trip to The Deep for less than two tickets to the same show at the Royal Opera House in London.

Some great name checking for some of our favourite places! Read more at >> A London opera ticket for £235? I'd rather go to Hull and back

Puffins ready and waiting for their forever home

Have you seen the puffins of the Puffins Galore trail in the East Riding? The popular trail was 42 puffins, decorated by artists, scattered around the East Riding of Yorkshire in places such as Spurn Point, Beverley, Hornsea, and all the way up to Bempton. Well, you can now own your own by buying one at auction on Saturday 13th May. They will all be together one last time and available to view from the 5th May.

Check out all the puffins for sale at: Puffin auction at Gilbert Baitson

More information about Puffins Galore at: Puffins Galore

From Withernsea to NYC

Withernsea's second best poet has had his work read out on Broadway. Dean Wilson, famous for his poems and his Pebble of the Day series on Twitter has expressed his amazement that his poetry work has been set to music and has found its way to New York. We do wonder what Withernsea’s number one poet has to say about this development. It’s a dog-eat-dog world out there, people.

Read more about Dean and his mind-blowing experience at: Dean Wilson’s poems make it to Broadway

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