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Kingfisher nest box camera gives birds eye view

18/02/10

We have fitted a specialist camera in a kingfisher nest box at our Tophill Low Nature Reserve near Driffield to help us gain a better understanding into their day-to-day lives.

Yorkshire Water customers get value for money

23/02/10

Customers will see they get plenty for their money in the region as most people continue to pay less than £1 a day for their water and sewerage charges.

Loo've Been Framed

01/02/10

To celebrate the fact that the average person spends three years of their life on the loo, we're wanting to find out just how much the region's folk love their toilet.

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Yorkshire Water Working Hard To Complete Burst Repairs

12/03/2010

Engineers working on fixing what may have been Yorkshire's most destructive burst water main have warned it could be after Easter before the road is mended and things are back to normal. The incident on Cemetery Road in Bradford in December was caused by the structural failure of a 30-inch trunk main. However, the sheer force of water also destroyed another 11-inch water main, a 600mm sewer as well as vital gas pipes and electricity cables. Repairs, which have been further hampered by the severe winter weather, are beginning to take shape with work to replace the electricity cables due to be completed soon, allowing repairs to the sewer and water main to take place shortly afterwards - but it could still be May before Cemetery Road is reopened to traffic between Duncombe Road and Allerton Road.

East Yorkshire Nature Reserve Keeps Its Pecker Up

10/03/2010

Yorkshire Water's Tophill Low nature reserve, near Driffield, is currently playing host to a most unusual bird which looks set to breed at the site for the third year running.

Crack Team Has The Bottle For Afghanistan

03/03/2010

Troops heading for Afghanistan have been equipped with non-drip water bottles by Yorkshire Water after one soldier became the envy of his unit after being given one by his dad, who works for the company. L/Cpl Carl Belcher was chuffed with the robust design which was put to the test in training with the 4 Brigade Reconnaissance Force - and it wasn't long before his brothers in arms were inquiring how they could lay their hands on one. A quick call to Yorkshire Water HQ by dad Neil was all it took - and soon 100 bottles were dispatched to Catterick Garrison in North Yorkshire in time for distribution to the soldiers before their deployment to Helmand.

We don't like to brag about our successes but if you're interested, here are some of our recent achievements.

Recreation website wins 2 golds

Our recreation website which showcases leisure activities at our reservoirs across Yorkshire has won 2 gold W3 awards, recognising creative excellence on the web.

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5 CIPR Yorkshire Pride Awards

A hugely successful night saw us pick up a Gold award for 'Best Website' at the Regional CIPR (Chartered Institute of Public Relations) Awards. We also won awards for our ongoing One Million Green Finger's initiative which was celebrated with silver awards for 'Best Use of Community Relations' and 'Best Use of Corporate Relations', whilst our Yorvision conference, held for colleagues in 2007, won a silver award for 'Best Internal Communications'.

Outstanding UK In-house Public Relations Team

At the National CIPR (Chartered Institute of Public Relations) Excellence Awards 2008, we were crowned 'National in-house PR team of the Year'.

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