Articles by Amy Robertson

Petition to keep snooker at the Crucible needs more signatures

May 7, 2025

A petition has been launched calling for the World Snooker Championship to stay in Sheffield after the contract expires in 2027 - and has reached over 600 signatures. Matt Andrews, 50, the cousin of professional snooker player and coach Gary Filtness, started the...

Sheffield artists open their studios to the public

May 7, 2025

Artists and makers have been opening their studios as part of the 27th year of a Sheffield festival. Over the bank holiday weekend, a wide range of Sheffield and Barnsley venues participating in Open Up Sheffield decorated their exteriors with banners and balloons and...

Dad-of-three fined £100s for keeping illegal pet alligator

Mar 17, 2025

A man who kept an alligator in his outhouse for over a year claims he did not know he needed a licence for the animal. Ashley Betts, 32, of Rotherham, was fined £333, paying nearly £1,000 in total costs, after pleading guilty to breaching the Keeping Dangerous Animals...