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University of Sheffield students set sights on space with record-breaking rocket
Video footage of the Karman Charlie test launch on Sunday 11 March The sky is not the limit for the University of Sheffield’s rocketry team, who hope to break altitude records, and send their rocket to space. On Sunday 11 May, Project Sunride ended their test...
Sheffield Council agrees to highest possible tax increase amid financial pressures
Sheffield Council has increased council tax to the maximum amount possible, as members blame financial difficulties and long-term effects of austerity. Councillors have approved a 4.99% increase in taxes, which would cost the average home £1.17 more per week. It is...
Fan raises money for new headstone to commemorate historic Sheffield Wednesday captain
Ambrose Langley, the first captain to lead Sheffield Wednesday to victory in the football league in 1902 and 1903, will be honoured with a new headstone at a ceremony in Burngreave Cemetery almost 90 years after his death. Clive Nicholson, great-grandnephew of...
Parents force retreat by the City Council over cuts to disabled children’s school transport
Council proposals to replace home to school transport for over 16’s with a ‘personal transport budget’ were withdrawn at a Committee meeting on 7 May. Personal Transport Budgets, which involve giving funding directly to families to make their own travel...
VIDEO: The sun is back for the first day of Spring in Sheffield
Spring has sprung at the Graves Park Animal Farm. With winter finally behind us, the sun is making a big difference to people's mental health. At Graves Park Animal...
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Sheffield MP speaks out against thousands of homes approved by councillors
An MP has spoken out against the unfair distribution of houses that have been approved to be built across 14 greenbelt sites in Sheffield. The controversial plan...
University of Sheffield students set sights on space with record-breaking rocket
Video footage of the Karman Charlie test launch on Sunday 11 March The sky is not the limit for the University of Sheffield’s rocketry team, who hope to break altitude records, and send their rocket to space. On Sunday 11 May, Project Sunride ended their test...
Sheffield Council agrees to highest possible tax increase amid financial pressures
Sheffield Council has increased council tax to the maximum amount possible, as members blame financial difficulties and long-term effects of austerity. Councillors have approved a 4.99% increase in taxes, which would cost the average home £1.17 more per week. It is...
Fan raises money for new headstone to commemorate historic Sheffield Wednesday captain
Ambrose Langley, the first captain to lead Sheffield Wednesday to victory in the football league in 1902 and 1903, will be honoured with a new headstone at a ceremony in Burngreave Cemetery almost 90 years after his death. Clive Nicholson, great-grandnephew of...
Parents force retreat by the City Council over cuts to disabled children’s school transport
Council proposals to replace home to school transport for over 16’s with a ‘personal transport budget’ were withdrawn at a Committee meeting on 7 May. Personal Transport Budgets, which involve giving funding directly to families to make their own travel...
70% of public housing to receive solar panels under new housing decarbonation plan
Plans to decarbonise Sheffield involves providing 70% of council homes with solar panels. Sheffield City Council has approved a 2025-26 housing decarbonation plan which...
70% of public housing to receive solar panels under new housing decarbonation plan
Plans to decarbonise Sheffield involves providing 70% of council homes with solar panels. Sheffield City Council has approved a 2025-26 housing decarbonation plan which...
Penistone rail line gets £1.5 million boost
Sheffield train station, where the Penistone Line terminates. £1.5 million has been granted for plans to improve the Northern trains rail line that runs from...
Penistone rail line gets £1.5 million boost
Sheffield train station, where the Penistone Line terminates. £1.5 million has been granted for plans to improve the Northern trains rail line that runs from...
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City businesses ‘snookered’ if World Championships leave Sheffield
Sheffield's economy could shrink by £4.5m every year if the World Snooker Championships leave the city, according to a city council report. Matchroom Sport (who own the...
Safety concerns raised over recent transport network scheme in Sheffield
A Sheffield City councillor raised concerns over child safety on £400m sustainable transport network scheme. The Walking, Wheeling and Cycling Scheme aims to provide a...
Parents and Students protest against Newfield Secondary School’s plans to halve Art and Drama classes
Parents and pupils have spoken out after reports that Newfield Secondary School, in Norton Lees, are planning to lessen teaching time for creative art classes starting...
New Sheffield plan to tackle obesity through transport investment
Almost a quarter of Year Six children are obese in Sheffield. New studies revealed that 23 per cent of children in the city are at an unhealthy weight and in response,...
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Sheffield Council’s green belt plans cause quarrel
A determined community have rallied together to fight plans to build over 3,500 new homes on six green belt sites in the north of the city. Sheffield City Council has been working with planning inspectors to deliver the ‘Sheffield Local Plan’ , a 14-year plan from the...
Built for Change project to help Sheffield students tackle climate change
A £500,000 investment to help schools, nurseries, and colleges tackle climate change has been announced by Sheffield City Council. The Built for Change project will provide resources, training, and support to help education settings reduce their carbon emissions and...
“Remember the dead, fight for the living”; Sheffield Workers gather for Annual Workers Memorial Day
A crowd gathered in front of Sheffield’s Town Hall to honour those who died on the job on Monday, for an annual tribute. Around 18,000 workers each year are killed or seriously injured at work, and the number is not falling, while prosecutions and inspections falter,...
University of Sheffield Women’s Football raise over £500 for cancer charity through keepy-uppy challenge
Footballers from the University of Sheffield women's team have raised £526 for the charity Young Lives Against Cancer with a sponsored keepy-uppy challenge. Contestants paid £2 to the charity to enter the challenge and were tasked with completing as many keepy-ups as...
Police re-arrest four as Stocksbridge murder inquiry develops
South Yorkshire Police have re-arrested four people in connection with an ongoing murder investigation. Emergency services were called to Knoll Close, Stocksbridge, at 8.36pm on Saturday 12 April after reports of a disturbance. Lee Wesson, 34, was taken to hospital...
Crookes Valley safety scheme approved – making Sheffield road one way
A Sheffield road will be made one-way as part of the approved Crookes Valley safety scheme. Sheffield City Council's transport, regeneration and climate policy committee gave the green light, as expected, to the proposed safety scheme in a meeting on 30 April. The...