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Ambitious development plan set to transform Sheffield into more pedestrian friendly, green city
Plans for a 'Walking, Wheeling, Cycling' Investment Plan which aspires for high quality networks to be developed city-wide for Sheffield over the next 20 years are set to go ahead. The plans were approved at a meeting of Sheffield City Council's Extraordinary,...
Sheffield Celebrates National Sake Week
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Revised SEND transport in Sheffield approved
Flexible post-16 SEND home-to-school transport prioritising tailored support and independence, has been approved following public consultation. The Education, Children and Families Policy Committee has made Personal Travel Budgets (PTB) optional to existing students...
Founder of ‘Its Our City’ campaign questions Sheffield City council’s ‘democracy’
A vocal campaigner for open democracy in Sheffield has raised concerns about how the city council is run. On the 30 April Ruth Hubbard, the founder of ‘Its Our City’ campaign and local community activist, drew attention to the recent ‘policy committee remit’ during a...
Killamarsh residents benefit from new Sheffield bus link
A direct bus link from Killamarsh to Sheffield will start from the 13 May, but Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire areas will remain without. From the next month...
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Petition to stop building on greenfield sites in the East of Sheffield reaches 4,000 signatures
A campaign group aiming to protect greenfield land in the East of Sheffield has created a petition to stop a large development going ahead. Members of the...
Ambitious development plan set to transform Sheffield into more pedestrian friendly, green city
Plans for a 'Walking, Wheeling, Cycling' Investment Plan which aspires for high quality networks to be developed city-wide for Sheffield over the next 20 years are set to go ahead. The plans were approved at a meeting of Sheffield City Council's Extraordinary,...
Sheffield Celebrates National Sake Week
Photo by Tim Green
Revised SEND transport in Sheffield approved
Flexible post-16 SEND home-to-school transport prioritising tailored support and independence, has been approved following public consultation. The Education, Children and Families Policy Committee has made Personal Travel Budgets (PTB) optional to existing students...
Founder of ‘Its Our City’ campaign questions Sheffield City council’s ‘democracy’
A vocal campaigner for open democracy in Sheffield has raised concerns about how the city council is run. On the 30 April Ruth Hubbard, the founder of ‘Its Our City’ campaign and local community activist, drew attention to the recent ‘policy committee remit’ during a...
Housing plans encroach on protected green belt land
Sheffield City Council plans to build offices, industrial buildings and homes on protected green belt land as part of the local plans to develop the city. On May 30,...
Housing plans encroach on protected green belt land
Sheffield City Council plans to build offices, industrial buildings and homes on protected green belt land as part of the local plans to develop the city. On May 30,...
Sheffield rolls out new SEN support for post-16 education
Sheffield has introduced new travel budgets for families that have children with SEN to aid transport fees in post-16 education. Sheffield City Council's Freedom to...
Sheffield rolls out new SEN support for post-16 education
Sheffield has introduced new travel budgets for families that have children with SEN to aid transport fees in post-16 education. Sheffield City Council's Freedom to...
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City council to meet developers to see where new houses can be built in Sheffield
Sheffield City Council will meet with developers in May to consult them on where houses can be built in Sheffield, councillors have revealed. The consultation comes as...
Home Secretary meets with parents of stabbed teenager in plea for stricter knife laws
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has met with the parents of 15-year-old Harvey Willgoose, who was stabbed to death at his Sheffield school in February. Mark and Caroline...
“We are overwhelmed with the complexity of issues we face” temporary accommodation crisis continues
Sheffield City Council has proposed an extra 200 properties to be used as council houses, attempting to address rising costs and homelessness within the city. The gap...
Potholes and shattered tarmac frustrate road-users and dogwalkers as firm fails to meet deadline
Residents and motorists are calling for immediate action after a 28-day pledge to repair a damaged road was not met. Amey, the company responsible for upkeeping...
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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 Farm, families have decided to take advantage of the weather by basking in the sun and enjoying the...
Extra grant awarded to support new council homes in Birley
A fresh £12m grant has been awarded by Homes England to Sheffield City Council as the Newstead Estate project begins to take shape. Work has begun at the site just off Birley Moor Road, as the council aims to build or acquire 1,000 new council homes by 2029. The...
University of Sheffield to host 16 events in a ‘Festival for Social Action’
A week dedicated to empowering students and the local community to get involved with social action has been announced by The University of Sheffield. The Festival for Social Action is set to run from 24 to 28 of March and was organised by Change Lab, pictured above,...
Increased safety precautions are making West Street ‘a safer place’ for students
Bouncers with body cameras, increased police presence and barring lists are helping to make West Street safer for late night revellers, a bar manager has said. Four years after a student campaign to highlight the need for increased safety measures at pubs and bars in...
Celebrating the spring equinox in the Steel City
Sheffield residents have bade farewell to the frozen north and welcomed warmer months to come. The spring equinox is also known as the Pagan holiday of Ostara, and is celebrated every year on either the 20th or 21st March. Marking the start of spring, it falls on the...
Sheffield man Takes on seven marathons in seven days for charity Mind
by Maggie Porter A Sheffield man is taking on the challenge to run seven marathons for the charity Mind in seven days. Bradley Thompson, aged 24, from Greenhill, Sheffield, has challenged himself to run the seven marathons covering over 183 miles in just a...