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The Sound of jazz hits Sheffield in Kelham Island celebrations
Kelham Island’s jazz festival had nine celebrations on one day in its inaugural year, as a lineup of 97% northern artists brought live jazz across Kelham. The festivities were enacted on Saturday 21 March within various pubs and bars all around Kelham island, the...
Fulwood phone box reborn as thriving “Hidden Library”
A once-forgotten phone box in Sheffield has been transformed into a thriving “Hidden Library,” offering free access to books and inspiring a community to rediscover reading. Melissa Leeming started the library in 2021 on Fulwood Road as a way to raise money for her...
The £93 million question: Is Sheffield’s electric bus revolution really worth the price tag?
More than 180 new electric buses are coming to Sheffield in 2027, costing £92.7 million in total, with an additional £26 million for infrastructure upgrades, but the plans are already being questioned by some users. The UK Government has contributed £33.4 million to...
University sports day offers students much-needed break from academic pressure
An annual sports day event between two Universities allowed students to trade lecture halls for playing fields and escape the stress of exams. University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University went head to head on Wednesday 18 March at Sheffield Hallam Sports...
Student runs half marathon for Yorkshire Cancer Research in memory of grandad
A student hopes to fundraise £400 by running the Sheffield Half Marathon in honour of her grandad who suffered with testicular cancer. Eliza Ridout, 18, an architecture...
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Tributes pour in from across the country for 37th anniversary of Hillsborough disaster
Football grounds around the country fell silent exactly 37 years after the Hillsborough disaster, which claimed the lives of 97 people and injured another 700. The...
The Sound of jazz hits Sheffield in Kelham Island celebrations
Kelham Island’s jazz festival had nine celebrations on one day in its inaugural year, as a lineup of 97% northern artists brought live jazz across Kelham. The festivities were enacted on Saturday 21 March within various pubs and bars all around Kelham island, the...
Fulwood phone box reborn as thriving “Hidden Library”
A once-forgotten phone box in Sheffield has been transformed into a thriving “Hidden Library,” offering free access to books and inspiring a community to rediscover reading. Melissa Leeming started the library in 2021 on Fulwood Road as a way to raise money for her...
The £93 million question: Is Sheffield’s electric bus revolution really worth the price tag?
More than 180 new electric buses are coming to Sheffield in 2027, costing £92.7 million in total, with an additional £26 million for infrastructure upgrades, but the plans are already being questioned by some users. The UK Government has contributed £33.4 million to...
University sports day offers students much-needed break from academic pressure
An annual sports day event between two Universities allowed students to trade lecture halls for playing fields and escape the stress of exams. University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University went head to head on Wednesday 18 March at Sheffield Hallam Sports...
Sheffield University netball star describes “intense” win against Hallam
The Sheffield university netball club (SUNC) 4s won against Hallam’s netball team during varsity. During EIS Day (English Institute of Sport), the SUNC 4’s won their...
Sheffield University netball star describes “intense” win against Hallam
The Sheffield university netball club (SUNC) 4s won against Hallam’s netball team during varsity. During EIS Day (English Institute of Sport), the SUNC 4’s won their...
INTERVIEW: The world’s oldest football club announce Sheffield born singer as new chairman
The lead singer of Reverend and the makers has become the new chairman of Sheffield FC trading music for his ambition to tell the story that ‘Sheffield is the home of...
INTERVIEW: The world’s oldest football club announce Sheffield born singer as new chairman
The lead singer of Reverend and the makers has become the new chairman of Sheffield FC trading music for his ambition to tell the story that ‘Sheffield is the home of...
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Iranian Sheffield student speaks harsh truths about the conflict at home
A University of Sheffield student whose family live in Iran has spoken out on the mixed reactions following US and Israeli airstrikes, which resulted in the death of...
Concerns surrounding application to build MOT testing centre next to nursery
Parents and residents have voiced concerns after a planning application was submitted to build an MOT testing centre next to a nursery. Beighton's councillors conducted...
New Social Skills Project Opens in Sheffield
A new project has opened in Stocksbridge aimed at those struggling with people and self esteem skills. Social Squad was set up by Mark Wetton, 49 and Rose Durant, 36...
Sheffield to hold memorial event for national Covid-19 Day of Reflection
Sheffield is to mark the third annual national Covid-19 Day of Reflection this weekend with an event when people can add messages to the city's memorial tree. There...
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Residents furious at Sheffield Local Plan outcome
Sheffield residents are feeling insulted and ignored after councillors voted in favour of a Local Plan that builds on cherished green-belt land. Following an Extraordinary Meeting on Wednesday, Sheffield City Council voted 45-31 to implement the Sheffield Local...
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 approved more than 3,500 homes in an Extraordinary Council Meeting on Wednesday, which according to...
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...