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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...
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...
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...
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Council proposals to replace home to school transport for over 16’s with a ‘personal transport budget’ were withdrawn at a Committee meeting on 7 May.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...
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...
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Green-light for new school games area “devastates” Sheffield community over flooding fears
Ecclesall Primary School’s plans for a multi-games area were approved despite mass objections from the neighbourhood this week. The approval has faced backlash from the...
University of Sheffield strikes set to continue after staff cuts dispute
Strikes at the University of Sheffield are set to go ahead over the next fortnight over a dispute the threat of compulsory redundancies. Staff members who are part of...
Raging Flat Fire above West Street’s Tiger Works
A huge fire was seen burning from within a flat above popular Sheffield bar, Tiger Works, at approximately 2am yesterday. The blaze, affecting the top floor of the...
Sustainable community interest company “bursting with excitement” as they receive funding.
A collaborative project aimed at promoting sustainable fashion have just received funding from the National Lottery, Awards for All. Fashion Fusion CIC, a community...
New £3m Gordon Banks Sports Hub unveiled in Sheffield
Football icon Gordon Banks has been honoured in his hometown of Sheffield with the official opening of a new multi-million-pound sports hub in his name. The well-known...
Sheffield students take part in viral “ice bucket challenge” for mental health charity.
Students around Sheffield have been taking part in a frosty challenge to raise money and awareness for mental health. Members of the Mental Illness Needs Discussion...
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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...