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Sheffield United players nominated for end of season awards
Three Sheffield United players are up for nominations in the Barclay's Women Championship end of season awards. Izzy Goodwin, Jodie Hutton and Fran Stenson have all...
Sheffield city council approves playpark improvement plans for disabled children
Two Sheffield play areas have been awarded funding of more than £200,000 which will be spent on improving facilities for disabled children. Improvements will be carried...
Plans for four houses to be built in Sheffield approved after three year long battle for permission
A controversial planning application to build four houses has finally been given the go-ahead despite mass objection from the community. 42 letters objecting the plans...
Rotherham’s Premier FREE Live Music Venue For Sale
The Bridge Inn has steadily begun to dominate the live music scene in Rotherham and now the freehold is up for sale. Most weeks on Friday and Saturday (and the...
Sexual violence campaigners stage sit-in outside university building
Campaigners have demanded the University of Sheffield publicly apologise for dismissing survivors of sexual violence. The 'survivor-led' group Survivors First made the...
Sheffield charity appealing for volunteers to teach English in city
Sheffield Association for the Voluntary Teaching of English (SAVTE) has started recruiting for new conversation group volunteers. For the past 50 years, the charity has...
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Abseilers descend university building to raise money for Sheffield Children’s Hospital
A team of charity fundraisers have abseiled down the Owen Building in Sheffield. On Sunday 21st of April, 50 charity fundraisers were strapped in above the Sheffield...
Charity abseil hits the heights for Shelter
A vital annual abseil that raises crucial cash for a homeless charity saw brave adrenaline-seekers scale the famous Sheffield Hallam Owen building on...
Groundbreaking or ineffective?: Sheffield gives its thoughts on the smoking ban
People in Sheffield are divided over the effectiveness of the smoking bill that has been passed in Parliament. The Tobacco and Vapes Bill forbids anyone turning...
New South Yorkshire police survey finds distressing figures of low morale amongst officers.
Over 80% of South Yorkshire police officers have experienced low mood or stress in the past year, according to the Police Federation of England. Pay was also...
Award-winning youth activist tells Sheffield’s youth ‘we are the leaders of today’
An award winning activist inspired Sheffield's youth on Sunday, telling them they are not just the leaders of tomorrow, but the leaders of today, Her comments were made...
Former snooker world champion Shaun Murphy defends “horrible” Crucible amidst calls to change venue
Shaun Murphy has defended the Crucible hailing it as the “home of snooker" after it was described as “stinky” by World Number 19 Hossein Vafaei. The Crucible which is...
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Community claims back hall after campaign for its use.
An action group that branded a community council building a "near-empty husk" and "a place just used to feed pigeons" has announced a celebration of Iftar daily in the under-used Burngreave Vestry Hall. A community campaign was launched in September called Take Back...
Daytime ‘rave’ at Endcliffe Park divides the community over complaints
A notorious 'rave' won the support of the community this weekend after previous events culminated in Endcliffe Park being trashed by attendees. Crowds of young people gathered on Saturday to listen to loud house music and enjoy the sunny weather. In 2021, a similar...
Calls to save Sheffield children from “death trap” junction
Families have slammed Sheffield Council for failing to protect their children from a hazardous junction in Manor Castle. To mark Safe Streets Now national day of action, residents protested on the busy junction which connects the B6070 and B6071 near to Grace Owen...
Violent thief who was a “menace to shoppers and workers” banned from Sheffield city centre
Gavin Reynolds, 34, from Lytton Crescent, Parson Cross, has been banned from Sheffield city centre for two years after being found guilty of assault, racially aggravated harassment and criminal damage. Following a trial at Sheffield Magistrates' Court on Tuesday 16th...
Brand New Podcast festival to be held in Sheffield
Sheffield is set to host a brand new podcast festival including “never-seen-before” performances from names such as Katherine Ryan, Jamie Laing, Sophie Habboo, and many more. Alice Levine, alongside James O’Hara and Dino Sofos, have set up Crossed Wires,...
Sheffield joins the fight for sustainability by opening independent market hall
The Red Brick Market officially opened its third branch in Sheffield last Monday on Clough Road. The former 99 Jump Street trampoline park has been refurbished into a market hall full of independent artists, creators and shop sellers alike. Steve Lindley,...