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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...
South Yorkshire migrants group fight against Rwanda Bill
A coalition of Sheffield based migrant support groups teamed up to hold a protest following the government’s passage of the controversial Rwanda bill. The...
Brand new crossings to provide Sheffield Schools with safety
A network of zebra crossings is being rolled out in key areas next to schools in Sheffield to give children a safer journey home. They are planned for Dyche Lane...
Yorkshire Ambulance Service partners with charity to spread awareness of hidden disabilities
Yorkshire Ambulance Service has officially partnered with the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Network in a move to support staff, patients and volunteers who have hidden...
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Car left ‘on bricks’ as wheels stolen from car in Crookes street theft
A woman has appealed for help after her partner's car wheels were stolen and the vehicle was left sitting on bricks. On Wednesday 17 April, between midnight and 12.20...
Video shows water pouring out of light fitting as flood strikes Sheffield city centre student accommodation
Students had to evacuate their £180 a week accommodation block in the city centre when water started coming through their ceilings on Thursday evening. At around 10pm...
Importance of women’s safety highlighted by university’s new Student Union president
The newly-elected University of Sheffield Student Union president has said her goal is to make the university a safer place for its female students. Daisy...
Uni of Sheffield secure 12/16 wins against Hallam during Sports park varsity fixtures
The University of Sheffield maintained a large lead over Hallam in Sheffield's Varsity tournament following field sports fixtures last week. Out of the 16 events that...
Sheffield students not signing up to vote
Some students have admitted they aren't aware of upcoming local elections in the city amid a push to get people to sign up to vote. Young people are given the...
South Yorkshire Supertrams back under public control after 30 years cause tensions over use of South Yorkshire funds.
MP Nick Fletcher claims Doncaster, Barnsley and Rotheram are losing out on millions to fund Sheffield's trams being taken back under public control. South Yorkshire's...
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Call for help for Sheffield’s homeless from Archer Project
A homeless charity in Sheffield has appealed for anyone who can donate time, food or money to support its work in the city. The Archer Project provides support with homelessness, mental wellbeing, physical health, housing as well as helping people into...
Iconic Easter duck race receives large turnout
The annual ‘Friends of the Porter Valley Duck Race’ has taken place at Endcliffe Park. The race consisted of 2,500 plastic ducks being released from a launching tower into the River Porter just below the weir above Home Wheel Dam. Tracey, 48, of Summerfield said:...
Rose Garden Café restoration one step closer after latest round of public consultation
The project to restore the Rose Garden Café in Graves Park has made progress after another round of public consultation took place. This third round of onsite consultation comes two weeks after the first, which took place over the Easter weekend. Members of the public...
Sheffield Poundland staff not informed of reason for its closure after being open just six months
Staff at a Poundland in Hillsborough had "no idea" why the store is closing - only six months after it opened. The store - on Bradfield Road - opened in October 2023 as one of 71 stores Poundland took over from collapsed retailer Wilko. However, this Saturday, it is...
Stolen Sheffield Connect free bus found with ‘significant damage’
A bus which was part of the free Connect electric transport service was found damaged and abandoned yesterday in Killamarsh, north Derbyshire. It was confirmed by SYMCA (South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority) that two of the vehicles were broken into by thieves...
£55m ‘build-to-rent’ housing development approved by Sheffield City Council
Manchester-based developer Beech Holdings has been granted planning permission by Sheffield City Council to build a £55m ‘Sheffield Gardens’ housing complex on Meadow Street, St Vincent’s Quarter. The announcement comes following the council’s conditional approval of...