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Council Greenlights £196k boost for Kelham and Neepsend Parking Project to ‘provide relief for local businesses’
The Council approved a budget increase of £196,563 to a total of £690,544 to ‘provide relief for local businesses’ in the Kelham/Neepsend Parking Project. Kelham Island...
Young people have mixed reactions to major parties’ platforms following council election
Students and young people have had mixed reactions to the main parties’ policies aimed at them following Sheffield’s local elections yesterday. Labour pledged to expand...
Sheffield below international guidelines for measles vaccine
Vaccinations for measles in Sheffield are a ‘long way’ from World Health Organisation levels, a council meeting has heard. An outbreak of the disease, which...
Charity Goals For Gaza concludes three-month campaign with Kick-Up Challenge outside Sheffield Students Union
A three-month-long national campaign organized to support ongoing relief efforts in Gaza concluded outside Sheffield’s Student Union with 30,000 kick-ups. The campaign,...
Trees next to Ranmoor conservation area given legal protection after they were threatened with felling
Six trees on the edge of a Ranmoor Conservation area have been given legal protection after it was feared they would be felled. Council officers visited the site in...
Sheffield Local Elections results update – Conservatives lose only councillor
The results from Sheffield polls to elect their ward councillors are coming in. We are seeing many HOLDS across the board and Labour seems to be gaining more and more...
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£2.5 million for Sheffield youth centres from £90 million government fund
Sheffield has received £2.5 million from a £90 million fund to develop facilities at six youth clubs across the city. Each centre will get a percentage of the cash...
Petition to save popular Sheffield boxing gym smashes 1,200 signatures
A petition to save a popular Sheffield boxing gym from eviction has now reached more than 1,200 signatures. Aspire Boxing Club, based at the Sheffield Inclusion Centre...
Operation Scorpion sees five arrested including drug related offences.
A police operation in Sheffield city centre has seen five arrested and the recovery of a knife last week. South Yorkshire Police has been conducting dedicated...
Appeal for witnesses after 21 year old man left in critical condition in Deepcar crash
Police are appealing for witnesses after a car crashed into a wall in north Sheffield leaving one man with life threatening injuries. The collision happened on Thursday...
Sheffield hospital radio seeking £10,000 to bring it back to life after prolonged shutdown
Hospital Broadcasting Sheffield is hoping to get enough cash to launch again after being off the air for 18 months. The radio station, which is located in the Royal...
£10k funding boost to rebuild dementia garden in Sheffield’s Heeley City Farm
A dementia garden will undergo a rejuvenation process thanks to a £10,000 grant from Sheffield City Council. Heeley City Farm, which opened in 1981, will receive the...
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New Eatery La Croissanteria has Sheffielders divider over Fish Finger Croissants
La Croissanteria is a brand new croissant shop that has appeared in Sheffield's City Centre on Division Street, but it has had people wondering about its croissant menu. This menu includes many different takes on a croissant filling such as Chicken Zinger and Wagyu...
Sheffield councillor calls for investment and communication following burst water pipe
A Hillsborough councillor has criticised Yorkshire Water's response to a pipe that burst under Oakland Road last weekend and caused days of disruption. Councillor Henry Nottage said the water company had not explained to residents how long work would take. Those...
Sheffield’s Light Cinema brings die-hard fans together for Dune: Part Two midnight premiere
Die-hard fans of Frank Herbert's sci-fic epic Dune stayed up past midnight to be the first to watch the film at The Light Cinema in Sheffield city centre. The venue held their midnight showing of Dune: Part Two on Thursday 29 February which ran until the early hours...
Charitable organisation brings Peak District to exhibition in Sheffield city centre
The sounds of the Peak District's caves and hills are being brought to Sheffield city centre - thanks to a new exhibition. Arts Catalyst has introduced the Skylarking installation at a venue on The Moor to connect audiences with their understanding of nature and audio...
Funded childcare plans starting April approved by Sheffield Council
Sheffield City Council has approved government plans to increase extended entitlement, offering funded childcare for children as young as 9-months. Extended entitlement is currently available for qualifying parents of three and four-year-olds but from April this...
Sheffield Hospital Patient says she felt ignored during junior doctors’ strike action
A patient at Northern General Hospital in Sheffield has said she was left to manage her own condition while junior doctors in Sheffield were on strike over pay. The strike action took place from 7am on 24 February 2024 until 7am on 29 February 2024, and was called by...