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Plan to improve Walking, Wheeling and Cycling in Sheffield approved
A plan has been approved to improve people’s personal lives, alongside creating a cleaner, safer Sheffield for all generations. The Sheffield Walking, Wheeling...
Footpath linking Clarkehouse Road and Dorset Street in Broomhall set to be closed
A footpath linking Clarkehouse Road and Dorset Street in Broomhall is set to be closed while construction is carried out on a new research facility. Plans to demolish...
Tennis Club planning permission rejected a third time
Dore and Totley Tennis Club’s planning permission for low level flood lighting has been unanimously rejected by Sheffield City Council. The club hoped that the...
Sheffield remembers: Wartime stories for VE Day’s 80th
As the nation today (Thursday 8 May) marks the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, Sheffielders’ share their experiences from family members who participated in...
Council secures £3.4M to tackle fuel poverty and cut emissions in ambitious home energy scheme
Sheffield City Council has secured £3,406,008 of government funding to help improve energy efficiency and decarbonise homes across the city. Approximately 221...
Electric Vehicle users left upset after council scraps free parking permits for ULEV owners
Sheffield City Council has announced it will scrap its green parking permit scheme, which has allowed ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEVs) to park for free in...
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South Yorkshire police seize XL bullies from illegal Sheffield breeding farm
Twenty-two dogs, most believed to be XL bullies, were seized by the police from an illegal dog breeding facility in Darnall, Sheffield. On Thursday, 2 May, South East...
Sheffield International Market returns to Peace Gardens
The popular International Market has returned to the city centre for yet another year, bringing tastes from across the globe to the people of Sheffield. The market,...
Crowdfunding appeal to restore a bowling club back to its “former glory”
A fundraising appeal has been started to revive the Meersbrook Park Bowling Club, improve facilities, offer coaching sessions and to purchase new equipment. The club...
Environmental charities enraged after peregrine falcon shot in Peak District
The RSPB and the Peak District National Park have offered £5,000 each for information on the shooting of a peregrine falcon. The bird was found in the Dove Stone...
Property developer finally gets ‘go ahead’ after angry neighbours fought against it for two years
A property developer has said it is “more relief than joy” after a two year battle against residents for his ambitious housing development was passed by Sheffield City...
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...
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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 the tram network and re-open old rail lines for new tram-train services, as well as create an...
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 happened at a Sheffield School, was discussed a meeting of Sheffield City Council’s Health and Wellbeing...
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, which ended with the kick-ups on April 30th, aimed to raise funds for Medical Aid Palestine by way...
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 Stratford Road in October after some of the trees had already been felled or had limbs removed, it was...
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 ground At the time of reporting, there is no longer any Conservative councillors in Sheffield after...
Trees get protection order despite objections at house in Crosspool
Three trees in a Crosspool garden were given protection orders by the council despite confusion over who lived at house. Officers were sent by the council to assess the property in Moorbank Road, and trees, and deemed it unoccupied. However two objections were made to...