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Meadowhall staff call for a safer site car park

Yiting Yang Mar 18, 2021

Meadowhall staff have started a new petition calling for a safer staff car park after due to dangers accessing the car park from the shopping centre at night. The staff car park on Aisling road is on the opposite side of the shopping centre, with poor lighting and a...

Sheffield University receives £1.2 million to find Parkinson’s treatment

Charlotte Langford Mar 18, 2021

Sheffield son left ‘unsettled’ after attempted theft of family dog

Oliver Barefoot Mar 18, 2021

Cardzone Thorntons shop in Doncaster to stay open despite all UK stores closing

Tarun Murali Mar 18, 2021

Controversial ‘Protests’ Bill passes parliamentary reading

Tarun Murali Mar 18, 2021

‘Our Bodies Our Streets’ Campaign for Change in Sheffield

Charlotte Langford Mar 18, 2021

South Yorkshire residents call for more action against fly tipping

Ben Woodcock Mar 18, 2021

Student finds stolen items after being burgled

by Madeline James | Mar 18, 2021

A University of Sheffield University student was devastated when he woke up to find his Playstation 4 and games had been stolen along with other expensive items. After days of scrolling Facebook market place, Sam Morris found some of his stolen items for sale.

Tonight’s ‘Slow Clap’ in support of NHS workers’ payrise

by Bruno Brown | Mar 11, 2021

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is provoking a furious reaction across the UK since announcing proposals to increase nurses' pay by 1% in his budget speech last week. The unpopular pay rise has inspired the trade union Unison to instigate a sarcastic 'slow clap' at 8pm this...

Retail staff in Sheffield raise concerns over increased hostility from customers during Covid-19

by Miette | Mar 11, 2021

Retail staff in Sheffield have voiced their concerns over increased aggression and verbal abuse from customers during the pandemic. Olivia Redfern, 20, a retail worker in the city, said: “Customers don’t see retail workers as people. They see us as objects just there...

Sheffield politicians unite behind bid for £500m railway restoration fund

by Konrad Ostrowski | Mar 11, 2021

Sheffield MPs, Olivia Blake, Louise Haigh and Paul Blomfield have submitted a bid to the Department of Transport to secure the Government’s ‘Restore Your Railway Fund’. The fund, which is worth £500m, would be used to restore stations at Millhouses, Heeley and...

South Yorkshire Police take action on rising dog thefts

by Pia Cooper | Mar 11, 2021

Officers will begin patrolling dog walking areas such as parks after it was announced 63 dog thefts were recorded since last July. The most recent report came only yesterday when a woman was approached in Kilnhurst and two men attempted to steal her dog. Melanie...

Two Men Arrested Over Murder of Missing Man

by Nat Williams | Mar 11, 2021

Detectives investigating the disappearance of a Barnsley man in 2019 have arrested two people on suspicion of his murder. Richard Dyson, 58, has been missing since November 2019. Following extensive enquiries, the investigation team now believes he may have been...

Meet the nine-year-old girl from Sheffield who hopes to become a millionaire thanks to slime

by Charlie Haffenden | Mar 11, 2021

An ambitious nine-year-old girl from Sheffield has started her own slime business in lockdown, becoming the city’s latest young entrepreneur. Sapphire Billing opened Sapphire’s Slime at the start of February with the help of her parents and sister, and has since...

Experts fear early signs of eating disorders missed during lockdown

by Pia Cooper | Mar 11, 2021

Sheffield’s NHS support service has experienced a concerning rise in the number of referrals for eating disorders because the problems have not been dealt with at an early stage. South Yorkshire health bosses believe more serious cases have been presented due to less...