On Monday 17th December Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced plans to exit the national lockdown. He described the plan as “cautious but irreversible” implying that this could be the last lockdown during the Coronavirus pandemic. Cities like Sheffield currently have...
Daunting; unprecedented; impossible? Whilst adapting to lockdown life, the world’s oldest broadcaster was tasked to keep its young audience informed and pull-off the biggest venture in modern educational history. For the BBC, time was ticking: children’s futures were...
The Football Association are expected to order clubs to play with no fans after several leagues across Europe have been suspended, as the Government attempts to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Boris Johnson has been in a government emergency COBRA committee...
A Sheffield food bank has urged people to bulk buy responsibly as they struggle to buy enough food for their visitors. Volunteers at the S2 Foodbank, in Woodthorpe, have said the mass buying triggered by the Coronavirus has restricted the amount of essentials they can...
Co-written by Amal Abdallah The Department of Health and Social Care will today update the UK risk level regarding the novel coronavirus. The Department of Health have said: “It is likely there will be individual cases and we are confident in the ability of the NHS...
Boris Johnson will set an emergency COBRA meeting today in response to the Coronavirus. Johnson will sit with medical experts and ministers in order to discuss a new action plan at around 1:15pm. This follows concerns after 460 cases were confirmed in the UK – a rise...
More people would like to start working remotely after COVID-19 was characterized as a pandemic by the World Health Organisation. Employers are advising their staff to work from home if possible as this is one of the measures to prevent fuelling the outbreak, however,...
The first COVID-19 case was confirmed in Sheffield yesterday. Shoppers are emptying shelves amid the growing fear over the spread of Coronavirus. Toilet rolls, tinned foods, pasta and hand sanitiser are high up among the products which have been in shortage. Tesco...
The Director of Public in Sheffield reassured locals yesterday that Sheffield will be following the Government plans to fight the virus. Speaking at a local council meeting, the Director of Public Health, Greg Fell, said: “In Sheffield, this winter has been...
A school in Doncaster has told staff and pupils who attended a half-term trip in Italy to self-isolate themselves for two weeks due to coronavirus fears. Hall Cross Academy is one among three schools taking measures against the virus, following Don Valley academy and...
Members of the Chinese community have suffered verbal abuse on the streets of Sheffield, in light of the Coronavirus outbreak. Yidan Chen, 23, a postgraduate student at the University of Sheffield, was harassed by two men on Monday. She said: “It was around 9pm and I...
The Sheffield company, JRI, have shipped over 300 boxes of protective equipment to China as the deadly coronavirus spread around the world. The implant firm has sourced face-masks, safety goggles and disposable medical protective clothing worth more than £60,000 to...
