The community group MumsUnited Sheffield have announced plans to protest through the city on May 22 due to the rising levels of gang violence. Based in Sharrow, the group is calling on all residents to shine a light on youth crime by taking part in the march. Sahira...
A group of trainee doctors in Sheffield gathered at the University of Sheffield's Medical School yesterday to discuss how violent crime affects young people. Around 100 students attended the discussion as part of the 'Engage your Mind' debate which was organised to...
A Sharrow activist has called for children as young as six to be warned of the dangers of knife crime, following two stabbings in the same night last Monday, including a 15-year-old boy. Wayne Allen, 41, an activist for YARD; a non-profit youth organisation that...
A Sheffield youth crime prevention organisation has slammed South Yorkshire Police’s new knife crime prevention operation. Operation Sceptre came into action on Monday, with South Yorkshire’s police force beginning high profile activity happening across the county to...
***WARNING!***GRAPHIC PICTURES OF INJURIES*** A prize fighter has vowed a near-fatal ordeal which saw him stabbed multiple times will not stop him getting back in the ring. Brett May, 28, was stabbed in the head, neck, throat, arm, torso and back in an attack in...
South Yorkshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner signed a letter of warning addressed to the Prime Minister today after knife crime numbers soar. The letter is hoping to put in place tougher restrictions on pupil exclusions and is hoping to outlaw “the practice...
A 14-year-old student from Sheffield was stabbed twice during a trip to London with his parents earlier this week. The student who cannot be named for legal reasons, suffered stab wounds to his neck and lower back after he refused to give up his bike in Islington at...
An average of 38 violent or sexual offences happen on a daily basis in Sheffield, reports from the Home Office have revealed. The data shows the number of offences were 20% higher in March than they were in February. Concerns were expressed over the rise in knife...
An ex-offender has dedicated his life, after being released from prison for manslaughter, to educating young people about the dangers of knife crime. As the issue of knife crime continues to escalate in Sheffield, Hanif Mohammed, the assistant director at In2Change,...
An 18-year-old man has been critically injured after being stabbed yesterday in the middle of a Sheffield road. At around 5.15pm last night, the man, who has yet to be identified, was stabbed on Clough Road near Bramall Lane. Witnesses reported seeing around eight...
Detectives are reviewing the evidence of the unsolved murder of Michaela Hague, aged 25, from Pitsmoor. The mum-of-one was picked up on Bower Street on Bonfire Night, 2001, before being driven to an isolated car park on nearby Spitalfields, where she was viciously...
A knifeman is at large following a stabbing incident in Sheffield City Centre yesterday, despite South Yorkshire Police’s efforts to combat knife crime in the city. The incident took place at 12.30pm near the Cathedral and the victim has been hospitalised after...
Recently, seven people became victims to stabbing attacks in two incidents whilst on nights out in Sheffield. The first attack took place on Carver Street where five people were stabbed in two separate incidents. Another attack took place inside the Area nightclub on...
