• Follow
  • Follow
  • Follow
  • Follow
  • Home
  • News
  • Culture
  • Sport

Meet the new female-only ‘Night Angels’ keeping women safe at night as sexual offences reach new high in South Yorkshire

by Olivia Warburton | May 4, 2023 | Community, Crime, Top Story - Home Page Lead

A female-only night-time patrol team has launched in Barnsley to make women feel safer on nights out. The ‘Night Angels’ are employed by local security company Doyle Security and are tasked with protecting women from attacks in the city on Saturday nights.  The...

Voter ID: What impact will it have on Sheffield?

by Olivia Warburton | May 4, 2023 | Politics, Top Story 4 - Home Page Picture, Watch

People all across Sheffield will be making their way to the polling stations today, to have their say in the local elections. However, this year introduces one crucial difference.  These elections will be the first where in order to vote in person, you will need...

“Claps don’t pay bills”: Why the rail workers are striking.  

by Olivia Warburton | Mar 16, 2023 | Community, News, Top stories, Top Story 2 - Home Page sub 1, Top Story 3 - Home Page sub 2

Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport workers’ union (RMT) are striking again this week, with industrial action scheduled for 16th and 18th March, causing significant disruption to travel across Mother’s day weekend. RMT workers united with university...

Meet the student nurses who are making a difference at S6 Foodbank

by Olivia Warburton | Mar 16, 2023 | Charity, Community, Top stories

A group of four nursing students from Sheffield Hallam University have been fundraising and volunteering for S6 Foodbank over the past couple of weeks. As part of their health community promotion project, Ellouise Porter, Lauren Ingram, Kathryn Thompson and Isobel...

Vigil honouring the life of Brianna Ghey to be held in Sheffield

by Olivia Warburton | Feb 16, 2023 | News, Top Story - Home Page Lead

A candle-lit vigil is to take place in Sheffield tonight to remember the life of 16-year-old Brianna Ghey who tragically died at the weekend. The teenager was fatally stabbed in Culcheth, Cheshire on Saturday. Her death has sparked nationwide sadness, with people all...

Recent Posts

  • Cafe turned part time pub’s license application sparks mixed reactions from public
  • First Bus increasing bus fares effective immediately next week
  • Sheffield Food Festival is back this bank holiday
  • South Yorkshire Organ Festival shines light on the organ at Sheffield recital
  • Sheffield-based charity set to launch new music project to address anti-social behaviour. 

Recent Comments

  1. On The News… | on Virtual Poetry Event Encourages Young People to Get Creative This February Half-Term

University of Sheffield

School of Journalism, Media and Communication

2025

  • Follow
  • Follow
  • Follow

The articles on this website have been written by students for academic assessment. ShefNews is not intended to function as a commercial news platform. Although the news presented is based on factual reporting, there may be occasions where information is inaccurate or contains errors. If you would like to request that any of the content on this site is removed, or believe content may have been used without permission of the owner or copyright holder, please contact journalism @ sheffield. ac .uk