by Sidney Overstall Khan | Mar 21, 2024 | Crime, News
Three men have been jailed for burglary in Doncaster, a year after the launch of a city-wide campaign of action tackling burglaries by South Yorkshire Police. As a result of Operation Castle, one of the men, Lee Barnes, 46, of HMP Doncaster, received an eight-year...
by Sidney Overstall Khan | Mar 21, 2024 | Community, Culture, Top Story 2 - Home Page sub 1, Watch
More than 300 people attended an Iftar dinner at Hillsborough stadium on Tuesday to celebrate the holy month of Ramadan. Muslims around the world fast during sunlight and Iftar is the meal they eat to break their fast. The event was organised by the Central Local...
by Sidney Overstall Khan | Feb 22, 2024 | Community, Politics, Top Story 2 - Home Page sub 1
Sheffield councillors agreed on Monday to spend more than £18m on improving fire safety in 20 tower blocks across the steel city. The new measures come mainly as a result of the Grenfell Tower disaster in 2017 when 72 people died and more than 70 people were injured...
by Sidney Overstall Khan | Feb 22, 2024 | Culture, Top Story 3 - Home Page sub 2
A musical set in one of Sheffield’s most iconic estates has received rave reviews since reaching London’s West End theatres. Standing At The Sky’s Edge is set in Sheffield’s brutalist council housing estate of Park Hill which peers over much of...
by Sidney Overstall Khan | Feb 22, 2024 | Culture, Top Story 2 - Home Page sub 1
The Showroom Cinema in Sheffield hosted an open mic event, with all proceeds going to Palestine. Sheffield Writers For Palestine organised the event and raised around £500 on Wednesday which has already been donated. Mamie, the founder of SWFP, said: “I have a...
