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Watch: New Report Calls for Student Maintenance Support Reform 

Watch: New Report Calls for Student Maintenance Support Reform 

by Jack Dean | May 17, 2024 | News, Top Story 2 - Home Page sub 1, Watch

A new national report has called for urgent reform to the maintenance support system after research found that students are not receiving enough money to live. The Sutton Trust, a leading educational charity, has found that for 57% of students, the maximum loan does...
South Yorkshire Police stop and search data reveal ethnic minorities are more likely to be targeted 

South Yorkshire Police stop and search data reveal ethnic minorities are more likely to be targeted 

by Jack Dean | Apr 19, 2024 | Community, Crime, News, Top stories

New statistics reveal that black people are over three times more likely to be stopped and searched than white people in South Yorkshire. The data collected from September 2023 to February 2024 revealed that people who identify as black have been stopped 9.7...
Sheffield Labour MP to face defeat despite Labour landslide

Sheffield Labour MP to face defeat despite Labour landslide

by Jack Dean | Apr 19, 2024 | News, Politics, Top stories, Uncategorised

New polling predicts Sheffield Hallam MP Olivia Blake will lose her seat in the upcoming parliamentary elections despite the predicted national Labour landslide.  Electoral Calculus, a polling analytics website, projects a significant shift in Sheffield...
South Yorkshire tops burglary crime rate according to new data 

South Yorkshire tops burglary crime rate according to new data 

by Jack Dean | Mar 1, 2024 | Community, Crime, News, Top Story - Home Page Lead

New data revealed South Yorkshire has the highest burglary crime rate in England and Wales, with eight burglary crimes per year per 1000 workday people as of January 2024.  The analytics website Plumpot shows there were nearly 11,000 reports of burglary in 2023. Matt...
Urgent plea for funding to save 48-year-old Sheffield radio station

Urgent plea for funding to save 48-year-old Sheffield radio station

by Jack Dean | Mar 1, 2024 | Charity, Community, Health, News, Top Story 4 - Home Page Picture

Sheffield Hospital Radio, which has been broadcasting since 1976, faces the threat of extinction if it can’t receive the necessary funding. The station is seeking to relocate to a new studio within the Royal Hallamshire Hospital and needs replacements for its...

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