by Sam Burton | May 16, 2025 | News, Politics
The chair of Sheffield City Council’s adult social care committee has called overseas care worker recruitment “short-sighted”. Earlier this week, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper announced government plans to end care worker recruitment from abroad in an...
by Sam Burton | May 16, 2025 | News
Lord David Blunkett has unveiled a new plan to improve services on Yorkshire’s “broken” railways. The 10-year strategy is touted to bring £20bn to the region’s economy and would require an estimated £14bn of government investment. It follows a...
by Sam Burton | May 16, 2025 | News
A convicted drug dealer has been order to repay more than £19,000 of illegal earnings. Max Allen, 29, of Woodside Walk, Rotherham was sentenced to four years and six months in prison in June 2024 for drugs-related offences. Following efforts by the Economic Crime Unit...
by Sam Burton | Mar 28, 2025 | News
A new Sheffield music festival is set to launch next month – showcasing independent businesses and more than 50 live acts. The inaugural Abbeydale Live will take place on Abbeydale Road on Saturday 26 April. It has been set up by Abbeydale Traders Association...
by Sam Burton | Mar 28, 2025 | Crime
A man has been arrested on suspicion of fraud after a pensioner was asked to withdraw £7,450 from his bank account by a fake police officer. An 83-year-old man received a call on Christmas Eve last year from an unknown number impersonating on officer at a Doncaster...
