by Rosie Wood | May 22, 2025 | Community, Top stories
Cycle North are offering free cycling lessons to young children in Sheffield this half-term, aiming to get more kids into cycling. Taking place at Forge Valley School, the hour long ‘Learn to Ride’ lessons are open to those who cannot ride at all or are still very...
by Ruby Barron | May 22, 2025 | Community, Crime, Top stories
Action tackling knife crime across South Yorkshire has started on the 19th May. The week long plan has been called ‘Spectre’ and encourages officers to ‘detect, prevent and reduce knife crime within our local communities’. Spectre aims to increase community...
by Taejah Boothe | May 22, 2025 | Community, Sport, Top stories
A group of six women have come together to fight back against gender stereotypes about women in sports as they take on an open water swim. Their name, ‘She Swims Like A Girl’, was chosen by Medical student Lucy Hirst. She said: “It could be seen as something you use...
by Rosie Wood | May 22, 2025 | Community, News, Top stories
The South Yorkshire Organ Festival is well underway this month and has made its way to Sheffield Cathedral. Yesterday, organist James Mitchell gave an ‘Introduction to the Organ’, in the hopes of increasing people’s understanding of the complex instrument. Mr...
by Taejah Boothe | May 22, 2025 | Community, News, Top Story - Home Page Lead
Medical student, Ciara Parker, 23, spent ten years battling with coeliac symptoms and now shares her story during Coeliac Awareness month which takes place this May. She said: “I got misdiagnosed as not having coeliac, so I’d be just sitting in pain because I...
by Jess Elson | May 22, 2025 | Community, News, Top Story 2 - Home Page sub 1
A Barnsley-based plant grower is marking 40 years in business by striving to win gold for his family legacy with a return to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Steven Hickman, 68, runs Hoyland Plant Centre with his wife and children, which specialises in Agapanthus, Clivia...
