by Benj Simmons | Feb 8, 2024 | Crime, News, Top Story 2 - Home Page sub 1
Recent burglaries in the Crookes area of Sheffield have left people concerned for their safety. In recent months, people have claimed the number of break-ins in the area has led to them having to take extra precautions in order to protect themselves and their...
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...
by James Hamilton | Apr 27, 2023 | Crime, News
On Christmas Day 2020, Jonathan Ashton, 35, robbed a house in Handsworth, Sheffield. He was sentenced to over 13 years behind bars earlier this week after admitting to forced entry at Sheffield Crown Court. Ashton, who is already serving a prison sentence for robbery...
by admin | Mar 31, 2023 | Crime, News
A man in grey tracksuit and black hat is believed to hold important details of a theft and fraud case, the South Yorkshire Police said. The police force is urgently appealing to the public to contact them if they know the man shown in the CCTV images. A woman reported...
by Adam Husicka | Mar 31, 2023 | Community, Crime, Top Story - Home Page Lead
The UK and Sheffield have seen a worrying increase of hate crimes over the past five years. A hate crime is a criminal offence that is motivated by hostility or prejudice, towards someone’s race, sexual orientation, religion, transgender identity and disability....
by Alex Keir | Mar 23, 2023 | Crime
A house fire in Sheffield which left two adults and two children in hospital is being treated as arson, police have said. Emergency services were called to Wordsworth Avenue in Parson Cross just before 21:00 GMT on Tuesday night. A 47 year old woman and a 42...
