by Maggie Porter | Mar 6, 2026 | Community, Environment, News, Uncategorised
Sheffield City council have agreed to ban traders at city centre events from using single-use plastic from 1 April This has come after environmental campaigners have spent several years pressuring the council to introduce the policy. This should aim to improve...
by Jack Carter | Feb 27, 2026 | Community, Environment, News, Politics, Top Story 2 - Home Page sub 1
A Sheffield MP has announced plans to work with constituents to support an option for public ownership of water companies. Sheffield Hallam MP Olivia Blake held a meeting in Crosspool on Thursday 26 February where she was joined on stage by Sophie Conquest, a...
by Lauren Reay-Williams | Feb 27, 2026 | Environment, Health, News, Top Story 2 - Home Page sub 1
The boost, supplied by Sheffield City Council from Clean Air Zone income in the city, aims to improve air quality in Sheffield, with a significant focus on maintaining clean air for children. The introduction of 20mph restrictions on school roads will make 22...
by Lara Groom | Feb 20, 2026 | Community, Environment, News
Hillsborough councillor wants the public to know that work is being done to fill in the potholes plaguing Sheffield streets, despite repeated concerns that nothing is happening. Christine Gilligan Kubo, a Green Party Councillor for Hillsborough Ward, has said...
by Gabrielle Ellis | Feb 12, 2026 | Community, Environment, News, Top Story 4 - Home Page Picture
In Sheffield, a growing number of potholes across residential and school routes in Sheffield have drivers reporting vehicle damage and safety concerns with some motorists describing the road surface as worsening week by week. Local Resident Charlotte, who regularly...
by Caitlin Gannon | May 19, 2025 | Community, Environment, Sport
More than 200 cyclists took to the streets of Sheffield this weekend in support of The Big Ride, calling for safer, more child-friendly cycling infrastructure. Organised by Cycle Sheffield, the ride attracted parents with children in prams, toddlers on training...
