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Small businesses across Sheffield going plastic free ahead of Earth Day 

Small businesses across Sheffield going plastic free ahead of Earth Day 

by Marie Touray | Apr 18, 2024 | Charity, Community, Environment, Watch

With Earth Day 2024 approaching, small businesses across Sheffield took on an environmentally friendly approach with plastic free products. The Earth Day theme this year is planet vs plastic and the World Wildlife Fund has announced that their focus is tackling...
Free electric buses across Sheffield city centre from April

Free electric buses across Sheffield city centre from April

by Anabella Prodan | Mar 21, 2024 | Environment, Front Page Highlights, News, Top Story 3 - Home Page sub 2

Sheffield City Council will introduce four free-to-use electric buses in the city centre from next month. From Monday 8 April, brand new, zero-emission buses will replace the existing Sheffield Connect buses. Stops will be conveniently situated within a short stroll...
Sheffield City Council to ban ‘harmful’ advertisement in ground-breaking new policy

Sheffield City Council to ban ‘harmful’ advertisement in ground-breaking new policy

by Laurel Beach | Mar 21, 2024 | Environment, Front Page Highlights, News

Billboard adverts aimed at junk food, fossil fuels, airlines, gambling and vaping are to be banned in Sheffield.  Following a meeting held earlier this week, Sheffield City council has decided to ban these ‘harmful’ ads from all authority-owned hoardings, social...
Preparations are underway for Millennium Galleries event for science week

Preparations are underway for Millennium Galleries event for science week

by Millie Dearing | Mar 7, 2024 | Community, Culture, Environment

In order to raise awareness for STEM, people are being encouraged to get involved in science at a local Sheffield museum. The Late: The Craft of Science event organised by lecturers at Sheffield Hallam University, will take place on Thursday from 7pm to 10pm. Dr Sarah...
Sheffield experts say more needs to be done after report finds no rivers in England are of good quality

Sheffield experts say more needs to be done after report finds no rivers in England are of good quality

by Isaac Saunders | Mar 1, 2024 | Community, Environment, News, Top Story 2 - Home Page sub 1

Earlier this week The River Trust Organisation released data from their ‘State Of Our Rivers’ report. It outlined that 0% of rivers in England were of good or high quality, and 85% of river stretches fall below good ecological standards. Read the full report here....
Community reacts to brand new neighbourhood development plans

Community reacts to brand new neighbourhood development plans

by Chloe Scofield | Mar 1, 2024 | Community, Environment, News, Politics, Top stories, Top Story - Home Page Lead, Watch

Today Sheffield City Council has announced that they will be spending £67m on two new neighbourhoods at Furnace Hill and Neepsend. The council announced the funding at the Convention of the North event in Leeds today. The money has been allocated to bring in 1,300 new...
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