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The Sheffield dad who found historical treasure with a metal detector

by joa19rw | Mar 11, 2021 | News

A  Sheffield dad has unearthed treasure with a metal detector in lockdown. Nick Barrett, a tattooist, has been unable to work throughout the pandemic, and he has grown tired of sitting at home. After watching a film about national treasure, he decided the closest...

Sheffield United owner buys French club to increase worldwide presence

by joa19ym | Mar 11, 2021 | News, Sport

Sheffield United’s owners have acquired Ligue 2 club Chateauroux as part of their plans to develop its business’ worldwide presence. The French club became the fifth addition to the expanding system of clubs owned by Prince Abdullah’s company. Blades x...

£5,000 raised to support paralysed Brinsworth man’s recovery

by joa19hb | Mar 11, 2021 | Charity, Culture, Health, News, Top Story - Home Page Lead

A woman has set up a GoFundMe page in support of her son, who was hospitalised after he started suffering with severe back pain on Christmas Day. Dawn Anderson started the fundraiser ‘Jordan’s wheelchair to make life easier’ just three weeks ago and has...

Leicester City v Sheffield United: match preview | Premier League

by joa18ka | Mar 11, 2021 | News, Sport

Team news, stats and odds ahead of Leicester City vs Sheffield United at the King Power Stadium on Sunday (kick-off 2pm). Despite their impressive win against Aston Villa earlier this month, Sheffield United couldn’t build on their momentum and suffered another defeat...

Tonight’s ‘Slow Clap’ in support of NHS workers’ payrise

by egc17bb | Mar 11, 2021 | Health, News, Politics, Top stories, Top Story 2 - Home Page sub 1

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is provoking a furious reaction across the UK since announcing proposals to increase nurses’ pay by 1% in his budget speech last week. The unpopular pay rise has inspired the trade union Unison to instigate a sarcastic ‘slow...

U.A.E. based students studying in a University in India feel ‘discriminated against’

by joc19md | Mar 11, 2021 | Culture, News

U.A.E residents, studying at the National Institute of Fashion Technology, India reported feeling ‘discriminated against’ after fees for general category students were reduced but theirs was not. Students at NIFT started boycotting classes in August 2020 as a form of...
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