by Ben Simpson | Mar 7, 2025 | Community, Culture, News, Top Story - Home Page Lead
More than £3,000 has been raised in less than 24 hours to support staff affected by the closure of popular Sheffield music venue Dorothy Pax. The fund will help those affected by the shutdown by providing any wages that haven’t been paid, and helping with redundancy...
by Harriet Miller | Mar 6, 2025 | News, Top stories
A Rotherham woman said she lost £1400 after not receiving a refund from a Sheffield sofa company, Sofalux. Sarah Dale, 59, who is retired on medical grounds, bought a sofa from Sofalux in January 2023. Ms Dale said the company agreed to refund her for the sofa after...
by Samuel Juckes | Mar 6, 2025 | News, Politics, Uncategorised
Sheffield City councillors agreed to the maximum council tax increase in the annual budget meeting on Wednesday. Councillor Zahira Naz, the council’s finance spokesperson said: “For 14 years local government has been battered by austerity.”...
by Rosie Wood | Mar 6, 2025 | Culture, News, Top Story - Home Page Lead
An exciting discovery has been made at Sheffield Castle by the Wessex Archaeology team who are currently excavating there. Four 17th-century wooden stakes, around a metre in length, were carefully excavated from the moat. Analysis so far shows they could have...
by Daisy Sanderson | Mar 6, 2025 | News, Top stories, Top Story - Home Page Lead
A six-week awareness campaign tackling ketamine misuse has launched in Barnsley. The animation Its OK to Ask featuring Jack, a recovering Ketamine user was nominated for a BAFTA in November last year. Following its success, the campaign was launched this week. The...
by Samuel Juckes | Mar 6, 2025 | Charity, Crime, News
Sheffield-based young offenders education charity In2Change has welcomed the improving figures on reoffending in South Yorkshire. The latest statistics from the Ministry of Justice shows more than a quarter of convicted criminals in the region reoffend within a year....
