by Charlie Macdonald | Apr 26, 2024 | News, Politics, Top Story - Home Page Lead
The Liberal Democrat Mayoral candidate for South Yorkshire has promised to be the ‘hardest working mayor in the entire country’. Speaking to ShefNews on Tuesday, Coun. Hannah Kitching discussed the key issues of next Thursday’s election, including the combining...
by Amy Rawlings | Apr 25, 2024 | Community, News, Politics, Top stories, Top Story - Home Page Lead
On the 21st March, Doncaster Mayor Ros Jones announced a 125 year lease agreement for Doncaster airport. This will open the airport again for the first time since November 2022 when it ceased operations. Mark Chadwick, owner of Stadium Garage Ltd,...
by Jack Dean | Apr 19, 2024 | News, Politics, Top stories, Uncategorised
New polling predicts Sheffield Hallam MP Olivia Blake will lose her seat in the upcoming parliamentary elections despite the predicted national Labour landslide. Electoral Calculus, a polling analytics website, projects a significant shift in Sheffield...
by Sofia Ali | Apr 18, 2024 | Charity, Community, Politics, Top Story 3 - Home Page sub 2
A man is running from Liverpool to London to raise awareness of a new bill set to pass through Parliament in the coming months. Mik Parkin, aged 52, started the run in Anfield last Saturday and continues onto Grenfell, via Hillsborough, where he finishes on April 20....
by Aimie Gillan | Apr 18, 2024 | Community, Culture, Politics, Top Story 3 - Home Page sub 2, Watch
The annual Festival of Debate has returned for the ninth time this week to bring discussions and lectures to venues in Sheffield. The event is run by Opus Independence and hosts over 60 events with over 150 speakers making it the biggest political activist festival in...
by Ollie Mitchell | Apr 18, 2024 | Politics, Top stories, Top Story - Home Page Lead
People in Sheffield came together today to protest the government’s approach to migration, which they described as a ‘hostile anti-migrant agenda’. The protest, called Demo to End the Hostile Environment, took place outside the Home Office building...
