by Sidney Overstall Khan | Feb 22, 2024 | Community, Politics, Top Story 2 - Home Page sub 1
Sheffield councillors agreed on Monday to spend more than £18m on improving fire safety in 20 tower blocks across the steel city. The new measures come mainly as a result of the Grenfell Tower disaster in 2017 when 72 people died and more than 70 people were injured...
by Grace Cunningham | Feb 16, 2024 | Community, Environment, Front Page Highlights, Health, News, Politics, Top Story 3 - Home Page sub 2
Sheffield council will tackle the “silent killer” of pollution by investing into electric buses. A council meeting on Wednesday passed the report to increase decarbonised, quality buses around the city to combat the issue of unclean air and poor transport....
by Madison Rolfe | Feb 16, 2024 | Community, News, Politics
Pro-Palestine Protesters have been campaigning this week for action to be taken by Sheffield City Council in opposing the actions of Israel. The Sheffield Campaign Against Israeli Apartheid support group provides assistance for Palestinians in Sheffield. They gathered...
by Sebastian Jones | Feb 15, 2024 | Politics, Top Story 2 - Home Page sub 1, Top Story 3 - Home Page sub 2
Councillors have voted to approve the decision to help “better manage parking demand and contribute to wider traffic management and environmental objectives”. In a Sheffield City Council Waste and Street Scene Policy meeting this week, a decision was made to increase...
by Samuel Martin | Feb 15, 2024 | Politics, Top stories
Nick Fletcher, MP for Don Valley A Don Valley MP has released a statement calling out South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard for inconsistency on the combined authorities’ treatment of plans for Doncaster Sheffield Airport and Sheffield’s Supertram network. MP...
by Erin Morris | Feb 9, 2024 | Health, News, Politics, Top Story 3 - Home Page sub 2
Junior doctors are taking to picket lines later this month to fight for a fair wage after the government failed to meet deadlines. The British Medical Association (BMA) has announced a five day strike between 24 and 28 of February, a full walkout is expected for...
