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Watch: Sheffield Palestine protesters enter a third week of encampment

Watch: Sheffield Palestine protesters enter a third week of encampment

by Amy Goddard | May 17, 2024 | News, Top stories, Watch

University encampments and protests across the UK have remained resilient for over two weeks in support of Palestine. On 1 May, students and staff at universities in Manchester, Newcastle and Sheffield set up a ‘Mayday’ encampment protest in...
Watch: Expert warns of human impact on National Endangered Species Day

Watch: Expert warns of human impact on National Endangered Species Day

by Sebastian Alston | May 17, 2024 | News, Top stories, Watch

Today marks National Endangered Species Day and an expert has warned of the impact humans have on endangered species across both South Yorkshire and the UK. This comes after the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust stated that Yorkshire’s wildlife is in crisis and if nothing is...
Sheffield Food Festival due to take-over ‘half of the city centre’

Sheffield Food Festival due to take-over ‘half of the city centre’

by Amy Goddard | May 17, 2024 | News, Top stories, Top Story - Home Page Lead

Sheffield’s ‘famous’ food festival is due to make its annual return for the upcoming bank holiday weekend, starting on Saturday 25 May. Sheffield Food Festival 2024 is free to attend, taking over ‘half of the city’, including the Peace...
Sheffield man trying to unite community through music

Sheffield man trying to unite community through music

by Amber Smith | May 16, 2024 | Charity, Culture, Top stories, Top Story - Home Page Lead

Sonny Anderson has made it his mission to make music accessible for the entire community. Ten 2 One Sound launched in February of this year, as a small reggae group who host free events for music lovers. Sonny said: “I put on free sessions and these are basically...
Exposed Awards to bring success to local businesses

Exposed Awards to bring success to local businesses

by Aimie Gillan | May 16, 2024 | Culture, Top stories

The 20th Sheffield’s Exposed Awards which celebrates the city’s best venues, eateries and breweries, took place at Peddlers market. The event, sponsored by the IPM group, saw businesses given awards from categories including ‘Best Bar’ and ‘Best Restaurant’, to...
Open water swimmers partake in extreme ironing to campaign for better access to open water

Open water swimmers partake in extreme ironing to campaign for better access to open water

by Aimie Gillan | May 16, 2024 | Community, Culture, Health, Top stories

Environmental activists and wild swimming supporters have been extreme ironing around the Peak District. The group is using the extreme activity to raise awareness for the Outdoor Swimming Societies (OSS) ‘Right to Swim’ campaign as well as promoting access to...
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