Award-winning Sheffield author celebrates International Women’s Day with new book

by Phoebe Huzij | Mar 7, 2025 | Culture, News, Top Story 2 - Home Page sub 1

Sheffield-based author and PhD student Molly Aitken marked International Women’s Day with the launch of her latest novel, Bright I Burn. The event on Thursday evening featured a discussion on women’s representation in literature, followed by a reading from the...

The Leadmill to host comedy night for charity

by Alan Morris | Mar 7, 2025 | Community, News, Top Story 2 - Home Page sub 1

The Sheffield Hospitals Charity is launching a new comedy night ‘Chuckles for Charity’ at Sheffield’s iconic venue The Leadmill in hopes to raise funds for dementia on 20 March. Eight local professionals and public figures have been undertaking...

Sheffield music venue to host event to raise money for International Women’s Day

by Arko Dutta | Mar 7, 2025 | Community, Culture, News, Top Story 2 - Home Page sub 1

Hagglers Corner in Lowfield will be hosting a live music event to raise money and awareness on the occasion of International Women’s Day. The event, called Sisters of Sound, will take place today and will run from 8.30pm to 3am. Proceeds from ticket sales will go...

Sheffield housing company revamp £40M Loxley Valley project

by Richard Wilding | Mar 7, 2025 | Community, News, Top Story 2 - Home Page sub 1

Plans for a £40M Center Parcs-style housing development by Sheffield based company Sky-House in Loxley valley has been updated. David Cross of Sky-House said that the developers aims to submit plans for Loxley valley to Sheffield City Council this month. The plan for...

Sheffield women’s run club takes on half marathon for Weston Park cancer charity

by Phoebe Huzij | Mar 7, 2025 | Community, News, Top Story 2 - Home Page sub 1

A Sheffield-based women’s running club is stepping up to the challenge of the Sheffield Half Marathon in support of Weston Park Cancer Charity. Girls Run Sheffield, founded just ten months ago by local runner Grace Owen-Davies, has grown into a thriving community,...

Sheffield ceasefire movement to meet with local MP about Gaza

by Moleed Mire | Feb 28, 2025 | News, Top Story 2 - Home Page sub 1

A Sheffield ceasefire campaign group has arranged to meet with the MP for Sheffield Central to discuss the government handling of the Israel/Gaza Conflict. Sheffield Friends of Standing Together have held bi-weekly half-an-hour vigils outside Sheffield Town Hall since...