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Barnsley man sentenced after caught throwing drugs

Barnsley man sentenced after caught throwing drugs

by Megan Beck | Feb 22, 2024 | Crime, Top Story 3 - Home Page sub 2

A Barnsley man who was caught by officers throwing class A drugs over a garden fence has appeared before Sheffield Crown Court for sentencing. Jordan Jackson, 26, of Elm Street, Hoyland, was sentenced to two years and four months in prison after officers from the...
Woman shares plans to start cemetery clean up group around Rotherham

Woman shares plans to start cemetery clean up group around Rotherham

by Megan Beck | Feb 22, 2024 | Community, Top Story 3 - Home Page sub 2

A woman has been volunteering to clean up the “forgotten” headstones in and around her community. Sarah Jones, 34, from Rotherham said: “I first started cleaning headstones as a personal family project after discovering a relative’s gravestone was...
Popular Birmingham and Liverpool indoor markets coming to Sheffield

Popular Birmingham and Liverpool indoor markets coming to Sheffield

by Tara Nagra | Feb 22, 2024 | Community, Culture, Top Story 3 - Home Page sub 2

Red Brick Markets are designed to be a hub for local small businesses, filled with a range of vintage traders, vinyl records, artwork, and jewellery makers, and are coming to Sheffield. They describe themselves as ‘the best independent shopping experience’ and aim to...
Standing At The Sky’s Edge: the Sheffield set musical taking West End theatres by storm

Standing At The Sky’s Edge: the Sheffield set musical taking West End theatres by storm

by Sidney Overstall Khan | Feb 22, 2024 | Culture, Top Story 3 - Home Page sub 2

A musical set in one of Sheffield’s most iconic estates has received rave reviews since reaching London’s West End theatres. Standing At The Sky’s Edge is set in Sheffield’s brutalist council housing estate of Park Hill which peers over much of...
Sheffield woman faces losing her job as bus services are slashed

Sheffield woman faces losing her job as bus services are slashed

by Megan Beck | Feb 22, 2024 | Community, Top Story 3 - Home Page sub 2

A woman from Sheffield is at risk of losing her job in the city centre as public transport cuts in her village have often left her without a way to get to work. Linda Bradshaw, 64 , from Killamarsh said: “Trying to get a bus is ridiculous now, I’ve been getting to...
Parish Council uses £47,000 lottery funding for ‘fantastic’ meals on wheels project

Parish Council uses £47,000 lottery funding for ‘fantastic’ meals on wheels project

by Ruth George | Feb 22, 2024 | Charity, News, Top Story 3 - Home Page sub 2

Volunteers at a community centre have been providing hundreds of hot meals to vulnerable people in Brinsworth, thanks to lottery funding. Brinsworth Parish Council was awarded £47,000 by The National Lottery Community Fund in January. They have created...
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