by admin | Apr 29, 2021 | Community, Top stories, Top Story 3 - Home Page sub 2, Watch
“The effects of the pandemic have increased the ruthless burden on food banks across the South Yorkshire”, S6 Foodbank volunteer Alison Wise said. As worrying figures show the Sheffield based charity has fed 37,000 local people in the food emergency...
by admin | Apr 29, 2021 | Education, News, Top Story 3 - Home Page sub 2, Watch
Students from the University of Sheffield are continuing their occupation of the Arts Tower as part of the student rent strikes. Four first-year students turned up at the building at 6am on 23 April and set up camp there. Two others have since slipped past security to...
by admin | Apr 22, 2021 | Community, Top Story 3 - Home Page sub 2
Tomorrow marks a Day of Silence, for the LGBTQ+ community, created to embrace and promote global awareness to try and prevent bullying and harassment within schools. Originating at the University of Virginia in 1996, the Day of Silence protest has now become a vital...
by joa18hm | Apr 22, 2021 | Environment, News, Top Story 3 - Home Page sub 2
The British Mountaineering Council, BMC, has launched a new campaign called ‘No Moor BBQs’. The group urged supporters to lobby their local MPs, with the aim of making the use of disposable BBQs illegal in open moorland. Mike Pike, a climber and mountain...
by joa19th | Mar 25, 2021 | Culture, Top Story 3 - Home Page sub 2
This summer will see the steel city’s streets adorned with the ‘Bears of Sheffield’ sculpture trail, all to raise vital funds for Sheffield Children’s Hospital. The trail will comprise of 60 big bears, standing at 2.1m tall, which are sponsored by local businesses,...
by joa17fgc | Mar 17, 2021 | Crime, Top Story 3 - Home Page sub 2
Police have discovered six suspected stolen cars and a mass of Class A drugs in an industrial lockup near Wicker, Sheffield. A warrant was issued after the police received information about organised crime in the area. Sheffield Proactive CID forced their way into...