Meet the nine-year-old girl from Sheffield who hopes to become a millionaire thanks to slime

by joa19cjh | Mar 11, 2021 | News, Top stories, Top Story 4 - Home Page Picture, Watch

An ambitious nine-year-old girl from Sheffield has started her own slime business in lockdown, becoming the city’s latest young entrepreneur. Sapphire Billing opened Sapphire’s Slime at the start of February with the help of her parents and sister, and has since...

Backlash after BBC Politics Live discuss Jewish minority status

by joa19kv | Mar 4, 2021 | Culture, Politics, Top Story 4 - Home Page Picture

The BBC has come under fire for allowing four non-Jewish panel members to hold a debate titled, “Should Jews count as an ethnic minority”.   Jo Coburn, the presenter of BBC Politics Live, is Jewish herself, but has suggested that because Jewish people have succeeded...

Possible plans to connect Kelham to Sheffield city centre

by lwc17bf | Mar 4, 2021 | Environment, News, Top Story 4 - Home Page Picture

Sheffield City Council have held a consultation in their hopes to connect Sheffield. The new route would link Neepsend – Kelham – City Centre The consultation, which ended on 3 March, was a new approach designed to transform travel throughout Sheffield, via...

South Yorkshire organisations ‘concerned’ about protest restrictions

by joa19kv | Mar 4, 2021 | Environment, News, Politics, Top Story 4 - Home Page Picture

Protest groups in South Yorkshire have expressed their worry over the government’s attitude towards protests after lockdown. An article for The Guardian disclosed last week that thanks to a Freedom of Information release, they had obtained proof that Priti Patel...

Man completes mammoth run to raise thousands for Sheffield charity

by joa19ajd | Mar 4, 2021 | Charity, Sport, Top Story 4 - Home Page Picture

A Sheffield dad described feeling like his ‘legs were falling off’ after completing seven half-marathons in seven days to raise £3,500 for charity. Neil Rhodes, 44, initially set a target of £500 to on his Just Giving page but has smashed it with donations now...

Sheffield disability cycling group adapts to virtual classes

by joa19oas | Feb 25, 2021 | Health, Top Story 4 - Home Page Picture

 A Sheffield cycling project, has reinvented itself by launching four online fitness classes for all abilities during the pandemic. Originally, Sheffield Cycling 4 All was set up to run adaptive cycling sessions in Hillsborough Park, but now hosts weekly online...