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Voter ID: What impact will it have on Sheffield?

by Olivia Warburton | May 4, 2023 | Politics, Top Story 4 - Home Page Picture, Watch

People all across Sheffield will be making their way to the polling stations today, to have their say in the local elections. However, this year introduces one crucial difference.  These elections will be the first where in order to vote in person, you will need...

Sheffield restaurant owners mark Allergy Awareness Week

by Elizabeth Hopwood | Apr 28, 2023 | Health, News, Top Story 4 - Home Page Picture, Watch

To mark Allergy Awareness Week, two Sheffield restaurants shared how they best support their customers with allergies. Charity Allergy UK, who set up the campaign, found over half of people living with allergies in the UK regularly avoid social situations due to their...

Charity Poetry event gives local poets the chance to perform live

by Oliver Haley | Apr 27, 2023 | Charity, Culture, Top Story 4 - Home Page Picture, Watch

Whilst fans around Sheffield were celebrating promotion, just next door was a very different kind of event with a very different tone. Although a lot of us may have not thought about poetry since finishing Secondary School, it is still just as important as ever and...

‘Black Sheep’ comes to Sheffield

by Javier Tucker | Mar 31, 2023 | Culture, Top Story 4 - Home Page Picture

The genre-defying play ‘Black Sheep’, is a boundary-breaking story of a black queer woman finding love whilst the world works against her. Writer, poet and musician Livia Kojo Alour, who frequently performed on stages around the world as a sword swallower shares her...

Enchanting cherry blossoms in Sheffield give hopes of spring

by admin | Mar 31, 2023 | Culture, Top Story 4 - Home Page Picture

Pink blossom trees are flourishing in Sheffield, just two weeks after chilling temperature and heavy snow. But the Springtime sight won’t be around for long. Visitors at Crookes Valley Park were seen taking pictures of the blooming trees in awe while a cyclist...

Behind the chaotic production of ‘Music for the Arts Tower’

by Jesselyn Whiteside | Mar 24, 2023 | Top Story 4 - Home Page Picture

Friday evening in Sheffield’s Arts Tower was a unique spectacle to behold. As part of Classical Weekend, Platform 4, a composer collective based in the Steel City, put on a performance piece in collaboration with sound artist Lorenzo Prati.  The event was...
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