Sheffield holds candlelit vigil for teenager Brianna Ghey

by Talia Keane | Feb 17, 2023 | Community, News, Top Story - Home Page Lead

Hundreds of locals gathered to mourn the tragic death of Brianna Ghey at the Sheffield Peace Gardens last night. Brianna Ghey was a 16 year old transgender girl who was stabbed to death in a park in Cheshire on Saturday. Vigils for Brianna organised by the LGBTQ+...

Vigil honouring the life of Brianna Ghey to be held in Sheffield

by Olivia Warburton | Feb 16, 2023 | News, Top Story - Home Page Lead

A candle-lit vigil is to take place in Sheffield tonight to remember the life of 16-year-old Brianna Ghey who tragically died at the weekend. The teenager was fatally stabbed in Culcheth, Cheshire on Saturday. Her death has sparked nationwide sadness, with people all...

Doncaster teenager launches desperate plea for his missing family after Turkey earthquake

by Callum McIntyre | Feb 10, 2023 | News, Top stories, Top Story - Home Page Lead

A distraught teenager has launched a desperate plea to help find his family who arefeared trapped in the rubble at the epicentre of the Turkey and Syria earthquake. Soner Ekiztas, 17, from Lewyns Drive in Doncaster has raised over £4,000 for his dad andcousin who have...

Dance for donations: Virtual dance party raising money for children’s hospital

by Larissa Hurt | Feb 10, 2023 | News, Top stories, Top Story - Home Page Lead, Top Story 2 - Home Page sub 1

Pinder Dance Productions has organised a virtual dance party in aid of Sheffield Children’s Hospital Charity’s annual Pyjama Day. For the third annual Pyjama Day, the dance company, based in the city centre, is expecting hundreds of screens to join its ‘wake and...

Olympic gold medallist Ed Clancy named South Yorkshire’s new Active Travel Commissioner

by Charlie Howell | Feb 10, 2023 | News, Sport, Top Story - Home Page Lead

South Yorkshire’s Mayor Oliver Coppard confirmed on Wednesday the appointment offormer Olympic champion cyclist Ed Clancy as the region’s latest Active TravelCommissioner. The role has been vacant since the previous commissioner, Paralympian Dame Sarah Storey,moved...

BREAKING – Former MP Jared O’Mara jailed over £50,000 cocaine fuelled fraud attempt

by Charlie Martin | Feb 9, 2023 | Top Story - Home Page Lead

Former MP Jared O’Mara Gareth Arnold former Chief of Staff A former Sheffield MP who faked expenses claims in a failed bid to fund his extensive cocaine habit has been jailed. Jared O’Mara, 41, the former Member of Parliament for Sheffield Hallam, and his former...