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Sheffield Food Festival expects thousands over the bank holiday weekend

Sheffield’s ‘famous’ food festival is due to make its annual return for the upcoming bank holiday weekend, starting on Saturday the 25th of May.

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Students call for the Maintenance Support Reform to ‘reflect student costs better’

A new national report has called for urgent reform to the maintenance support system after research found that students are not receiving enough money to live.

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Breaking: Officers seize illegal drugs and suspected stolen vehicles with three arrested in Doncaster warrant

Illegal drugs, quantities of cash and a number of suspected stolen vehicles have been recovered by local neighbourhood policing officers, after they executed a pre-planned warrant, at a compound in Doncaster.

Open water swimmers partake in extreme ironing to campaign for better access to open water

The group is using the extreme activity to raise awareness for the Outdoor Swimming Societies ‘Right to Swim’ campaign as well as promoting access to Yorkshire water.

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Extreme ironers at Rivelin Valley