Rotherham secures £10m to repair roads in 2026
Rotherham has secured £10m for road repairs and maintenance programmes this year. The programme will ensure that an additional 100-plus roads will be repaved and 90-plus stretches of pavements will be either repaved or be given a surface dressing treatment to extent...
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What Is May Day? Sheffield celebrates International Workers Day
This Monday’s May Day bank holiday may just seem like another day off school and work for many. But May Day is steeped in history which will be celebrated this weekend across the world and in Sheffield. What is May Day? May Day is a yearly celebration on the 1st of...
Gambling white paper set to be first shake up to regulation in nearly 20 years
The white paper on gambling published Thursday suggests new limits and regulations affecting how much an individual can spend gambling. According to charity ‘Gambling with Lives’, currently up to 1.4 million people are addicted to gambling in the UK and up to...
Christmas Day robber jailed for over ten years
On Christmas Day 2020, Jonathan Ashton, 35, robbed a house in Handsworth, Sheffield. He was sentenced to over 13 years behind bars earlier this week after admitting to forced entry at Sheffield Crown Court. Ashton, who is already serving a prison sentence for robbery...
£99m Social Science building finally open after patient rebuild
The University of Sheffield can celebrate the opening of their new Social Science building ‘The Wave’ after four years of construction. The building on Northumberland Road, which was first discussed in 2013, faced turbulence during the early construction, with a pile...
World market set to brighten up bank holiday
The world market returns to Sheffield today and will be open until bank holiday Monday at the peace gardens and town hall square The stalls are packed with everything from various street foods, confectionery, plants, craft items, even clothing and jewellery can be...
Teachers strikes across England for better pay during inflation continue
Teachers and staff from the National Education Union are striking again today in protest of wages and to ensure pay rises aren’t taken away from school budgets. The government has previously attempted to negotiate an offer of a £1,000 one-off payment and a 4.3% rise...
Sheffield’s Fake Festival sells out weeks before bands take to stage
The Sheffield Fake Festival is only three weeks away, and has now sold out for the second year in a row. The popular event will see tribute bands for Arctic Monkeys, The Killers, Pink, Green Day, Pulp and Kings of Leon descend on Endcliffe Park on 13th May. ...
New figures reveal significant increase in rental costs in Sheffield
New data has revealed Sheffield ranks as the city in Yorkshire which has seen the highest percentage increase in rent costs year on year. New figures from Zoopla’s UK rental market report indicate that rent charged by landlords in Sheffield has increased more than...
