Sheffield Food Festival adds more music to the menu for this bank holiday weekend
Sheffield Food Festival is back this May Bank Holiday weekend and organisers say it will be the biggest and boldest one yet. The free three-day event will run from Saturday 24 to Monday 26 May and will take over large parts of the city centre, including Peace Gardens,...
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Sheffield music venue to host event to raise money for International Women’s Day
Hagglers Corner in Lowfield will be hosting a live music event to raise money and awareness on the occasion of International Women’s Day. The event, called Sisters of Sound, will take place today and will run from 8.30pm to 3am. Proceeds from ticket sales will go...
Sheffield housing company revamp £40M Loxley Valley project
Plans for a £40M Center Parcs-style housing development by Sheffield based company Sky-House in Loxley valley has been updated. David Cross of Sky-House said that the developers aims to submit plans for Loxley valley to Sheffield City Council this month. The plan for...
Sheffield women’s run club takes on half marathon for Weston Park cancer charity
A Sheffield-based women’s running club is stepping up to the challenge of the Sheffield Half Marathon in support of Weston Park Cancer Charity. Girls Run Sheffield, founded just ten months ago by local runner Grace Owen-Davies, has grown into a thriving community,...
40 day pro-life protest starts in Sheffield
Campaigners protesting against abortion in an international pro-life protest have started their 40 day stand in Sheffield. The 40 Days to Life protest involves a vigil for Christian supporters standing in prayer for 24 hours for 6 weeks, outside institutions that...
Thousands raised for staff after popular Sheffield venue closes
More than £3,000 has been raised in less than 24 hours to support staff affected by the closure of popular Sheffield music venue Dorothy Pax. The fund will help those affected by the shutdown by providing any wages that haven’t been paid, and helping with redundancy...
Rotherham woman claims to have lost over £1000 after buying sofa from Sheffield company
A Rotherham woman said she lost £1400 after not receiving a refund from a Sheffield sofa company, Sofalux. Sarah Dale, 59, who is retired on medical grounds, bought a sofa from Sofalux in January 2023. Ms Dale said the company agreed to refund her for the sofa after...
Sheffield City Council agrees 4.99% maximum tax increase
Sheffield City councillors agreed to the maximum council tax increase in the annual budget meeting on Wednesday. Councillor Zahira Naz, the council's finance spokesperson said: "For 14 years local government has been battered by austerity." "Councillors have had to...
Archaeologists make new discovery at Sheffield Castle site
An exciting discovery has been made at Sheffield Castle by the Wessex Archaeology team who are currently excavating there. Four 17th-century wooden stakes, around a metre in length, were carefully excavated from the moat. Analysis so far shows they could have...
