Momentum builds for Doncaster Airport reopening despite funding delays
Progress is being made in the long stretch to reopen Doncaster Airport
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Sheffield celebrates Earth day with Action on Plastic film
Sheffield based environmental organisation Sheffield Action on Plastic, marked Earth day on the 22nd April with a film screening of X Trillion at Showroom Cinemas. The film follows the journey of eXXpeditions all-women crew led by Emily Penn as they sailed 3,000...
Man arrested and dogs seized after they attack an emergency service worker in Barnsley
A 59-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of owning a dog dangerously out of control, causing injury and assault on a council worker and a police officer. On April 15, at 3.30pm, The South Yorkshire Police received a report that a worker had been bitten by dogs...
Life changing £1.45m surgical robot arrives at Sheffield Hospital
A major step forward for cancer care in Sheffield has been marked with the official unveiling of a brand new surgical robot at the Northern General Hospital. The cutting-edge robot called ‘da Vinci Xi’ has arrived after a £1.45m donation from Sheffield Hospitals...
Robots to deliver takeaways in Sheffield
Autonomous delivery robots are now being rolled out in parts of Sheffield and Barnsley, as tech firm Starship Technologies expands its UK operations. The company has introduced 16 robots in Sheffield, working with 12 local takeaways, with additional robots recently...
Yorkshire Wildlife Park welcomes a pair of capybara brothers
The award-winning wildlife park in Doncaster has welcomed two capybara brothers from the Netherlands. Chip and Dale have travelled from the Gaia Zoo in the Netherlands to their new home in the Amazonas Reserve at the wildlife park. The duo were born on 9 June 2025,...
Famous pizza restaurant giving away free pizza
Beloved pizza restaurant, Forbici, held its grand opening in Sheffield City Centre today, marking the occasion by giving away one thousand free pizzas. Queues of people lined the streets, with some people waiting for over 50 minutes in Millennium Square to get their...
Support group for pre-teen girls holds first of 12 sessions in Sheffield
Girls Journeying Together coaches girls to be confident in their body, manage big feelings and accept differences, before they enter adolescence. The first Girls Journeying Together event took place last Sunday, in Nether Edge, with 12 girls making up the group. Sarah...
Sheffield dad to run 7 marathons across 7 days for charity
A dad from Sheffield will go the distance to say thank you to the charities that supported his daughter during her brain tumour treatment. Last Father’s Day, Bradley and his family faced news no parent would want to hear when finding out that his daughter had...
