by Nicole Taylor | Dec 6, 2024 4:13PM | Campaign - Disabilities, News
“Exploited” zero-hour contract workers across Sheffield will be offered guaranteed hours and reasonable notice of shifts as Sheffield City Council puts it support behind the Labour’s new Employment Rights Bill. Cllr Karen McGowan: “There are thousands of workers in...
by Caitlin James | Dec 6, 2024 4:02PM | News
The council discussed plans to address Sheffield’s sewage problems with their new proposal, ‘Protect Our Rivers’ on 4 December. The debate comes after record levels of pollution in 2023, when Yorkshire Water pumped sewage into Sheffield’s rivers...
by Josie Sharp | Dec 6, 2024 3:43PM | Sport
A talented 17-year-old striker has been selected for the England Colleges for the second time to represent England in an international Tournament. Rotherham United Women FC’s Alesha Gale, from Herringthorpe, will represent England for the second time. The...
by Erin Griffiths | Dec 6, 2024 3:36PM | Long Reads
More is needed to be done to speed up the diagnosis of painful and debilitating bowel conditions according to one sufferer. As part of Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Week, Liam Slaney, voiced his concerns that the NHS is over-stretched leaving patients...
by Nia Raine Jenkins | Dec 6, 2024 3:35PM | News
Activists have this week urged their fellow students to “get out on the concourse and demonstrate” following the University of Sheffield’s announcement of staffing cuts. Last month, the university announced a voluntary severance scheme with the intention of...
