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By Yassin El-Moudden
March 17, 2025

Good morning and welcome to today’s coverage of news from across South Yorkshire. It’s Monday 17 March 2025.

Some of our highlighted stories coming up include:

  • The Lord Mayor Awards: Freya Ingram and Nicole Taylor interviewed some of the winners from the awards ceremony on Thursday, including Cheriene Bailey, a dance teacher who won Outstanding Contribution to Education
  • Brassed Off: At the Showroom, a trade union brass band performed alongside a screening of the 1996 film, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the end of the Miners’ Strike. Nia Raine Jenkins was there
Brass band perform on a stage in front of a screen with the Unite the Union logo on it
Unite the Union’s brass band perform on stage at the Showroom in Sheffield (Credit: Unite Union Brass Band)
  • Councillors in Ukraine: Two Sheffield city councillors, Matt Dwyer and Mark Rusling, are on a solidarity trip to Ukraine and they were in conversation with Olivia Booth before setting off.
A man with glasses stands on a hill with a city background behind him
Councillor Mark Rusling, one of two councillors who embarked on a visit to Ukraine this month (Credit: Mark Rusling)

That, and plenty more including our multimedia bulletins are on their way, so watch this space!