On Sheffield Wire today
By Olivia Booth
March 24, 2025

Good morning and welcome to today’s coverage of news from across South Yorkshire. It’s Monday 24 March 2025.

Our top stories today include:

  • Drax Power Station greenwashing: Reporter Joseph Murphy spoke to a large protest group who are calling on the University of Sheffield to cut ties with the UK’s biggest polluter. 
  • Peregrines return to St George’s nest: Reporter Billy Clarke interviewed Chris Greenwood, a trustee at the Sheffield Bird Study Group after a peregrine pair laid three eggs in a nest on top of St. George’s Church in Sheffield, with a possible fourth due to be laid on Monday. 
Credit: Billy Clarke
  • Disability cuts: Following the controversial announcement last week, our reporters Phoebe Snedker and Rianna Lobo spoke to people in Sheffield personally affected.
Credit: Phoebe Snedker