by Emily Staniforth | Apr 26, 2021 10:57AM | News, Top Story
Improvements in wellbeing, perceived stress and physical activity have been overwhelmingly linked to gardening by a new study undertaken in collaboration with the University of Sheffield. The study indicates that people who garden every day have wellbeing scores 6.6%...
by Emily Staniforth | Apr 22, 2021 1:00PM | Long Reads
“Please don’t go. You will be missed.” This is just one of the notes left on the windows of Sheffield’s beloved John Lewis department store after it was announced it would not be reopening after lockdown ended. The announcement, made on 24...
by Emily Staniforth | Mar 22, 2021 3:21PM | News
Sheffield’s local communities are to be given back the power to make changes in their own areas. Sheffield City Council is to re-establish Local Area Committees (LACs) across the city “eight wasted years” after they were abolished. The proposal for...
by Emily Staniforth | Mar 15, 2021 4:16PM | Long Reads
“I felt glad and validated at first, as I knew I wasn’t making it up! But then I felt quite overwhelmed as I didn’t even know where to start and when I googled all I saw was terrible journeys for fertility and that it was incurable. I was 23 when I was diagnosed...
by Emily Staniforth | Feb 22, 2021 3:26PM | Long Reads
Dog thefts are estimated to have risen by 250% over the past year. Last week it was reported that the Home Secretary Priti Patel was looking to enforce stronger penalties for pet theft. However, this comes too late for thousands of owners across the UK who have lived...
