by Daniel Thomas | Feb 24, 2025 3:46PM | News
A proposal that would allow dogs to ride on the Sheffield tram network has been met with mixed reactions from the public. Today, the Sheffield Wire spoke to people across the city centre, as a public consultation on the matter by the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined...
by Daniel Thomas | Dec 13, 2024 2:10PM | News
In the wake of the Assad dictatorship’s dramatic collapse on 8 December, Syrians living and working in Sheffield are ‘euphoric’ and hoping for a brighter future. Members of the Syrian community gathered outside Damascus Bakery & Sweets in Spital...
by Daniel Thomas | Dec 6, 2024 2:31PM | News
Life expectancy for men born in Sheffield has fallen since the pandemic but remains the highest in South Yorkshire. New figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), on male life expectancy from birth in local authorities across the UK between 2021 and 2023,...
by Daniel Thomas | Dec 6, 2024 10:40AM | News, Top Story
The widow of a decorated Sheffield fireman who died earlier this year has launched a letter-writing campaign for safer working conditions for firefighters. Anne Davies, 67, of Ecclesall, watched her husband Jeff Simpson die in her arms on 11 April, less than 20 hours...
by Daniel Thomas | Nov 29, 2024 3:45PM | Live News, News
Sheffield Wire is pleased to announce that we have secured an exclusive interview with Willis Marshall, the Liberal Democratic candidate for the Woodhouse by-election. Marshall, 19, is a student at the University of Sheffield, who beat Reform UK’s Andy Hizzard...