by Eve Jones | Mar 31, 2025 4:58PM | Long Reads, News
A Sheffield GP surgery has announced it will no longer prescribe hormone treatment for adult transgender patients which could result in some being driven to the black market. Far Lane Medical Centre sent a letter to all its transgender patients stating that they...
by Nia Raine Jenkins | Mar 31, 2025 4:26PM | Long Reads
Sheffield residents have voiced their frustration at the disappearance of recycling sites as industrial action enters its eighth month. Workers for Veolia, a Paris-based corporation which provides the city’s bin and recycling services, have been on strike since August...
by Nicole Taylor | Mar 31, 2025 3:43PM | Long Reads
At Monday lunchtime at St Andrew’s United Reformed Church, there is a feeling of warmth and contagious energy, and the room is filled with lively chatter and aromatic scents wafting from the kitchen. Young children run around the rows of tables where people share...
by Rianna Verlin Lobo | Mar 24, 2025 4:35PM | Long Reads
For Thomas Atkin-Withers, just getting through each day is a battle. They suffer from complex neurological conditions, are in constant pain, but to make matters worse, they are now frightened that the financial lifeline they receive is about to be taken...
by Juhi Manjrekar | Mar 24, 2025 3:58PM | Long Reads
Bright coloured picnic blankets adorn the grass, frisbees are thrown back and forth, while infectious laughter echoes around Forge Dam Park, as families from the Sheffield Down’s Syndrome Support Group gather to celebrate their children’s achievements. It’s...
by Phoebe Snedker | Mar 24, 2025 2:04PM | Long Reads
A Sheffield woman who is battling a debilitating condition which leaves her struggling to walk and in constant pain has said securing financial security through the government targeted PIP process was one of the hardest battles of her life. It took Rachel Wood,...
