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...
by Hannah Richardson | Feb 22, 2021 2:56PM | Long Reads
“There is a loneliness in this world so great you can see it in the slow movements of the hands of a clock.” The words of Charles Bukowski, the German-American poet, have never felt as relevant as they do now, seven weeks into England’s third COVID-19 lockdown. Yet,...
by Chloe Bowen | Feb 22, 2021 2:14PM | Long Reads
For some of us the pandemic has slowed our hustle right down, leading us to question what we are meant to be doing with all this spare time. So far we have seen many lockdown trends from baking banana bread and creating TikToks, to sweaty fitness classes and doing...
by Libby Shaw | Feb 15, 2021 4:19PM | Long Reads
(Credit: Sara Kurfeß) Many young people are struggling under the weight of sweeping government restrictions which generally cater towards the nuclear family household. With their hopes of nourishing new relationships taken away, some have chosen to ignore the rules....
by Seb McCormic | Feb 15, 2021 4:08PM | Long Reads
(Snowy Owlthorpe Fields from @save_our_fields.) The Battle The Initial stages It was October 2018 when Sheffield City Council announced that it was seeking planning applications for construction on Owlthorpe Fields in South-East Sheffield. Almost instantly, people...
by Adam Stanworth | Feb 15, 2021 2:24PM | Long Reads
The night-time economy has suffered nationwide but how have Sheffield’s pubs and bars coped during the pandemic? Huddling around bars for tepid pints, spending loose change on fruit machines, dissecting the day with friends – these once everyday pleasures have...
