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“The area is being starved” says Gleadless Valley residents.

“The area is being starved” says Gleadless Valley residents.

by Joseph Murphy | Nov 29, 2024 3:02PM | Long Reads

Despite repeated promises to regenerate Gleadless Valley, residents have spoken of their frustration that the deprived ‘area has stayed the same’. Sheffield City Council allocated £83m in 2018 for the housing regeneration of the area but the funds still haven’t been...
Women’s Aid marks 50 years of battling Domestic Abuse

Women’s Aid marks 50 years of battling Domestic Abuse

by Zhaona Li | Apr 22, 2024 4:05PM | campaign-domestic abuse, Long Reads

This year marks 50 years since Women’s Aid was founded but 2.4 million people in the UK still experience domestic abuse every year. The latest data from the National Centre for Domestic Abuse revealed three women take their own lives every week and a further 30 women...
“I want to go knowing that I have left a legacy for Jack and Paul”: Domestic abuse survivor’s fight to make family courts safer

“I want to go knowing that I have left a legacy for Jack and Paul”: Domestic abuse survivor’s fight to make family courts safer

by Amy Britton | Apr 22, 2024 3:54PM | Long Reads

Claire Throssell whose two sons were killed by their own father is backing a Women’s Aid campaign to keep children safe from domestic abuse. Jack, 12 and Paul, nine, were murdered by their father after he trapped them in the attic of the family home, in...
Women’s Aid push for judges to have compulsory domestic abuse training

Women’s Aid push for judges to have compulsory domestic abuse training

by Richard McLaughlin | Apr 22, 2024 3:53PM | Long Reads, News

Spice Girl Mel B has joined forces with Women’s Aid in a campaign to keep children safe from domestic abuse. Melanie Brown, who fled her own ten-year abusive relationship is pushing for judges to receive mandatory domestic abuse training. “Judges need to wake up and...
Swiping left on love during the cost of living crisis

Swiping left on love during the cost of living crisis

by Sophie Warburton | Apr 15, 2024 5:03PM | Long Reads

Dating has become too expensive for young people as the cost of living crisis leaves them struggling to afford the expense of going out. The Valley Dating Index found “66% of 18-34-year-olds agreed dating has become too expensive” and The Student Room found 88%...
“I wish I had alternatives”: why young women are shunning hormonal birth control

“I wish I had alternatives”: why young women are shunning hormonal birth control

by Tabitha Wilson | Apr 15, 2024 3:42PM | Long Reads

When Florence Gibbs-Price started taking the contraceptive pill, she didn’t have any concerns, but in the six months that followed, she began to experience “extreme” side effects. The 23-year-old content creator says: “I was a happy person with no previous mental...
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