by Romesa Razzaq | Mar 28, 2022 3:47PM | News
The Academy Awards aired last night, yet most people are not interested in who won the Best Picture. Will Smith garnered attention not for winning the Best Actor award but for hitting comedian Chris Rock on stage after the latter joked about Jada Pinkett Smith’s short...
by Lauren White | Mar 28, 2022 3:45PM | News, Sport
Former Sheffield United skipper Curtis Woodhouse has defended Will Smith after he slapped comedian Chris Rock live on television at the Oscars last night. Woodhouse, who first joined Sheffield United in 1997 before becoming a professional boxer, said on Twitter:...
by James Wilson | Mar 28, 2022 3:25PM | News, Top Story
The construction of a “world-class” new public park has got underway in Sheffield city centre. Pound’s Park, named after the city’s first Chief Fire Officer, Superintendent John Charles Pound, is expected to officially open to the public in...
by Katya Witney | Mar 28, 2022 2:31PM | News
Families of suicide victims in South Yorkshire will are creating a memorial quilt to commemorate their loved ones and tackle the stigma around suicide. Karen Sykes and Anna Scott, founders of the Speak their Name initiative who have both lost family members to...
by Qi Ding | Mar 28, 2022 2:13PM | News
Sheffield Showroom Cinema staged a special screening of the new film Olga to support Ukraine on 25th March. From each ticket sold for screenings at cinemas around the country, a donation will be made to support Ukraine via the Disasters Emergency Committee. The...
by Lucy Edwards | Mar 28, 2022 1:45PM | News
Organisers behind one of Sheffield’s most beloved community arts festivals fear the event may not go ahead this year unless they can fundraise £5,000 by Friday. Peace In The Park first evolved 19 years ago from grassroots protests against war, and has since...
