by Mark Harrison | Apr 26, 2021 2:45PM | News, Watch / Listen
Legal proceedings are being considered by the University of Sheffield to put a halt to the occupation of a campus building by students demanding a 30% rent reduction. The University of Sheffield is currently trying to obtain an interim possession order to remove the...
by Aditi Rane | Apr 26, 2021 2:40PM | News
A bird breeder has condemned the theft of 200 bird eggs from the countryside as “disgusting” and “selfish”. Richard Booth, 54, a bird breeder from Derby, said: “Simply plucking [the eggs] from the wild is incredibly dangerous and disgusting...
by Aditi Rane | Apr 26, 2021 1:11PM | News
Sheffield’s special education needs and disability (SEND) mishandling was labelled an “emergency” after a report showed that one boy missed a total of 43 months of school due to lack of support. An ombudsman report showed that ‘Boy G’, who was...
by Izzie Pridmore | Apr 26, 2021 11:59AM | News, Watch / Listen
Forced to the ground for occupying a university building last week, three Sheffield Hallam undergraduates have refused to abandon their indoor protest. They are demanding students receive a rent rebate for their second term and that sexual violence allegations are...
by Amber OConnor | Apr 26, 2021 11:51AM | News, Watch / Listen
Thousands of new jobs could be created to replace all those lost in Sheffield due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to campaigners who rallied outside Sheffield Town Hall on Saturday. The activists from Green New Deal UK South Yorkshire said more than 10,000 jobs...
by Cosmo Teare | Apr 26, 2021 11:22AM | News
Police are appealing for information after a man was threatened with an axe at a South Yorkshire train station. Two hooded men entered Dodworth station carrying a pair of bolt cutters at 8pm on Monday 22 March 2021. The two men walked across the railway tracks and out...