by Taylor Ogle | Apr 19, 2021 1:48PM | News
Labour has taken on a new meaning for a Burngreave midwife running for Sheffield City Council. Alison Norris, 56, is the latest Labour candidate standing to represent Broomhill and Sharrow Vale. Ms Norris said she felt “righteously angry” at the lack of...
by Allegra Goodwin | Apr 19, 2021 1:38PM | News
A former Sheffield MP has been found to have breached Parliament’s sexual misconduct policy, after an employee complained of receiving inappropriate messages. Jared O’Mara showed a “lack of remorse” and a “refusal to engage” over the allegation, a committee of the...
by Frazer MacDonald | Apr 19, 2021 12:18PM | News
Two retired police officers and a former force solicitor have pleaded not guilty to perverting the course of justice after the Hillsborough disaster. Former South Yorkshire Police chief superintendent Donald Denton, 83, Alan Foster, 74, a retired detective chief...
by Adam Stanworth | Apr 19, 2021 12:07PM | News, Top Story
An inquiry has sparked concerns over the need to ‘significantly ramp up’ the city’s delivery of affordable housing, according to one council planner. Plans for a development of up to 300 homes that will include a mix of affordable housing and elderly...
by Libby Shaw | Apr 19, 2021 10:13AM | News
A man killed in Sheffield in the early hours of Saturday 17 April has been named as Daniel Irons. Emergency services were called to Fretson Green in the Manor area at 12.34 am after reports that the 32-year-old had been found seriously injured. Mr Irons had suffered a...
by Izzie Pridmore | Mar 22, 2021 3:54PM | News
Sheffield teens and young adults will be paying less for their bus journeys after a new investment strategy was approved. Economic support in the form of reduced bus fares was promised for South Yorkshire’s under-21s at a Mayoral Combined Authority (MCA) board...