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Sheffield students stand strong in denim against sexual assault

Sheffield students stand strong in denim against sexual assault

by Caitlin James | Mar 31, 2025 4:27PM | News

A Denim Day is set to take place tomorrow as students from the University of Sheffield pledge to wear their jeans as part of a worldwide sexual assault awareness campaign. The annual event came about after a 1990s Italian Supreme Court overturned a rape conviction on...
Sheffield parents unite to protect children from social media

Sheffield parents unite to protect children from social media

by Madeleine Rousell | Mar 31, 2025 3:41PM | News

An increasing number of Sheffield parents are signing Smartphone free childhood’s pact to choose to “wait to give their children a smartphone until at least the end of Year 9″. According to their parent pact statistics, parents from over 149 schools across South...
Sheffield woman trekking 100km for breast cancer charity in memory of grandma

Sheffield woman trekking 100km for breast cancer charity in memory of grandma

by Cassidy Chan | Mar 31, 2025 3:41PM | News, Watch / Listen

A Sheffield woman from Totley is trekking 100 kilometres across the Isle of Skye for CoppaFeel! in memory of her grandma who lost her life to breast cancer. Hannah Catterall, 23, who lives with chronic back issues, will take on the arduous five day challenge in June...
Mothers campaign for stricter measures: “People are being stabbed in schools and no one is seeing it as a crisis”

Mothers campaign for stricter measures: “People are being stabbed in schools and no one is seeing it as a crisis”

by Carys Reid | Mar 31, 2025 2:53PM | News, Top Story

With over 40,000 signatures so far, two mothers have launched a petition for airport style security in schools across the UK. Eileen Roche and Rebecca Phillips have started the campaign in response to the fatal stabbing of Harvey Willgoose on February 3 at All Saints...
‘Lick of Paint Fest’: Sheffield’s first street art festival aims to celebrate local creatives

‘Lick of Paint Fest’: Sheffield’s first street art festival aims to celebrate local creatives

by Sabah Salam | Mar 31, 2025 2:28PM | News

Two Sheffield artists have co-founded a street art festival which is launching this year and will include opportunities for local artists to work on murals in the city. Co-founders of the Lick of Paint Fest, Megan Russel, 31, also known as Peachzz and Alastair...
Peak District visitors “shocked” as annual parking price rises by 95%

Peak District visitors “shocked” as annual parking price rises by 95%

by Billy Clarke | Mar 31, 2025 2:10PM | News

Visitors to the Peak District have criticised a sudden hike in parking prices, which has seen the cost of annual passes double for the first time in over a decade. However, the Peak District National Park Authority has said the rise still represents value for money,...
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