by Holly Phillips | Nov 24, 2023 1:41PM | News
A protest to end violence against women took to the streets of Rotherham last night, with residents calling for better education and improved lighting to help them feel safe. The Reclaim the Night campaign is all about empowering women and allowing them to reclaim...
by Joe Green | Nov 24, 2023 1:25PM | News
A South Yorkshire council has taken action after food bank use in the area tripled in the last three years. Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council pledged to provide over £100,000 annually up to 2027 to local foodbanks in their three-year crisis support plan on...
by Huzaifah Khan | Nov 24, 2023 1:13PM | News
The new minimum wage increase announced in Wednesday’s autumn statement will see a sharp rise in young people’s wages in Sheffield, but has been criticised for not falling in line with inflation. Mason Oxley-Mark, a full-time worker at Sheffield Arena KFC,...
by Ciara Healy | Nov 24, 2023 1:06PM | Campaign - Disabilities, News
Jyneen Haughie, 37, from Barnsley, is coordinating a charity skydive of 19 people, to raise money for the epilepsy society and to commemorate her sister who died suddenly aged 22. Clareese Haughie had suffered from epilepsy from a young age – among other...
by Richard McLaughlin | Nov 24, 2023 11:58AM | News
South Yorkshire Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was assaulted last month outside of a shop on Abbey Lane. The suspect, described as being a white male in his early-20s, is 5ft 10in with dark brown hair and brown stubble. He spat in the face of a woman...
by Aleksandra Zolczynska | Nov 24, 2023 11:31AM | News
Five people die in road accidents every day in the UK, and 35 people have lost their lives in South Yorkshire in 2022, South Yorkshire Police have said. Brake, a charity supporting people affected by road accidents and working to eliminate road deaths, is running the...
