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Sheffield Walking netball club quadruples in size as sport’s popularity booms across the UK

Sheffield Walking netball club quadruples in size as sport’s popularity booms across the UK

by James Harrop | Dec 8, 2023 1:22PM | News

Parkhead Walking netball group has more members than ever before and aims to get women active while building friendships and learning a new skill. Walking netball is a slower and more inclusive variety of the sport that was created in 2017 in a collaboration between...
Officers discover £500,000 of cannabis in Darnall 

Officers discover £500,000 of cannabis in Darnall 

by Sophie Warburton | Dec 8, 2023 12:49PM | News, Uncategorized

A cannabis factory with more than 700 plants was discovered when police raided a warehouse on Colwall Street after receiving a tip off. Officers had sufficient evidence drugs were being grown and distributed from the site.  Two men aged 25 and 27 have been arrested...
14-year-old boy among three charged for theft of £17,000 worth of goods at Meadowhall

14-year-old boy among three charged for theft of £17,000 worth of goods at Meadowhall

by Tabitha Wilson | Dec 8, 2023 12:42PM | News

The theft of over £17,000 worth of goods from the Apple store at Meadowhall on Monday has led to the arrest of three people including a 14-year-old boy. Police were called to the store at 5pm on the 4th of December after it was reported that a group of six offenders...
Sheffield’s Clean Air Zone successes overshadowed by faulty bus technology

Sheffield’s Clean Air Zone successes overshadowed by faulty bus technology

by Joseph Gilbert | Dec 8, 2023 12:05PM | News

Fewer of the most polluting vehicles were recorded in Sheffield’s Clean Air Zone over the past year, but faulty technology in diesel buses has failed to meet emissions standards. The first Sheffield City Council report showed between November 2022 and October...
Rotherham identified as an area of “particular consideration” for child exploitation

Rotherham identified as an area of “particular consideration” for child exploitation

by Tabitha Wilson | Dec 8, 2023 11:25AM | News

The town has been highlighted as needing attention in a new report released today by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary & Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS). The report details the extent of the failings by public services, with the scale of child sexual...
£15m Mexborough orthopaedic centre on track to welcome first patients next month

£15m Mexborough orthopaedic centre on track to welcome first patients next month

by Thomas Burton | Dec 8, 2023 11:24AM | News

A new orthopaedic hospital is on schedule to finally open its doors in the new year after nearly three years of development. The Mexborough Elective Orthopaedic Centre of Excellence will open at the Montagu Hospital site at a cost of £14.9 million. It is hoped that...
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