by Faye Mayern | Mar 6, 2023 1:02PM | News
A long-term conservation project is underway at Wardsend cemetery to clean up the long neglected site and uncover Sheffield’s forgotten history. The Friends of Wardsend, a local volunteer group, aim to make it a place for heritage, nature, performance and remembrance....
by George Litchfield | Mar 6, 2023 12:24PM | News
A Ukrainian refugee living in Sheffield has desperately appealed for a family to sponsor her niece who is trapped in the war-torn country. Nataliia Holovina, a school teacher who left for the UK last July, said she wanted her niece, Vlada Yakubiv, to be protected....
by Isabel Shore | Mar 6, 2023 12:21PM | News, Top Story
Thousands of healthy trees in Sheffield were chopped down unnecessarily, according to an inquiry released today which also accused the City Council of lacking transparency and misleading the public. The felling took place between 2016 and 2018 and led to daily angry...
by Hamish Bailey | Mar 6, 2023 11:46AM | News
A short dance film displaying the exceptional story of a British Chinese immigrant in South Yorkshire has won the ‘Made in Sheffield’ category during this weekend’s Sheffield Adventure Film Festival (ShAFF). Produced and acted by Tala Lee-Turton, ‘Chinese...
by Megan Cooke | Mar 6, 2023 11:39AM | News
The state of South Yorkshire’s broken transport network has been a topic of discussion this week as leaders from across the North discuss how to transform public transport. Mayor Oliver Coppard convened a Transport Summit on 1 March to discuss the future of the...
by Josh Barron | Mar 6, 2023 10:56AM | News
A statue of a Roman God which sits atop Sheffield’s Lyceum Theatre has been taken down to be assessed for structural damage. The statue was found to be rusting in a recent condition report and was taken down at around 9am this morning. John Bates, Operations...
