by Isabel Shore | Feb 27, 2023 4:31PM | News
Hundreds of people gathered on Friday in Sheffield’s Peace Gardens to mark the first anniversary of the ongoing war in Ukraine. A ceremony in the Winter Gardens was held beforehand to commemorate the 487 children who have died in the conflict so far. Ukrainian artist...
by Olivia Mustafa | Feb 27, 2023 4:16PM | News
Protestors are set to demonstrate outside Sheffield Central Library tonight in solidarity with an international transgender author. Canadian novelist and cartoonist, Sophie Labelle, is due to speak about her upcoming novel The Best of Assigned Male, a coming-of-age...
by Joao Santos | Feb 27, 2023 3:52PM | News
The University of Sheffield has announced two Ukrainian language courses, one of which is a first of its kind in the UK. Coming a year after the conflict started, the six-week courses are an attempt to show support, as the world worries about how Ukrainian culture...
by Marcus Evans | Feb 27, 2023 3:31PM | News, Top Story
A Home Office review on the decision to use the Holiday Inn Express at Manvers as an ‘asylum hotel’ has been secured by a Sheffield MP. John Healey, the MP for Wentworth and Dearne, said he will make a formal submission to Robert Jenrick as part of this...
by Declan O'Reilly | Feb 27, 2023 2:58PM | News
The council’s plans for development across Sheffield put the city’s architectural heritage at risk, according to a local charity. The Sheffield Local Plan will guide development in the city until 2039 and will have implications for how all residents will live their...
by Aneesa Ahmed | Feb 27, 2023 2:29PM | News
A new Lidl has opened in Sheffield city centre, on the site of the former Sports Direct on High Street. The shop opened last Thursday 23 February at 8am, and long queues were seen snaking around the store as budget shoppers were eager to see what was in the new...
