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South Yorkshire Mayor candidates discuss plans for climate and nature ahead of May election
Candidates for South Yorkshire Mayor discussed their ambitions for nature and climate in a hustings led by Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust on Monday evening. ...
Sheffield Greens announce plans for new transit scheme in the run up to mayoral election
Sheffield Green Party has revealed its vision for transport in Sheffield and South Yorkshire, ‘Get Sheffield Moving’. With the election of the Mayor for South Yorkshire...
Tempers flare in Nether Edge over lack of consultation on ‘active’ plan
The Nether Edge Active Neighbourhood Plan, which began week, has come under fire by residents and opposition parties due to a lack of consultation. The plans were...
Natural flood management work begins as Sheffield looks to protect against flooding
A series of natural flood management measures in the Limb Brook Valley have begun to be implemented to help protect Sheffield. The project is a collaboration between...
Third attempt to build apartments on Crookes green space causes outrage – again
More than two-dozen residents have submitted objections days after a planning application to construct a multi-storey building on a green space in Crookes was proposed....
Students Divided on Paid LFTs
By Caillin McDaid As of next Friday, lateral flow tests (LFT) will no longer be free in England prompting divided opinions amongst Sheffield’s students. LFTs are...
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South Yorkshire Mayor candidates discuss plans for climate and nature ahead of May election
Candidates for South Yorkshire Mayor discussed their ambitions for nature and climate in a hustings led by Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust on Monday evening. ...
Sheffield Greens announce plans for new transit scheme in the run up to mayoral election
Sheffield Green Party has revealed its vision for transport in Sheffield and South Yorkshire, ‘Get Sheffield Moving’. With the election of the Mayor for South Yorkshire...
Tempers flare in Nether Edge over lack of consultation on ‘active’ plan
The Nether Edge Active Neighbourhood Plan, which began week, has come under fire by residents and opposition parties due to a lack of consultation. The plans were...
Natural flood management work begins as Sheffield looks to protect against flooding
A series of natural flood management measures in the Limb Brook Valley have begun to be implemented to help protect Sheffield. The project is a collaboration between...
Third attempt to build apartments on Crookes green space causes outrage – again
More than two-dozen residents have submitted objections days after a planning application to construct a multi-storey building on a green space in Crookes was proposed....
Students Divided on Paid LFTs
By Caillin McDaid As of next Friday, lateral flow tests (LFT) will no longer be free in England prompting divided opinions amongst Sheffield’s students. LFTs are...
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Sheffield motorists slam Sunak’s fuel duty cut
By Charlotte Beever Motorists in Sheffield have hit out at chancellor Riski Sunak's spring budget statement and said not enough is being done to tackle the cost of living crisis. Inflation in the UK today hit a 30 year-high as prices rose by 6.2% in the 12 months to...
Social media fury over the lack of improvements to the Sheffield’s infrastructure.
by Jessica Hine Sheffield residents have taken to social media in fury after the lack of improvements to the city’s infrastructure. From confusing cycle lanes, road works, and travel times for commuters, frustrated transport users and cyclists say journeys are taking...
Sheffield centre 20-year plan set to transform city.
The 20-year Sheffield city centre plan has been announced by the city council following positive responses from businesses and residents after consultation. The plan will see a host of new bars, restaurants, shops, and thousands of new homes springing up from the Moor...
Petrol: Sheffield’s soaring fuel prices keep hitting new records by the day amid Putin’s Ukraine war
Petrol prices are increasing by astonishing amounts every day, putting businesses in Sheffield out of pocket and ‘pushing the already vulnerable to the brink of despair’. It’s been over three weeks since Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and motorists in Sheffield have...
‘Enough is enough’: Protesters gather in Sheffield against spiralling cost of living
Protesters have marched toward Sheffield City Hall for a second time to demand immediate action from the government against the cost of living crisis. The People’s Assembly Against Austerity organised protests up and down the country on Saturday to call upon the...
Campaign launched to combat illegal tobacco trade in Sheffield
Smokefree Sheffield has today launched a campaign to put a stop to the criminal activity surrounding cheap and illicit tobacco and to reduce smoking rates in Sheffield. The city council-backed campaign demonstrates how cheap and illicit tobacco is a huge,...