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‘The support is out there if they want it’: councils and charities step up after record homeless deaths

‘The support is out there if they want it’: councils and charities step up after record homeless deaths

by James Cain | Oct 11, 2025 | Home Page Top Story, In Focus, In Focus Top Story, Politics, Sheffield

Councils and charities across Yorkshire are stepping up their work with homeless people after a new investigation showed deaths among the group increased by 9% in 2024. In a report published on Wednesday, the Dying Homeless Project found that 1,611 people died while...
How the ‘Heart of the City’ redevelopment is aiming to revive the centre of Sheffield

How the ‘Heart of the City’ redevelopment is aiming to revive the centre of Sheffield

by Tom Preston | Oct 10, 2025 | Business, In Focus, In Focus Top Story

Launched in 2020, the £470 million scheme was introduced to redevelop key areas of the Sheffield City Centre, offering new and restored spaces for retail, food and drink as well as new homes and office spaces. It saw the introduction of the Cambridge Street...
The ‘hidden’ side of homelessness as deaths reach record high

The ‘hidden’ side of homelessness as deaths reach record high

by James Cain | Oct 9, 2025 | Home Page Top Story, In Focus, Politics

Nearly half of people who died homeless in the UK last year lived in ‘hidden’ homelessness, according to a new report. An investigation by the Dying Homeless Project, published on Wednesday, found that 49% of the 1,611 people who died in 2024 were living in temporary...

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