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Rising concerns over empty shops in Sheffield’s ‘Heart of the City’ scheme

Rising concerns over empty shops in Sheffield’s ‘Heart of the City’ scheme

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, Sheffield, South Yorkshire

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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