by Moleed Mire | Oct 25, 2025 | Culture, In Focus, Sheffield
Off The Shelf, the month-long literature festival, has gotten underway in Sheffield. The event, which is hosted and run by the University of Sheffield, is the largest literature festival in the North and goes on from the 10th of October to the 10th of November. Now in...
by Tom Preston | Oct 24, 2025 | Business, In Focus
Research carried out by the Country Land and Business Association has shown that thousands of shops, pubs and other small businesses in rural areas have shut down across the country in the last year. The CLA say North Yorkshire is one of the worst affected areas, with...
by Leah Massingham | Oct 24, 2025 | Health, In Focus, In Focus Top Story, North Yorkshire
This week in Yorkshire’s health sector brought a stark mix of scrutiny and progress. As the Care Quality Commission exposed failings in council-run social care and Leeds hospitals faced a new inquiry into maternity safety, one North Yorkshire practice cut waiting...
by James Cain | Oct 23, 2025 | In Focus, In Focus Top Story, Politics, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire’s knife crime prevention policies have come under fresh scrutiny after Harvey Willgoose’s killer was sentenced to life in prison yesterday. 15-year-old Mohammed Umar Khan fatally stabbed the fellow schoolboy with a hunting knife at All Saints Catholic...
by Ben Simpson | Oct 23, 2025 | Education, In Focus
In the wake of yesterday’s sentencing of Harvey Willgoose’s killer, the school in which he attended have released a statement. Harvey Willgoose was stabbed and killed at All Saints Catholic High School in February, with 15 year old Mohammed Umar Khan given 16...
by James Cain | Oct 23, 2025 | In Focus, In Focus Top Story, Politics, South Yorkshire
Here’s a rundown of the top politics stories in Doncaster this week: Grooming inquiry in turmoil as survivors quit The government’s inquiry into grooming gangs has been thrown into disarray as several survivors quit the panel. A survivor from Rotherham, Elizabeth (not...
