Wingfest returns: How the chicken wing festival is shaping Sheffield’s food industry

by Moleed Mire | Oct 13, 2025 | In Focus, In Focus Top Story

Wingfest, the world’s largest chicken wing festival, comes to Sheffield this week. Forge Warehouse will host the event, which will take place from the 17th to the 19th of October, where both local and national vendors compete to have the best chicken wings. This is...

Tories’ Rallying Call to Ban Phones in Schools: How Sheffield Schools enforced their own bans long ago, and how others could follow   

by Ben Simpson | Oct 11, 2025 | Education, In Focus

Shadow Education secretary Laura Trott has intensified her calls this week for a nationwide ban on mobile phones in classrooms. Trott believes that the current non statutory guidance isn’t enough, telling a Conservative conference on Tuesday that they have a...

‘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...

Yorkshire leads the way in Motor Neurone Disease care as Lewis Moody’s diagnosis draws spotlight

by Leah Massingham | Oct 10, 2025 | Health, In Focus, In Focus Top Story

With renowned research institutes and dedicated care centres, Yorkshire is at the forefront of MND treatment and support. Former England rugby captain Lewis Moody, 47, has been diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND), prompting renewed discussion about the...

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

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...