“Kids are the least safe they have ever been”: concern grows over effectiveness of Online Safety Act

by Liv Firth | Dec 15, 2025 | Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Spotlight, Spotlight Top Story

Mecca Bingo to host second event for Paws for a Cause

by Ben Foster | Dec 12, 2025 | Campaign, Campaign Top Story, Sheffield, South Yorkshire

Mecca Bingo is set to host its second bingo event this Sunday to raise money and secure volunteers for Support Dogs. This comes following the success of the first event, hosted on Saturday 6 December. Julie Mellor, general manager at Mecca Bingo Sheffield, said:...

A policing crisis uncounted: “I would be very very surprised if we don’t have another suicide in the next 18 months.”

by Matt Galloway | Dec 9, 2025 | Behind the Headlines, Behind the Headlines Top Story, Crime, East Riding of Yorkshire, General News, Home Page Top Story, North Yorkshire, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire

Elderly couple made suicide pact before jumping from Whitby cliff

by Rosie Wood | Nov 25, 2025 | General News, North Yorkshire, Sheffield, South Yorkshire

An elderly couple from Sheffield jumped to their deaths from a cliff in Whitby due to one of them suffering with a deteriorating health condition, an inquest has heard.  David and Susan Jeffcock were found on the rocks at the base of East Cliff on 30 July. ...

Working for free: The hidden loopholes keeping unpaid internships alive

by Rosie Wallace | Nov 25, 2025 | General News, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Spotlight, Spotlight Top Story

Boy, 15, arrested after Sheffield shooting whilst teenage victim in ‘critical condition’

by Will Atherton | Nov 25, 2025 | General News, Home Page Top Story, Sheffield, South Yorkshire

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested following a shooting in Sheffield which left another teenager with ‘life threatening injuries’ on Monday night. Police were called to London Road at 17.17 on Monday 24 November following reports of a shooting. They found...