by Jimmy Tse | Nov 3, 2025 | General News, Home Page Top Story, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
A silent circle of children’s shoes were laid outside of Sheffield Town Hall today, each pair representing a child with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) whose family say they have been “failed by the system”. The display formed part...
by Will Atherton | Nov 2, 2025 | General News, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Sheffield’s annual Poppy Appeal is underway, led by a long-serving volunteer who has dedicated more than 40 years to supporting the Royal British Legion’s remembrance campaign. Karen Plummer, who has been selling poppies since 1984 when she was 14 years old,...
by Jimmy Tse | Oct 31, 2025 | General News, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
A former South Yorkshire Police officer has been jailed for more than three years after blackmailing a suspect in one of her own cases and attempting to conceal her involvement. Marie Thompson, who served as a probationary police constable in Doncaster, was sentenced...
by James Cain | Oct 31, 2025 | In Focus, In Focus Top Story, Politics, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
A Sheffield councillor has called for the introduction of a landlord licensing scheme across the city. A pilot scheme ran in the area around Abbeydale Road, London Road and Chesterfield Road from 2018 until 2023. Minesh Parekh, a Labour councillor for Crookes and...
by Jimmy Tse | Oct 31, 2025 | General News, Home Page Top Story, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Uncategorised
Two further arrests have been made as police enquiries continue into the fatal shooting of 32-year-old Kassim Mohammed in Sheffield last month. An 18-year-old man was arrested on Thursday 30 October on suspicion of murder, following the earlier arrest of a 30-year-old...
by Jimmy Tse | Oct 31, 2025 | General News, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
A project to help one of Britain’s most threatened bird species is taking flight in Sheffield, with dozens of new nesting bricks installed on homes across the Shire Brook Valley. The initiative, funded by Sheffield City Council through the Species Survival...
