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Sheffield City Council steps out tenant protection as Awwab’s Law takes effect

Sheffield City Council steps out tenant protection as Awwab’s Law takes effect

by Jimmy Tse | Oct 27, 2025 | General News, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Uncategorised

Sheffield City Council says it has already taken major steps to protect tenants and tackle damp and mould as the first phase of Awwab’s Law comes into force today (27 October 2025). The new law sets strict timeframes for social landlords to address all emergency...
Action plan approved to prevent homelessness and rough sleeping in Sheffield

Action plan approved to prevent homelessness and rough sleeping in Sheffield

by Jimmy Tse | Oct 27, 2025 | General News, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Uncategorised

Sheffield City Council has approved an updated action plan to build on progress made in tackling homelessness and rough sleeping across the city. The revised Homelessness Prevention and Rough Sleeping Strategy Action Plan 2025-2028 was approved yesterday (23 October)...
Cannabis farmer jailed after trying to flee from Rotherham drugs farm

Cannabis farmer jailed after trying to flee from Rotherham drugs farm

by Jimmy Tse | Oct 27, 2025 | Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Uncategorised

A man who tried to run from the police after they discovered a cannabis farm in Rotherham has been jailed. According to South Yorkshire Police, Xhevair Schem, 25, was caught at a property on Henley Grove Road on 16 July after officers responded to reports of a...
Rotherham cannabis farmer jailed

Rotherham cannabis farmer jailed

by Will Atherton | Oct 26, 2025 | General News, Sheffield, South Yorkshire

A Rotherham cannabis farmer who attempted to run away from the police whilst being arrested has been jailed for one year. Xhevair Sheme, 25, attempted to run away from the police officers who were investigating at an address on Henley Grove Road on July 16 2025. Sheme...
Off The Shelf returns for another year of Literature

Off The Shelf returns for another year of Literature

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...
Three more men arrested over fatal Sheffield shooting of Kassim Mohammed

Three more men arrested over fatal Sheffield shooting of Kassim Mohammed

by Jimmy Tse | Oct 24, 2025 | General News, Sheffield, South Yorkshire

Police have arrested three more men on suspicion of murder as part of the ongoing investigation into the fatal shooting of 32-year-old Kassim Mohammed in Sheffield last month. Detective Chief Inspector Andy Knowles, who is leading the investigation, said: “The...
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