by Shakthi Thyagarajan | Oct 24, 2023 | Health
Image: Graph made by Rotherham Reveal Current projections estimate Rotherham won’t achieve the Smokefree 2030 ambition, with 10.2% of population still smoking, a review concluded. In the council’s Tobacco Control Review published last week, re-allocation of...
by Shakthi Thyagarajan | Oct 23, 2023 | Community, News, Top Story
Image: Pumping operations taking place in Catcliffe Extreme flooding over the weekend caused residents to evacuate their homes, with around 120 homes flooded. Catcliffe’s water levels still remain high but are being monitored by the Environment Agency, who say that...
by Shakthi Thyagarajan | Oct 19, 2023 | Court, Crime, News
Image: Mohammed Imran Ali Akhtar mugshot Mohammed Imran Ali Akhtar, 42, pleaded guilty to two counts of rape and two counts of indecent assault at Sheffield Crown Court on 17 October 2023. Akhtar admitted to raping his 13-year-old victim twice between August 2001 and...
by Shakthi Thyagarajan | Oct 10, 2023 | Crime, News
Image: Sammy Woodhouse Rotherham’s exclusion from the Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Fund (RSASF) winners’ list has left Sammy Woodhouse, a survivor and advocate, deeply disheartened. The RSASF grant, worth £26 million, saw organisations nationwide striving...