Wildlife park lights up South Yorkshire this Christmas

by Thomas Halliday | Dec 10, 2024 | Doncaster Culture

The Yorkshire Wildlife Park (YWP) is ‘celebrating the festive season in style’ by offering visitors their annual walk-through experience.People get to be face to face with the world’s most beautiful, at-risk species including leopards, polar bears, black rhinos,...

Brian Cox’s speech to Sheffield schoolchildren revealed plan to make UK ‘best place’ for science

by Thomas Halliday | Nov 26, 2024 | Sheffield Top Story

Professor Brian Cox CBE FRS, Britain’s leading Physicist, visited Sheffield this week to deliver an inspiring speech to schoolchildren for the fifth annual North Star Science School event. During his visit, organised by the Work-wise Foundation in partnership...

Barnsley Christmas markets offer unique opportunity for town’s charities

by Thomas Halliday | Nov 25, 2024 | Barnsley Culture

The long-awaited Christmas markets will make their return to Barnsley next weekend, and this year Barnsley Council is making room for local charities to have stalls.  The market will be located at Peninstone Market Barn on 7 December. The event is giving...

Enquiries ongoing to locate suspects of £170,000 raided cannabis farm in Sheffield

by Thomas Halliday | Nov 22, 2024 | Breaking News 2, Crime 1

Neighbourhood officers have dismantled a cannabis farm found in South East Sheffield. Acting on intelligence, South Yorkshire Police raided the property on Maltravers Road on 21 November. They found 170 cannabis plants inside. Inspector Katie Hammond, who leads the...

South Yorkshire Mayor partners with Olympians to reintroduce free tree scheme

by Thomas Halliday | Nov 20, 2024 | Sheffield News

The success of Yorkshire’s 2024 Olympians and Paralympians has been commemorated by the Mayor of South Yorkshire by planting a series of trees during a ceremony at the Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park. Athletes Yasmin Harper and Krysten Coombs joined the mayor alongside...