Sheffield young carer attends Parliament to call for national change

by Rebecca McPhillips | Nov 22, 2023 | News

(Image from Sheffield Carers Trust: David Johnston MP, Minister for Children, Families and Wellbeing, signed the Young Carers and Young Adult Carers Pledge for support at the APPG inquiry launch reception) A group of young carers attended a rally at 10 Downing Street...

‘I think about death everyday’ – End of Life doula opens up about running a Death Cafe

by Rebecca McPhillips | Nov 20, 2023 | Culture

(Image: The Death Cafe) An End of Life doula who runs a regular ‘death cafe’ has spoken out about the benefits of changing your perception on death. Penny Merrett from Sheffield trained as an End of Life doula after a thirteen year career in hospice care. The Death...

Residents in Crookes forced to leave Bole Hills after unpoliced firework display posed threat to safety

by Rebecca McPhillips | Nov 6, 2023 | Crime, Culture, Current

Members of the Crookes community have expressed their outrage after people started setting off ‘dangerous’ fireworks at Bole Hills last night. Every year, members of the crookes community gather in this spot to view fireworks being set off across the city, a safe...

Ghost hunting couple share their most haunting stories from South Yorkshire

by Rebecca McPhillips | Oct 31, 2023 | Culture

(Image: Dean and Veronica Buckley, taken on one of their paranormal investigations) A Conisborough couple have taken to TikTok with their paranormal investigations, ‘ghost hunting’ at some of the most haunted spots in South Yorkshire.  Buckley’s Paranormal is run by...

Ghost of a man smoking a pipe photographed in Old Queens Head

by Rebecca McPhillips | Oct 31, 2023 | Culture

A bartender in Sheffield claims to have caught a photo of a ghostly man smoking a pipe on camera at the Old Queens Head pub.  Julie Page from Sheffield was working a closing shift one evening when she saw the shadow in the dining room, which is known to be the...