by Toria Christie | Dec 8, 2023 | Culture, Environment, Human Interest
Following the launch of the Sheffield clean air zone (CAZ) earlier this year, data now shows there has been a significant increase in compliant vehicles driving in CAZ zones and wider areas of the city. Sheffield City Council say that the proportion of more polluting...
by Alex Jones | Dec 4, 2023 | Culture, Human Interest, Sports
A South Yorkshire mental health worker and semi-professional boxer is planning to run from Sheffield to Leeds in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital. Ciro Theaker (pictured) will take on the 55km run in order to raise funds for the children’s hospital after he sadly...
by Emily Hawtin | Nov 30, 2023 | Culture, Culture Top Story, Human Interest, sheffield, Top Story
A breast cancer survivor climbed Machu Picchu without her chemotherapy medication, to support the charity that helped ‘piece her back together’. Kirsty Hanberry, 49, of Millhouses, was diagnosed with a rare form of breast cancer in October 2020. Mrs Hanberry said:...
by Austin Zhang | Nov 29, 2023 | Culture, Human Interest, News
Rotherham’s Thurcroft’s library has reopened after the extensive refreshing of facilities and space. On Tuesday 28 November 2023, the ribbon-cutting ceremony was officially held in the new library building next to the Gordon Bennett Memorial Hall, and it was...
by Austin Zhang | Nov 8, 2023 | Culture, Human Interest, News
Rotherham Government will host activities related to Remembrance and Armistice Day over the weekend. The city celebrates Armistice Day every year, which commemorates the official cessation of hostilities in World War I at 11am on 11 November , 1918 The event is...
by Bethia Wyborn | Nov 3, 2023 | Culture, Culture Top Story
The sessions, run by St Luke’s, aimed to give Muslim families the support they can receive from the hospice. Naureen Khan, Engagement and Quality Officer for St Luke’s, said: “This was our first specialist bereavement event with Muslim families and we were keen to...
