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Hillsborough Park, looking over the fishing lake and tennis courts towards the A61

Sheffield Arts & Culture

The best of Sheffield’s Parks and Green Spaces: Finding beauty in the Urban Jungle

Sheffield, the “Steel City,” is often associated with its industrial heritage, but there’s more to this South Yorkshire metropolis than factories and steelworks. Nestled...

James Hargreaves18 October 2023

Sheffield Arts & Culture

The Music Scene in Sheffield: A Journey through our Musical Heritage

Sheffield, a city with a rich industrial past and vibrant cultural present, has carved a distinctive place for itself in the annals of music...

James Hargreaves17 October 2023

Sheffield City Centre Skyline taken from South Street above the amphitheatre

Sheffield Arts & Culture

Sheffield’s Thriving Tech and Innovation Scene

In the heart of South Yorkshire, Sheffield is a city renowned for its rich industrial history, but it is quickly gaining recognition for its...

James Hargreaves16 October 2023

My Landlord Cares, a new Social Letting Agency

Sheffield Lifestyle

Not-For-Profit Letting Agency Launches To Benefit Sheffield Residents

My Landlord Cares is a social housing agency serving Sheffield and Rotherham. My Landlord Cares launches Sheffield social letting agency A social letting agency...

James Hargreaves1 February 2021

Mary Burrow - Sheffield care home resident. Courtesy of NHSCCG.

Sheffield Lifestyle

Sheffield Completes Vaccinations of Care Home Residents

All care home residents in Sheffield have now been offered the Covid-19 vaccination. Sheffield Care Home Residents Vaccinated Sheffield City Council have announced the...

James Hargreaves29 January 2021

Laptops for Kids scheme supported by Sheffield City Council

Sheffield Lifestyle

Sheffield City Council To Provide 6,000 Laptops For Kids Who Need Them

Thousands of pre-used laptops are to be provided to Sheffield’s children who need them for home-schooling. Laptops for Kids unable to home-school without them...

James Hargreaves26 January 2021

[SHF] Launches new Sheffield fashion collection

Sheffield Lifestyle

New Fashion Brand [SHF] Launches To Stylishly Represent Sheffield

A new fashion brand has launched to bring quality clothing that represents Sheffield to the city. [SHF] brings quality clothing to Sheffield Sheffield’s very...

James Hargreaves20 January 2021

Sheffield Arts & Culture

The Art Post: New Subscription Service Offers Sheffield-Based Art Postcards To Your Door

A new service has launched offering locally-based artist postcards direct to your door. The Art Post sends Sheffield-based art postcards to subscribers A new...

James Hargreaves18 January 2021

Plans for High Street and Fargate's 'Future High Streets' development

Sheffield Lifestyle

Fargate and High Street to be Reinvented with £15million Future High Streets Funding

Sheffield City Council have won £15.8million of funding to reinvent declining areas of the city centre as ‘Future High Streets’ Fargate and High Street...

James Hargreaves14 January 2021

South Yorkshire Police officers pose for photo with stolen European Cup

Sheffield History

The Story of When the Stolen European Cup Turned Up In Sheffield

In 1982 the European Cup was stolen in Birmingham. It later turned up at a Sheffield police station. The event remained a secret for...

James Hargreaves13 January 2021

Sheffield Lifestyle

Have your say in Sheffield City Council Budget Review Consultation

Sheffield City Council have opened up consultation on their budget proposals for 2021/22. Sheffield City Council Budget Review Consultation Local people are being asked...

James Hargreaves12 January 2021

Sheffield Lifestyle

New Electric Car Charging Points Coming to Sheffield in February

Car charging points for private vehicles and taxis are to be installed across Sheffield this February. 22 new electric car charging points for Sheffield...

James Hargreaves8 January 2021

Councillor Bob Johnson, Leader of Sheffield City Council

Sheffield Lifestyle

Councillor Bob Johnson Becomes New Leader of Sheffield City Council

Hillsborough Councillor Bob Johnson replaces former Council Leader Julie Dore. Bob Johnson elected Leader of Sheffield City Council Sheffield’s Councillors have elected Hillsborough’s representative...

James Hargreaves7 January 2021