As Sheffield’s oldest fish and chips shop, and one of the longest-running in Britain, it had to be doing something right. But now Two Steps, on Sharrow Vale Road, has had the seal of approval from someone who knows a thing or two about chips. The comedian and writer Eddy Brimson is always on the look out for the best chips in town when he’s touring, and publishes regular reviews on social media. After being disappointed with the chips he sampled the last time he was in Sheffield, he headed out...
Age UK Sheffield is opening up a new flagship charity shop in Banner Cross, Sheffield, this week. From Thursday, May 2, this new site, at 882 Ecclesall Road, adds to the charity’s existing three sites on Abbeydale Road, in Bradway and in Broomhill. Age UK Sheffield is an independent, local charity that works hard to address poverty, social isolation and loneliness experienced by older people in the city. Any retail proceeds help it to deliver its services. It provides benefit entitlement...
Dr Deborah Lee has described an item found at every chip shop as a 'health bomb'
A beloved family-run Sheffield shop that has been a fixture of the city’s history for more than 60 years has closed its doors for good. The T.L. Killi's vacuum repair shop has been a fixture of Glossop Road for more than six decades. Established in 1964, its founder, Mr Tibor Killi, built a thriving company that expanded over the years, with two more sites opening in Handsworth in the 1980s and another in 2019. Sadly, Mr Killi passed away in July 2023 - and now, the store on Glossop Road has...
The findings at an inspection that saw one Sheffield kebab shop given a low hygiene rating have been revealed. On January 24, health inspectors made a routine unannounced visit to Khyber Diner at 54-56 Wicker. The establishment was given a two-out-of-five food hygiene score, with the primary concern stemming from the cleanliness and condition of facilities and the building. The Star submitted a Freedom of Information (FOI) request to the council to find out more, and we can now reveal the full...
We looked at food hygiene ratings and TripAdvisor reviews to determine which restaurants and chippies are a must-try
BEND, Ore.. (KTVZ) -- Workers arriving to start the day Monday morning at Lucy's Taco Shop on NE Third Street found an unauthorized man inside. Police arrested the 41-year-old Bend man on second-degree burglary and first-degree criminal mischief charges, saying he broke a window to gain entry. Officers responded around 6 a.m. to the reported
Just outside Sheffield city centre, one of Sheffield’s oldest shops is still thriving - three generations after it first became a firm favourite among its customers. Sheffield Space Centre has been serving the city for almost half a century, and, although it has only been at its current location for a smidgeon under 40 years, it is still going strong. First opened in 1978 on London Road, the shop switched to its current location, on The Wicker, 1986. Its current owner, Dave Bromehead, took it...
Two runners were injured after a collision involving a car driven by a drink-driver as they took part in a popular Sheffield road run. Both were hurt after the car collided with them while they were taking part in the Grenochase, an annual three mile road race through Grenoside, which takes place every year. And the driver has now been convicted for dangerous driving following the incident last summer. Get a bespoke headline round-up, alongside all of the latest breaking news updates, when you...
An alleged vandal attack has hit over a dozen separate businesses on the same street in Sheffield, leaving owners devastated. Local traders believe a man with a hammer attacked their windows on Sunday morning, leaving a trail of damage and a row of boarded up windows on Glossop Road, Broomhill. It is understood 14 businesses were damaged in total, after what police described as reports of a man ‘damaging shop fronts with a weapon’. Despite the attacks, florist Jonathan Bagge, of Broomhill...
Police have revealed how a sweep for a murder weapon on a Sheffield park turned up four discarded knives. And yet, in a startling insight into knife crime in the Steel City, none of them was even the one they were looking for. The search came as part of the exhaustive investigation by South Yorkshire Police over the unsolved murder of Carlo Giannini, which was laid bare in an inquest in April. The body of Carlo Giannini, 34, was discovered in Manor Fields Park on the morning of May 12, 2022. He...
These are all of the empty or temporarily closed units on the stretch from the Bullring up to Victoria Square