A specialist school and charity in Sheffield, which supports children, adults and families living with cerebral palsy and other motor disorders, is holding a 24-hour fundraising danceathon. Children at Paces will start dancing at midday on Friday, May 24, and dance all the way through the night until midday on Saturday (May 25). They are taking on the challenge to raise vital funds to develop their outdoor space, including a sensory garden, outdoor classroom, raised beds for planting, and...
Police have seized illegal vapes - some designed for children - after taking joint action with trading standards bosses on a Sheffield estate. Officers from the South Yorkshire Police Wincobank, Firth Park, and Shiregreen neighbourhood policing team took action after visiting shops in Firth Park in an operation run alongside Sheffield Council trading standards officials. Police said in a statement: “The team visited three shops within Firth Park, with Sheffield Trading Standards, following...
Armed officers were deployed to a Sheffield street last night after an unknown number of offenders opened fire on a flat, police have confirmed. Several flats at the junction of Gresley Road and Lowedges Road, in Lowedges, are cordoned off by police this morning (April 25) after the shooting at around 10.38pm yesterday. Photos show officers guarding a pathway near the flats dotted with yellow evidence markers. Forensic officers were photographed pointing to bullet holes in a set of windows....
Between April 7-9, a teenage boy was left fighting for life and two men, aged 21 and 29, were injured in separate stabbings in Sheffield. Yet just a matter of days later, when South Yorkshire Police carried out a test purchase operation in the city centre, they found that two shops were prepared to sell blades to children. A total of 17 shops were visited and 14 passed the test - refusing to sell knives and vapes to underage customers. Sign up for newsletters from The Star But two shops failed...
A schoolgirl at Sheffield Children’s Hospital who was diagnosed with a rare blood cancer is now in remission - thanks to her little sister. Ruby Leaning, 10, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia after she collapsed on the playground at school. The youngster urgently needed a bone marrow transplant and after a series of tests, it was discovered that Ruby's little sister Mabel, five, was a perfect match. The sisters' grandmother Amanda Fawcett, 56, says Ruby then had the transplant and...
Sheffield Steelers Ice Hockey captain, Robert Dowd, has donated a match-worn, team-signed jersey to the parents of Oliver Howe to raise funds in his memory. Diagnosed with a brain tumour in September 2020, Oliver Howe spent the last three years of his life in and out of Sheffield Children’s Hospital. He sadly passed away on February 1, 2023. Oliver’s parents, David and Laura, are giving back to Sheffield Children’s and keeping their son’s legacy alive through an In Memory fundraising page....
Police have confirmed that young children were inside the property which was shot at in Sheffield last night (April 24). An investigation has been launched after multiple gunshots were fired at the family home in Lowedges while multiple children under the age of 10 were asleep upstairs. The incident is being treated as attempted murder. South Yorkshire Police said: “We were called at 10.38pm last night following reports of a firearms discharge in Gresley Road in the Lowedges area of Sheffield....
Sheffield Wednesday chairman Dejphon Chansiri has been filmed shoving a young fan after being taunted outside Hillsborough Stadium on Friday evening.
A mother of three, Jameson has twin children Jesse Jameson Ortiz and Journey Jette Ortiz, 15, with her ex-fiance Tito Ortiz and daughter Batel Lu Bitton with ex Lior Bitton.
James McCartney and Sean Ono Lennon, sons of Liverpool band The Beatles' members Sir Paul McCartney and John Lennon, have released a single together.
Son Heung-min urged his Spurs team-mates to 'step up' against rivals Arsenal. Ange Postecoglou's side suffered a 4-0 defeat to Newcastle last time out. Tottenham are looking to torpedo Arsenal's title chances but which Spurs side will turn up in this massive derby? Listen to the
This retro gallery of black and white photographs show just how much life has changed in the city over the last 60 years.