• Ecclesall Road: Disruption on buses as fire reported on major Sheffield road

    A fire has caused major disruption to traffic on one of Sheffield’s busiest roads Bus companies have put diversions in place as a result of the blaze at Ecclesall Road, which is thought to have started earlier this afternoon. Emergency services have been approached for more information on the incident. Sign up for our free newsletters now The bus company First said in a statement earlier this afternoon: “Due to a fire, and subsequent closures on Eccleshall Road. Diversion via Somerfield Street,...

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    Road crews plan intermittent closures at Perkins Road on-ramp over next 2 weeks

    BATON ROUGE — State road crews plan to close the Perkins Road on-ramp to Interstate 10 several times over the next couple of weeks so workers can address drainage issues.The work will be done, weather permitting, through Sunday, May 12, according to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. Closures will occur daily between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m., but only for 15 to 30 minutes at a time. Traffic will be detoured to the on-ramp at South Acadian Thruway.Permalink|...

  • SHEFFIELD: Sheffield City Council leader Tom Hunt says ‘people have backed our plan’ today

    Following a huge day for Sheffield Labour at the local election, the council leader says people have backed their “positive and ambitious” plan for the city. Sheffield Labour have gained six seats and lost one (with holding the other seats they already had) in this set of local elections making them the clear winners of the day. Cllr Tom Hunt, the leader of Sheffield City Council, told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS): “I’m really pleased by today’s results. The Labour Party has made...

  • Edinburgh planning: Plans lodged to turn former Royal High School building into the National Centre for Music

    A revised full planning application and a listed building consent application have been lodged for the former Royal High School building, to form new premises for the National Centre for Music. The plans include music rehearsal and performance spaces, licensed café/restaurant and bar facilities, offices, internal and external alterations and landscaping, at 5-7 Regent Road, Edinburgh. The main change to the original approved plans for the category A-listed site are that there will no longer be...

  • Shaffer Village Redevelopment Plans Submitted

    The Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority and its selected development team have submitted plans to redevelop the Shaffer Village housing development in Riverside for City approval. The Buffalo Equitable Housing Collaborative, []

  • Sheffield Wednesday finalising preseason plans

    The Owls still have a job to do this weekend as they look to maintain their place in the Championship, and while Röhl is fully focused on making sure they get the result they need at Sunderland this weekend, there is still some thought going into what happens over the summer. Wednesday are hoping that they’ll still be a second tier side by the time the final whistle goes at the Stadium of Light, but whatever happens there it would appear that the Owls boss has got a plan in place for their...

  • City pushes to expand road and build 29 more homes

    Columbiana County Commissioners approved an annexation so the city could expand a road in Salem.

  • Plans, preparation, players: Sheffield Wednesday survived – so what happens next?

    It’s three months until the 2024/25 campaign gets underway on August 10th, and Danny Röhl has already started working on the way forward as they look to make sure that they’re facing another relegation battle in a year’s time Here are the things that should be top of the club’s to-do list: It’s a hot topic given the incredible job that he’s done at Wednesday, and plenty of Owls fans are concerned that the man who oversaw their remarkable turnaround since October may not be here when the new...

  • Man sexually assaulted after being punched and knocked out on train from Sheffield to Bristol

    Witnesses are being urged to come forward, following an incident on a train departing from Sheffield in which a man was allegedly knocked out before being sexually assaulted. The assaulted reportedly took place at some time between 10pm and 1am on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, on the delayed 8.45pm Sheffield to Bristol Temple Meads service. A spokesperson for British Transport Police said: “A passenger reported being sexually assaulted after something hit him in the jaw and knocked him out.” Get a...

  • In race to build AI, tech plans a big plumbing upgrade

    If 2023 was the tech industry's year of the artificial intelligence chatbot, 2024 is turning out to be the year of AI plumbing. It may not sound as exciting, but tens of billions of dollars are quickly being spent on behind-the-scenes technology for the industry's AI boom. Companies from Amazon to Meta are revamping their data centers to support AI. They are investing in huge new facilities, while even places like Saudi Arabia are racing to build supercomputers to handle AI. Nearly everyone with...

  • 'Locals need not apply' as holiday homes 'village' plans submitted

    The proposals for a 'village' of 46 holiday homes near the Cornish coast has stirred up a range of opinions from Cornwall Live readers

  • What we’re hearing about Dallas Cowboys’ NFL draft plans Saturday

    A running-back-by-committee approach featuring Ezekiel Elliott appears to