These are the pubs where Sheffielders would slake their thirst and strike up a conversation during the 1960s. There was a lot more choice back then, with over 75,000 pubs across the UK in 1960 compared with fewer than 50,000 today. Some of the watering holes pictured in this retro photo gallery are still with us today but many have closed during the intervening years. The pubs pictured include the Old Blue Bell and the Traveller’s Rest in Sheffield city centre, the Earl Grey on Ecclesall Road...
The upcoming GCSE exam season may be returned to normal after the pandemic - but after all the disruption, some pressure might this year be taken off pupils who studied through Covid-19. The Department foe Education has confirmed there will be no ‘Progress 8’ reports published for schools for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 academic years. The score is a measure for assessing schools based on how well pupils did in their KS2 results compared to the end of KS4 when they did their GCSEs. Positive scores...
A popular Sheffield pub is set to re-open next month - after a refurbishment is completed. The Prince of Wales, on Derbyshire Lane, Norton Lees, has closed temporarily, while a programme of work is carried out at the venue, which is to return as a ‘Craft Union’ pub. It closed at the end of last week for the work to get underway. The pub company Stonegate, which runs the venue, has issued a statement confirming the re-opening plans. It stated: “We are pleased to confirm The Prince of Wales pub in...
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Sheffield United are presumably relieved that their next league assignment in the north-east will be at Sunderland or Middlesbrough. Long before the final whistle brought confirmation of a relegation to the Championship that Chris Wilder had already deemed inevitable, his players had seen more than enough of Newcastle and the excellent and electric Alexander Isak in particular.Thirteen of the Premier League goals scored by Newcastle this season have arrived against the Blades and the latest...
And thankfully, Leeds has some fantastic options for bakeries in the city. Whether you like almond croissants or slowly fermented sourdough bread, there’s a bakery in Leeds for you. Sign up today and get the latest headlines delivered straight to your inbox, with the YEP’s free newsletter Our readers have named of some of the finest in Leeds - including one in Kirkgate Market and a few in market town Otley. Here are 10 of the best bakeries in Leeds.
This time next week, London will be voting for its Mayor. It has not been a vintage campaign but perhaps the negativity apparent across the political spectrum may soon give way to some optimism about the capital’s prospects. A closely watched annual survey pegged London as, again, the best place to work. And indeed play. []
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Amazon is essentially an IRL version of Ariel's treasure trove in The Little Mermaid. Only instead of a cavernous hole 1,000 leagues under the sea, all that "neat" stuff is housed on digital shelves across the web. And instead of useless "whozits," "whatzits," and "thingamabobs," the best Amazon finds is a collection of secret weapons that we never knew we needed. But now that we have it, we simply can't live without — these are the best things to buy on Amazon that we've come to call "hidden...