Sheffield’s new National Development League side got off to a winning start with victory over Middlesbrough. After a slow start, the club’s junior side, run as a joint junior team with Scunthorpe, the Sheffield Autocraft Tiger Cubs battled back to win at Owlerton, on a night that the senior Sheffield side saw their own Premiership meeting with Ipswich rained off. Having trailed 15-21 after heat six, the youngsters appeared to settle down on the Sheffield track as the meeting progressed, turning...
A historic Sheffield pub which closed after more than 200 years looks set for a new lease of life, but not as a watering hole. The Big Gun on the Wicker, just outside Sheffield city centre, which dated back to 1790, shut for good in September 2023. The celebrated heritage pub, famed for the sign declaring it ‘a nice pub for nice people’, had been the last pub on a street which once boasted numerous options for punters. Eight months later work is well underway renovating the premises, though its...
A collective of Sheffield taxi drivers have launched a new wheelchair-friendly cab service following horror stories of disabled customers waiting hours for rides. A. Hammed, the manager of the new, accessible taxi company, told The Star: “This is important to me. One time I picked this elderly lady up and she had been waiting for three hours in the hospital and she was basically crying. “People were putting them behind. It is not fair that they waited two, three hours for a taxi because they are...
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...
Want more insider watch coverage? Get Box + Papers, GQ's newsletter devoted to the watch world, sent to your inbox every Friday. Sign up here. This must be the most expensive cheese knife ever sold. Over the weekend at the Monaco Legend Group auctions, a sharp yellow blade meant for dicing up Gruyères and Comtés, with the phrase “It’s a Good Watch” printed on it, hammered for $3.5 million. Oh, and it also happened to come with a one-of-12 Rolex chronograph that was never made available to the...
"It was pretty tough. It's not as tough as COVID time, but it was tough," Fujiwara explained. "No one got hurt, and we're back to normal so hopefully we'll be better Natsunoya 2.0."
Hallam Sinfonia was formed as a small chamber orchestra in 1973 after a lunchtime discussion between three founding members.Over the years it has vastly expanded its repertoire, worked with many distinguished musicians and even produced smaller-scale work during the Covid-19 pandemic years. On Saturday. May 11 the orchestra will perform Hallam Sinfonia at the Movies! The evening at Victoria Hall, in Sheffield city centre, is dedicated to film scores and classics famously used in box office hits...
Their semi-final win at Nottingham on Saturday afternoon was far from plain sailing, though. They suddenly have serious injury issues in their forward lines. Marco Vallerand was stretchered off after colliding with the rink boards, and Brett Neumann was also hurt in the semi. Neither will be available for the culmination of Sheffield’s attempts to win the Grand Slam. Sheffield were already without Mark Simpson, too, and he remains a doubt to return, while skipper Robert Dowd is playing through...
" I was a little disheartened that this is the current price of entry into this storied cabin community. I hope this will be proven in the future to be an anomaly based on the immense pent-up demand, but I'll say this – it proved how incredibly cherished these parklands are for Kauaʻi residents."
Sheffield finally got their home fixtures underway in speedway’s Rowe Motor Oil Premiership with a dominant victory over Kings Lynn. Racing at Owlerton had been due to start last month, but a series of wet Thursdays had led to several postponements. And as the action started against Kings Lynn, a team the Tru7 Group Tigers have not lost to since returning to the sport’s top flight, the club got off to a strong start on their own track. This time, Tigers had secured victory by the end of heat 11....
A Taylor Swift “rookie card” has sold for a record price at an auction. Taylor Swift has been one of the most popular and top-selling music stars for almost two decades now. She has also been a major talking point in the sporting for almost a year now because of her relationship with Kansas City …
Sheffield Wednesday’s relegation rivals could be without a key man for their huge final day clash with leaders Leicester City. The relegation picture still isn’t decided ahead of the final weekend of the season. Wednesday have given themselves a huge shot at survival, only needing a point to ensure they can’t be caught by Birmingham City in the final relegation spot. The Owls may not even need a point if Birmingham or Plymouth Argyle fail to win. It’s a similar story for Blackburn Rovers, who...