The polls opened across England and Wales at 7am today (May 2) to elect the next councillors for Sheffield City Council and the next South Yorkshire Mayor. The city council election is expected to be a nail-biter for both Labour and the Lib Dems. Labour are still the biggest party with 30 members but they are only one ahead of the Lib Dems, so the council remains under no overall control. This situation followed the departure of eight long-standing Labour councillors to form the Sheffield...
Commuters are facing delays on the tram service this afternoon due to an emergency road closure in Sheffield. South Yorkshire Supertram has warned there are currently delays on tram services heading towards Halfway and Meadowhall. It comes after South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service has shut Bradfield Road in Hillsborough. Shortly after 5pm the travel bosses posted on X: “Due to Bradfield Road (Hillsborough) being closed by the fire service [there] will be delays to the Blue and Yellow routes...
Tracy Brabin, the current - and first - Mayor of West Yorkshire has been re-elected for a second term after being declared the winner following counts across the region. Ms Brabin secured a total of 275,430 votes across West Yorkshire - 50.4% of the votes - beating the Conservative Party candidate Arnold Craven, who came in second with 82,757 votes (15.1%). Out of 1,688,215 registered voters across the region, the turnout was 32.71% - a 3.4% drop in voter turnout since the last election in 2021...
Labour’s Oliver Coppard has been re-elected as Mayor of South Yorkshire following the 2024 local elections. With 138,611 votes, Mr Coppard beat out competitors from the Liberal Democrats, Conservatives, Green Party and Social Democratic Party to win a second term as Mayor. Following his initial election as Mayor in 2022, a fresh mayoral race was declared just two years into his four-year term following the decision to combine the offices of Mayor and Police and Crime Commissioner. Get the...
The suspects have all been charged in connection to a complex investigation, jointly led by the force’s Serious Organised Crime Unit and Armed Crime Team. Ashley Stevenson, 21, of Spa Well Crescent in Rotherham; Karl Keegan-Moore, 32, of Reasbeck Terrace in Barnsley; Joshua Drury, 32, of Highwoods Road in Doncaster; Kelly Swearing, 39, of Shortbrook Drive in Sheffield; and Sarah Hughes, 45, of Halfway Centre in Sheffield, have been charged with conspiracy to sell or transfer prohibited weapons...
Ald. Nicole Lee of the 11th Ward said her office was told that Mayor Brandon Johnson is considering moving migrants from the Standard Club in the Loop to a new shelter near Guaranteed Rate Field.
Labour's David Skaith becomes the first mayor of York and North Yorkshire.
Liam Kirk's captaincy of Great Britain again proved a valuable asset as the side wrapped up a winning weekend of international ice hockey. Kirk had scored and assisted during GB's 3-1 win over Poland at Planet Ice Leeds on Friday. On Saturday night, the former Sheffield Steelers' forward led them to a 2-1 victory over the same opposition in Nottingham. This time the Maltby man assisted on a goal in regular time before the match went to a penalty shootout. With injured Steeler Robert Dowd out of...
Council elections were held in Sheffield, Barnsley and Rotherham
The RHS Flower Show previously held at Tatton Park, will be held in South Yorkshire for the very first time next year. The flower show celebrates the best of UK horticulture, design and talent, and is being hosted in new locations next year promote gardening to as many people as possible. Helena Pettit, RHS director of shows, commercial and innovation, said: “We’re incredibly excited to be introducing a new RHS Show at Wentworth Woodhouse next year. “It’s a beautiful location with historic...
This spring, many people are looking forward to spending more time outdoors and putting on the gardening gloves again, so the leading developers have handpicked their best suggestions for budding gardeners. Spring is the ideal season for planting and adding some colour to a garden, so it’ll be in full bloom in time for home buyers looking to host summer barbecues or simply enjoy the sun in a vibrant garden setting. Stacey Berkeley, Sales Director at Barratt and David Wilson Homes, said: “For...
Emergency services were called to a Sheffield McDonald’s restaurant after a customer was suddenly taken ill at the venue. Yorkshire Ambulance Service sent one of its teams the the chain’s restaurant on Tuesday lunchtime after an emergency call had been made because of concerns over the person. Sign up for our free newsletters now Yorkshire Ambulance Service confirmed they had been called out to the venue, near Granville Square in the city. The service said in a statement: “Ambulance resources...