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...
Banner Cross shopkeepers, business owners and locals met up on Ecclesall Road to welcome the newly-planted elm tree. Understood to be the first street tree planted there for more than 50 years, the elm was celebrated with tree-themed festival bracelets inspired by Party Parlour, leaf-shaped cookies baked by Banner Crust, children’s activitiesand music from folk band Lizzie Dripping. The tree stands outside the two shops. Voluntary street tree warden Nicola Gilbert won the chance to have a new...
A new chocolate cafe and bar, opening soon in Sheffield city centre, has given a sneak preview of its exciting cocoa-themed menu. Chocolate-infused cocktails, chocolate ice cream made in Sheffield, chocolate brownies and pastries, and the owner’s famous hot chocolate, of course, all feature. Not every item on the provisional menu, shared at this stage without any prices, is chocolate-based. There will also be doorstop sandwiches, toasties and a range of bar snacks including cured meats and...
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...
It is a popular Sheffield city centre bar and cafe - and now it has a new look. Bosses at The Forum, on Devonshire Street, have just finished a refurbishment of the venue, which has been running in Sheffield for 32 years. Get the latest headlines delivered straight to your inbox, with The Star’s free emails We took a guided tour of the venue, and our video shows what has changed at the site. Take a look and see the changes for yourself. The Forum, next to Devonshire Green, has been a fixture in...
Zendaya wore a floral-print Erdem dress and appeared on 'Good Morning America' alongside her 'Challengers' costars Mike Faist and Josh O'Connor.
It’s now less than five weeks until what is said to be Europe’s largest purpose-built food hall opens in Sheffield city centre. More than half the food vendors who will be based at Cambridge Street Collective, across the street from the old John Lewis store, have now been announced. Sign up for newsletters from The Star Diners will be able to try dishes from across the globe, from Mexico to Thailand and West Africa to Vietnam, at the cavernous venue with space for 1,200 diners. Eleven of the 20...
Chris Wilder, the Sheffield United manager, does not have a great deal of sympathy for Erik ten Hag amid ongoing uncertainty over his position at Manchester United ahead of tomorrow night’s clash with the Blades. The Dutchman is facing increased scrutiny over his job despite leading his side to a second successive FA Cup final this season. It was more the manner of Sunday’s semi-final shoot-out victory over Championship side Coventry - who fought back from 3-0 down and almost won it before a...
Kitsu Go, which will serve office workers in nearby developments, will be based on St Paul’s Street. Signs for the new eatery appeared on the unit, a short walk from Park Square, earlier this week. Work is currently underway ahead of the new restaurant’s opening. Sing Wong, the venue’s owner, told the YEP that he anticipates it will open next month. Sign up to our free newsletters today Kitsu Go’s Instagram advertises it as a “contemporary Japanese grab and go”, serving sushi, curry and tempura....
This retro gallery of black and white photographs show just how much life has changed in the city over the last 60 years.
In January 1970, the final passenger trains pulled out of Sheffield's Victoria Station bringing to an end its almost 120-year service.