| High Green grandfather murdered |
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| A 68-YEAR-OLD grandfather has died after being attacked in High Green on Christmas Eve. A man in his 20s and a man in his 40s were arrested as part of police inquiries and have been released on bail.
Alan Greaves was making... |
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| MEP backs campaign |
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| A YORKSHIRE MEP has joined local councillors and campaigners campaigning against a new development on the edge of Chapeltown.
Rebecca Taylor, the Liberal Democrat MEP, visited Hesley Wood in Chapeltown, where the Council have been asked to approve plans for a new... |
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| Trawlermen dock in Stocksbridge |
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| LAST week, Mills fish and chip shop of Coalpit Lane, Stocksbridge, received a surprise visit from a delegation of Icelandic fishermen.
Owner-captain and crew members of the Icelandic trawler presented the shop with a framed print of their trawler and crew in... |
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| Future champ from Penistone? |
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| TWO local boys, Daniel Moody,12, from Penistone, and Luke Jones, 11, from Thurlstone, have spent the weekend training with Taekwondo Olympians and British Team Coaches after being accepted to attend the Sarah Stevenson Inspires programme in Manchester.
Taekwondo was undoubtedly one of... |
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| New facilities for Ecclesfield |
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| A NEW multi-use games area at Tunwell Park, Ecclesfield has been launched. The launch took place on Saturday December 8 from with Activity Sheffield running sports sessions and free refreshments provided.
The partners in the project - Ecclesfield and Monteney District... |
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| Piano school helps Bluebell Wood |
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| A SHEFFIELD based piano school have put their musical talent to work this year, raising over £5,000 for their local children’s hospice, Bluebell Wood.
The Natalie Wilkinson piano school in Chapeltown has had a busy six months holding fundraising activities including raffles... |
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| College students present gifts to charity |
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| STUDENTS from Freeman College took time out of their schedule, to present nurses from the Special Care Baby Unit at the Jessop Wing hospital with gifts they had created for babies being treated on the Unit over Christmas.
The hand made gifts... |
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| Xmas card winners collect prizes |
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| SATURDAY December 7 saw Angela Smith MP give out prizes to the winners of her annual and popular Christmas card competition.
The competition run in conjunction with local primary schools provides Angela with her official Christmas card and the chance for the... |
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| The voices that helped Peter write a book |
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| A LOCAL man suffering from chronic schizophrenia has written a children’s book, using the advice and ideas from the voices in his head for inspiration.
Peter Bullimore had heard voices for many years, leading to a diagnosis of chronic schizophrenia. After struggling... |
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| A big build up |
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| A LEGO enthusiast from Sheffield is set to display some of his finest work at a modelling and engineering exhibition in the New Year.
Richard Hayes, 30, from Stocksbridge, a LEGO ambassador and active member of the Brickish Association, which brings... |
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| Chicken Jackets bring in a profit |
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| A PROFIT of 22,000% is the kind of profit margin that any company would be proud to boast.
But it’s not Starbucks or Amazon, it’s a student. A boy, given 50p and a challenge by his teacher, told to go and... |
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| Wanted for firearms offences |
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| POLICE are re-appealing to the public to assist in locating a wanted man from Sheffield
Mark Gordon Humphrey, aged 28, from Parson Cross, was due to appear at Sheffield Crown Court on Wednesday November 14, where he was due to be... |
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| Distraction burglar locked up |
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| POLICE have warned north Sheffield residents to be on their guard after a man was sentenced to four years and eight months in jail for carrying out distraction burglaries.
Nathan Lee Makey, aged 35, from Longley in Sheffield was convicted of... |
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| James Will Foundation |
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| A LOCAL charity fundraiser will be selling his goods for the first time at the Christmas market in Stocksbridge on Friday.
Simon Waller set up the James Will Foundation in the memory of James Ward and Will Newton, two young men who... |
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| MP calls for improvements to cancer service |
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| MP for Stocksbridge and Penistone, Angela Smith, joined women affected by ovarian cancer from across the country, to call for local action to address variations in the quality of ovarian cancer services.
New local profiles launched by the ovarian cancer charity Ovacome... |
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| India comes to High Green |
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| ON Wednesday November 14, a little bit of India came to High Green when Inspire Sensory and Outreach Services CIC held their Diwali themed evening.
Guests, some of whom have profound disabilities, experienced a multitude of sensory experiences with oodles of tastes,... |
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| Help needed for delicate project |
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| OVER the past year, Bolsterstone-based glass artist Sabine has been in the press numerous times with her impressive art glass installations at Cannon Hall and Wentworth Castle Gardens, but now she needs help for her next project.
In May 2013, a... |
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| Inyerface! |
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| Inyerface Arts are delighted to present their 2012 Xmas Extravaganza Concert.
This year the Inyerface cast will be joined by The Music Academy Boys and Girls Choirs and singers from local schools for the usual festive mix of Christmas song and... |
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| In memory of Gary Ingham |
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| FORMER assistant manager of Stocksbridge Park Steels, Gary Ingham,pictured on the right, died this week, aged just 48.
The former Doncaster Rovers goalkeeper was Gary Marrow’s number two during his time at the helm and remained friends with many of the players... |
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| Pilled up puppy's survival story |
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| A tiny puppy gave his owners a real headache when he swallowed a whole box of nurofen tablets – amounting to 80 times the toxic dose.
The overdose would have been enough to kill most dogs, never mind one as small as... |
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