| The golden girl |
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| JESSICA Ennis achieved her dream of winning Olympic gold in front of an ecstatic home crowd on Saturday.
The Sheffield girl smashed the British and Commonwealth record with a score of 6,955 points, beating silver medallist Lilli Schwarzkopf by 306 points and... |
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| Strange death at Regent Court |
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| POLICE are investigating an unusual death at Regent Court flats on Bradfield Road, Hillsborough.
A resident of one of the flats, a 28-year-old man, awoke to the sound of his smoke alarm and upon investigating, found the body of a man who... |
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| Pensioner power! |
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| WHEN it comes to committed fundraisers they don’t come any more determined than a pair from Support Dogs with a combined age of one hundred and sixty one.
But, just to prove that age is no barrier to a determined fundraiser,... |
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| Road rage witnesses sought |
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| OFFICERS investigating an alleged road rage incident, which occurred on Tuesday July 24, on Herries Road, are appealing for witnesses.
At around 4.10pm, two male drivers became involved in an altercation, one of the men was driving a silver VW Bora and... |
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| Bike seized in High Green |
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| A NUISANCE motorcycle has been seized by officers from the Sheffield Northern Safer Neighbourhood Team.
The off-road motorbike was captured on Bracken Hill, High Green by the team as it didn’t have insurance.
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| Stocksbridge Chase |
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| ON Saturday September 29, Greave House Farm will be holding the very first Stocksbridge Chase and organisers are hoping it will become an annual event.
This is a scenic two-lap, 10km race with a gentle incline to the trig point on Whitwell... |
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| Wild Wednesdays |
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| FEELING bored with the summer holidays? Don’t be! Wild Wednesdays are here!
Join the Sheffield City Council Rangers and the Steel Valley Project for three wild events exploring North Sheffield’s wild spaces funded through Sheffield City Councils positive activities small grants.
On Don... |
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| Teens to innovate |
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| KIDS come up with the brightest ideas. In fact, some of the world’s best inventions were thought up by inquisitive teens – the trampoline, ear muffs, Braille and even the concept for the world’s first television.
Now, the search is on for... |
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| Concern over Worrall plans |
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| Liberal Democrat councillors in Worrall have vowed to continue their campaign against proposed housing on green sites, after council figures revealed that 95% of local people opposed the plan.
The figures were released by Sheffield City Council following consultation on future sites... |
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| Nook helps heroes |
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| On the June 30, the Nook pub held a race night in aid of Help for Heroes and raised £610. The photo shows landlady Rachel Grimmer with CFN Richard Smith who received the cheque on the charity’s behalf.
Rachel said: “Richard is... |
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| Kris is hunting for a cure |
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| KRIS King is on a one-man mission to raise awareness and help hunt down a cure for a disease which remains a mystery to the majority of the British public.
His latest stunt was to run two marathon distances in two... |
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| Residents anger at spoil heap plans |
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| RESIDENTS in Chapeltown have spoken out against a coal recovery scheme which aims to reclaim some 395,000 tonnes of coal from Hesley Wood spoil heap.
They voiced their concerns at a public meeting last Thursday, July 19, where representatives from RecyCoal –... |
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| Police seek man |
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| POLICE are appealing for information after a youth was followed from Hillsborough and robbed in Foxhill.
On Sunday, 6 May, at approximately 5.20am, a 17-year-old male was walking home along Langsett Road, Hillsborough, after attending a party at a friend’s house.
While walking,... |
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| Greno Chase is back |
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| THE Grenoside Chase took place on Friday and despite wet conditions, most of the field turned up to take part.
The Grenoside Chase, in its present form, began in 1951 by Mr Walter Platts and is a three mile road race around... |
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| Good times for Guides |
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| GRENOSIDE’S 131st Sheffield Guides have been preparing for the Olympics by holding a 'wacky Olympics' camp at Walesby Forest, Newark.
A group of 27 leaders and guides took part in a wide range of Olympic based activities. The raft building... |
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| New allotments for Bracken Moor |
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| A NEW site for allotments has opened at Bracken Moor, Stocksbridge. The site on Victoria Road, previously spare land, has been transformed into 27 allotments and so far 21 plots have been taken.
Local Stocksbridge and Upper Don Councillor and Vice-Chair of... |
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| Hair today, gone tomorrow |
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| IT was hair today gone tomorrow for young Shayna Wesson as the thoughtful youngster had her flowing locks chopped for charity.
The Stocksbridge Nursery Infant School pupil saw young girls with no hair on the television – the result of chemotherapy.
Shayna asked... |
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| Once more round the Maypole |
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| THE Maypole was up and danced around, Miss Norma Pears was there to welcome everyone, the sun shone and the rain fell in heavy showers but not enough to dampen any spirits.
The children were entertained and former pupils, staff and... |
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| Car crash investigation |
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| POLICE are appealing for witnesses following a serious road traffic collision on Herries Road South, Sheffield
On Tuesday, 10 July, at approximately 2.30pm, a silver Vauxhall Corsa was travelling on Herries Road South, away from the city centre.
At the same time,... |
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| Bin changes date confirmed |
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| SHEFFIELD City Council and Veolia will begin alternate weekly collections of black bin rubbish across the whole city from August 13.
Sheffield City Council has also confirmed that the flexible choice for blue bins or blue boxes will be rolled out across... |
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