| Sword dancers celebrate St George's Day |
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| SHEFFIELD was jam-packed with fun to celebrate St George’s Day this week.
On England’s day, Thursday April 23, the St George flag was flown from the Town Hall.
Local men from the Grenoside Sword Dancing Team showed off their fancy footwork in a... |
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| Royd Nursery: take one! |
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| CHILDREN at Royd Nursery Infant School were finding out if they are budding Steven Spielbergs this week as they took part in a week of filming.
Head teacher Margaret Lee told Look Local: “It has been so exciting with a real buzz... |
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| Venue receives a royal visit |
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| THE Venue, Stocksbridge, will celebrate its first year in business with an official opening by HRH Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester on Thursday May 7 in the presence of invited guests.
The Venue has been hailed by social enterprise experts as an... |
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| Race for Life training |
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| ANYONE who is wanting to, or already entered in this year’s Race For Life event, has an opportunity to take part in training sessions being organised by Activity Sheffield.
These sessions are suitable for beginners and or improvers and anyone wishing... |
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| Ecclesfield in Bloom |
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| ECCLESFIELD Village needs to bloom but the best flowers need compost in which to grow, and compost costs money.
Everybody is therefore invited to contribute by coming to a coffee morning and plant sale at St. Mary’s Church in Ecclesfield between 10:30am... |
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| Monkey March |
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| PENISTONE group Socatots and Raring 2 Go! are holding their second fundraising event supported by Caudwell Children’s Charity called a Monkey March to be held on Friday May 8 at Wentworth Castle Gardens starting at 10am.
It is a 1km march,... |
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| Adrian's marathon run |
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| LOOK LOCAL managing director Adrian von Wurzbach took part in his first ever marathon on Sunday.
Adrian has written his account of running his first race, which he ran in order to raise money for the Unicef charity.
“Being a first-time marathon runner... |
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| Road closed by garage fire |
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| A MAIN road into Sheffield was closed in the early hours of Friday morning after fire broke out at a car workshop.
Manchester Road was closed at Wharncliffe Side after an acetelyne cylinder was found to have become heated when an industrial... |
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| New centre for karate club |
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| CHAPELTOWN Karate Club are celebrating after opening their very own martial arts and fitness centre.
Sensei Gary Baker has transformed one of Thorncliffe Park’s units into a Chapeltown Martial Arts and Fitness centre.
The centre boasts specialised features to make learning karate safe,... |
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| Olympic diver presents cheque of HOPE |
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A BRITISH Olympic diver has raised money for charity by taking part in the annual Sheffield Hog Dash event in Thorpe Hesley.
Nick Robinson-Baker, who is due to compete in the 2012 Olympics, recently presented a cheque to the HOPE charity, which... |
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| Breastfeeding Awareness Week |
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| BREASTFEEDING Awareness Week kicks off next month, with activities running from 10–16 May.
To celebrate, the ladies in our area are invited to a picnic at the Early Days Children Centre in Parson Cross, run by the Action for Children group.
The event... |
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| Men's group to let women join |
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| A LOCAL group for men has changed its rules after 28 years to allow women to become full members.
Don Valley Probus, which was formed for retired men, decided to let retired ladies become full members of the club during their AGM... |
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| Hip-hop to Hillsborough |
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| CALLING all budding lockers, poppers, breakers, krumpers, hip-hoppers and house dancers!
It might not be ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ but Sheffield Homes is stepping out by helping to put together a street dance club for 13-18-year-olds.
Working in partnership with Sheffield Futures and Activity... |
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| Free computer courses at STEP |
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| COMPUTERS are an important part of everyday life for many of us.
If you don’t know how to use the Internet or send an e-mail, then perhaps it’s time to do something about it.
Wouldn’t it be great not to have to... |
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| Stocksbridge in Bloom - a report |
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| JUDGING for In Bloom took place two weeks ago after weeks of planting, weeding and tidying.
The following article has kindly been submitted by Barbara Horsman, who describes how the judging went.
How did In Bloom judging go in Stocksbridge?
By Barbara Horsman
On Wednesday,... |
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| Schools join together for Steel Valley project |
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| PUPILS from Oughtibridge Primary School, Stocksbridge Junior School and St Ann's Catholic Primary School recently forged strong links through a Sheffield Steel Valley Project.
The children spent the morning capturing sticklebacks in order to set up breeding tanks back in the... |
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| High Street Honey needs your votes! |
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| A MODEL from Oughtibridge is hoping she won’t get a ‘Frosty’ reception from readers of men’s magazine FHM in this year’s High Street Honeys competition.
Toni-Lou Frost, 21, is one of FHM’s ‘Honeys’ – gorgeous girls from all walks of life –... |
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| Look Local visits wind farm |
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| APRIL 16 dawned cold and blustery – not usually optimum conditions for an outing, but perfect for Look Local’s visit to north Yorkshire.
We were on our way to Lissett wind farm, situated on a former airfield south of Bridlington.
The subject of... |
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| Reverend advises city's unsigned musicians |
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| APRIL 18 saw Reverend and the Makers’ front man Jon McClure, and a panel of other industry experts join together for an undiscovered workshop.
Now in its fourth year, O2 Undiscovered is a grass roots music programme that has evolved to find... |
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| Canoeists invade Oughtibridge |
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| SHEFFIELD Canoe Club held a slalom on the River Don at Oughtibridge last weekend.
The national Div3/4 slalom attracted both novice and experienced paddlers from across Yorkshire and the Midlands.
Competitors ranged from 6-65 years old, making it a fun, family-orientated... |
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