| man's tragic wedding song suicide |
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| AN astounding tragedy has struck after a Chapeltown man shocked his estranged wife, Vicki, also from Chapeltown, by hanging himself in their home on Birch Avenue back in January.
To add more torment to the ordeal, Dean Himsworth, who had already... |
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| Beaten man found impaled on pub railings |
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| POLICE are appealing for information from the public to establish the circumstances leading to the discovery of 20-year-old Stannington man who was found with serious injuries.
The 20-year-old was found at 1.00am on the morning of Saturday June 12 outside the Anvil... |
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| BOMB HERO HONOURED |
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| CHAPELTOWN soldier, Staff Sgt Karl Ley, has been honoured by his local council after being responsible for deactivating more roadside bombs than any other British soldier.
Karl, 29, has disarmed 139 bombs in the six months that he has served with ... |
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| Ice cream world record |
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| A CULINARY whizz from the University of Sheffield smashed world records at the Sheffield Food Festival in Dungworth on Sunday June 6 by whipping-up a litre of ice cream in 10.34 seconds.
Using full fat milk, sugar, vanilla flavouring and liquid nitrogen... |
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| Thorpe Hesley and Scholes open garden day |
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| THE third Thorpe Hesley and Scholes Garden Open Day will be held on Saturday July 3 from 11am until 5pm.
The event this year includes 10 gardens, one of which is new and the organisers are hoping for good weather.... |
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| High Green dentist wins award |
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| MICHAEL and Margaret Naylor and Associates based in High Green were delighted to win the 'Employer of the Year ' at the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Awards.
This award was given to Michael and Margaret Naylor for their commitment... |
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| International award for school film |
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PUPILS at Royd Nursery and Infant School in Sheffield are celebrating their achievements as they have won a prestigious international Shortie Award.
Their film, 'Don't Go Down Through the Woods', was chosen from around 450 entries to receive the gong.
After coming third... |
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| Plant fair and gardens tour at Wortley Hall |
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ON Sunday June 6, Wortley Hall Gardens in the village of Wortley holds its first specialist plant fair and gardens open day of the year from 10am to 4pm.
The plant fair, set within Wortley Hall’s magnificent gardens, will have... |
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| Discover the variety in local craft |
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AT first glance, Rachel Poole and Sabine Little have much in common. Both are local artists working with glass, both are professionally qualified teachers and both have converted parts of their homes into studios to work from.
But upon closer... |
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| Get walking, keep walking |
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Would you like to take a bit more exercise, but don’t know where to start? Want to get out of the house and get some fresh air? Then, come and join Get Walking Keep Walking in Ecclesfield or Stocksbridge this June.... |
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| Better late than never |
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AN author is enjoying the last laugh after discovering her first novel has become a bestseller – 40 years after it was first published.
Lynne Ellison wrote 'The Green Bronze Mirror' as a “bookish” 14-year-old, secretly penning chapters from the back... |
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| Help achieve Scarlett\'s dream |
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CAN you help Scarlett Doyle to swim with dolphins? Scarlett is a six year old girl who suffers from chromosome disorder LP36 Microdeletion Syndrome, leaving her with developmental problems and unable to talk.
One of the few things Scarlett is able... |
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| Local man seeks sponsors for Great North run |
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LOCAL man, Nigel Swallow, is to run the Great North Run to raise money for charity and is asking Look Local readers to support him if they can.
Nigel, who works at Corus, is a keen runner and has entered a number... |
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| Family thrive in Oz |
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IN November 1956, Avim Parker and his wife Ethel (nee Milnes) of Cross Lane, Stocksbridge, sailed on the Otranto from Tilbury with their five children; Michael,13, Jennifer, 11, Elizabeth, 8, Angela 5 and Nigel, three at the time.
Taking... |
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| Valley man is named new Lord Mayor |
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| COUNCILLOR Alan Law has become the first Lord Mayor of Sheffield from Stocksbridge after being appointed this week.
Alan, 64, was Mayor of Stocksbridge in 2007 and says he is looking forward to his new duties and will make Stocksbridge, Deepcar and... |
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| Little rascals get a place in the sun |
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| PARENTS and children recently enjoyed a sunny afternoon in their spectacular new garden at the Little Rascals Day Nursery on Halifax Road.
The Sheffield Wildlife Trust worked in partnership with local landscape gardeners, Nethergreen Landscapes, to transform a dangerous and muddy... |
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| Carers Week |
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| LOCAL MP, Angela Smith has teamed up with GMTV news reporter and presenter John Stapleton to support this year’s Carers Week, which takes place from June 14 to June 20.
The week is to be used to celebrate the contribution made by... |
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| Grant for reading rooms |
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| A DEVELOPMENT grant of £21,000 has been awarded by the Heritage Lottery Fund to the Grenoside Reading Room Trust.
The development grant will enable the Trustees to develop plans, an architects brief and business plan to provide much needed information to... |
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| Friends complete memorial bike ride |
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| TWO friends have successfully completed a 215-mile charity cycle ride in memory of a life-long Sheffield Wednesday supporter.
Ian Watson, who was 67 when he died last year and had been suffering from early onset Alzheimer’s disease, was originally from Sheffield... |
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| Rural Sheffield matters |
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| AROUND one in eight Sheffield residents live in the city’s more rural areas. And if this means you, the Council wants your views.
The city’s rural communities, and their 65,000 residents, play an important role in making the city successful, for example... |
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