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| Alf Meade – Labour Party
1.) What first inspired your interest in local politics?
When I was three years old, my dad discovered I could reach letterboxes and sent me out delivering his leaflets! My father was on the council... |
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| Garry Weatherall – Labour Party
1.)What initially inspired your interest in getting involved with Local Politics?
I was inspired by some speeches by other Local Politicians such as Paul Rose and Jack Butler when I first moved to the... |
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| Headteacher slams sixth form system |
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STOCKSBRIDGE High School headteacher, Jan Featherstone, has spoken out against the current sixth form college and school admission system, which she believes is unfair.
For years, Jan has been struggling to get the system overhauled as it discriminates against prospective students who... |
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| Easter egg hunt |
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CHILDREN and adults alike enjoyed an adventurous day, on Sunday March 28, hunting for eggs to find a secret message in order to receive their Easter bunny egg cozy and crème egg.
After boosting their energy levels with chocolate it was time... |
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| Pupils create stone |
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GRENOSIDE has a new village boundary marker stone thanks to a number of children from Grenoside Primary School.
The children worked in conjunction with Grenoside Conservation Society to produce the stone and it is hoped that the project could make... |
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| Mascots in clean sweep |
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FOOTBALL mascots kicked off a citywide event for school pupils aimed at tackling Sheffield’s litter.
Wednesday’s Ozzie the Owl proved to be top of the league in a litter-picking competition between the city’s two football clubs, with United’s Captain Blade a dejected... |
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| Giving children a 'sure start' |
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ANGELA Smith has this week celebrated the help given to carers and parents in making sure local children get a ‘sure start’ to their lives
In these difficult times it is important that carers and parents get as much help as possible... |
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| Twittering on at Paces |
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PACES Campus is embracing a novel way of informing local communities in High Green, Chapeltown and North Sheffield of the latest news and upcoming events at the centre.
The High Green based community centre is using Twitter and Facebook – the new... |
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| Spencer visits B. Braun |
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SPENCER Pitfield, Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Penistone and Stocksbridge, has recently visited the leading health care innovator B Braun which has its head office for the UK located in Chapeltown.
The visit, which was hosted by B Braun’s Director Mr.... |
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| Scarlett's dream |
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A CHAPELTOWN mum whose daughter suffers from an exceptional genetic disorder is attempting to raise £12,000 in an effort to take her little girl on the trip of a lifetime.
Six-year-old Scarlett Doyle suffers from the chromosome disorder Ip36 microdeletion... |
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| Sword dance honoured with boundary signs |
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THE Grenoside Sword Dancers were honoured this week by having their name and a representation of their distinctive dance displayed on a new set of unique road signs leading into Grenoside village.
Cllr. Victoria Bowden led a petition for the signs, and... |
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| North Sheffield supports Sports Relief |
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LOCAL MP Angela Smith saw off Ashley and Katy Clark on Sunday as they took part in the Sport Relief run in Hillsborough Park.
The two Hillsborough Primary School youngsters have raised over £200 between them doing the sponsored mile.... |
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| Wharncliffe Side pupils help in BIG clean |
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CHILDREN from Wharncliffe Side Primary School took part in the Sheffield Big Spring clean. They cleared three bags of rubbish from the school grounds and local community centre.
Another clean up day has been organised for the end of April... |
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| Learning is fun at Oughtibridge Primary School |
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OUGHTIBRIDGE Primary School have been very busy recently, with a number of themed days to help make learning fun.
This started with 'English Week' on the theme of colourful characters at the beginning of March. There was a book fair in school... |
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| FATAL CRASH: Chapeltown man arrested |
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| POLICE have arrested a second man, a 41-year-old from Chapeltown, on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, in connection with the fatal crash on the A61 Halifax Road in Sheffield on Saturday March 6.
The 41-year-old and a 22-year-old... |
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| Seventy years of love |
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| SWEENEY House sweethearts, Herbert and Marjorie West, celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary this week and said the secret of their long relationship was simply the love of each others company.
Eighty-nine-year-old Herbert and Marjorie, 88, met at Sunday School in Heeley when... |
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| Mrs Ackroyd's adventure in Africa |
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| STOCKSBRIDGE Junior School's 'Stocky's Scrawlers' group have once again submitted an article for Look Local. Here is their contribution this month.
Introduced by Katie Allen: “On January 16, our Y6 teacher, Mrs Akroyd, went over to visit our partner school in Ghana... |
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| School's 'amazing' book sale |
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| A HIGH Green Primary School pupil was praised at a school assembly after raising over £200 for a children's hospice.
Taja, a Year Six pupil, held a book sale at the school and the event was a resounding success. Headteacher Mrs Smales... |
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| Marathon dedication of Hillsborough man's family |
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| A HILLSBOROUGH man aims to run a 13-mile marathon to raise money for a city church – along with a dozen of his relatives who will travel almost 300 miles from across the country to take part.
David Warman’s family and... |
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| Don Valley railway update |
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| PLANS for a heritage railway link from Deepcar into central Sheffield have taken another step forward, with South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive lending their support.
SYPTE is contributing to the £10,000 cost of a professional assessment of the line and business plan,... |
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