| Sheffield 365 project launches |
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| SHEFFIELD based photographer Luke Avery has started a new project to document the people of Sheffield throughout 2010.
He is taking one portrait of a random member of the public (with their permission) every day for the entirety of the year.... |
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| Women of steel |
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| SOME of the women who kept Sheffield’s steel industry going during World War Two were recently welcomed and honoured by both the Prime Minister and Sheffield’s MPs at Westminster.
At a special ceremony in London they were all presented with certificates... |
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| Owls honour brave young supporter |
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| SHEFFIELD Wednesday has helped The Children’s Hospital Charity recognise the bravery and courage of a young Owls fan who has been receiving treatment for a hip disorder at The Children’s Hospital.
Local lad Declan Eratt-Thompson and his family enjoyed to a VIP day at... |
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| MPs call for adequate bereavement leave |
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| ANGELA Smith, MP for Hillsborough, has tabled an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons calling on the Government to introduce a legal right to paid bereavement leave for the close relatives of those who die in conflict.
Clive Betts MP... |
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| Fundraising mum does her bit for servicemen |
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| A STOCKSBRIDGE mum whose soldier son is serving in Afghanistan handed over a cheque for almost £700 on Monday to help servicemen.
Janet Broughton, 56, raised the money with the support of her son, 38-year-old Sergeant Jason Bloodworth, who is serving with... |
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| SWFC launches Healthy Owls initiative |
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| Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is offering its supporters the opportunity to attend a free health MOT on Saturday as part of its Healthy Owls initiative.
The new scheme, in partnership with NHS Sheffield and The University of Sheffield’s Goodwin Sports Centre,... |
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| Owls join forces with County FA |
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| SHEFFIELD Wednesday and Sheffield & Hallamshire FA are pleased to announce that they have signed a strategic working partnership, which is believed to be the first of its kind between a professional football club and a County Football Association in the... |
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| Lib Dem playground plan swings into action |
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| LIBERAL Democrats on Sheffield City Council have welcomed progress on their £2m plan to create and improve 23 playgrounds across Sheffield.
With 11 of the sites due to be completed by April 2010, many local people can now see work beginning in... |
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| Spencer launches 'Year for Change' campaign in Penistone and Stocksbridge |
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| SPENCER Pitfield has launched a campaign to mark 2010 as the ‘Year for Change’ in Penistone and Stocksbridge.
A General Election must be held by June and to mark the arrival of this important year, the Conservative Party has set out its... |
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| Angela Smith commits to safeguard the legacy of Holocaust survivors |
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| LOCAL MP, Angela Smith, has pledged her commitment to Holocaust Memorial Day by signing a Book of Commitment in the House of Commons to honour those who perished in the Holocaust.
With January 27 marking the 65th anniversary of the liberation... |
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| Local hero Sean Bean joins 'walk of fame' |
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| SHEFFIELD is to honour one of this country’s most popular stage and film actors this weekend.
Local hero, Sean Bean, is to be inducted into the city’s prestigious ‘walk of fame’ on Saturday January 16 at 12.30pm.
Sean will formally become a Sheffield... |
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| Local lad wins Christmas card competition |
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| EVEN if you haven’t heard of 12-year-old Jack Crofts, you might still receive a Christmas card from him this year.
The Stocksbridge youngster’s simple but effective Christmas card design won over Sheffield City Councillors in a recent competition and has now been... |
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| New footpaths for Stocksbridge |
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| THE Steel Valley Project, working in partnership with Sheffield City Councils Public Right of Way Unit, recently completed another kilometre of new footpaths.
In the last few years Whitwell Moor was designated as access land and has had increasing numbers of visitors... |
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| DASH celebrates 23 years of service |
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| THE members of a local community group met for the last time on Tuesday as they celebrated 23 years of fun and friendship.
Members of DASH – the Disablement and Self Help Group – enjoyed a Christmas lunch and entertainment during a... |
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| CoSY Computers get Spencer's support |
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| SPENCER Pitfield, Parliamentary Candidate for Penistone and Stocksbridge, is encouraging local people in the area to support the not-for-profit social enterprise CoSY Computers.
CoSY Computers, was set up in 2002 as a not-for-profit company refurbishing second-hand computers for re-sale into the community.... |
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| Community carol sing in Chapeltown Park |
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| SINCE its first event two years ago, the annual Community Carol Sing in Chapeltown Park has now become established as a popular feature as the Festive Season approaches.
Once again, some 250 people, including civic and political leaders, braved a damp mid-winter... |
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| Owls spread festive cheer on hospital wards |
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| THE Sheffield Wednesday first team squad spent an afternoon meeting young patients at The Children’s Hospital in Sheffield on their annual Christmas visit.
Owls stars along with caretaker manager Sean McAuley and Chairman Lee Strafford visited children on the hospital wards... |
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| Cameron Direct comes to Ecclesfield |
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| LAST Friday, David Cameron, Leader of the Conservative Party, visited the Penistone and Stocksbridge constituency.
He was in the area to answer questions from local people in the latest in his series of unscripted Town Hall style meetings called Cameron Direct.... |
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| Wild fruit trees for Chapeltown Park |
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| COIT Primary School pupils, along with local dignitaries and residents, helped plant a number of wild fruit trees in Chapeltown Park last week.
The children planted a comelian cherry, medlars, apples, pears, cherry and mirabelle plums, assisted by the Lord Mayor, park... |
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| Rugby club tree-planting |
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| LOCAL volunteers recently planted 500 trees in 50 minutes to contribute towards the BBC’s ‘Tree O’Clock’ world record attempt.
Around 35 people turned up at the Stocksbridge Rugby Club fields on December 5 to get stuck in with digging and planting.
The results... |
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