A heart-warming film has been put together which documents the incredible events and spirit of the day when Little Amal, a 3.5metre high puppet of a Syrian refugee, arrived in Sheffield.
New Covid restrictions will be introduced from tomorrow in response to the emergence of the Omicron variant.
Check the road conditions before you travel with our traffic cameras.
As a result of various events taking place across the city, Sheffield has seen a significant increase in footfall in recent months, with residents and people from further afield enjoying everything it has to offer.
Continued disruption to public transport services in Sheffield led to an emergency meeting with operators to get firm assurance that everything is being done to resume service levels urgently.
Businesses set for a boost as training helps them get digital.
All 32 teams across the 21 competing nations in the men’s, women’s and wheelchair tournaments have fully committed to RLWC20222. Sheffield will host an England men's game and 8 wheelchair matches including the semi-finals double-header - tickets are available now!
Sheffield is set to sparkle and everybody will be talking about it, as Jamie Campbell takes to the stage to light up the city this Sunday 21 November.
As part of long-term plans for the future of leisure and entertainment in Sheffield, £100m has been approved for investment in to facilities across the city. Work will also begin to appoint a leisure operator beyond 2024.
Leader of Sheffield City Council reacts with outrage to Government's Integrated Rail Plan, condemning the decision to axe the eastern leg and level up rail connectivity in the North as a betrayal.
Plans to improve reliability and journey time for public transport on Abbeydale ...
Today is the last chance to enter the ballot process for UEFA Women's EURO tickets, and 200,000+ have already been applied for!
Sheffield City Council has begun the search for an Independent Chair to lead the Sheffield Street Trees Inquiry.
Businesses in Hillsborough, Firth Park, Walkley and Broomhill will be supported by Sheffield City Council's Economic Recovery Fund, an innovative and unique grant set up to support businesses following the Covid-19 pandemic.
A new guidelines booklet for managing the city’s street trees has been finalised and published, in line with the Sheffield Street Tree Partnership Strategy.
As the world remembered fallen veterans on Armistice Day on Thursday, a plaque was unveiled in the Council Chamber at Sheffield Town Hall to commemorate a Sheffield Battalion which served in the First World War.
The £2.3m funding will provide support to over 250 SMEs.
Tramlines, Sheffield’s biggest city-based music festival has announced the lineup for the 2022 event at Hillsborough Park in Sheffield from Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th July.
Sheffield will come together this Sunday (14 November) to mark the National Day of Remembrance at the Cenotaph in Barker's Pool. People are invited to join the service, observe in silence and lay poppies and wreaths at the end of the service.
Leah's Yard plans approved
A Black Lives Matter artwork by Sheffield artist Chris Houlton was presented to the Sheffield Home of Football archives collection this week. ‘Shoulder to Shoulder’ shows Sheffield ...
People who have lived with and experienced domestic abuse in Sheffield have helped shape the city’s latest long-term plan for providing safe accommodation. It will mean that the council will assess and make arrangements for accommodation-based support, provide that support and monitor and evaluate how effective it is over the next three years.
For more than a year, the Community Payback team, part of the Probation Service, has given Roe Woods allotment owners a helping hand, helping to clear out overgrown plots to allow the new tenants to get started.
As world leaders meet at COP26 to discuss the urgency of reducing climate change globally, Sheffield City Council’s Transitional Committee is considering the council’s 10 Point Plan for tackling the climate emergency.
Due to industrial strike action by Veolia waste and recycling collection staff, people whose bins are emptied on Mondays may experience some disruption throughout November.
This week is National Youth Work Week and we’ve asked young people across Sheffield to share in their own words the positive effect youth work is having on them and their communities.
Today it was announced that the planned strike action from Veolia waste and recycling workers would be suspended. Read Councillor Terry Fox's statement.
City to receive £37m of Levelling Up funding for Castlegate and Attercliffe.
Following the exciting draw on BBC1 last night, fixtures are now confirmed and the ticket ballot is open. Sheffield will host Group C matches between Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland.
Little Amal will arrive in Sheffield today on her away to Manchester.
Sheffield’s Race Equality Commission has released its initial findings on the state of racial equality in the city – with some unsettling observations.
We are aware of the news coverage raising concerns about Sheffield Covid test results which were handled by the Immensa lab in Wolverhampton and has since been linked to a considerable number of inaccurate test results in the South of England. Dr Eleanor Rutter, Consultant in Public Health for Sheffield City Council has said: “This is a national issue that has been well publicised but has only affected a very small proportion of Sheffield’s tests. “The number of people identified as potentially having been given a false negative result in Sheffield is incredibly small. There is nothing to suggest this has had a significant impact on infection rates in the city. “Tests from the city are sent to many different labs across the country, and this particular lab only received a small percentage of them.”
At its meeting on 6th October, Sheffield Council voted to adopt the Dore Neighbourhood Plan and make it part of the city’s Development Plan.
On Monday 1st November, Sheffield’s Household Waste Recycling Centres will change to their winter opening hours.
Sheffield City Council’s leader has welcomed the news that Wednesday’s budget will include £570m for transport projects in South Yorkshire – including around £200m for Sheffield.
Refurbishments have been carried out on more Sheffield bridges as part of the Streets Ahead programme.
Sheffield’s first African-Caribbean Market is all set to launch next week with a packed line up of speakers, artists, local dignitaries and musical acts including a performance from award winning pianist and composer OKIEM.
Families on a low income in Sheffield will receive a free £15 food voucher to help over the October Half Term Holiday.
Sheffielders of all ages, get ready for a day of the weird, wonderful, and wacky as Out of This World returns for its seventh year on Sunday, October 24, from 10:30am to 5:30pm.
Local people in Westfield are set to enjoy long-awaited playground facilities in Westfield from this Saturday, when the playground has its official opening. Residents formed a local community group, ‘Let’s Get Westfield a Park’, and after much hard work the new facilities are now a reality.
Decision to be made on Sheffield's Clean Air Zone.
Council sets out vision for development of city centre.
The council is exploring ideas around a VCS Covid Recovery Fund to help tackle the financial pressures the sector is facing as it acknowledges the massive role the VCS has played in supporting the city during these unprecedented times.
Last week’s Poverty Summit saw the council, businesses, city organisations including voluntary, community and faith organisations and stakeholders meet to discuss and plan for what the financial impact of Covid will be on the city and its residents.
Sheffield has has once again achieved 15 Green Flag awards for parks and green spaces across the city - the award is the international quality mark recognising the very best in visitor experience.
Sheffield, together with the North is leading the way in growing an inclusive, productive, and sustainable economy for our people and businesses, working towards a sustainable future for the whole nation.
Sheffield City Council welcomes the new allergen labelling law which will provide extra protection for people in Sheffield with a food allergy, intolerance or coeliac disease. The changes mean that from 1 October, these people will be able to make safer choices about the food they buy.
Lord Mayor Gail Smith hosted an opening event for her new charity shop at Crystal Peaks shopping centre on Tuesday afternoon.
Come and see Little Amal, a 3.5m puppet of a 10-year-old refugee girl, on Friday 29 October as she nears the end of her international journey from the Syria-Turkey border to Manchester. Take part in the free community activities on her journey through Sheffield.
Sheffield’s Community Covid Bus is a one-stop place for all things Covid-related, travelling all over Sheffield to parks, schools, community events and vaccination clinics. Open to everyone, the bus has been taking Covid 19 information and guidance, LFD tests and more direct to the heart of communities across the city since it launched in June.
Sheffield has lived up to its reputation as an Outdoor City filled with culture, the Thriving Places Index (TPI) has found. The TPI identifies the local conditions for wellbeing, and measures whether those conditions are being delivered fairly and substantially across England.
Councillor Alison Teal, Executive Member for Sustainable Neighbourhoods, Wellbeing, Parks and Leisure said: “At Sheffield City Council we absolutely stand against hate. No-one is born with hate in them, it’s something that’s learned. There is no place for it in Sheffield....
Fifteen people from Sheffield are gaining hands on experience working for the city’s highways maintenance contract, developing invaluable skills to prepare them for their future careers.
Builder Anthony Robinson, 69, of Belvedere Close, North Anston, Sheffield, has been jailed for a year and banned from working in the trade indefinitely after pleading guilty to offences of unfair and misleading trading at Sheffield Crown Court on Friday, September 24.
This November Sheffield will, as always, remember the service and sacrifice of those in our Armed Forces and those who gave their lives for our country. We're working in partnership with the Royal British Legion and will announce more details very soon.
The Queen's Green Canopy tree was planted at Acres Hill Community Primary School yesterday, as part of Her Majesty's national Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
Information about Sheffield’s new Local Area Committees (LACs) is being sent to every household in the city this week.
Every October, Black History Month takes place across the UK and provides a time to educate, celebrate and raise awareness of the history, achievements and contributions of Black people in the UK and across the world, historically and today.
We carry out 2,200 repairs and respond to 360 emergency repairs in our council homes every week. We have 6,300 outstanding repairs and 377 officers to carry out these repairs.....
The council’s highways contractor is preparing for winter in Sheffield; getting ready for whatever the weather has in store this year.
Last Wednesday saw the return of The Star Small Business Awards, with businesses and organisations coming together to celebrate some of the best enterprises in Sheffield.
Opening times at our 5 Household Waste Recycling Centres will change from 1 October, but we're keeping them all open for 7 days a week throughout October.
Clear out the clutter and do your bit for the planet - get recycling your old small electrical items. Anything with a plug, battery or cable can be recycled.
This is your chance to be a part of the biggest tournament the UEFA Women's Euro has ever seen, and make some unforgettable memories in the process. Apply now.
Business Sheffield, part of Sheffield City Council, is celebrating enterprise as the headline sponsor of The Star’s Small Business Awards.
Rogue roofer Alfred Stephen Milner, 65, of South Kirby, Pontefract, has been handed a 12-month Community Order, a curfew and banned from working in the trade until further notice after pleading guilty to fraud at Sheffield Crown Court.
Sheffield City Council, working collaboratively with regional partners, has successfully secured £763,000 from the government for development of innovation-led opportunities connected to the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District (AMID).
More than 1.65million people flocked to the city centre throughout August – with more than 50,000 on the busiest day, 28 August alone - keen for a change of scene at some of the fantastic events that have been taking place throughout the Summer.
Anyone with information about the death of Mohamed Issa Koroma last Friday (17 September) in Sheffield city centre, is asked to get in touch with South Yorkshire Police.
As part of Castlegate Festival, Grey to Green phase 2 was officially opened last weekend - the scheme has transformed the area in to a beautiful green, active travel route and a haven for wildlife.
Last night saw the start of a new era in democratic decision-making in Sheffield – with the holding of the city’s first ever Local Area Committee meeting.
By-election results for Firth Park Ward September 2021
A group of dedicated Street Tree Wardens are working in communities across the city to help care for street trees.
Following the impact of Covid-19 on essential services, we are preparing now for a very challenging budget position in 2022/23.
A statement has been made by Deputy Leader of Sheffield City Council, Councillor Julie Grocutt in relation to Covid-19 booster jabs.
New campaign launched to help smokers make their homes smokefree and prevent exposure of secondhand smoke to others in the household.
Schools can now make group bookings during this exclusive ticketing sale period - with great offers, activities and the chance to win a visit as part of the Trophy Tour. Book for your school by 8 October 2021.
Sheffield based African Diaspora Arts & Heritage organisation, Nyara School of Arts to receive £10,000 to produce cultural heritage project capturing and documenting the stories and memories of the Windrush Generation in Sheffield.
Star-studded premiere, parties and costume exhbition
We will fly the official 999 Day flag above the Town Hall and hold a two minute silence to celebrate this year’s Emergency Services Day and our heroic emergency service workers.
The Local Area Committees have launched a citywide survey to discover more about what residents think and feel locally.
There is no longer a limit on the number of customers who can enter our buildings at any one time and you can now stay in our libraries for as long as you want, within our current opening times. Public toilets are also now open and tables and chairs are back in place so that you can use your library as a study space. Soft seating is being reintroduced. We will be increasing the number of computers in our libraries where possible so that social distancing is still maintained.
People across the city and staff at Sheffield City Council worked incredibly hard to keep our city moving and hopeful during Covid. We were all experiencing a range of emotions as many of us were forced to change our daily lives when we began to realise that the pandemic was something very different to what we had ever experienced before.
South Yorkshire’s Mayoral Combined Authority, supported by Sheffield City Council, has submitted a Countywide bid for over £11.5m from the Department for Transport’s Active Travel Fund.
The Council will be hearing from local communities over the coming months to shape how the LACs will work and there will be a range of opportunities for people to share their views, recognising that people want to get involved in different ways.
Sheffielders have shown incredible compassion and generosity in recent weeks, stepping up and wanting to find out more about how they can help people fleeing Afghanistan.
Essential work at Ponds Forge leisure pool is progressing well but the pool will remain closed for a while longer while other works are brought forward to minimise disruption in the long term.
After announcing the postponement of the Rugby League World Cup 2021 to next year, new dates for the tournament have now been confirmed, from 15 October to 19 November 2022.
Ahead of the new autumn term starting, we have been supporting schools to get ready to welcome pupils, students, and staff back into the classroom safely.
Sheffield is set to welcome Jamie home with a very special premiere of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, the film adaptation of the hit musical, on 17th September – the same day it launches on Amazon Prime Video around the world.
Following the devastating death of Mohammed Munib Majeedi, we share a statement from Leader of Sheffield City Council, Cllr Terry Fox.
Councillor Terry Fox, Leader of Sheffield City Council, talks about the council’s work over the last few months and the Co-Operative Executive’s new One-Year Plan in a video to residents.
As of today, Monday 16 August, people who are double jabbed or aged under 18 will no longer be legally required to self-isolate if they are identified as a close contact of a positive Covid-19 case.
Work on a Street Tree Archiving project, to enable those who are interested in documents and files relating to the council's street tree programme, is underway.
A new campaign to help make it easy for people to make small and simple changes to improve their health launches this week in Sheffield. The Better Health Sheff campaign has been developed to make it as easy as possible for people to improve their health. It brings together eating well, moving more, Smokefree Sheffield and feeling better.
Jobcentre Plus and Sheffield City Council are bringing hundreds of jobs to the people of Sheffield in the Winter Gardens and Millennium Square on August 18th.
The Planning Inspector has upheld our decision to decline a planning application for housing development on important Green Belt land in the Loxley Valley.
A commitment to deliver on a new street tree strategy for Sheffield has been made by the founding members of the Sheffield Street Tree Partnership.
We have published a new report of findings from our survey with Sheffield’s children and young people on their experiences of Coronavirus and life in lockdown.
A planning application to transform historic Leah’s Yard on Cambridge Street into a creative hub for independent businesses has been submitted today.
UEFA Women's EURO 2022 - Fan Walk road closures
As fans take part in their Fan Walk from Devonshire Green to the stadium, some road closures will be in place to support a safe journey to Bramall Lane. Disruption will be kept to a minimum, with roads reopening once the Fan Walk has safely passed by.
The Fringe at Tramlines returns in full force for 2022
Supported by Sheffield BID, The Fringe at Tramlines promises a packed weekend of entertainment including free outdoor stages at Devonshire Green and the Peace Gardens.
The Fringe at Tramlines - Outdoor stages and Sheffield venues alive with music over the weekend
Your free music weekender - The Fringe at Tramlines - is back with a jam-packed line-up of talent at Devonshire Green, the Peace Gardens and venues across the city!
Council to trial food waste recycling collections
Sheffield City Council and Veolia will begin the city’s first ever food waste recycling trial this summer.
Doncaster Sheffield Airport: Joint statement from South Yorkshire leaders
Leaders from across South Yorkshire have released a joint statement regarding the future of Doncaster Sheffield airport.
Sheffield’s biggest WEURO2022 party as Lionesses head to Semi-Final at Bramall Lane
Big screen at Devonshire Green and extended Fan Party to celebrate England's Lionesses making it to the the first UEFA Women's EURO 2022 semi-final, at Bramall Lane on Tuesday 26 July!
Statement on Sheffield's bid to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2023
"We would be proud to bring the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 to the region in solidarity with Ukraine."
Clean Air Zone signs to be installed ahead of launch early next year
Signs making drivers aware of Sheffield’s upcoming Category C Clean Air Zone will start to be installed over the coming weeks, as the council moves forward with plans to improve air quality and reduce pollution in and around the city centre.
Fargate shipping container park continues to develop
Sheffield City Council and Yorkshire Water have agreed an approach that will see a shipping container attraction installed on Fargate.
Celebrate Lionesses’ final showdown at Devonshire ‘Screen’
Sheffield will go all the way with England’s Lionesses on their UEFA Women’s EUR ...
New Sheffield Connect city centre bus service
A new bus service connecting 12 stops in and around Sheffield City Centre has launched today, providing residents and visitors the opportunity to hop onto the bus from the train, tram or other bus services.
Alpaca Trekking: New to Graves Park Animal Farm
A brand-new Alpaca Trekking experience along a scenic woodland trail will soon be available to visitors of Graves Park Animal Farm in Sheffield.
John Lewis building now Grade II listed
Yesterday Historic England listed the former John Lewis building, in Barker’s Pool, at Grade II on the National Heritage List for England.
Sheffield School to benefit from £1bn redevelopment scheme
Together with Brunswick Primary School, we are celebrating the announcement that a bid to the Department for Education’s school rebuilding programme has been successful.
New ‘All Wheels’ Hillsborough Pump Track Completed
The brand-new Hillsborough Pump Track has now been fully completed at Hillsborough Park.
Bin collections will be earlier next Monday and Tuesday due to heatwave
Waste and recycling collections in Sheffield will be taking place earlier than usual, to avoid the hottest time of the day.
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