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Season to be jolly hits Sheffield this November

Sheffield will be transformed in to a winter wonderland this month with festive activities, shopping, food & drink and entertainment creating a truly magical experience across the city centre.Visitors, shoppers, party-goers and families will be delighted by the city’s Christmas market, light swi...Read more »

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It’s weird, wacky, wonderful, it’s Out of This World

Sheffielders prepare! An invasion of monsters, aliens, robots, ghouls and superheroes is coming, as Out of This World returns this Sunday 27 October, 10.30am-5.30pm.This free city centre event celebrates all things otherworldly and is for anyone who enjoys sci-fi, comic books, gaming, magic, illusio...Read more »

Break up Stoptober

Sheffield is breaking up with smoking this Stoptober

Joining thousands of people across the country taking part in Stoptober, partners are helping smokers to take their first step to being smokefree, knowing that if they remain smokefree for 28 days, they are more likely to successfully quit for good.Smoking remains the biggest killer in the UK, and i...Read more »

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Artist Alex Chinneck ties post boxes in knots for latest public art

British artist Alex Chinneck returns with three identical new public artworks across the UK titled: ‘Alphabetti Spaghetti’. The sculptures which appeared overnight in London, Margate and Tinsley in Sheffield, resemble traditional red metal pillar post boxes which have been tied in knots.The work con...Read more »

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Busy weekend on Sheffield roads

Motorists are being advised to leave their cars at home on Saturday and Sunday if their journeys aren't essential in what is expected to be a very busy weekend on Sheffield’s inner ring road – another sign of the city’s continued vibrancy.Transport bosses have issued an appeal to motorists advising ...Read more »

Paulette Edwards

Could you create a new image for radio’s Paulette?

BBC Radio Sheffield presenter Paulette Edwards is the subject of this year’s portrait, which artists will use as the basis of their own piece of artwork to be exhibited at Art in the Gardens; the largest outdoor art show in the North of England.Copies of Paulette's photo will be available to collect...Read more »

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Hopping into the record books

Sheffield is officially the holder of a new world record.It’s now been confirmed that a total of 664 people – including hundreds of Sheffield school children – were successful in their attempt to hop into the record books and break the Guinness World Record for the most amount of people playing hops...Read more »

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‘Nest banks’ eco-intervention ensures sand martin return to River Don

Ecology in action is ensuring that sand martins return to Sheffield in the summer after their winter migration.A number of organisations across the city have worked together to conserve what had been a scarce and declining species and whose urban presence is now something to be proud of.The sand mar...Read more »

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Children invited to join Space Chase at Sheffield libraries

Sheffield Libraries are calling for children to sign up to read six books this summer as part of Space Chase, Summer Reading Challenge 2019, which launches on Saturday 13th July and runs for the whole of the summer holidays.Inspired by the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, The Summer Readi...Read more »

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Smoking rates fall significantly in Sheffield

This positive news is welcome by all Smokefree Sheffield Partners across the city who are working to achieve a smokefree generation. Smokefree Sheffield, a three-year initiative is commissioned by Sheffield City Council as part of the current tobacco control strategy and aims to reduce the prevalenc...Read more »