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Bike sharing scheme launches in Sheffield

A new dockless bike sharing scheme has been launched in Sheffield with a fleet of 1000 bright yellow bicycles which can be unlocked with a downloadable app. Ofo, the company behind the bike sharing service chose Sheffield as its first in the north of England. Sheffield Live! reporter Azz Mohamed spoke Ofo operations manager Adam Rose and former pro biker Dean Downing.

City centre businesses help spend a penny

A new Sheffield city centre scheme has been launched to encourage businesses to offer free public use of their rest rooms to shoppers caught out. Searching for a toilet can be embarrassing with people reluctant to use services if they are not purchasing a product. The new scheme will signpost to rest rooms available for public use at participating business. So far twelve businesses have signed up and signage has been put in place to provide directions. Sheffield Live! reporter Azz Mohammed spoke to Business Improvement District manager Diane Jarvis.