As Eid celebrations began, hundreds of people gathered at the Tesco car park on Saville Street this morning to pray. Muslims are celebrating the end of Ramadan which is a month of fasting to commemorate the first revelation of the Quran to Muhammad, according to Islamic beliefs. As well as fasting, they also give money to charity, in the hope of becoming more appreciative and spiritually connected.
Thousands of pupils across the country faced disruption or schools closures as teachers take part in a one day strike over school funding and conditions. Members of the National Union of Teachers walked out over a number of unresolved issues. They are calling for schools to be sufficiently funded to cover the increased staff costs and are protesting against the Government’s plans to turn schools into academies. Hundreds of teachers, students and members of the public gathered for a rally and march from Devonshire Green to Barkers Pool.
Officials from the Special Olympics have been in Sheffield this week, visiting a number of venues across the city where the games will be taking place in August 2017. 2600 athletes with learning disabilities will take place in 19 sports. The tour of the venues began at Bramall Lane, where the opening ceremony will take place. Kathryn Muffett went along to find out more.
The election results for Sheffield came through at just before 3:30 on Friday morning with 136,018 voting to Leave and 130,725 voting to Remain. Following the trend in the North of England Sheffield voted for Brexit.
The Labour deputy leader, Tom Watson visited Sheffield based company ‘Gripple’ today ( May 20th) to discuss the benefits that the European Union has to offer UK businesses; and the disadvantages that it would bring if we left. Shamaan Freeman Powell has more.
South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service have launched an electrical fire safety campaign today. It comes as figures show an increase in electrical fires, from 150 in 2013 to 190 in 2015, whilst other types of fires have significantly reduced. The fire service blame the increase on products like phone chargers, washing machines and e cigs, as well as over loading sockets and charging equipment for too long.
A meeting took place over the weekend at the city centre in Victoria Hall with the Sheffield Educators Underground, a project initiated by teachers who are members of the Industrial Workers of the World Union. They believe that education in the UK is making learning more bland, exam focused and career orientated. Sheffield Live caught up with Chris Wellbrook who is one of their members to hear about their plans on education and his views on the government’s U-turn on academies.
The former crew of HMS Sheffield gathered in the city this weekend to remember those who died when the ship was blasted by a missile during the Falklands War. The event was organised by the HMS Sheffield Association, a group of veterans dedicated to keeping alive the memory of the ship lost in the 1982 conflict between Britain and Argentina and two other ships with the same name.
A sink hole which appeared on Pond Street in Sheffield on Friday has attracted national attention. But what happened? Simon Thake investigates.
People gathered at the Curzon cinema for the official launch of the Sheffield International Documentary Film Festival. Doc Fest is the Uk’s largest documentary festival, and the third largest in the world. At the event, documentary makers come from all around the world to showcase their talent, and network to promote their work. Kathryn Smiles went along to the launch, and spoke to Festival Director and CEO, Elizabeth McIntyre.