Rotherham Climate Action has teamed up with Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust and others to create a new alliance declaring a nature emergency. According to the partners wildlife is facing a critical emergency, with one in four species in the UK now at threat of extinction. Nature Recovery Rotherham has been set up to create awareness and help restore nature and wildlife. Sheffield Live! reporter Azz Mohammed spoke to Helen Francis, coordinator for Rotherham Climate Action.
Laws on mobile phones use while driving have changed to make virtually any form of handheld use illegal, including refreshing a screen, taking photos or scrolling. The new rules mean you can only use your device in am emergency when it is unsafe or impractical to stop, when safely parked or to make contactless payments at a drive through. Sheffield Live! reporter Azz Mohammed spoke to Joanne Wherle, manager for South Yorkshire Safer Roads Partnership.
Covering Ukraine is a special production for the Local Television Network covering the war in Ukraine, produced by Latest TV (Brighton) and Sheffield Live! TV, with reports from Ukrainian journalists, solidarity action in the UK and Ukrainian culture. In this latest edition we feature a special report from Hromadske TV who take us inside a maternity hospital in Kyiv and we talk to a Ukrainian resident in Brighton, Tetyana McNair .
Covering Ukraine is a special production for the Local Television Network covering the war in Ukraine, produced by Latest TV (Brighton) and Sheffield Live! TV, with reports from Ukrainian journalists, solidarity action in the UK and Ukrainian culture. In this latest edition we interview Ukrainian human rights worker Euhenia Kubakh who is now in Warsaw.
Covering Ukraine is a special production for the Local Television Network covering the war in Ukraine, produced by Latest TV (Brighton) and Sheffield Live! TV, with reports from Ukrainian journalists, solidarity action in the UK and Ukrainian culture. In this latest edition we interview journalist and IT worker Olha Peredera from frontline city Konotop, Sumy Oblast.
Creative Arts Development Space (CADS) has taken on their 17th building in the city offering low cost office and studio space for artists and creative businesses. The not-for-profit charity aims to provide creative talent in Sheffield with affordable workspace away from home. CADS has taken over the former Go Outdoors office on Arley Street in Highfield. Sheffield Live! reporter Azz Mohammed spoke Claire Rimmer, manager at CADS.
A family run café in Hillsborough, Molly’s Café & Deli, has raised over £3,000 to support the humanitarian relief effort for Ukraine. Molly’s have been baking cakes to sell to raise funds and say the generosity of Sheffielders has been amazing. Sheffield Live! reporter Azz Mohammed spoke to Lucy Poplawski, manager at Molly’s Café & Deli.
Sheffield City Trust which runs some of the city’s biggest leisure and entertainment venues is to hand them back to Sheffield Council after receiving a £7 million bailout. Opposition leader Shaffaq Mohammed has called it an end game for the organisation with tax payers to be hit one more time to fill the budget gap. Azz Mohammed reports for Sheffield Live!
Tramlines Festival has announced an open invitation to new acts who want to perform at the festival this year. Festival organisers are looking to bring in more new talent from the local community. Sheffield Live! reporter Azz Mohammed spoke to Alex Deadman, regional media officer for Tramlines.
A Ukrainian journalist and IT worker in the frontline city of Konotop in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine has spoken to Sheffield Live! about how the war has affected her and her family. Olha Peredera talks about how life is at the moment as well as her reaction to when the Russian invasion started. Sangita Basudev interviewed Olha Peredera for Sheffield Live!