Child hunger, the need for food banks and access to locally sourced food are some of the issues effecting South Yorkshire, that were discussed, at a locally held event. The conference looked at food security and food justice which wants all food to be be safe, healthy, affordable, culturally appropriate and accessible to everyone.
Children and parents are celebrating as they found out that their lollipop lady, Janice Clarke, was going to be returning to Anns Grove School. Parents held protest on Gleedless Road when they found that their lollipop lady was going to be removed and no replacement was planned.
This week is adoption week and here in Sheffield there are stalls at the Town Hall and at Fargate where you can find out more. This year the emphasis is on adopting siblings, these are amongst the children who have to wait the longest to be adopted in the UK.
Images of older Sheffield women were projected on to icon buildings like the Town Hall and City Hall as part of a project looking at how older women are portrayed in the media. The project is run by Dr Lorna Warren aims to highlight that 25% of Sheffields’ population are women over the age of 50 yet they are hardly ever seen in the media.
A new report from the World Economic Forum has shown that the gap between womens’ and mens’ earnings has widen. The UK has fallen eight places in the table to twenty sixth.
Conservative MP John Redwood claimed that northerners are jealous of life in the “Mighty Capital”. John Redwood, made the comments at a closed door event when he was asked what he would do to redress the balance between London and the rest of England. We asked people in Sheffield what they thought.
Firefighters from across South Yorkshire joined the picket line at Dearne Community Fire Station on the third day of a four day national strike over pensions and the retirement age. Firefighters want to retain the right to retire at 55 years of age claiming that to do the job effectively up to the age of sixty is putting lives at risk.
Bryan Jefferson was a Sheffield architect who came to national and international prominence through such iconic buildings as the Roxy, Moore Street sub station and the A4E building. He passed away on the 19 October. He was President of the Royal Institute of British Architects from 1979 -1981.
Nigel Clough says that Barnsley is a good all round side as United get ready for the South Yorkshire Derby.
Fire fighters in Sheffield joined a national four day strike over pensions. They are now being expected to work until the age of sixty instead of fifty five. Fire Minister Penny Mordaunt described the strike action as “unnecessary and the aim of which is unclear”