Labour’s Alan Billings has been voted Police and Crime Commissioner for South Yorkshire winning just over 50 per cent of the vote, with UKIP coming second out of four candidates. Turnout in the election was less than 15 per cent.
Labour’s Alan Billings has been voted Police and Crime Commissioner for South Yorkshire winning just over 50 per cent of the vote, with UKIP coming second out of four candidates. Turnout in the election was less than 15 per cent.
Local Councillors have voiced concerns about the Governments continued support of HS2 going to Meadowhall instead of into of a Sheffield City centre location. The journey would be around 6 minutes longer if the train came in to town but would create about six thousand more jobs.
Thirty years ago South Yorkshire was in the middle of the Miners Strike. The award winning documentary, Still the Enemy Within, is being shown again to mark this historic working class struggle.
The GMB held a picket today at the Beighton Road recycling site. They are asking for better facilities, fairer pay and against alleged bullying. Veolia and Sheffield City Council said they are continuing to support the Green Company and are encouraging discussions so that issues can be resolved quickly.
Parents and children, from Anns Grove School in Heeley, who have to cross a busy main road to get to school held a protest to support their lollipop lady who is being moved to another school and not being replaced. The parents stopped traffic for 3 minutes at a time and things got tense when drivers found the road blocked.
Nick Clegg, MP for Hallam, launched Tech North in Sheffield this week. Over 200,000 people are working in the creative and technical industries in the North. The scheme aims to see this number doubled.
Sheffield Live! is recruiting now for roles in production, technical and administration.
Sheffield Live! TV (SLTV) is the new local television channel for Sheffield working in co-operation with Sheffield Live! 93.2fm community radio and the SheffieldLive.org website. Following the successful launch of SLTV we are now recruiting for the following positions for Digital Media Exchange, a project to support jobs and enterprise in creative and digital media.
Closing date for applications is 31 October 2014.
DMEx Production Manager
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DMEx Production Assistant
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DMEx Technical Assistant
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DMEx Administrator
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The Digital Media Exchange is supported financially by the European Union from the European Regional Development Fund as part of Europe’s support for the region’s economic development through the 2007-2013 Yorkshire and Humber ERDF Programme.
Please download the job description for the role you are interested in from the links above.
Apply for the above roles by submission of CV and a covering letter outlining your relevant experience and motivation, with examples of similar work undertaken for other clients and a minimum of 2 referees.
Applications should be sent to: jobs@sheffieldlive.org including the job title as reference.
Deadline for applications: 31 October 2014
Sales manager / Sales assistants
We are offering experienced and early stage sales staff commissioned-based earnings opportunities.
Please send your CV to jobs@sheffieldlive.org putting ‘SALES’ and your name in the subject line.
News journalists
We are also looking to recruit additional freelance journalists.
Please send your CV, a covering letter outlining your motivation and some examples of previous journalism work to jobs@sheffieldlive.org putting ‘NEWS’ and your name in the subject line.
Radiographers went on strike for the first time in over 30 years. The half day strike is the latest in a number of stoppages by NHS workers to get a one percent pay rise this year. NHS workers have only had one increase in the last 5 years.
Sheffield artists are taking part in an international exchange trip with artists from Slovakia. They will be exploring the theme of creating work in a new and unknown environment.
The winners of the Sheffield Design Awards were announced at the start of Urban design week.The awards are given to local building projects which demonstrate the best design. Ten buildings including, residential properties were short listed. The people’s choice was won by Sum Studios in Heeley while best building went to Sellers Wheel in the centre of town.