An exhibition to mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Holocaust Memorial Day, has been held at the Winter Gardens.
An exhibition to mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Holocaust Memorial Day, has been held at the Winter Gardens.
Sylvester Stallone was in Sheffield on Sunday for his sole UK appearance of an international tour. Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign organised a silent demonstration outside City Hall to protest against his fundraising for the Israeli Defence Force.
Sheffield is set to have its own Chinese Quarter which will host a residential and retail area, a Plaza as well as a business incubator which will encourage Chinese business to come and be based in the City.
The people of Sheffield gathered at Barkers Pool to show solidarity with the people of France and to defend the freedom of expression.
As world leaders arrived for the Unity rally in Paris following the recent terrorist killings, Sheffield Live spoke to french journalist, Alexandre Blot Luca of magazine, 54 Etats. He said: “It will make us stronger. We need to continue to do our work and to preserve freedom of speech. It is a symbol in France and in the world.”
Sheffield based illustrator, James Walmesley, has drawn a cartoon about the Charlie Hebdo attack which has been re-tweeted over 6,000 times.
Ben Needham went missing 23 years ago in Kos, Greece. His mother Kerry has been looking for him every since. The family have been following up leads and doing their own investigation with very little support from official sources. The Home Office has now given a grant to South Yorkshire police to do a more in depth investigation over the coming year.
The Palestine Solidarity Campaign held a protest outside Sainsbury’s, as part of a national campaign, to ask customers to boycott goods which are grown in illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine. The supermarket was contacted but gave no comment.
People from forty countries have come to Sheffield to compete in the Junior Open Squash Championships.
In the early hours of Christmas Day 1914 the German soldiers began to sing Silent Night and lit candles around their trenches. Later on they walked out in to no mans’ land shouting Merry Christmas to the allied soldiers. So began the Christmas Day Truce. German and Allied soldiers exchanged gifts and talked. They took the opportunity to bury their dead. But one of the best know events of the day was the game of football. 100 years on Sheffield Live! Spoke to local organisation Football Unites Racism Divides to talk about football as a uniting force.