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Local teacher and Magistrate Iffat Hameed has been awarded an MBE, in Queen’s Birthday Honours List. She has been honoured for her work in education within the city.

Raising awareness of Diabetes

A campaign to highlight what puts people at risk of developing Diabetes has been launched this week. The Sheffield branch of Diabetes UK have set up an information point in the centre of town as part of the national campaign.

Reclaim the Internet

Women on the internet are often on the receiving end of abuse on social media a recent study has shown. A cross party campaign has started to tackle the growing issues of online abuse.

South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service launch electrical fire safety campaign

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.

Can Education change the world?

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.