A twenty four year old man has been sentenced to life in prison this morning, for murdering forty four year old Cy Cooper in July last year. Paul Cain, of no fixed address in Sheffield must serve a minimum of twenty one years behind bars for the unprovoked killing of Mr Cooper at a house in Winkobank. The court heard Cain then set the house on fire to cover his tracks.
This week is Tinnitus Awareness Week, which aims to promote what tinnitus is, and tell more people about it. The British Tinnitus Association’s campaign, ‘Tea for tinnitus’ aims to get more people to have a drink and some cake, and discuss their issues with other people. Whilst around one in ten people get tinnitus, the BTA say many people don’t really know what it is.
Millions of people around the world have been celebrating the Chinese New Year. The special event is also known as the Lunar New Year which begins on the second new moon at the start of the year and ends on a full moon fifteen days later. It’s always named after one of twelve animals, and 2016 is the year of the monkey.
Social Haunting Image – Max Munday
Can our communities’ pasts haunt us? Are there traces of ideas and ways of living from that past that are not simply done and gone, but could be brought to life again? And how does the past impress itself on us in the present?
Social Haunting: talking to the ghosts of our past is a new radio documentary about an ambitious research project that uses arts practice to explore the idea of “social haunting.” You can hear it at 9am on Wednesday 10th February, here on Sheffield Live.
A “social haunting” is said to occur in circumstances where there’s been repression or trouble in society and as a result, the past presses in to the present in ways that aren’t obviously visible.
“Ghosts” appear when the pressing concerns of the past have not been attended to.
The Working with Social Haunting project explored the usefulness of this concept with two groups of people, those involved in the cooperative movement in Lancashire, and in trade unionism in the former coalfields of South Yorkshire.
The 30 minute radio documentary Social Haunting: Talking To The Ghosts Of Our Past will be broadcast on Sheffield Live radio (93.2FM and online) on Wednesday, 10th February at 9am.
Tune in to the show – and engage with the programme’s producer, Max Munday on twitter: #socialhauntinglive and @mouthpiece4shef and on Facebook (On social media, please do not refer by name to any of the participants who you may know; comments will be moderated).
You can also email comments to Max Munday via mouthpiece@sheffieldlive.org. Your feedback is encouraged and welcomed.
When Inherit the Stars announced they’d be playing one of Sheffield’s most talked-about venues – The Rocking Chair – for their first gig of 2016 the news created quite the buzz. People were excited, and I’m including myself! Although after an amazing show last year I was sceptical whether it could be topped – or even matched.
The Rocking Chair was absolutely rammed and the atmosphere electric, the clear support and admiration from the fans just shows that this is a solid group with genuine talent that is being recognised more and more every day. Growing in popularity and even more so in skill, it seems there is no end to what Inherit The Stars can pull out of the bag.
Daniel Jeffrey brought the crowd together by bringing a delightful duo of charm and charisma to the table, with the occasional quip from Lewis Wild (bassist) bringing us crashing back to earth with his dry banter which never fails to leave everybody smiling.
For me, I am very much a lyrics lady and having the opportunity to join in really does it for me so songs like Exit Plan, If We Fall, We Fall Together and oh, one more, Better Than This are absolutely on point.
Just the sheer quality of the production of the music is noteworthy, these guys don’t sound as though they belong in local venues but headlining stages at festivals everywhere. I find it difficult to fault Inherit The Stars because they just “sound” good, as if there is something for everybody in there, a tasty medley of metal, rock, pop with a cheeky serving of electro/synth sauce on top.
There is no doubt in my mind that the four lads are going to go further than they ever expected.
I strongly recommend giving them a try:
Rotherham’s Tuesday Street Market has been awarded the ‘Best Large Outdoor Market 2016’ in the Great British Market Awards. The street market began with forty stalls to boost trade in the town on what was one of the quietest shopping days. Now there are ninety five stalls from All Saints Square across to Effingham Square. Judges were impressed with the market’s high footfall and good links with the local community. Advisory Cabinet Member for Jobs and the Local Economy, Councillor Denise Lelliott, told Kathryn Smiles how she felt about the award.
Tramlines have announced the first part of the line up for this year’s festival. Dizzee Rascal has been confirmed as the Headliner at the main stage on the Friday evening. The Tramlines Festival will take place across a number of Sheffield venues from Friday the 22nd to Sunday the 24th of July. Other acts announced for this year include Young Fathers, Dawn Penn, Goldie MBE. Last year’s event saw over one hundred thousand festival goers in the city centre.
A senior lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University has had a report published arguing for tighter restrictions on the endorsement of unhealthy food and drinks in sport. Dr Stuart Flint from the Centre for Sport and Exercise Science says Sports organisations should avoid sponsorship deals with unhealthy food and drink brands to reduce the risk of obesity and Type 2 diabetes. He told our reporter, Sal Saba more about the issue.
The Olympic Legacy Park on the old Don Valley Stadium site has begun to take shape, with the Oasis Academy Don Valley school open, and construction work underway on Sheffield’s second University Technical College. Now art work by Leap Design has been installed around the London 2012 Olympic legacy project. The work aims to highlight what people can get involved in when the park fully opens next year.
A scheme is being launched in the Burngreave area of Sheffield, to help tackle loneliness and social isolation. The Toolkit Project, organised by Age Better encourages volunteers to create a digital toolkit, which can be given to over seven thousand residents. It aims to help people realise if they are socially isolated, and offers them advice. The Age Better Campaign is run by the South Yorkshire Housing Association. They received six million pounds in funding over six years from the Big Lottery Fund.