An Independent Review looking into the handling of child sexual exploitation by South Yorkshire Police has been launched by Police and Crime Commissioner, Dr Alan Billings. It was announced back in March, following the Alexis Jay and the Louise Casey reports into Child Sexual Exploitation in Rotherham. Professor John Drew will be leading the review, which is expected to establish whether South Yorkshire Police have acted upon recent findings and inspections.
Nether Edge Primary School has been voted the best Primary School in Sheffield on the Star Education awards. Just couple of months ago the school was also rated outstanding by OFSTED.
People went along to the Moor today to celebrate active aging and mark the United Nations International Day of Older Persons. The Sheffield Fifty plus network took over The Moor to show the contributions older people make to society. The event included music, dancing, antiques, art and iPad training sessions.
Sparkle Sheffield, a group who support parents and carers with autistic children, are celebrating their first year of success. They run parent groups and advice sessions, and get the children involved in a range of activities. For their one year anniversary, the public could see art by the children and their families and get involved in an evening of entertainment.
The law around smoking in cars with children in them changes from Thursday the 1st of October. It will become illegal to smoke in a car when there are passengers under eighteen present. The law change coincides with Stoptober, a campaign that’s been running over the last few years to encourage people to give up smoking for twenty eight days.
Thousands of runners came to Sheffield City Centre this morning to take part in the Great Yorkshire Run. The 10K race started on Arundel Gate, went out to Hillsborough and then finished back in the city centre. Most people were doing the race for charity, or for fun, but there were some athletes and celebrities, including actors from Emmerdale and World Cup referee, Howard Webb. British ten thousand meter track champion, Jonny Mellor, from Liverpool won the race in twenty nine minutes and twelve seconds. Lauren Howarth from Wigan was the first woman to cross the finish line, in thirty three minutes and forty nine seconds.
The ‘Recover Street Film Festival’ has been to a number of cities, showcasing short films showing how people have recovered from addictions. The festival aims to raise awareness of drug and alcohol related problems. But instead of showcasing the films in a cinema, they were screened on Fargate. Shoppers were invited to grab a pair of headphones and watch the videos.
As thousands of students arrive in Sheffield, and get involved in freshers week activities, South Yorkshire Police have launched a campaign to keep them safe. They’ve joined forces with both universities to reduce violent crime after drinking too much alcohol.The campaign coincides with ‘freshers week’, and aims to make a safe start to the new academic year. They’re aiming to reduce violent crime, by asking students ‘What’s at the end of your drink.
Sheffield this week will welcome a fresh batch of students to the city as Sheffield Hallam hold it’s freshers week, it’s an exciting but daunting new experiences for young adults who have come to university to broaden their education and Sheffield Live went down to Monday’s freshers fair to chat to those at Hallam who are looking to help these students settle in..
The topic of Syrian refugees has been the talking point for many people, here in Sheffield there have been public talks, demonstrations and more. Last week there was one outside town hall, Sheffield Live spoke to Stuart Crosswaite from South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action Group about why the topic has only just come up, when the issue has been going on for years….