Hundreds of cleaners employed by the University of Sheffield are calling on the university to increase their wages to £10 an hour. Their campaign is being backed by Unite the Union and local MP’s Paul Blomfield, Olivia Blake and Louise Haigh. Sheffield Live! reporter Azz Mohammed spoke to Harriet Eisner, regional officer for Unite the Union.

Palms Row Health Care boss Nicola Richards told Sheffield Live! the government must do more to help care providers as many care workers are leaving the sector. The care firm manages long-established nursing homes in Crookes and Fir Vale. Earlier this week Boris Johnson announced a new health and social care tax expected to raise £36 billion over the next three years to pay for care sector reforms and the NHS. Baillor Jalloh reports.

Extinction Rebellion Sheffield held a memorial event in Sheffield city centre to mourn what they describe as the people, wildlife and plants already killed or harmed by climate change and the inevitable losses still to come. The event was part of a series of local actions to tie in with Extinction Rebellion’s fifth wave of London and national protests. Sheffield Live! reporter Baillor Jalloh spoke to Steph Howlett a member of Extinction Rebellion.

Dore Parish Church Hall is to reopen it’s doors as a community centre following a fundraising campaign that has enabled a major refurbishment. The future was looking uncertain for the church hall in 2019 due to the work required on the building however a planned sale was opposed by local campaigners seeking to preserve the community asset. Sheffield Live! reporter Azz Mohammed spoke to Pete Sanders, Chair of the Christ Church Dore Community Centre Management Committee.

Activists from South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action Group and One Rainbow Bridge Network have called on holiday firm TUI to pull out of a Home Office deal to assist asylum seeker deportation. The group organised a protest earlier this week outside the TUI shop on the Moor. Sheffield Live! reporter Baillor Jalloh spoke to Shian Harris of South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action Group.

Aman and Sideqe from Afghanistan told Sheffield Live! their friends and family members are in danger and the UK government should help them leave the war-torn country. Baillor Jalloh reports.

A public art installation in Ponderosa Park to raise awareness of women’s safety in public spaces has been destroyed by fire. The collaborative artwork installed by campaign group called Our Bodies Our Streets was recently unveiled in collaboration with the University of Sheffield. Organisers expressed their disappointment and anger on hearing of the destruction. Sheffield Live! reporter Azz Mohammed spoke to Evie Hairsine, founder of Our Bodies Our Streets.

Refugee agencies and Sheffield MP’s have called for an urgent and independent investigation into the safety of Home Office accommodation arrangements for refugees following the death in Sheffield of a five year old Afghan boy. Mohammed Munib Majeedi died after falling on Wednesday afternoon from a ninth floor window of the Sheffield Metropolitan Hotel on Blonk Street. Sheffield Live! reporter Baillor Jalloh spoke to John Grayson of South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action Group.

Human rights activist, Shahida Siddique, said the British government and Western allies must to do more to save lives in Afghanistan. Siddique, who heads up the Faithstar charity, said Afghans who worked for British forces must be supported to come to Britain as their lives will be at risk. Baillor Jalloh reports.

Residents have been calling for public transport improvement as Sheffield Council consults on plans for enhanced cycle lanes. Sheffield Live! reporter Azz Mohammed spoke to Councillor Douglas Johnson, Sheffield Council executive member for climate change, environment and transport.