The people of Sheffield gathered at Barkers Pool to show solidarity with the people of France and to defend the freedom of expression.
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’s Ahmadiyya Muslim Group say local community must stand together against terrorism in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo shootings.
Sheffield based illustrator, James Walmesley, has drawn a cartoon about the Charlie Hebdo attack which has been re-tweeted over 6,000 times.
A quarter of the UK’s population does not have access to a car. With the rising costs of travel fares a protest was held outside Sheffield railway station to ask for the nationalisation of the railways.
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.
Brian was seven at the time of the Sheffield Blitz. He tells us what he remembers of the events and about an interesting encounter he had when he was stationed in Germany twelve years later.
An art exhibition which looks at the history of Bethlehem from the birth of Christ to modern day Palestine.
Sheffield is on its way to getting more powers over is transport, business and housing infrastructure as Whitehall hands over more power to local councils