Jessica Ennis-Hill has become the latest star to say that she will not lend her name to Sheffield United if they give Ched Evans a contract. The Blades have a stand named after the Olympic Gold medalist. Ched Evans was convicted of rape and has been training at the United Ground.
Jillian Creasy the Leader of the Green Party in Sheffield is to challenge Paul Blomfield for his Central seat in the General Elections in 2015. Jillian has been a Green Councillor for 10 years for the central ward and hopes to become the first Green MP for Sheffield.
Child hunger, the need for food banks and access to locally sourced food are some of the issues effecting South Yorkshire, that were discussed, at a locally held event. The conference looked at food security and food justice which wants all food to be be safe, healthy, affordable, culturally appropriate and accessible to everyone.
Children and parents are celebrating as they found out that their lollipop lady, Janice Clarke, was going to be returning to Anns Grove School. Parents held protest on Gleedless Road when they found that their lollipop lady was going to be removed and no replacement was planned.
Images of older Sheffield women were projected on to icon buildings like the Town Hall and City Hall as part of a project looking at how older women are portrayed in the media. The project is run by Dr Lorna Warren aims to highlight that 25% of Sheffields’ population are women over the age of 50 yet they are hardly ever seen in the media.
A new report from the World Economic Forum has shown that the gap between womens’ and mens’ earnings has widen. The UK has fallen eight places in the table to twenty sixth.
Conservative MP John Redwood claimed that northerners are jealous of life in the “Mighty Capital”. John Redwood, made the comments at a closed door event when he was asked what he would do to redress the balance between London and the rest of England. We asked people in Sheffield what they thought.
Firefighters from across South Yorkshire joined the picket line at Dearne Community Fire Station on the third day of a four day national strike over pensions and the retirement age. Firefighters want to retain the right to retire at 55 years of age claiming that to do the job effectively up to the age of sixty is putting lives at risk.
Fire fighters in Sheffield joined a national four day strike over pensions. They are now being expected to work until the age of sixty instead of fifty five. Fire Minister Penny Mordaunt described the strike action as “unnecessary and the aim of which is unclear”
Labour’s Alan Billings has been voted Police and Crime Commissioner for South Yorkshire winning just over 50 per cent of the vote, with UKIP coming second out of four candidates. Turnout in the election was less than 15 per cent.