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.
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.
Nigel Clough says that Barnsley is a good all round side as United get ready for the South Yorkshire Derby.
Local Councillors have voiced concerns about the Governments continued support of HS2 going to Meadowhall instead of into of a Sheffield City centre location. The journey would be around 6 minutes longer if the train came in to town but would create about six thousand more jobs.
Thirty years ago South Yorkshire was in the middle of the Miners Strike. The award winning documentary, Still the Enemy Within, is being shown again to mark this historic working class struggle.
Stuart Gray admits Wednesday are looking at bringing new players in to the squad and how his team is going to play against Norwich.
Nick Clegg, MP for Hallam, launched Tech North in Sheffield this week. Over 200,000 people are working in the creative and technical industries in the North. The scheme aims to see this number doubled.
The four Police and Crime Commissioner candidates were invited to speak at a hustings event held at the Central United Reform Church on Norfolk Street, and jointly organised by Sheffield for Democracy and South Yorkshire Neighbourhood Watch.
Conservative candidate Ian Walker, English Democrat candidate David Allen, Labour candidate Alan Billings, and UKIP candidate Jack Clarkson all had the chance to speak for five minutes, followed by questions from the audience.
Vicky Seddon, co-ordinator of Sheffield For Democracy said: ‘Rotherham has shown how supposedly democratic structures can fail. This is certainly true of the Police and Crime Commissioner post, and if we have to have this official in this way then we need to be careful who we choose.’
The election takes place on Thursday 30 October, with the count on Friday 31 October.
Kathryn Smiles was at the PCC hustings event, reporting here for Sheffield Live.