Five venues across Sheffield are showcasing work from major European Art Collectors, highlighting the city, and the public and private. ‘Going Public’ includes vast collections of some rarely seen work. Pieces by different artists will be on display at the Millennium Galleries, Graves Gallery, the Sheffield Cathedral, the Site Gallery and Sheffield Hallam University until the 12th of December. Louisa Briggs is the Exhibition Curator at the Millennium Galleries.
Sheffield City Council have launched a campaign to ask the public to give money to charity, rather than beggars in the city centre. They say this is the best way to help those who beg, as it shows there are support services available. It’s a joint campaign with South Yorkshire Police, and a number of local charities such as The Cathedral Archer Project, and Turning Point, which work to end homelessness. Sheffield Live spoke to Chief Executive of the Cathedral Archer Project, Tim Renshaw.
Jeremy Corbyn was elected as the new Labour Party Leader on Saturday 12th September. The Islington North MP won with 59.5% of the vote. Sheffield Central Labour MP, Paul Blomfield, told Sheffield Live his reaction to Corbyn’s win.
Thousands of people went along to Clifton Park over the weekend, for the Rotherham Show. The annual event included hundreds of stalls, a pop up high street, local charities, a diversity festival, and a vintage vehicle rally which was new for this year. Our reporter, Kathryn Smiles went along to find out more.
The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, has visited the Moor Market in Sheffield as part of the Crossroads Mission in the region. He’s visited many locations including schools, universities, churches, community centres and pubs. His visit involves twenty one other bishops, including Bishop Libby Lane, the first woman to be appointed as a Bishop in the Church of England. He spoke to a number of traders in the Moor Market.
Carlos Carvalhal gave his weekly press conference ahead of their game against Burnley this Saturday, he spoke about the international break, the new formation and also his possible team selection for the game.
Queen Elizabeth the second has become Britain’s longest reigning monarch, passing the record set by her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria. She’s reigned for sixty three years and seven months. The Queen, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, has been working as usual today. She’s visited Edinburgh, Midlothian and Tweedbank for the Scottish Borders Railway opening celebrations. The Royal couple made a steam train journey with Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
Organisations and charities across Sheffield who support people with dementia and their families were in the City Hall to offer advice to the public earlier today. The event, organised by Sheffield Dementia Action Alliance, is part of a social movement and aims to help reduce any stigmas around dementia.
An art exhibition with a difference has launched today at Theatre DELLI-CAT-ESSON on The Moor. ‘Art in Crisis’ showcases the work done by homeless people who are supported by charity, ‘Crisis.’ There’ll be many performances and workshops over the next couple of weeks, to get the public involved and raise awareness of homelessness.
Hundreds of migrants have resumed their journey through Austria to Germany after Hungary’s decision on Friday to let them through. Several trains arrived at Munich station in the early hours of Sunday morning, many migrants travelling on to other German cities for processing. Trains are taking hundreds more to Vienna from Austria’s border with Hungary. The Pope said every Catholic parish in Europe should host a migrant family. He added humanity must give help to those “fleeing death” and who are “victims of war and hunger and setting out on the path to a better life”. Well here in Sheffield today there was protest at town hall to raise awareness for the need to help, I spoke Cheryl Robertson who is a campaigner and she talked about the situation….