A plaque has been unveiled to pay tribute to Sam Goodlad who was a local musician and Philanthropist in the 1800s. He supported the formation of the Blind Fiddlers of Sheffield group and the musicians played in his pub called the Q in the Corner on Paradise Square. Though the pub has long gone the musical tradition they were part of is still going strong. The original building is still there and the plaque is now hangs on its wall.
A campaign to clean Sheffield up by prosecuting fly tippers has began. Nearly £80,000 was spent on investigating this in the last year.
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.
This week is adoption week and here in Sheffield there are stalls at the Town Hall and at Fargate where you can find out more. This year the emphasis is on adopting siblings, these are amongst the children who have to wait the longest to be adopted in the UK.
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.
Bryan Jefferson was a Sheffield architect who came to national and international prominence through such iconic buildings as the Roxy, Moore Street sub station and the A4E building. He passed away on the 19 October. He was President of the Royal Institute of British Architects from 1979 -1981.
Nigel Clough says that Barnsley is a good all round side as United get ready for the South Yorkshire Derby.
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”
Karen Sherwood, is a local artist, who abseiled by the side of Andrew Motion’s poem to raise money for the Red Cross. The poem by the former poet laureate is on the Owen Building in the Centre of Town.