Recently added articles from The Star (Sheffield) (Sheffield, England):
SUMMER FUN: Fun for kids in the park.
Aug 04, 2008 ... CHILDREN'S activities are being laid on over the school holidays in a Sheffield's Endcliffe Park to make up for delays in building a new playground. Activities include: Tuesday August 5 at noon: Pirates of the Porter Valley Return - bring a water pistol and join the Porter ...
How about these for green kit bags?
Aug 04, 2008 ... THERE is no escaping the debate on plastic carrier bags and it seems Sheffield people from all walks of life are doing their bit to help. These soldiers are the latest out of scores of Sheffielders to try out re-usable Charibags, which raise cash for charity as well as helping ...
TRAFFIC: Major routes to be hit by roadworks.
Aug 04, 2008 ... MOTORISTS are warned of roadworks taking place during the next week on major roads around South Yorkshire. Routes affected will be the M1, A1(M) and A628 Woodhead Pass, the Highways Agency has announced. Between junction 33 of the M1 at Catcliffe and junction 34 at ...
Police trained in gang awareness.
Aug 04, 2008 ... EVERY police officer in Sheffield is to be given training to recognise the signs of gangs, and to identify youths at risk of being drawn into the deadly gangland world. The announcement comes three weeks on from the murder of 17-year-old Tarek Chaiboub, gunned down in broad ...
Clean air gold medal award.
Aug 04, 2008 ... SHEFFIELD has been congratulated for the city's efforts to improve air quality. National charity Asthma UK has presented the council with an award for its work improving air quality and helping asthma sufferers. Sheffield is one of only four cities in the UK to be ...
[pounds sterling]100 for new home tenants.
Aug 04, 2008 ... NEW Council house tenants in Barnsley are to get [pounds sterling]100 vouchers to help them decorate their new homes to their taste. The scheme, which comes in next month, follows a survey which revealed the most issues raised by new tenants related to the decorative standards ...
Protests over power station.
Aug 04, 2008 ... GREEN protesters from Sheffield are joining fellow eco campaigners in a protest at the site of a planned new power station. The Camp For Climate Action campaign begins on Monday at the Hoo Peninsula, near Kingsnorth, Kent. The site has been earmarked for a major new ...
Riding fund seeking help.
Aug 04, 2008 ... BARNSLEY Riding for the Disabled has got planning permission to build an indoor riding arena - and now the charity need to raise [pounds sterling]1million to pay for it. Volunteers says an indoor arena would not only improve conditions for riders, but will help raise more cash ...
Aristocrat's inspiration for Keira Knightley film.
Aug 04, 2008 ... SEX, gambling, politics, love and deception. It might sound like the storyline of a TV soap - but this is the life of an 18th century aristocrat so fascinating it inspired a film. The Duchess starring Keira Knightley, which is due out on September 5, was filmed on ...
School holidays bring surge in arson attacks.
Aug 04, 2008 ... FIREFIGHTERS in Sheffield have recorded a surge in the number of arson attacks since children broke up from school for the summer holidays. Over a 10-day period starting on the first day of the school holidays - July 21 - fire crews responded to 67 blazes started deliberately, ...
Pledge to keep jobs in Sheffield.
Aug 04, 2008 ... HUNDREDS of jobs will be safeguarded when one of Sheffield city centre's landmark buildings is demolished. The Department for Children, Schools and Families is currently based in the old Manpower building, the huge red block at the bottom of The Moor. But the ...
Appeal to raise cash for charity.
Aug 04, 2008 ... THE Barnsley branch of the Samaritans is falling victim to the credit crunch. The organisation, which has been helping people for the past 40 years, is facing a funding crisis and needs more donations to keep running. Director Vivian Ward says the current gloomy ...
Zutons back for city date.
Aug 04, 2008 ... CHART-conquering band The Zutons are to return to Sheffield as part of a 22-date UK tour. The Liverpool band, currently playing the cream of Europe's festivals, make their Carling Academy debut on Thursday November 20 and tickets go on sale on Friday at 9am, priced [pounds ...
Wind turbines 'will damage our heritage'.
Aug 04, 2008 ... A CONCERNED Sheffield University historian today claimed plans for a giant windfarm could damage South Yorkshire's heritage. David Hey, Emeritus Professor of Local and Family History, said the scheme at Sheephouse Heights, near Penistone, could spoil "the most dramatic landscape ...
Health survey highlights contact worry.
Aug 04, 2008 ... MORE than half of patients quizzed in a Sheffield health survey say they've struggled to contact their GP by phone. Almost 500 residents took part in the survey for NHS Sheffield about the service offered by their family doctor. Around 58 per cent of patients said ...
Allotments plan gets the green light.
Aug 04, 2008 ... ALLOTMENTS are going ahead at a controversial site in Oughtibridge after Bradfield Parish Council was told the land was not of high environmental value. Opponents of the development at Kaye Meadow claim the site is a valuable natural habitat and have compared its loss to ...
Rape attempt chef's prison sentence cut.
Aug 04, 2008 ... A CHEF who stalked and tried to rape a Sheffield doctor on her own doorstep has had his sentence slashed by two years. Maciej Hryncewicz, aged 24, was originally jailed for eight years at Sheffield Crown Court in March after he was convicted by a jury of attempted rape. ...
Final fun day before school heads for the Hills.
Aug 04, 2008 ... IT was a final fun day for a Sheffield special school - before it begins a new era under a new name. East Hill Secondary has taught pupils at its East Bank Road campus for over 50 years, but from September it will merge with Oakes Park School and become Seven Hills School. ...
[pounds sterling]320,000 loan written off by council.
Aug 04, 2008 ... SHEFFIELD Council is to write off a [pounds sterling]320,000 loan to a community group - providing it stands on its own two feet in future. Councillors will this week agree to abandon the loan and hand over two leases to the Pakistan Muslim Centre, based at the former Woodbourn ...
Branch out to find your soulmate.
Aug 04, 2008 ... SINGLES are being offered the chance to meet wood-be soulmates - in a South Yorkshire wood! The Forestry Commission is staging its first ever singles walk in Wharncliffe Wood, near Barnsley, on Sunday August 17. According to Hannah Darcel, who will lead the walk, the ...