- 'Sharp drop' in degree courses
- Travellers 'hit by rip-off charges'
- Probe into sex-selection abortions
- UK urged to support tar sands ban
- GPs 'over-paid for ghost patients'
- Action urged on hip fracture costs
- Clegg reveals £1bn jobs fund boost
- Tributes paid to funnyman Carson
- Fast-track asylum delays criticised
- Korean firm wins MoD tankers deal
- Mother and daughter given Asbos
- 'Exceptionally' mild weather on way
- Teenager 'repeatedly raped by gang'
- Man quizzed over women's murders
- Cherie Blair makes phone hack claim
- Man accused of murdering vicar
- Peacocks saved, but 3,000 jobs go
- Sex attacker was under surveillance
- RBS set to unveil £400m bonus pot
- 'Anxious' teacher 'set self alight'
The Star Says
Ballot turnout is impressive
FEW modern day ballots can claim such clear support than the vote over what should happen concerning the management of council houses in Sheffield after the contract with Sheffield Homes expires in a couple of years.
New tickets on right road
SHEFFIELD could be moving a significant step closer to an integrated public transport system with transport bosses investigating plans to allow passengers to buy tickets which allow them to travel with any bus operator.
Commission’s worthy target
INEQUALITY is a scourge on our city which no right-thinking person would be prepared to tolerate. Therefore we are delighted that a major effort is being made to put an end to the inequality to be found across Sheffield.
1 commentCan’t wait for smooth ride
AT last, Sheffield is turning the corner towards a smoother ride as a pledge is made that work resurfacing the city’s crumbling roads will finally get under way in six months’ time.
Don’t be sick, be smarter
IN a world where ‘wicked’ is acceptable and ‘sick’ is good, we can’t help but have sympathy with teachers who are trying to encourage pupils to speak correctly and understandably. For in the mouths of teenagers, ‘sick’ means good and ‘wicked’ has been adopted as a favourable expletive of choice.
Protest lost our sympathy
THE Dean of Sheffield is magnanimous in his view after the Occupy Sheffield protesters packed up their camp and moved on from the cathedral forecourt, saying that now the organisation can focus on its aims rather than argue over location, while the church can get on with its ministry work.
Recession will hit all sales
COUNCIL officers really ought to have a more reliable strategy to ensure Sheffield’s Building Schools for the Future programme is completed, after it was revealed that a funding short-fall has grown to a worrying £18.3 million.
Such waste is unacceptable
WE appreciate there is no option but to pull down a Sheffield school library, which was built just 10 years ago and cost the taxpayer half a million pounds.
Sure support will be there
THERE could have been more favourable circumstances under which the team running St Luke’s Hospice announced a start on the much discussed rebuilding of their centre at Whirlow.
Council has to restructure
LABOUR has faced a challenging baptism in its first year of control of Sheffield City Council, which has seen a remote central government demand monumental cuts to the council budget.
Mayors don’t just Lord it up
AS town hall jobs disappear and services are cut back, it is only too easy to point an accusing finger at the position of Lord Mayor and demand changes, if not abolition of the post.
Final salute as Sheffield Woman of Steel Vera Shaw dies, aged 102
ONE of Sheffield’s oldest Women of Steel – who kept the city’s steelworks alive during wartime – has died, aged 102.
3 commentsHelp – before it’s too late
IT is no secret that the roots of recovery will come from small and medium-sized businesses. Thanks to their size they are more able to change direction and take advantage of new opportunities than bigger counterparts.
A question of leadership
THERE is sometimes merit in conducting consultation exercises if there is a real purpose and outcome in them.
Apprentices set challenge
THE tragedy of youth unemployment is in danger of blighting a huge number of today’s young job hunters. But it doesn’t have to be that way.
Report now needs answers
TODAY sees the publication of a new report setting out the challenges ahead for Sheffield as a leading city in the UK.
Cash boost to keep OAPs warm
A ELDERLY couple have become the first to benefit from The Star’s Surviving Winter Appeal.
Shamed as we lose ground
ONCE more Sheffield is shamed by the poor performance of our schools as we slip even further down the national league tables.
2 commentsChallenging times for boss
SOUTH Yorkshire Police has been steered through some very stormy waters in recent years. But there can be few more challenging moments than that facing David Crompton, the county’s new Chief Constable.
Help city rise to challenge
THE Cities Outlook 2012 report is an important document which our county’s four councils will find an essential tool for mapping out the future.
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Weather for Sheffield
Thursday 23 February 2012
Today
Sunny spells
Temperature: 8 C to 13 C
Wind Speed: 20 mph
Wind direction: West
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Cloudy
Temperature: 2 C to 9 C
Wind Speed: 20 mph
Wind direction: West
