Sheffield Star: Follow our WhatsApp channel for the latest news directly to your mobile phone

The Star has launched a WhatsApp channel in order to make it easier for readers to access our news and lifestyle content from their mobile phones.

By following our new channel - which you can do here - and enabling notifications using the bell icon, you can have the latest news, updates and more come directly to your device.

You can also enable notifications on WhatsApp desktop.

Join our new WhatsApp Community to get the latest news and top stories from across Sheffield and South Yorkshire directly to your phone.

Our WhatsApp channel is the latest way for you to improve your access to local news here in Sheffield.

Recently, The Star joined BlueSky - after a reduction in posts on X, formerly Twitter.

You can follow us there as well - @sheffieldstar.bsky.social - as well as on our Facebook page.

Thank you for continuing to read our journalism during trying times for local media.

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