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Sheffield’s SEND provision has been slammed as rife with “systemic failings” and “unacceptable” wait times for children to get the help they need in a report by Ofsted and the CQC.

'Unacceptable' wait for SEND children in Sheffield to get help

The station would sit on the mainline between Sheffield and Leeds/Doncaster, reconnecting the town centre to the national rail network for the first time in decades.

£11m funding boost approved for new Rotherham railway station

Former Ecclesfield Primary School teacher Margaret Naylor has died aged 95

Sadness as beloved former school teacher dies aged 95

The army bomb disposal squad was called to Joseph Lane, Sheffield, near Langsett Reservoir. Photo: Google

Loud bang after emergency services called out to bomb

The effects of climate change could cost children days of school time each year, a government risk report says

3 ways climate change may soon impact schools - costing children days

Cost of Living

The Government says that thousands of children from struggling households had been missing out on free school meals

How to know if your family is eligible, as free school meals expanded

Young people across the UK have a lot of big worries on their plates

5 of the biggest concerns for children in 2025

Brits feel some aspects of their own life are ‘out of control’ – from family life to work and finances.

Brits want control in life as over 'half' feel overwhelmed

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People enjoy the weather on the beach on the hottest day of the year. Credit: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

Met Office forecasts sweltering end to June

British nationals boarded a Royal Air Force plane out of Israel

British nationals board RAF plane in emergency evacuations of Iran

Apartments in Manchester city centre were evacuated on Monday evening after a major fire broke out at the disused Hotspur Press building, a 19th-century former mill located near Oxford Road railway station.

Historic building catches fire

Weather

EcoFlow's new Glacier Classic is a fully-functional fridge freezer you can use anywhere

EcoFlow Glacier Classic: portable fridge reviewed

Enjoying the sun in the Peace Gardens in Sheffield.

Hour by hour forecast and thunderstorm warning for Sheffield

Yorkshire Water says a hosepipe ban is possible in Sheffield without "significant rainfall."

How likely is a hosepipe ban and how to report neighbours

Politics

South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard has said he expects to make an airport decision by September 2025.

Doncaster Airport funding decison due 'early September', Coppard says

A Victorian villa on a busy road in Sheffield was proposed to be converted into a flat and a HMO but the application has been rejected.

Sheffield Uni’s former Victorian villa can’t be converted into flat and HMO

Sheffield City Council is set to announce a hospitality operator for the east entrance lodge in Endcliffe Park.

Council issues statement on hunt for operator for listed park lodge

Tour of new £500m Amazon fulfilment centre on outskirts of Leeds. Workers pictured in the factory. Picture taken by Yorkshire Post Photographer Simon Hulme

Amazon announces £40bn UK investment including thousands of jobs

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Voters go to polls for council by-election

Business

Vicky Mears, UK Network Director, North of England and the Midlands at the British Business Bank

Equity investment in Yorkshire and the Humber’s smaller businesses grows, despit...

Partou has formed a partnership with Girls Out Loud which works to raise the aspirations of teenage girls

Partou women turn up the volume for Girls Out Loud

Chef Sami restaurant promises 'premium cuts of beef and meticulously crafted dishes' when it opens on Ecclesall Road.

Upscale steakhouse opening soon in city

Lindsey and her team at Hotel Chocolat on Fargate

Fargate businesses 'really pleased' after street regeneration

(Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Amazon expansion brings 100s of jobs - what it means for the UK

(Photo: David Potter/Construction Photography/Avalon/Getty Images)

Sweeping cuts at UK fashion giant put 33 stores and 1,000 jobs at risk

ChatGPT could be changing the way we speak

The words you have probably only started using because of ChatGPT

Health

Mosquito bites can become itchy but it's important not to scratch them.

How to treat a mosquito bite and advice on how to stop getting bitten

The best hospitals in Yorkshire rated good or outstanding by inspectors.

The best hospitals in Yorkshire - as rated by inspectors

Expert urges Brits to protect themselves ahead of this weekend's heatwave

Expert urges Sheffield folk to take precautions ahead of scorching temperatures

Obituaries

'Lion man' Archie Hull has died aged 85.

Sheffield's 'lion man' bought Hitler's boat in 'extraordinary' life

Carole Pickering

Sheffield woman who knitted for babies and homeless dies aged 84

Sheffield Telegraph News

Meersbrook Park by Andy Kershaw

Reader Picture Competition: From Meersbrook Park to a bright Spanish Iris

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer

Northern Lights: Getting it right is not somebody else's business, but the conce...

Terry Howard with a stone used as a scraper tool

Educating people about moors on the doorstep

Opinion

A popular television advert in 1964 was ‘Let your fingers do the walking’ which advertised Yellow Pages

We were advised to take a telephone directory to parties with us in the 1950s!

El Heneghan and Sally Kooben – Over the Hedge

In Bloom and In Business

Cora Felton (Phyllis Logan) is 'The Puzzle Lady' in the new Channel 5 crime drama Murder Most Puzzling (Picture: Channel 5)

You'll be left puzzled by the new crime drama where Prue Leith meets Taggart

A solo pint, trying to look smouldering

A wonderful way to spend a hot summer evening

Pupils at Thurgoland CE Primary school sold crafts to fellow students to raise money for Sheffield Children's Hospital Charity

Fundraising at school helps your pupils as well as those at Sheffield Children’s

Wasp beetle by Julie Smith

The season of the long-horned beetles

People

David Smith, Engraving Sales Manager at Pryor Marking Technology, Whiteley craftsman Gary White, Whiteley Director Mark White, Louise Dack, YWCA Yorkshire, Whiteley craftsmen Pete Taylor-Osbourne and Ian Bradley and Charles Turner, chairman of Made in Sheffield

Scissor manufacturer Whiteley holds raffle in aid of YWCA Yorkshire

James Flint and team including Stefy Bull

Jailed Stefy Bull still in fighters’ corner

Wentworth Woodhouse will be at the heart of an appeal by Rotherham Hospice to pay tribute to hundreds of people who have passed away.

Rotherham Hospice launches largest 'in memory' appeal yet

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This Skims-inspired bodysuit has over 31k reviews on Amazon - I’m adding it my basket before it sells out

This viral Skims-inspired bodysuit has over 31k reviews on Amazon

The results were released by Virgin Money

UK spending trends revealed - with £1.8 BILLION on non-essentials

Some of the best TV shows of 2025

The best TV shows of 2025 so far according to Rotten Tomatoes