Politics

Council chiefs have ruled out a night cafe to tackle Sheffield’s problem with rough sleepers and begging - instead recommending a more ‘joined-up approach’ to combat the city’s homeless issues.

Whistleblowers at Sheffield City Council will no longer fear losing their job if they raise a complaint after the standards committee approved a change of policy.

February was named the ‘deep freeze’ month; with below average temperatures and snow blanketing much of the UK, households across the country felt the chill.

Hands up! A momentary lapse of concentration was responsible for my naming Pope John Paul as the speaker to the EU in Strasbourg (Veronica Hardstaff 13.3.18).

An unhealthy lifestyle in your 40s and 50s could contribute to dementia later in life, a health chief told councillors.

Sheffield has missed out on a slice of transport funding but Doncaster, Rotherham and Barnsley are all set to benefit.

“I’m the man to take on the Labour Party machine - I have been a Green councillor on Sheffield City Council for a decade and I have a track record of beating Labour. I took my own seat from Labour and have held it for a decade.”

A Sheffield mum says her local playgrounds are old, tatty and neglected while cash is diverted into parks elsewhere in the city.

I recently saw for the first time in the many years I have lived here, two individuals in regulation hard hats and high vis coats picking up litter on the Charnock estate and then to my surprise two days later two more people picking up litter on Manor Top.

The Green Party has launched its election campaign for both the Sheffield City Council and Sheffield City Region mayoral elections.

Sheffield has been named on a hit list of Russia's nuclear targets in the UK.

Sheffield Council has saved £50,000 by dealing with phone calls to the 101 service, rather than outsourcing them to the police.

Protecting Sheffield’s trees is a key pledge in the Liberal Democrats’ local election manifesto.