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Number of hospital admissions in Barnsley for elderly

Age UK Sheffield: The Boutique

Age UK Sheffield: 9 curated items at Sheffield's new charity boutique

People from the Caribbean who answered Britain's call to help fill post-war labour shortages being welcomed by RAF officials from the Colonial Office after the ex-troopship HMT Empire Windrush landed them at Tilbury. PA Wire

Northern Lights: Sometimes attempts at inclusion can end up not being inclusive

According to analysis of census 2021 data by the PA news agency, 31,039 people over the age of 65 lived alone in Sheffield – making up 33.7 per cent of the age group. Picture: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Hundreds of Sheffield pensioners living alone in homes without central heating

As temperatures continue to plummet the NHS has issued advice to vulnerable people during the cold snap

NHS issues cold weather advice as temperatures plummet

Lost Chord UK Chief Executive Clare Langan

Enjoy a cuppa, a chat and great music with Lost Chord UK

People watch as workers place a giant bobble on top of a 23 foot high bobble hat in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the innocent Big Knit in partnership with Age UK (photo: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)

First News: It's a supersize Bobble Hat

Iceland is giving pensioners £30 voucher to help them buy food - how to get one

A warning has been issued that South Yorkshire pensioners risk missing out on a £650 cost of living payment

Warning issued over 'cost of living' payment deadline

Hair Stylist Conrad Blandford

Hairdresser and charity shop fear parking ban

The Fox Valley Iceland stoer in Sheffield

Iceland discount for Sheffield's over 60s

Iceland shoppers over the age of 60 will be able to make a 10% saving on their shopping (image: AFP/Getty Images)

Iceland to launch discount for shoppers over 60 as cost of living soars

Many young people rely on grandparents for emotional support, research found (photo: Adobe)

Mental Health Awareness Week: Let's hear it for the grandparents

Louise Haigh, MP for Sheffield Heeley.

Mental Health Awareness Week: Sheffielders turn to MPs for support as services s...

Higher energy bills are stretching many family budgets to the limit (photo: adobe)

Cost of Living Campaign - Pensions up... but bills even higher

New dementia service set to launch in Sheffield

Councillors have investigated what support is available to people living with dementia in Barnsley, and recommended a series of measures to improve services.

Councillors recommend measures to improve Barnsley dementia services

The outside of the Coach House in Hillsborough Park in the early morning light.

Look inside new Depot Bakery cafe at Sheffield’s historic Hillsborough Park Coac...

Janet Potts, 85, who lives on the nearby Shepperson Road and has been looking after the park as a volunteer with the Friends of Hillsborough Park for 15 years was the first customer at the Depot Bakery cafe.

Depot Bakery cafe opens for the first time at Sheffield’s historic Hillsborough ...

Artists' impression of the new cafe at the Old Coach House in Hillsborough Park.

Age UK Sheffield’s Old Coach House cafe set to open after £1 million renovation

The Coach House in Hillsborough Park has been restored as part of a £1m development

New artisan cafe in Sheffield park set to open next year in £1m development

Walking football via Age UK Sheffield at Springs Leisure Centre in Sheffield

Walking football sessions started in Sheffield

Millions of people at risk of losing free prescriptions in government shake-up

Age UK in Crookes.

Charity shop urges Sheffielders to donate unwanted items

Golf in Society supports individuals and families living with dementia, Parkinson’s, strokes, loneliness and depression to discover how golf can play an important part in their life.

Older Sheffield residents invited to try new golf project

Immobility, loneliness and an inability to grieve as normal due to the Covid pandemic is leaving “deep physical and emotional scars” on a large proportion of the UK’s older population, a charity has said (Photo: Shutterstock)

Pandemic leaving ‘deep physical and emotional scars’ on large proportion of olde...

The Depot Bakery will run the cafe at the Old Coach House in Hillsborough Park, Sheffield, which is being restored (pic: The Depot Bakery)

Popular Sheffield bakery to run new cafe in historic park building

Artisan baked goods are on their way to S6

Artisan Sheffield bakery is revealed as operator of new cafe opening in £1m city...

Walk back to safe and enjoyable bathing with the Walk In Bathing Company

Ad Feature Rediscover the joy of safe and enjoyable bathing

Age UK Sheffield Walking Football

Sheffield charity launches walking football programme for older people

Age UK Sheffield kicks off new walking football programme

Age UK Sheffield kicks off new walking football programme

A charity has warned that older drinkers who do not have smartphones to order food and drinks at pubs and restaurants are at risk of being discriminated against (Photo: Shutterstock)

Older people who do not have smartphones are ‘at risk of discrimination’ in pubs...

Left to Right: Chris Burley (Creative Building Projects), David Campbell (Age UK Sheffield), Joanne Holland (Sheffield City Council), Steve Chu (Age UK Sheffield), Janet Potts (Friends of Hillsborough Park), Cllr Bob Johnson (Sheffield City Council), Mike Leigh (Time Architects).

Preparation work is due to start on this lottery-funded development in Sheffield...

Experts have warned that, without visits, elderly people could lose the will to live (Photo: Shutterstock)

Experts warn a blanket care home visiting ban 'could risk premature deaths'

Care homes will be prioritised for testing. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Care homes will be given free PPE until March under new coronavirus plans

Natasha with Bette.

Why one Sheffield woman is taking on 80 foot abseil challenge in her wheelchair

Call to bridge digital divide and help older people get online

Loneliness has been accentuated for many by self-isolation

'We need to tackle loneliness'

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Pete and Lesley Tomlinson have announced a date for the opening of the Royal Oak. Lesley is a former Olympic diver. Picture: Submitted

Olympic diver to re-open popular pub, closed for four years, next week

These were Sheffield's busiest schools in the 2022/23 academic year, which had pupil cohorts of over a thousand.

These are Sheffield's biggest, busiest secondary schools

Former Sheffield steelworker Haji Ghulam Mohammed celebrates his 109th birthday on Friday, December 8

City's oldest man turns 109, and explains what he misses most in Sheffield