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Pregnant mum drank from cup with mould mites in severely damp bedroom

The ongoing transformation of Sheffield's Park Hill flats has won an international award as the huge revamp nears completion

Famous landmark wins global recognition as revamp nears completion

Emily Eden, a terminally ill 18-year-old girl from Chesterfield, was made homeless and was living out of a hotel following Storm Babet. today, her father is thanking the public for their kindness. Photo of flood by Ben Hanbury.

Outpouring of kindness for terminally ill girl made homeless by floods

These are among the most expensive areas in which to buy a house in Sheffield, with average house prices in these neighbourhoods ranging from £310,000 to £530,000

The 13 most expensive areas of the city to buy a house

Harrison Utley update

Sheffield drug dealer jailed for eight years “showed no remorse"

Richard Davenport, Ivy Napp and Jason Ollivent from IRARA and Sheffield Innovation Centre.

More migrants returning to home countries sees Sheffield service grow

Sheffield man Nilendu Das has been banned from letting or managing properties for ten years

Landlord banned from renting out homes says tenants 'love him'

One of the hazardous homes in Sheffield rented out by Nilendu Das, who has been added to the rogue landlord list and banned from managing properties for 10 years.

Rogue landlord in city handed 'longest banning order in the country'

Hillsborough Library Changing Places plans. Sheffield Council has revealed detailed plans to build an accessible Changing Places toilet next to the historic Grade II listed Hillsborough Library.

Council plans to build accessible toilet at historic Hillsborough Library

Cannon Brewery closed in 1999. Inset: Adam Higgins, left, and Tim Heatley of Capital&Centric

Developers needs £11m grant to fund redevelopment

Attercliffe Waterside artist's impression views from the canal side. Residents have started having their say on a proposed new 1,000 home community at Attercliffe Waterside.

‘Final piece in the Attercliffe puzzle’: Sheffielders have their say on big plan

The Peak District

Peak District shares national parks’ concern about government proposal

Amy McMillan, 36, with her two-week-old newborn

Evicted mum with baby in hospital “not taken seriously” by council

House prices in Sheffield dipped to an average of £209,308 in May - down 0.2 per cent. This is against prices rising by 4.5 per cent year to date.

New average house price in Sheffield revealed

Peter has been campaigning to have the fly-infested bin chutes cleaned in an effort to rid the 'obnoxious odour' filling the 15-storey building.

Angry tenant claims council has not cleaned fly-infested bin chute in 60 YEARS

Woodseats Working Men's Club. Residents have raised concern about traffic problems worsening if plans go ahead to turn a working men’s club into 55 retirement homes.

Traffic concerns over plan to turn working men’s club into retirement homes

King Charles III and Queen Camilla on the balcony of Buckingham Palace following the coronation on May 6, 2023. Picture: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire.

King Charles & Queen Camilla criticised over gender pay gap to staff

Labour Mayor Oliver Coppard

The 1970s cheap fares policy versus franchising

Sheffield Council successfully bid for £121,500 funding to provide two new public toilets in the city.

Sheffield to get new accessible public toilets

A developer is planning to demolish a working men’s club and turn the site into dozens of new retirement apartments.

Fresh plans for Sheffield working men’s club

Census figures from the Office for National Statistics show 13,740 of 245,630 total dwellings in Sheffield were unoccupied on census day in March 2021. Picture: PA

Over five per cent of Sheffield's properties lie empty

RAF Scampton could be transformed into housing for asylum seekers - but locals aren’t happy

Row as historic RAF base could be used to house 1,500 asylum seekers

Councillor Sir Steve Houghton CBE, leader of Barnsley Council, said the announcement is a ‘big blow’ for the borough

Barnsley ‘overlooked’ in government’s spring budget says council leader

The Real life roomset at IKEA in Bristol (photo: Tim Gander/PinPep)

‘Cramped and dangerous’ rooms coming to some Ikea stores - here’s why

Cost of living is £630 more expensive per month for single Brits

Cost of living leaves single Brits paying up to £630 more per month

UK sees biggest fall in housing prices since 2009 financial crisis according to Halifax report.

UK sees biggest fall in house prices since financial crisis

Hundreds of children in Sheffield are being looked after by the council, figures show (Photo: PA)

Hundreds of Sheffield children spent Christmas in care

Homelessness in Sheffield.

More than 150 city families with children 'facing homelessness this Christmas'

Sheffield Council has set up a damp and mould task group to review and tackle cases across social and private housing following the death of two-year-old Awaab Ishak.

Council launches mould task group following death of two-year old

Miriam Cates, MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge with Ian Sanderson. The Government has green lighted “once in a generation” plans to transform key parts of Stocksbridge, unlocking £24.1 million of investment.

‘Huge milestone’ as £24.1 million to transform Stocksbridge is unlocked

Together Housing have failed to address an "underlying issue" with mould and damp in one of their properties for five years, a Sheffield mum has told The Star (Picture: Dean Atkins)

Mum's fight to have mould issues in rented home addressed

More than 40 homeless people have died on Sheffield's streets in the last five years, new figures show. File photo by Nicholas.T.Ansell/PA

Dozens of homeless people have died in city in last five years

Households were considered to be deprived if they met one of four criteria based on employment, education, health and housing.

City's 13 least deprived neighbourhoods

There are fears that the cost of living crisis will affect Ukrainian refugees living with host families in Sheffield (Photo: Getty)

Ukrainian refugees facing homelessness in city

Howard Varns, programme manager from Sheffield Council, with Miriam Cates, MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge and co-chair of the Towns Fund Board.

Stocksbridge Town Deal: £24.1 million ‘ambitious’ project goes to Government

A Sheffield council tenant was struck from the housing register, forced to pay £5,000 plus costs and carry out 150 hours of community service after pleading guilty to fraud.

Council tenant forced to pay £5,000 and do 150 hours of service for fraud

A total of 277 Sheffield households were threatened with homelessness within 56 days between January and March 2022, compared with 81 during the same period in 2021, representing an increase of 242 per cent. Picture taken by Scott Merrylees in Sheffield city centre in December 2021.

Sheffield households threatened with homelessness rockets by 242 per cent

One family in Sheffield has been waiting for seven months for a home on Band A priority.

More than 20,800 people on council’s housing register including 61 year wait

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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