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Demonstrators outside the town hall

Conservatives withdraw motion on Israel-Palestine after demonstration

Students have crashed Sheffield University's formal opening of The Wave in solidarity with the people of Palestine.

Students crash university event in solidarity with Palestine

Sheffield Council has called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and Israel and for a two-state solution to the conflict in a full council motion this week.

Council calls for ceasefire in Gaza and Israel amid huge free Palestine protests

Andy McDonald, the MP for Middlesbrough, has been suspended by the Labour Party after he used the phrase “between the river and the sea” during a speech at a pro-Palestine rally at the weekend.

Labour MP suspended over speech at pro-Palestine rally

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Hundreds attend Palestine demo in Sheffield calling for a ceasefire

Protesters gathering for a Palestine Action demonstration outside Sheffield Heeley MP Louise Haigh\'s constituency office. Picture: Julia Armstrong, LDRS

MP responds to Palestine protesters’ call to speak out about Israel’s action

A protest rally in support of the people of Gaza held outside Sheffield City Hall on Saturday, October 16. Picture: Julia Armstrong, LDRS

Labour Palestine supporters condemn “provocative” decision to fly Israeli flag

March For Palestine protesters outside All Souls Langham Place, near the BBC's Portland Place headquarters. (Photo by André Langlois)

Thousands gather in central London for March For Palestine protest

A protest outside Sheffield City Hall which called for an end to the Israeli bombing of Gaza following the attacks by Hamas

Protest calls for end to 'senseless deaths' in Gaza and Israel

The EFL has called for periods of silence this weekend (Image: Getty Images)

EFL break silence on Israel and Palestine war with call to action

The Israel state flag flying over Sheffield Town Hall yesterday. It was later removed and replaced with a Palestine flag by protesters who climbed the building during a protest in solidarity with the people of Gaza. Picture: Julia Armstrong, LDRS

Council leader criticises Town Hall Israel flag removal at protest (video)

Palestinians celebrate by a destroyed Israeli tank at the Gaza Strip fence east of Khan Younis Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. The militant Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented, multi-front attack on Israel at daybreak Saturday, firing thousands of rockets as dozens of Hamas fighters infiltrated the heavily fortified border in several locations by air, land, and sea and catching the country off-guard on a major holiday (AP Photo/Hassan Eslaiah)

Live Israel in ‘state of war’ after attack from Palestinian militant group

Honey Thaljieh becoming a member of Sheffield FC

Sheffield FC makes world first footballer a member in 'special' moment

Ryanair has apologised after a crew member announced it was landing in Palestine instead of Tel Aviv. (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Ryanair says sorry after crew member says Tel Aviv is in Palestine

Sheffield Labour Friends of Palestine chair Julie Pearn asking a question at a Sheffield City Council meeting about no progress in four years on an invitation to twin with the city of Nablus

Palestine campaigners accuse council of censorship

Julie Pearn, chair of Sheffield Labour Friends of Palestine, handing a letter to the Lord Mayor of Sheffield, Coun Tony Downing from the Mayor of Nablus in 2019, inviting the two cities to enter a twinning arrangement

Call for action on city twinning with Palestine city

Sheffield Trades Union Council secretary Martin Mayer calling on Sheffield City Council to once more declare the city an 'apartheid-free zone' and campaign to stop local government pension fund investments in Israel

Call for city ‘apartheid-free zone' to support Palestinians

The dabke, which forms a key part of Palfest events in Sheffield, is a traditional Middle Eastern dance that is performed in Palestinian celebrations

Mass dance event at city Palestinian festival

University of Sheffield student Haider Ali Bukhari, 21, completed 20,000 kick-ups, raising more than £3,000 for victims of the Israel-Palestine conflict

Sheffield student completes 20,000 kick-ups for charity

The Palfest 2022 fundraiser kicks off from 7.30 pm to midnight and the entry charge is ‘pay what you feel’.

Free Radicals Band and more to perform at Palfest 2022 Fundraiser in April

Green councillor Maroof Raouf accused fellow councillors of "stinking hypocrisy" for supporting Ukraine but not other war-torn countries

Ukraine Russia: Sheffield politician claims some councillors more eager to suppo...

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Letter: Who supplied the blinkers?

Charity event to raise money for Palestine at Kebabish on The Wicker

Charity event raises funds for Palestinians affected by Israeli bombing

Protestors gathered outside Sheffield Town Hall on Saturday.

Watch as hundreds march through Sheffield in solidarity with Palestine

Protestors gathered outside Sheffield Town Hall on Saturday at noon.

Demonstrators gather outside Sheffield Town Hall to protest Gaza violence

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Controversial councillor under investigation

Mel Myland and Tony Nicholson entertain shoppers in Doncaster with their puppet show telling the tale of St George and the Dragon

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Three Sheffield secondary schools - High Storrs, Tapton and Silverdale - have made the Sunday Times' Parent Power list of 'best 10 in the North' for 2024.

Three Sheffield schools make list of North's best 10 secondary schools

The Coca Cola Christmas truck will be visiting a Sheffield pub today at 12 noon. Image: Artem/stock.adobe

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