The City Circle

13/11/2019

Christmas knitting angels campaign has recently launched to spread love and happiness in Sheffield! Find out more at:

A local evangelist is recruiting people to knit 1000 angels to place around Sheffield city centre during Christmas. Kinder Kalsi, 52, the lead evangelist at Church Army, has been working within the Church of England for 13 years. He said this is the fourth year he has organised this event to bring c...

13/11/2019

Sheffield charity invests £20,000 in a new programme for the youth. To find out more, click the following link: https://thecitycircle.jusnet.co.uk/2019/11/13/sheffield-charity-invests-20000-in-a-new-programme-for-the-youth/‬

Sheffield Futures has invested £20,000 into revamping the way youth services are being delivered across the city. The youth charity has started a new project called “Youth Sheffield” which will be delivered across 20 youth centres in the city, and through street based youth work. It promises a ...

13/11/2019

Volunteers help clean up the River Don after flood damage. To read more check out our site- https://thecitycircle.jusnet.co.uk/2019/11/12/volunteers -help-clean-up-river-don-flood-damage/

Volunteers have been heading to the River Don to help clean debris following last week’s floods. The River Stewardship Company hold Riverlution volunteer days every two weeks to help keep Sheffield rivers clean and well maintained, but for the next few weeks, they have shifted their focus to debri...

12/11/2019

BREAKING - Sheffield couple found guilty of murdering two of their children, were half brother and sister

Danny Brown has the story:

A Sheffield couple found guilty of murdering their two sons and attempting to murder their other four children were half-siblings, Sheffield Crown Court heard today. Sarah Barrass, 35 and her partner Brandon Machin, 39 who is also her half brother, admitted to strangling their teenage sons Tristan,....

12/11/2019

‪Hongkongers tell Sheffield council they ‘no longer feel safe’ to find out more, click the link below. https://thecitycircle.jusnet.co.uk/2019/11/11/hongkongers-tell-sheffield-city-council-they-no-longer-feel-safe/‬

A group of Hong Kong people attended Sheffield City Council’s full council meeting last Wednesday after hosting a march a few days earlier. ‘Sheffield Stands with Hong Kong’ presented their petition with 2625 signatures to the council which they collected within 20 hours and asked cabinet memb...

12/11/2019

‪Hongkongers march to fight against totalitarianism, to find out more information check out our site. https://thecitycircle.jusnet.co.uk/2019/11/06/hongkongers-march-to-fight-against-totalitarianism/‬

More than one hundred people marched in the city centre on Saturday afternoon in an aim to fight totalitarianism in Hong Kong. The march was organised by ‘Sheffield Stands with Hong Kong’ in support of the global rally events that took place on 1 and 2 November. The protests are a call for auton...

10/11/2019

Sheffield College ‘requires improvement’ according to recent Ofsted report. To read more, check out our site:

Sheffield College’s most recent Ofsted report found that it “required improvement’ in most areas, including the quality of education. The inspection ran from the 24th to the 27th of September. It found that six out of a total of nine categories required improvement. Key categories that were ma...

10/11/2019

‪Sheffield rememberd the fallen. Remembrance Sunday 2019. https://thecitycircle.jusnet.co.uk/2019/11/10/sheffield-remembers-the-fallen-remembrance-sunday-2019/‬

Hundreds gathered at the Cenotaph in Barker’s Pool in Sheffield city centre for a Service of Remembrance earlier today. People honoured the service and sacrifice of Sheffield’s armed forces community, British and Commonwealth veterans, the Allies that fought alongside them, and the civilian serv...

04/11/2019

Sheffield emergency services provide guidelines for the dark night period.

South Yorkshire Police, South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue and Yorkshire Ambulance Service have launched a campaign across South Yorkshire to keep people safe and reduce demand on our emergency services during the Halloween and bonfire period. The emergency services run operation Dark Nights jointly each...

03/11/2019

Sheffield to host UK’s first ever eye cancer conference. To read more follow the link below.

Sheffield has been chosen to host the UK’s first ever eye cancer conference this year. The first Ocular Oncology Conference will bring together more than 250 leading eye cancer experts from across the UK to discuss current practices and provide a comprehensive overview on all topics in ophthalmic ...

02/11/2019

‪Sheffield care leavers union challenge people to live on £24 for five days! Was it a success? To read further, check out our site. https://thecitycircle.jusnet.co.uk/2019/11/02/sheffield-care-leavers-union-challenge-people-to-live-on-24-for-five-days/‬

As part of National Care Leavers’ week (28th October-1st November), Sheffield Care Leavers’ Union (SCLU) challenged people to live on £24 for five days. This is the average weekly budget that some young people who have recently left care have to spend on food, drink, fun and non-essential trave...

30/10/2019

Sheffield college’s most recent Ofsted report says that they require improvement! We are looking for pupils and parents of pupils to share their opinions on the situation!