Sheffield celebrates Transgender Awareness Week after 41% increase in transphobic hate crimes
Transgender Awareness Week memorialises victims of transphobic abuse running from 13th to the 19th of November. This leads up to Transgender Day of Remembrance. This was commemorated in Sheffield this Saturday in the Winter Gardens from 5 to 7pm. Olivia Blake, the...
Nurses from all Sheffield hospitals set to go on strike before the end of the year
All Sheffield hospitals will feel the effects of the upcoming nurse strikes, set to take place before the end of the year. This will be the first ever Royal College of Nursing (RCN) strike. This comes as a result of low pay, chronic understaffing and the nurses...
Sheffield MPs and researchers new report calls for the prevention of plastic waste exports
Research from the University of Sheffield has found that the UK exports 60% of its 2.5 million tonnes of plastic packaging waste. The main country that the UK exports its waste to is Turkey. Plastic waste is dropped off and burned causing ‘shocking environmental and...
Appeal to Find South Yorkshire Man in Breach of Sexual Risk Order
South Yorkshire Police have released an appeal asking the public to help them in searching for a 25-year-old man, Callum Pluteci, who is in beach of his Sexual Risk Order. Mr Pluteci, originally from Doncaster, failed to inform police of his current location and...
New study reveals extent of online violence towards female journalists
A new study from the international centre for journalists (ICFJ) shows that 73% of female journalists experienced online violence during their career, 25% of which were death threats. The study, by Julie Posetti, detailed how 26% of women had sought medical help...