The Latest Breaking News from Sheffield City council

Prime Minister helps to keep World Snooker Championship in Sheffield

A £45m deal to improve the Crucible Theatre has been agreed.

Evening Standard · Mar 24

World Snooker Championship to stay at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre with long-term deal

The future of snooker’s most prestigious tournament was up in the air but the new deal keeps it in Sheffield until at least 2045, with renovations also planned for the Crucible

The Independent UK · Mar 24

Sheffield Wednesday crisis deepens as safety concerns shut Hillsborough’s North Stand

Sheffield Wednesday have been banned from opening Hillsborough’s North Stand to spectators due to safety concerns, further compounding the challenges facing the crisis-hit club before the new Championship season

The Guardian - UK · Jul 30, 2025

Revealed: Inside the squalid homes of landlord given longest ever ban from letting

Nilendu Das, 55, has a ‘long history of operating and managing extremely poor quality housing’

The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2023

Bradford schools lose teaching spaces and kitchen over aerated concrete

Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) was detected in Crossflatts Primary School and Eldwick Primary School in the West Yorkshire city.

The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2023

Pensioner’s dog never left his side after he was stabbed to death in park attack

Roger Leadbeater suffered multiple knife wounds while walking his springer spaniel Max

The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2023

Woman charged with murder of 74-year-old dog walker stabbed in park

Roger Leadbeater was stabbed while out with springer spaniel Max in Sheffield.

The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2023

‘Gentle’ man, 74, stabbed to death walking his dog as woman arrested on suspicion of murder

Roger Leadbeater was out with springer spaniel Max in Sheffield parkland when he was attacked, police said

The Independent UK · Aug 11, 2023

Police name 74-year-old man stabbed to death while walking dog - OLD

Council worker Roger Leadbeater was fatally stabbed on Wednesday and a woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder.

The Independent UK · Aug 11, 2023

Sheffield Council leader welcomes wave of development in the city

Tom Hunt said it was time to "talk Sheffield up"

Birmingham Post · Jul 10, 2023