The Latest Breaking News from Sheffield

Reverend and the Makers frontman rules out Wrexham model for Sheffield FC

Jon McClure’s next musical adventure is a collaboration with Robbie Williams and he said the former Take That star is certain to visit Sheffield.

Evening Standard · Mar 9

David Hollinger obituary

Other lives: Mountaineering guide and instructor who made many international ascents, including the north face of the Eiger and in the Himalayas

The Guardian - UK · Mar 9

The Ladies Football Club review – squad of 11 salute Sheffield’s pioneering players

A dynamic team of actors capture the spirit of female footballers during the first world war – though the storytelling is sometimes fumbled

The Guardian - UK · Mar 7

Michelin holds steady: 20 new one-star UK restaurants announced

The Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland awards in Dublin delivered a year of consolidation rather than shock, with 20 new one-star restaurants, a pair of new two-star promotions and all three-star restaurants retaining their status, as regional breakthroughs finally came for cities such as Sheffield and Brighton

The Independent UK · Feb 9

Why walking in a national park in the dark prompts people to turn off lights at home

As soon as you drive over the top of the Peak District and down into Sheffield you can see the light pollution – and it’s horrible, said a participant in a research project into darkness and light pollution.

The Conversation · Feb 6

Fact check: Sheffield bins, fake picture of Nigel Farage and rubbish video

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard · Feb 5

‘Too many red flags’ – Parents of murdered boy say school could have saved him

Harvey Willgoose, 15, was stabbed by a fellow pupil in front of horrified children and teachers at All Saints Catholic High School in Sheffield.

Evening Standard · Feb 3

“The studio bill came to £148.50. So with the £1.50 in change we all bought a celebratory bag of fish and chips”: Before superstardom and multi-million-selling albums, the young Def Leppard made their very first record on the cheap

“It was difficult doing the scream in The Overture on a Sunday morning”

MusicRadar · Jan 24

From the rubble to the ritz: The story behind Arctic Monkeys’ earth-quaking debut album

IN FOCUS: Twenty years since the Sheffield band released ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not’, it remains the bedrock of contemporary British guitar music. Mark Beaumont speaks to producers Alan Smyth and Jim Abbiss about the making of a cultural H-bomb

The Independent UK · Jan 23

Pensioner killed by woman who left unit was failed on every level, says family

Special needs bus driver Roger Leadbeater, 74, was stabbed multiple times by Emma Borowy, 32.

Evening Standard · Jan 22