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VIDEO: Go Green for the NSPCC in Sheffield video
Sheffield has the highest number of at risk families with significantly more referrals to the social services for its size than any other city.
Sheffield golden girl Jess Ennis ‘was crying tears of joy’ at wedding
Homegrown Olympic hero Jess Ennis wept with joy, her vicar revealed, as she capped off a golden year with marriage to her long-term love.
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Sheffield scientist handed £200k for cancer project
A scientist in Sheffield has been given almost £200,000 for research which could help medics stop breast cancers from spreading.
PICTURES: Olympic champ Jessica Ennis weds
Sheffield’s Olympic champ Jessica Ennis has added the most important gold ever to her collection – a wedding ring, when she tied the knot.
18 commentsTop singer helps out Sheffield concert
A professional singer has stepped in to perform at a Sheffield concert after a cast member got a chest infection.
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£2 Billion Sheffield road revamp helps create jobs
Sheffield’s £2 billion Streets Ahead scheme to upgrade roads and footpaths has created 250 jobs so far – and the number of local firms hired for highways maintenance has almost trebled.
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Sport
Sheffield Wednesday: Battle on between city duo
Dave Jones, the Sheffield Wednesday manager, has revealed to The Star he wants the Championship club to become the “top dogs in the city” at bringing through home-grown players.
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Sheffield United: Trio’s fate in new man’s hands
One of the first tasks for the new Sheffield United manager will be to determine the fate of three of the most experienced players on the books.
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VIDEO: Cubs train with British and Irish Lions video
Twenty-three youngsters from around the British Isles, the HSBC cubs, were awarded with the opportunity this week to train with The British & Irish Lions in an exclusive training session at The Lions pre-departure training camp, courtesy of Principal Partner HSBC.
Sheffield Wednesday: Owls move on after Hayden snub
Sheffield Wednesday manager Dave Jones is baffled by teenage starlet Hayden White’s decision to leave Hillsborough but insisted: “We move on.”
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Sheffield United: Long stay a benefit to Blades keeper
Over the next couple of months, George Long could well be rubbing shoulders with a few Premier League players.
Will city’s biggest hitters square off? video
Any Sheffield boxing fan would love to see the clash of the 6ft 8ins Titans: David Howe versus Ingle stablemate Richard Towers.
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VIDEO: Go Green for the NSPCC in Sheffield video
Sheffield has the highest number of at risk families with significantly more referrals to the social services for its size than any other city.
Lifestyle
Picture Special: Whitesnake, Journey and Thunder in Sheffield
The Star, your concert paper, is rocking on Thursday with a four page picture special and reviews of Whitesnake, Journey and Thunder.
VIDEO: Corrie’s Curly Watts will rock you at Arena video
Coronation Street’s Curly Watts, the nerdy ex-bin man and Bettabuys supermarket assistant manager, could have never dreamed of becoming an arena stadium rock star, writes digital editor Graham Walker.
Gordon turns to crime in his retirement
After retiring as a video producer four years ago at the age of 78, lifelong Sheffielder Gordon Ramsay decided to write a book combining his enthusiasm for American crime fiction with his work with police in Florida.
No repeat for Pete
In what the artist insists will be his last exhibition about his home city, Pete McKee is putting on The Joy of Sheff for one day only on Saturday at the Blue Shed on Brightside Lane.
Lantern’s Iguana drama
The Lantern Theatre’s resident amateur group the Dilys Guite Players will be turning up the heat next week as they perform Tennessee Williams’ last great masterpiece, The Night of the Iguana.
Return of Deathtrap
When Tudor Players put on the amateur premiere of Ira Levin’s classic thriller, Deathtrap, in 1984 Roger Bingham played the young would-be-playwright in his last appearance before turning professional.
Community
Sheffield cafe donates food to homeless
Homeless people in Sheffield woke to bacon and sausage sandwiches and Danish pastries – thanks to the owners of a Sheffield café and bistro.
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WIN: Dora The Explorer LIVE! family tickets
Dora the Explorer has lost her teddy bear Osito, and the search is on to retrieve him!
Paying bills is our main worry, say Sheffield’s over 50-year-olds
Sheffield’s over-50s worry more about paying their bills than they do about poverty, loneliness or crime, reveals a report out today (Thursday).
South Yorkshire Hi-de-Hi! star Paul Shane dies, aged 72
Tributes have been paid to South Yorkshire actor Paul Shane who died today.
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Sheffield residents have a heart and pass it on in health relay
Residents from Brunswick Gardens retirement village in Woodhouse, Sheffield, took part in an unusual relay - to raise awareness of heart health.
Stanage Stumble challenge in memory of Gabi
Little Gabi Smith had been looking forward to taking part in this weekend’s Stanage Stumble charity walk, to raise money for Home-Start.
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Weather for Sheffield
Wednesday 22 May 2013
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