Category: News
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Sheffield council spends £138,000 on Christmas lights despite major switch on being cancelled | The Yorkshire Post
Sheffield council spent £138,000 this year on Christmas lights and decorations despite cancelling the traditional switch on, a freedom of information request found.
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‘I have to keep moving’: Woman, 80, heats one room at a time after losing winter fuel payment | The Yorkshire Post
Carrie Hedderwick lives in a 100-year-old, three-bedroom house in Sheffield with her adult son which she struggles to keep heated due to a lack of insulation.
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Courts are re-traumatising victims of sexual violence with three quarters facing rape myths during cross examination | The Yorkshire Post
The court process re-traumatises victims of sexual violence with 73 per cent of people asked questions associated with rape myths during cross examination, a report by Victim Support found.
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New sculpture garden to pay homage to the lost streams and becks of Leeds | The Yorkshire Post
A new sculpture garden in Leeds will pay homage to the lost streams and becks of Leeds and the legacy of Burmantofts pottery.
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Finding Ivy’s tragic place in history as her story is told | The Yorkshire Post
Thirteen disabled people born in Britain were killed between 1940 and 1941 after moving to Germany and Austria. Their stories will be told for the first time at Huddersfield University’s Holocaust Centre North.
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Ripon mum’s £45,000 target for son’s spinal treatment in Thailand after freak accident left him unable to walk | Harrogate Advertiser
A Ripon mum hopes to raise £45,000 in three weeks so she can take her 16-year-old son to Thailand for life-altering spinal cord treatment.
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University of Sheffield spent £1.8 million rebuilding Henderson’s Relish factory | Sheffield Star
The University of Sheffield spent £1.8 million to preserve the former Henderson’s Relish building, a Freedom for information request has revealed.
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‘Bubbly and bright’ Harrogate woman has leg amputated after developing rare condition | Harrogate Advertiser
A Harrogate woman had her leg amputated after developing a rare condition which restricted the blood flow to her leg.
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Cost-of-living crisis: Sheffield Big Issue vendor faces falling sales| Sheffield Wire
A Sheffield Big Issue vendor is asking more people to buy the magazine as the cost-of-living crisis has caused his sales to fall.
Marti Stelling 