Month: October 2016

Children & Young People

Princess Jasmine

11th October 2016
Story and photo by Amy Palmer Over her summer holiday five-year-old Jasmine Barratt from Byron Wood Primary School decided to do something very generous and had seven inches of her hair cut off to donate … [Read more]
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Health, Fitness & Well-being

Get Active Burngreave

11th October 2016
Story by Kathryn Mudge, South Yorkshire Sport South Yorkshire Sport have recently got funding from Comic Relief and Sport England to deliver a range of sport and physical activities to help to improve lives of … [Read more]
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Arts & Culture

Trash or treasure

11th October 2016
Story by Yanina Koszalinski Scrap Dragon, the brainchild of Alex, Gillian and Yanina, is a newly opened scrap store in Burngreave. Scrap stores collect waste materials, donated by local businesses, and recycle them for use … [Read more]
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Local Politics

Know your boundaries

11th October 2016
Story by Richard Belbin Burngreave residents may well have a new MP after the next election, following a reorganisation of all of Britain’s parliamentary constituencies. Having been moved from Central constituency in 2010, it is … [Read more]
Health, Fitness & Well-being

Man of steel

11th October 2016
Fir Vale resident Paul Smith beat off tough competition in July to become England’s Strongest Man 2016. A former student of Firs Hill and Parkwood schools, at 21 Paul is the youngest ever winner of … [Read more]