Crime & Policing - Burngreave Messenger

Local victim of racist road rage wins justice

4th April 2022

Story by Sadia Khan. On February 26th 2020, Adnan Hussain was driving through Grimesthorpe when truck driver, Nicholas Clayton, 51, from Hillsborough, “thumped” on Adnan’s windows shouting a racial slur, adding “go back to your [Read more]

Police day of action

4th April 2022

Story by Sgt. Ben Hall. Burngreave Neighbourhood Team plus traffic officers, colleagues from our tasking team and Police dog Dibley (pictured) started this month with a highly visible operation to tackle criminality. During the day [Read more]

Introducing Police Sergeant Ben Hall

13th December 2021

Hello, I’d like to introduce myself as the Burngreave and Pitsmoor Neighbourhood Sergeant for those of you who I haven’t met. My name is Ben, I’m Police Sergeant 1528 Ben Hall, and I’ve been the [Read more]

Ellesmere Green Community Fun day 15th September

10th September 2021

A community fun day is coming to Ellesmere Green on WEDNESDAY 15th September at 11.30am-2.30pm. Organised by the Reach Up youth group, they invite you to join local residents and businesses on a fun day [Read more]

Taking the Knee in Sheffield city centre.

George Floyd: One year on

14th June 2021

Story by Yasmin Plews, Nicola Newman, and Jasmine Givnan, TTK anti-racist activists. Photo by Polly Perkins. A year has passed since we were locked down, synchronised as one with TV shows, online memes and Tiktok [Read more]

Taking the knee to remember George Floyd

25th May 2021

Today, the 25th May, is the anniversary of George Floyd’s devastating murder by US police. Join Take The Knee at 6pm, Sheffield Town Hall where many will be taking the knee to remember him, to [Read more]

Page Hall wardens

19th October 2020

Story and photo by James Richards The Street Wardens who patrol Page Hall, Lower Firth Park and Grimesthorpe have been really busy throughout the whole Covid pandemic and the team has grown from 3 to [Read more]

Sheffield against Slovak fascism

16th December 2019

Story and photo by David Hamburg Several hundred people gathered in London at the end of November to protest against the far-right Slovak political party Kotleba – the ‘People’s Party Our Slovakia’ known in Slovak [Read more]

Anger at drug inaction

4th November 2019

Story by Richard Belbin Burngreave TARA hosted a busy and passionate meeting at the Vestry Hall on September 25th to highlight their concerns over the extent of drug use on and around Ellesmere Green. The [Read more]

Happy members of Big Brother Burngreave.

Sports over streets

19th August 2019

Story by Safiya Saeed | Photos by Sarah Zaggers Summertime! Does that mean time to spend in the sun with families or go on a dream holiday? It’s not a possibility for many youths in [Read more]

Man guilty in ‘terror trial’

19th August 2019

Story by Richard Belbin The trial of two men arrested by Counter Terrorism Policing officers in December 2017 has finished, with one man being found guilty. Farhad Salah, 24, was found guilty of preparing to [Read more]

Jarvin Blake killers get 72 years

24th June 2019

Story by Richard Belbin Four men have been found guilty of the murder last March of Jarvin Blake. They received sentences totalling 72 years for the killing of the father of three. Jarvin was with [Read more]

Taking knives off the street

29th April 2019

Story by John Malkin | Photo courtesy of Rock Christian Centre The Words4Weapons bin, located on Handley Street, was emptied for a second time recently, revealing a shocking haul of dangerous articles inside. When it [Read more]

Men charged with Jarvin Blake murder

29th April 2019

Story by Richard Belbin Three men are currently on trial charged with the murder of Jarvin Blake, a father-of-three who was stabbed and killed in March 2018. A fourth man, Lewis Barker from Parson Cross, [Read more]

Missing Pamela Horváthová found

18th March 2019

Sheffield become the centre of positive community policing as Roma people of Page Hall and spiritual leaders from Slovakia joined forces with Fir Vale School to support South Yorkshire Police in the critical investigation of [Read more]

Mothers raise their voices

4th February 2019

Story and photo by Safiya Saeed On 10th January, local women, community groups and statutory services came together to host a series of workshops around serious issues in the Burngreave area. I hosted the event, [Read more]