Knife crime - Burngreave Messenger

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]

“Don’t use a knife, save a life”

23rd March 2020

Story and photos by Alan Hancock On Saturday 8th February, representatives from Burngreave, Patrick Meleady, Alan Hancock and Diane Johnson attended the first Youth Conference organised by the Theresa Cave of the Chris Cave Foundation. [Read more]

Anthony Olaseinde 'Let's Make a Difference' Awards

Keep Sheffield stainless

23rd March 2020

Story and photo by Avant Homes Anthony Olaseinde is a security professional who offers his time to raising awareness of knife crime and how communities can help prevent it. He offers free workshops to Sheffield [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]

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]

Opening of the first weapons bin in South Yorkshire.

Weapons to be taken off streets

18th June 2018

Story by Michael Wright | Photo by Julius Turner On Wednesday 25th April, Michael Smith MBE, CEO of the UK’s leading weapon collections charity Words 4 Weapons (W4W), was present for the opening of the [Read more]