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The importance of vitamin D for you and your child

31st October 2016

Health Page by Saira Nadeem Vitamin D helps keep bones, teeth and muscles healthy, so it’s important for you and your child to be getting enough of it. The best source is the sun and [Read more]

Richard Hanson photography competition – A British summer

31st October 2016

This is the first Burngreave Messenger photography competition, which will be running each issue. We are grateful to the Hanson family for allowing us to name the competition in memory of local photographer Richard Hanson (right) [Read more]

Pakistan Independence day unites cultures

11th October 2016

Story and photo by James Woollen A local takeaway and restaurant owner helped Page Hall residents celebrate Pakistan Independence Day by giving away free food and drink. Mr Mohammed Akram, owner of the ‘Eastern Eye’, [Read more]

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]

Creative ways to improve wellbeing

11th October 2016

Story and photo by James Woollen The Creative Pathways project helps to address issues of social exclusion and health and is based at Spartan House on Carlisle Street. The project is organised by Mrs Nor [Read more]

New head to meet with Burngreave parents

11th October 2016

Former Burngreave resident Linda Gooden has taken over as headteacher at King Edward VII School. Linda grew up on Catherine Street and attended Pye Bank School, Herries School, Sheffield City Polytechnic and the University of [Read more]

“Shiny Sheff looks bright”

11th October 2016

Story by Ordinary Cadet Riya Blackham | Photo by Anwar Suliman On 12th September, a Royal Naval Parade and the opening ceremony of the new Sheffield Sea Cadets took place in our new unit on [Read more]

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]

Earl Marshall Juniors’ season kicks off

11th October 2016

Story and photo by Mick Ashman Local football club Earl Marshall Juniors U15s have won all their opening games, becoming joint top of Division B of the Sheffield and District Junior Sunday League. Manager Garfield [Read more]

Marek’s got talent!

11th October 2016

Story by Tomas Tancos Marek Pacan is 22 years old. He was born in Spisska Nova Ves in Slovakia and grew up in a small village called Bystrany. He is currently living in England and [Read more]

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]

Black Lives Matter

11th October 2016

Story by Amina Ali | Photo by Ben Kirby On Friday 22nd July 2016, a Black Lives Matter peace rally took place in the city centre. SADACCA hosted some incredible young people in the weeks [Read more]

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]

Burngreave Library One Year On

11th October 2016

Story by Burngreave Library team | Photos by Marcia Layne It has now been a year since volunteers took over the running of Burngreave Library and with the support of Volunteer Co-ordinator Marcia Layne the [Read more]

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]

The Complete October 2016 Issue 122

11th October 2016

Access the complete October 2016 Issue by clicking here 122-october-2016!