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Inquiry opens into Battle of Orgreave during miners’ strike

The Bishop of Sheffield, Dr Pete Wilcox, has launched a call for evidence for the official inquiry into the 1984 Battle of Orgreave. The government-appointed inquiry will investigate the violent clashes between striking miners and police outside a South Yorkshire coking plant. It possesses statutory powers to compel evidence from…

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Snooker world champion pocketing £1million backed to happen after Crucible deal

The World Snooker Championship will continue to be held at the Sheffield venue until 2045.

The Independent UK

British PM Starmer helps snooker world champs stay at the Crucible amid overseas interest

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has intervened to help ensure snooker’s world championship is staying at its long-time home of the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield until at least 2045

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Snooker was right to keep the World Championship at the Crucible but now the real work begins

Comment: A long-term deal sees snooker’s most prestigious tournament stay in Sheffield, writes Luke Baker, but all eyes are now on the redevelopment project attached to the Crucible that will define its success

The Independent UK

World Snooker Championship staying at the Crucible after £45m revamp deal struck

The sport’s biggest competition to remain at its spiritual home in Sheffield until at least 2045

Evening Standard

Prime Minister helps to keep World Snooker Championship in Sheffield

A £45m deal to improve the Crucible Theatre has been agreed.

Evening Standard

World Snooker Championship to remain at Crucible until at least 2045 with revamp

Snooker’s world championship will remain at the Crucible for at least the next two decades after the World Snooker Tour agreed a long-term arrangement with the venue

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World Snooker Championship to stay at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre with long-term deal

The future of snooker’s most prestigious tournament was up in the air but the new deal keeps it in Sheffield until at least 2045, with renovations also planned for the Crucible

The Independent UK

‘You can feel it’: South Yorkshire revival gathers pace as new industries move in

From steel to screen, podcasts to defence, Sheffield’s economy is diversifying amid a wave of new investment

The Guardian - UK

21 Jaw-Dropping Wildlife Shots That Won Big At The British Wildlife Photography Awards

The winners of the British Wildlife Photography Awards 2026 have been announced, and this year’s top prize went to Paul Hobson for his striking image of a toad swimming across a woodland reflection, captured from a pond-floor perspective in Sheffield, England.

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‘Daylight robbery’: M1 drivers boggle at the rising price of fuel

Woodall services near Sheffield is now one of the UK’s most expensive pit stops, with petrol at 172.9p a litre

The Guardian - UK

Reverend and the Makers frontman on becoming chairman of Sheffield FC: ‘It won’t work like Wrexham’

Jon McClure is spearheading a consortium that has secured a "significant minority" stake in the ninth-tier club, established in 1857

The Independent UK

Reverend and the Makers frontman rules out Wrexham model for Sheffield FC

Jon McClure’s next musical adventure is a collaboration with Robbie Williams and he said the former Take That star is certain to visit Sheffield.

Evening Standard

David Hollinger obituary

Other lives: Mountaineering guide and instructor who made many international ascents, including the north face of the Eiger and in the Himalayas

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The Ladies Football Club review – squad of 11 salute Sheffield’s pioneering players

A dynamic team of actors capture the spirit of female footballers during the first world war – though the storytelling is sometimes fumbled

MusicRadar

“Those fridges are probably the fourth best musical group to come out of Sheffield”: Supermarket goes viral for the chilled ambient drones of its freezer section

“These freezers are live on BBC Radio 1 right now”

The Guardian - UK

‘Like an electrical gong bath!’ The Sheffield supermarket going viral for the symphonic sound of its freezers

Redditors are thrilled by the Co-op on Ecclesall Road, where a magnificent drone is reminiscent of Brian Eno’s ambient music. We take a visit to the back aisles

The Independent UK

School boss spends £50k on knife detectors – warning classrooms can be ‘vulnerable’ after horror stabbings

Jo Higgins, chief executive officer at Dudley Academies Trust, said the metal detectors, also known as knife arches, were being installed after ‘overwhelmingly positive’ support from parents

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Metal Hammer

"Anyone that wants to succeed in anything knows that it comes at a sacrifice." One of the UK's best metal bands announce that they won't be touring for the foreseeable future, fiercely criticise the cynical grind of the modern music industry

These Sheffield ragers will be sorely missed while they pause, recalibrate and plan to come back stronger

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Michelin holds steady: 20 new one-star UK restaurants announced

The Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland awards in Dublin delivered a year of consolidation rather than shock, with 20 new one-star restaurants, a pair of new two-star promotions and all three-star restaurants retaining their status, as regional breakthroughs finally came for cities such as Sheffield and Brighton

The Conversation

Why walking in a national park in the dark prompts people to turn off lights at home

As soon as you drive over the top of the Peak District and down into Sheffield you can see the light pollution – and it’s horrible, said a participant in a research project into darkness and light pollution.

Evening Standard

Fact check: Sheffield bins, fake picture of Nigel Farage and rubbish video

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard

‘Too many red flags’ – Parents of murdered boy say school could have saved him

Harvey Willgoose, 15, was stabbed by a fellow pupil in front of horrified children and teachers at All Saints Catholic High School in Sheffield.

MusicRadar

“The studio bill came to £148.50. So with the £1.50 in change we all bought a celebratory bag of fish and chips”: Before superstardom and multi-million-selling albums, the young Def Leppard made their very first record on the cheap

“It was difficult doing the scream in The Overture on a Sunday morning”

The Independent UK

From the rubble to the ritz: The story behind Arctic Monkeys’ earth-quaking debut album

IN FOCUS: Twenty years since the Sheffield band released ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not’, it remains the bedrock of contemporary British guitar music. Mark Beaumont speaks to producers Alan Smyth and Jim Abbiss about the making of a cultural H-bomb

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