Julia Armstrong

2 weeks ago | thestar.co.uk | Julia Armstrong

Residents of a Sheffield housing estate say they are waiting to hear about council plans to tackle their parking headache nine months after they believed their pleas had been successful. Representatives of a group of residents of Castle Croft Drive off Granville Road were delighted in July 2024 when they got a positive response from Coun Ben Miskell, chair of Sheffield City Council’s transport, regeneration and climate policy committee.

2 weeks ago | thestar.co.uk | Julia Armstrong

A member of the House of Lords, a city councillor and local businesses have been working together to look after new street trees planted in a Sheffield shopping area. The trees were planted on Ecclesall Road in Banner Cross as part of a project to improve the look of the area and attract more people to visit the shops.

2 weeks ago | thestar.co.uk | Julia Armstrong

Two northern city mayors and left-wing MP Jeremy Corbyn are among the speakers at a Sheffield political festival celebrating its 10th anniversary. The Festival of Debate, which describes itself as the UK’s biggest non-partisan politics festival, features more than 50 events running from April 22 to May 30 at venues across the city and online. Speakers will discuss issues including climate change, health inequalities, tackling poverty and sexism, racism and transgender issues.

2 weeks ago | thestar.co.uk | Julia Armstrong

Sheffield residents should be able to recycle more plastic, aluminium foil and aerosols in their bins in a year’s time, as part of changes to help tackle climate change. Sheffield City Council is working with its waste management contractor Veolia to expand what can be included in home recycling collections. This will include plastic pots, tubs and trays, cartons, aluminium foil and aerosols by April 2026, in line with new legal requirements.

2 weeks ago | thestar.co.uk | Julia Armstrong

A successful project that has helped 22 Sheffield neighbourhood shopping areas to recover from the pandemic is coming to an end – however, one area missed out because its royal landlords objected. The government’s Economic Recovery Fund (ERF) gave Sheffield City Council a total of £2.7m over two rounds of funding to help boost shopping areas. Groups of businesses had to come together to apply for small grants of up to £50,000 or up to £200,000 for larger projects.