Julia Armstrong
Local Democracy Reporter at The Star (Sheffield)
Local democracy reporter covering Sheffield City Council, news partners using my work include Sheffield Star, Yorkshire Post, Yorkshire Live. NUJ member
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5 days ago |
yahoo.com | Julia Armstrong
Julia Armstrong - Local Democracy Reporting ServiceSat, May 10, 2025 at 9:53 AM UTC1 min readInstead of a main cycle hub, the facilities will instead be dotted around the Attercliffe area [Getty Images]Plans to introduce a cycle parking hub as part of regeneration efforts in an area of Sheffield have been shelved because of a lack of interest. The idea to build the hub at Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park in Attercliffe formed part of a major scheme to encourage active travel in the area.
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6 days ago |
thestar.co.uk | Julia Armstrong
Left-wing MP Jeremy Corbyn is speaking in Sheffield next weekend at an event organised by a new political grouping. The former Labour Party leader, now an independent MP, is appearing at the event called by We Demand Change. They are a new grouping of left organisations, campaigners and trade unionists.
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6 days ago |
thestar.co.uk | Julia Armstrong
The controversial plan to identify parts of the city Green Belt where more than 3,500 homes could be built goes before Sheffield City Council next week. An extraordinary meeting of the full council next Wednesday (May 14) will debate the proposal. It has been drawn up in response to government planning inspectors, who told the council to consider including Green Belt sites for housing in a crucial strategy document. The inspectors are examining a draft version of the council’s Sheffield Local Plan.
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6 days ago |
thestar.co.uk | Julia Armstrong
Palestine campaigners have challenged Sheffield City Council over its ethical banking and business policies because of potential links to Israel and arms companies. Public questions that had been posed in writing beforehand were answered at the council’s finance and performance policy committee on Tuesday (May 6). Peter Jones stated that his questions were “in the context of Israel’s continuing genocidal assault on the Palestinian people of Gaza and the West Bank”.
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1 week ago |
thestar.co.uk | Julia Armstrong
Spending agreed on improvements to Sheffield parks and sports grounds will include work to look at a new playground in Grenoside Park. A meeting of Sheffield City Council’s finance and performance policy committee on Tuesday (May 8) agreed to spending on four projects. The list included spending £8,200 to investigate options for the renewal of park playground. The work has already begun and is intended to be completed next month.
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