The disability pay gap in Yorkshire and the Humber nearly doubled from 2020 to 2021, according to new data from the Office for National Statistics. The gap widened from 6.2% in 2020 to 10.7% in 2021, as people who reported having disabilities were paid on average...
A new environmental campaign group have said they have 'plans to scale up the action massively' after deflating the tyres of hundreds of SUVs in cities across the country, including Sheffield. Tyre Extinguishers first took action last Monday and have targeted SUVs,...
A free music festival is returning to Sheffield after last year’s originally one-off event was a “massive success” in helping independent music venues recover from Covid. Sheffield Music Trails is a day of free live music in a walkable trail across 19 venues on 2...
Storm Franklin has disrupted bus services in South Yorkshire, after causing winds of up 70mph across the region and widespread flooding. Persistent rainfall between all three of the past week's storms have caused the River Don to overflow in several places. Most...
After more than a year of living with the COVID-19 pandemic, the inequality that splits Sheffield in half has never been more apparent.
Long COVID affects 109,000 people in Yorkshire and the Humber, meaning that 1 in 50 people in the region suffer from the illness. The figures, published yesterday by the Office for National Statistics, show the lasting effects on people who had COVID-19 at least 12...