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BREAKING: The Sheffield Green Party’s Andy Davies has resigned as councillor for Walkley. Davies won the ward from former Sheffield Labour leader Tom Hunt in May by just 73 votes. On Facebook earlier today, Davies said he was stepping down due to his “mental health and associated personal reasons”

This week's Tribune briefing is now out! Featuring: 🗞️ Could skiing return to the ski village? 🚗 Peak District roads 'ridiculous', says Burnham 🏡 Local Plan delayed again 💊 University gets $220m big pharma settlement 🌱 Roots told to 'rip up' allotment site 🎸 Plus, home of the week, and things to do

Could skiing return to the ski village?Plus, Andy Burnham braves Snake Passwww.sheffieldtribune.co.uk

The Peak District is burning — and where there’s fire, there’s smoke. Given Sheffield’s proximity to the park, it feels inevitable that, if more frequent and severe fires keep happening on the moors, they are going to have an increasing effect on us. The question is, can we do anything about it?

The Peak District is on fire. Can we stop it happening again?‘You’re breathing in the smoke, and it looks and feels post-apocalyptic’www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk

The University of Sheffield is now part of the Defence Universities Alliance, which puts it in the enviable position of being able to bid for abundant funding pots. Is it all worth it? Y’know… morally? www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/the-universi...

The University of Sheffield has officially tied its fortunes to war. Is there a moral question to answer?‘I’m not really willing to take criticism from the liberal intelligentsia’www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk

“It’s such a waste to take something so innovative, so special and so unique — and destroy it,” says artist Brett Payne. At least from the outside, YAS certainly doesn’t look destroyed. But within the city’s tight-knit artistic community, whispers have been circulating.

Sheffield's leading artist studio is in trouble, with dozens of artists in revolt over rent increases and officious-looking emails "It’s such a waste to take something so innovative, special and unique — and destroy it," says YAS founder Brett Payne www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/from-squat-t...

Inside the months-long revolt at Yorkshire ArtSpace‘It’s such a waste to take something so innovative, special and unique — and destroy it’www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk

This week's Tribune briefing is now out! Featuring: 🗞️ Is a ‘South Yorkshire mafia’ now running the cabinet? ✈️ Doncaster Sheffield Airport bids for military transport work 🚨 Row over £65m police black hole 🪳 Moor Market traders to get cockroach compensation 🏡 Plus, home of the week, and things to do

Is a ‘South Yorkshire mafia’ now running the cabinet?Plus, Doncaster Sheffield Airport in talks for military workwww.sheffieldtribune.co.uk

“One of the most exciting infrastructure projects in Britain right now,” read a breathless tweet by @tomforth.co.uk. “If we could build tunnels like the Norwegians, we could build new motorways and railways so cheaply that they could be self-funding. “The biggest prize is Sheffield to Manchester.”

Going underground: Why the Peak District tunnel’s time has come‘This is one of the most exciting infrastructure projects in Britain right now’www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk

This week's Tribune briefing is now out! Featuring: 🗞️ Why are there so few apprentices in Sheffield? ⚖️ Man sentenced over child sex offences 🚅 A 'summer of chaos' on the railways 🏭 Is Rotherhamism the way forward? 🏡 MPs urge government to protect leaseholders 🏡 Plus, things to do + home of the week

Why are there so few apprentices in Sheffield?Plus, the housing select committee demands answers about an “emerging national pattern” of leaseholders facing unreasonable financial demandswww.sheffieldtribune.co.uk

“I don’t want to sanitise the past, but I like to think I’m more balanced and reasonable as a human being now.” We sat down with Reverend and the Makers' Jon McClure to talk about life, music, and why he's ready to take more of a role in Sheffield's civic life after 10 years out of the spotlight.

The Reverend is back on the make‘I would say I've had a U-shaped career’www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk

When King Edward’s Swimming Pool closed its doors for good in June, it led to an outpouring of emotion. Up until May, there were no outward signs of any problems, which is why the news came as such a surprise. We had heard reports of a staff walkout—and wanted to find out what led them to depart.

Sink or swim: the last days of King Edward’s pool‘The gas alarm was the final straw’www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk

This week's Tribune briefing is now out! Featuring: 🗞️ Is the writing on the wall for Yorkshire Water? 🪳 Moor Market reopens after roach infestation 🚨 Rotherham man arrested over Ann Widdecombe murder 🍻 Your recommendations for Sheffield's best beer garden 🏡 Plus, home of the week and things to do

Is the writing on the wall for Yorkshire Water?Plus, the Moor Market reopens after ‘cockroach infestation’www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk

Make your way to the bottom end of The Moor, and you’ll find the almost lifeless remains of what was once Sheffield’s “Gay Quarter”. When the concept was launched in 2018, its self-appointed “project manager,” Matt Taylor, suggested it could one day rival Manchester’s Gay Village. What happened?

The gay quarter is dead, long live the gay quarter‘He thought he was the gay Andy Burnham’www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk

When it comes to good beer gardens, Sheffield’s cup runneth over. In preparation for the third heatwave of the summer, The Tribune asked Holly Williams to compile a list of the best beer gardens in the city. ✍️ @hollywilliams.bsky.social

Sheffield’s best beer gardens — a not-so definitive listSun traps and cheap pints that would make George Orwell shed a tearwww.sheffieldtribune.co.uk

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“Some people say ‘Just paint an EY UP’ or ‘If you did ‘Mardy Bum’ in circus font, you’d sell a load at Christmas’.” “But as someone who was born and raised here, I’d find that really icky.” Hand sign painting is undergoing a renaissance in Sheffield. Ben Stevenson of PMA Signs is at the forefront.

Zen and the art of sign paintingBen Stevenson is an artist. Sheffield’s independent shops are his canvaswww.sheffieldtribune.co.uk

This week's Tribune briefing is now out! Featuring: 🗞️ How ten million litres of water saved the Peaks 🪳 Pest infestation closes Moor Market 💻 Council urges NHS to reject Palantir contracts 🍿 Curzon closes after 11 years 🍝 New restaurant gets glowing review 🏡 Plus, home of the week, and things to do

How ten million litres of water saved the Peaks from a fiery destructionPlus: Pest infestation closes Moor Marketwww.sheffieldtribune.co.uk

🚨 We’re hiring a Senior Editor 🚨 We need an exceptional editorial leader - someone who can edit ambitious journalism, develop writers, and help shape the direction of one of the most exciting teams in British journalism.

The day before our big campaign ended we hit our goal: 1,000 new members joining. Thank you to everyone who got involved. Now we've got to get cracking on those pledges! We've launched our new writers programme, and on Friday we'll be bringing you our first Good News Edition...

Last month, protestors created a full-scale replica quilt of a grass verge in Ecclesall, before laying it down outside Sheffield Town Hall. A simply question, really: Why? www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/verging-on-m...

Verging on madness‘What will neighbours, friends and family think of you… you will never be happy stealing public land!’www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk