Sunday 29 January 2023

Food Bank Warm Space

70% of people who use a food bank in Sheffield say they're struggling with the cost of living - to heat their homes and feed their families. S6 Foodbank carried out the research and the findings have made them open a 'warm space' with a cafe three days a week at thier warehouse off Penistone Road in Sheffield.


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Wednesday 25 January 2023

Nile Wilson - Dancing on Ice

We filmed with Olympic bronze medallist Nile Wilson and his partner Olivia Smart in training for TV show 'Dancing on Ice'. The former Leeds gymnast admitted feeling sad and lost after retiring two years ago but doing the show has given Nile a renewed purpose in life.


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Monday 23 January 2023

Wicker Riverside Live

I reported live on a beleaguered block of flats in Sheffield where some residents were told to move out straight away. South Yorkshire Fire Service has imposed a prohibition notice, saying remedial work being carried out was increasing the risk to residents.


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Sunday 22 January 2023

Southey Flood

Fifteen residents in Sheffield who were flooded by a burst water main have been told they will be compensated. Water gushed into people’s homes and gardens in Southey yesterday morning after a water main burst on Moonshine Lane. Yorkshire Water is repairing the water main and has told residents who were flooded that their houses will be fixed but it's likely to take many months.


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Thursday 19 January 2023

Lulu

The family of a nineteen year old Yorkshire woman who's died of a rare form of bone cancer say they're determined to raise a hundred thousand pounds for charity that has supported them. Lulu Blundell from Rotherham died on New Year's Day this year of Ewing’s sarcoma. She managed to raise a staggering eighty thousand pounds for the Teenage Cancer Trust in her lifetime.


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Sunday 15 January 2023

83 yr old gym goer

I had a lot of run reporting on an 83-year-old man from Barnsley who's become a social media sensation after posting his gym workouts online. George Sagar has had 400,000 views on one of his TikTok videos and he wants to encourage other older people to get active. It was on BBC Look North and on BBC Breakfast...


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Wednesday 11 January 2023

Hillsborough 2 way

The Football Association will speak to officials from Sheffield Wednesday and Newcastle and the police over reports of overcrowding during the FA Cup third-round tie at Hillsborough. I did a live 2 way on our  Look North lunch bulletin about the story.


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Sunday 8 January 2023

Dip in Scarborough Sea

What a lovely place Scarborough is and what better way to mark the new year than by going for a splash in the North Sea! 150 people bravely took a dip to raise money for charity. I couldn't resist going in myself : )


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