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South Yorkshire Festival of Reading
Posted inSociety South Yorkshire

Mayor launches Little Big Book Club with 4,000 free books for South Yorkshire children

Oliver Coppard's new reading initiative kicks off with the South Yorkshire Festival of Reading, including a free story-sack giveaway across Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield.
August 24, 2026Tags: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield
surrender bins being installed across South Yorkshire
Posted inFeatured Society South Yorkshire

New knife surrender bins launched across South Yorkshire

New no-questions-asked knife surrender bins have opened at fire stations across South Yorkshire, backed by the Deputy Mayor and the family of a young knife crime victim.
August 13, 2026Tags: Barnsley, Rotherham, Sheffield
uniformed enforcement officers
Posted inFeatured Society South Yorkshire

Cut the crap: Sheffield teams up with Doncaster to crack down on litter and dog fouling

A new enforcement partnership between Sheffield City Council, Doncaster Council and specialist provider WISE means more uniformed officers on Sheffield's streets, with fines for littering and dog fouling.
August 11, 2026Tags: Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield

Latest News

  • Charli XCX
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  • Cllr Lukasz Borcz
    Wakefield’s Heritage Open Days return with castles, dungeons and a climb up the Cathedral towerAugust 24, 2026
  • Leeds Festival
    Leeds Festival traffic restrictions to be enforced around Bramham Park from 26 to 31 AugustAugust 24, 2026
  • South Yorkshire Festival of Reading
    Mayor launches Little Big Book Club with 4,000 free books for South Yorkshire childrenAugust 24, 2026
  • The Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease
    Barnsley grower’s new dahlia variety blooms in honour of Rob BurrowAugust 24, 2026

In Focus

  • Charli XCX
    Leeds Festival has published its First Timers Guide. We’ve read every wordAugust 24, 2026
  • Cllr Lukasz Borcz
    Wakefield’s Heritage Open Days return with castles, dungeons and a climb up the Cathedral towerAugust 24, 2026
  • Leeds Festival
    Leeds Festival traffic restrictions to be enforced around Bramham Park from 26 to 31 AugustAugust 24, 2026
  • The Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease
    Barnsley grower’s new dahlia variety blooms in honour of Rob BurrowAugust 24, 2026
  • Scarborough Spa Cliff Lift
    Scarborough’s historic Spa Cliff Lift closed with immediate effect after engineers’ reportAugust 24, 2026

Food & Drink

  • Beer.
    Price of a pint got you wincing? Help us round up Yorkshire’s cheapest cold onesAugust 16, 2026
  • coffee
    Coffee shouldn’t cost a fortune: help us find Yorkshire’s cheapest cupAugust 15, 2026
  • Tea
    The great Yorkshire tea hunt: tell us where to find the cheapest cuppaAugust 14, 2026
  • Slurpfest Leeds
    Leeds coffee scene unites for new Slurpfest festival this SeptemberAugust 11, 2026

Life

  • Light Night Leeds
    Light Night Leeds moves to half term for landmark Leeds 400 editionAugust 17, 2026
  • Weeping Willow, Sandall Park
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Wellbeing

  • The Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease
    Barnsley grower’s new dahlia variety blooms in honour of Rob BurrowAugust 24, 2026
  • Zehair Ayub
    Bradford man first UK patient treated with pioneering brain technique at Leeds hospitalAugust 20, 2026
  • Eggs.
    Salmonella outbreak: Yorkshire second worst-affected regionAugust 19, 2026
  • TV chef Ainsley Harriott visited Martin House Children’s Hospice.
    Ainsley Harriott cooks up a treat for Martin House hospice familiesAugust 18, 2026

Society

  • Cllr Lukasz Borcz
    Wakefield’s Heritage Open Days return with castles, dungeons and a climb up the Cathedral towerAugust 24, 2026
  • South Yorkshire Festival of Reading
    Mayor launches Little Big Book Club with 4,000 free books for South Yorkshire childrenAugust 24, 2026
  • Scarborough Spa Cliff Lift
    Scarborough’s historic Spa Cliff Lift closed with immediate effect after engineers’ reportAugust 24, 2026
  • Police investigations
    Second body found at Batley fire site as investigation continuesAugust 24, 2026

Food & Drink

  • Beer.
    Price of a pint got you wincing? Help us round up Yorkshire’s cheapest cold onesAugust 16, 2026
  • coffee
    Coffee shouldn’t cost a fortune: help us find Yorkshire’s cheapest cupAugust 15, 2026
  • Tea
    The great Yorkshire tea hunt: tell us where to find the cheapest cuppaAugust 14, 2026

Life & Art

  • Protesters against the construction of the Newbury bypass occupy trees to prevent their destruction, Berkshire, 1996 © Andrew Testa
    Steve McQueen exhibition on a century of British protest opens at Leeds Art Gallery this NovemberAugust 20, 2026
  • Still Lives, Living Stories: The Heart of Bradford
    Bradford photography project invites residents to share the stories behind treasured objectsAugust 19, 2026
  • Light Night Leeds
    Light Night Leeds moves to half term for landmark Leeds 400 editionAugust 17, 2026

Latest

  • Charli XCX
    Leeds Festival has published its First Timers Guide. We’ve read every wordAugust 24, 2026
  • Cllr Lukasz Borcz
    Wakefield’s Heritage Open Days return with castles, dungeons and a climb up the Cathedral towerAugust 24, 2026
  • Leeds Festival
    Leeds Festival traffic restrictions to be enforced around Bramham Park from 26 to 31 AugustAugust 24, 2026
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