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The highly anticipated Get up to Speed (GUTS) with STEM event is just weeks away, returning with an exciting event celebration to mark 15 years of inspiring young minds. As South Yorkshire’s largest STEM careers showcase, the two-day event will welcome up to 6,000 young people and educators, offering hands-on experiences with around 100 exhibitors ready to provide a real-life insight into the world of STEM careers. A highlight of […]

Sheffield care home residents share success to long marriage in celebration of triumphant 78 year love story At HC-One’s Holmwood Care Home in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, residents have been sharing and reminiscing about their own love stories to mark Valentine’s Day. Residents Marjorie Grantham, aged 93 and Michael Grantham, aged 96, have revealed their beautiful journey of love, family, joy and adventure as well as their pearls of wisdom and […]

It was most definitely a case of puppy love at first sight when a charity volunteer met her namesake. The Support Dogs charity has named one of its newest puppies Gilly, in honour of selfless volunteer Gill Wilkinson. As well as manning stalls and giving promotional talks, helping to raise more than £70,000 in the past two years. Gill also took on full-time care of dogs for the Sheffield-based good […]

A popular photography competition and exhibition celebrating the beauty and character of the Yorkshire Dales landscape is open for entries.   The competition, run by charity Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust (YDMT) and The Garden Rooms at Tennants in Leyburn, hopes to encourage people to get out into the Dales with a camera and share photographs of their favourite landscapes and wildlife.   Every year 35 finalists are selected, whose work […]

TV’s ‘The Yorkshire Vet’ Matt Jackson-Smith, is warning pet owners to make sure their animals keep their paws off festive fayre to help avoid Christmas chaos and emergency trips to the vet. Mince pies, Christmas pudding and even seasonal ornaments such as tinsel and festive plants like holly may seem like innocent, yummy treats or decorations; however, for pets, they are tempting but potentially deadly. The last thing anyone wants […]