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‘Stride Out’: the athletic drive helping Sheffield tackle mental health

May 5, 2017May 12, 2017 Faith Ridler 539 Views Anxiety, depression, gay fletcher, mental health, Sheffield, stride out

Medical experts are starting to believe that something as simple as going for a run can help to alleviate mental

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What will Brexit mean for volunteers in Sheffield from across Europe?

May 6, 2017May 7, 2017 Michael Fenn 361 Views brexit, European Union, youth discovery ventures

Youth Discovery Ventures (YDV) are unsure what will happen to their European volunteers post-Brexit. The not-for-profit organisation work with Sheffield’s

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Prince Philip’s offensive comments aren’t gaffes, they’re slurs. Saying so doesn’t make me a snowflake.

May 5, 2017May 5, 2017 Laura Grace Holliday 162 Views Classist, Grandparents, Michelle Obama, prince philip, Queen Elizabeth, Racism, royal, Sexism

So, Prince Philip is to bow out of public life. The news that he’s retiring from his role as the

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‘A Brit through and through’: Finland’s unlikely honorary consul in Sheffield interviewed

May 5, 2017May 5, 2017 Harrison Jones 271 Views embassy, Finland, finnish, honorary consul, phillip hodrigo, Sheffield

Philip Rodrigo tells Harrison Jones about ice hockey, Santa Claus secrets and the joys of Finland. “I’m a stainless steel maker

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‘It’s about making it more than just a library’: Volunteer led libraries are the heart of the community in Sheffield

May 5, 2017May 5, 2017 Eliza Frost 134 Views budget cuts, Library, park hill, park library, Sheffield, sheffield city council, south yorkshire

Volunteers now run over half of the libraries in Sheffield after Sheffield City Council budget cuts threatened to close 16

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#SheffRubbish: the negatives of digging through Sheffield’s litter

May 5, 2017May 5, 2017 Sam Volpe 180 Views #sheffrubbish, bins, Campaign, darnall, drugs, litter, page hall, park hill, rotherham, shops

Mattresses and bicycles, hypodermic needles and baby carriers. Tires in front of schools, hedgehogs trapped in litter. JUS News

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#SheffRubbish: the positives of people pulling together to fight the war on litter

May 5, 2017May 5, 2017 Sophie Cockerham 155 Views #sheffrubbish, litter picking, mooncup, Recycling, reusable items, Sheffield, upcycling, wildlife

JUS News reporters took to the streets of Sheffield yesterday for our #SheffRubbish campaign. Photos of fly-tipping, filthy needles and

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Takeaway coffee cups are costing us more than just cash with only 1 in 400 being recycled

May 4, 2017May 5, 2017 Eliza Frost 154 Views barista, Coffee, coffee moco, costa coffee, Independent, independent sheffield, Sheffield, south yorkshire

How many coffees do you buy a week? If you’re anything like us here in the JUS News newsroom, it’s

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[VIDEO] Mooncups: the rise of reusable sanitary items, and the Sheffield women who are using them

May 4, 2017May 5, 2017 Sophie Cockerham 374 Views #sheffrubbish, environment, menstruation, mooncup, periods, reusable sanitary items, Sheffield

I’ll be honest, before writing this feature, Mooncups were something I had little interest in. They seemed alien to me:

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#SheffRubbish: “People need to take responsibility for themselves and stop blaming the council.”

May 4, 2017 Michael Fenn 108 Views #sheffrubbish

“People need to take responsibility for themselves.” This was the resounding response from the people of Sheffield as I walked

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