Sheffield Talking News
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We are a small, entirely volunteer-run charity in Sheffield, UK. Our mission is to provide a weekly overview of local news to blind and visually impaired people in our city.
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Listen to us:
- online: www.sheffieldtalkingnews.org.uk/listen
- by post: email stnmail@sheffieldtalkingnews.org.uk to sign up
- via BWBF devices
- via the Talking Newspaper app
- via Amazon's Alexa
- via podcast: sheffieldtalkingnews.podbean.com
- online: www.sheffieldtalkingnews.org.uk/listen
- by post: email stnmail@sheffieldtalkingnews.org.uk to sign up
- via BWBF devices
- via the Talking Newspaper app
- via Amazon's Alexa
- via podcast: sheffieldtalkingnews.podbean.com
This week’s topics include plans to transform the Gleadless Valley estate, a record-breaking year for the Sheffield Children’s Hospital snowflake appeal, a weapons amnesty bin, a Christmas makers market, and Kevin Sinfield’s Sheffield leg of his ultramarathon challenge to raise funds for MND.
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December 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This week’s topics include plans to transform the Gleadless Valley estate, a record-breaking year for the Sheffield Children’s Hospital snowflake appeal, a weapons amnesty bin, a Christmas makers market, and Kevin Sinfield’s Sheffield leg of his ultramarathon challenge to raise funds for MND.
This week’s topics include Christmas lights and bears, Leadmill’s Christmas plans, Arthur Scargill drama on remote road, a Scottish polar bear’s visit to his brother in Yorkshire, plans for a new road to the Ski Village, and two young boys’ legacies to help others with bleed kits and hidden books.
November 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This week’s topics include Christmas lights and bears, Leadmill’s Christmas plans, Arthur Scargill drama on remote road, a Scottish polar bear’s visit to his brother in Yorkshire, plans for a new road to the Ski Village, and two young boys’ legacies to help others with bleed kits and hidden books.
This week’s topics include the sale of a historic hall, the closure of a well-known pub, the development of a mobile sensory centre for children with special needs, community kitchens, recordings of bedtime stories for blind and partially sighted children, and a tribute to Dickie Bird.
September 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This week’s topics include the sale of a historic hall, the closure of a well-known pub, the development of a mobile sensory centre for children with special needs, community kitchens, recordings of bedtime stories for blind and partially sighted children, and a tribute to Dickie Bird.
This week’s topics include a successful police dog, a hero lorry driver, an appeal to restore a fire engine used in the Sheffield Blitz, a teacher winning a life-changing prize, a foodbank having to turn people away, and an update on Doncaster Sheffield airport.
September 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This week’s topics include a successful police dog, a hero lorry driver, an appeal to restore a fire engine used in the Sheffield Blitz, a teacher winning a life-changing prize, a foodbank having to turn people away, and an update on Doncaster Sheffield airport.
This week’s topics include the views of Sheffield Wednesday fans, the city’s first net-zero housing scheme, a war hero’s letters, a ‘ten marathons for charity’ fundraiser, and the story of a fast-growing sport to help blind and partially-sighted people to track sound.
August 12, 2025 at 11:42 AM
This week’s topics include the views of Sheffield Wednesday fans, the city’s first net-zero housing scheme, a war hero’s letters, a ‘ten marathons for charity’ fundraiser, and the story of a fast-growing sport to help blind and partially-sighted people to track sound.
This week’s topics include supertram disruptions, the water sector review, Sheffield’s visitor economy, a knife workshop at Kelham Island Museum, a suicide prevention marathon fundraiser, and a pensioner fighting off a mugger with a pair of jeans.
July 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
This week’s topics include supertram disruptions, the water sector review, Sheffield’s visitor economy, a knife workshop at Kelham Island Museum, a suicide prevention marathon fundraiser, and a pensioner fighting off a mugger with a pair of jeans.
This week’s topics include several items relating to the recent extreme weather, plans for free transport for cataract patients, the Botanical Gardens’ fascinating history, a funding boost for Sheffield support dogs, contemporary collectible pottery, and a local mum slamming the schools shorts ban
July 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This week’s topics include several items relating to the recent extreme weather, plans for free transport for cataract patients, the Botanical Gardens’ fascinating history, a funding boost for Sheffield support dogs, contemporary collectible pottery, and a local mum slamming the schools shorts ban
This week’s topics include updates on two long-running stories: the fate of the Leadmill and the Fargate revamp, two local teenage prize winners at gaming awards, a comedy night fundraiser for Sheffield Children’s Hospital, a visit to the Lord Mayor’s parlour, and a cake shed.
July 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This week’s topics include updates on two long-running stories: the fate of the Leadmill and the Fargate revamp, two local teenage prize winners at gaming awards, a comedy night fundraiser for Sheffield Children’s Hospital, a visit to the Lord Mayor’s parlour, and a cake shed.
There’s also a new edition of ‘Out and About in Sheffield’ this week, made by a journalism student at the University of Sheffield, about a visit to the Pete McKee exhibition which is currently running at the Weston Park Museum.
Listen here: www.sheffieldtalkingnews.org.uk/listen/lates...
Listen here: www.sheffieldtalkingnews.org.uk/listen/lates...
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June 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
There’s also a new edition of ‘Out and About in Sheffield’ this week, made by a journalism student at the University of Sheffield, about a visit to the Pete McKee exhibition which is currently running at the Weston Park Museum.
Listen here: www.sheffieldtalkingnews.org.uk/listen/lates...
Listen here: www.sheffieldtalkingnews.org.uk/listen/lates...
This week’s topics include a warning about low reservoir levels, the walking challenge ‘Sightless on Snowdon’, a local performance by ‘The Choir with No Name’, a new mental health support, the nomination of a Sheffield teenager’s filmmaking debut for Best Film, and Springwatch in the Peak District.
June 4, 2025 at 8:55 AM
This week’s topics include a warning about low reservoir levels, the walking challenge ‘Sightless on Snowdon’, a local performance by ‘The Choir with No Name’, a new mental health support, the nomination of a Sheffield teenager’s filmmaking debut for Best Film, and Springwatch in the Peak District.
This week’s topics include a local project boosting eye screening attendance, the launch of water drought plans, the new Snooker World Champion’s love for our city, several items relating to VE Day and we hear about a new app to make visually impaired people’s access to the food industry much easier
May 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This week’s topics include a local project boosting eye screening attendance, the launch of water drought plans, the new Snooker World Champion’s love for our city, several items relating to VE Day and we hear about a new app to make visually impaired people’s access to the food industry much easier
This week’s topics include the effect of tariffs on a local company, the results of the Big Garden Birdwatch 2025, people’s views on the regeneration of Fargate, location spotting in new BBC series, a casting call for men for a musical, and the future of the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield.
April 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM
This week’s topics include the effect of tariffs on a local company, the results of the Big Garden Birdwatch 2025, people’s views on the regeneration of Fargate, location spotting in new BBC series, a casting call for men for a musical, and the future of the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield.
This week’s items include changes made to the national planning policy framework, pupils calling for a hit drama to be shown in schools, a women refugees craft group, the recent Sheffield Half Marathon, changes to Sheffield to Peak District bus routes, and public loos turned into trendy spaces.
April 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
This week’s items include changes made to the national planning policy framework, pupils calling for a hit drama to be shown in schools, a women refugees craft group, the recent Sheffield Half Marathon, changes to Sheffield to Peak District bus routes, and public loos turned into trendy spaces.
This week’s topics include the impact of Vice President JD Vance’s comments on a Sheffield man, the children’s hospital lighting up for Ramadan, comments by Guide Dogs UK about language used around visual impairment, and the discovery of wooden defences dating from the Civil War at the former castle
March 14, 2025 at 9:55 PM
This week’s topics include the impact of Vice President JD Vance’s comments on a Sheffield man, the children’s hospital lighting up for Ramadan, comments by Guide Dogs UK about language used around visual impairment, and the discovery of wooden defences dating from the Civil War at the former castle
There’s also a new edition of ‘Out and About in Sheffield’ this week, a follow-on from an episode released back in 2019 in which Adele Jagger spoke to one of our listeners, Robin Storey, about his passion for bell ringing.
Listen here: www.sheffieldtalkingnews.org.uk/listen/lates...
Listen here: www.sheffieldtalkingnews.org.uk/listen/lates...
March 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
There’s also a new edition of ‘Out and About in Sheffield’ this week, a follow-on from an episode released back in 2019 in which Adele Jagger spoke to one of our listeners, Robin Storey, about his passion for bell ringing.
Listen here: www.sheffieldtalkingnews.org.uk/listen/lates...
Listen here: www.sheffieldtalkingnews.org.uk/listen/lates...
This week’s topics include the uncovering of a new section of the river Sheaf after 100 years, an experimental trial of gene therapy for toddlers born with a severe form of blindness, tactile sessions at London Fashion Week, and an arson attack on local cat Garfield’s hutch.
March 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
This week’s topics include the uncovering of a new section of the river Sheaf after 100 years, an experimental trial of gene therapy for toddlers born with a severe form of blindness, tactile sessions at London Fashion Week, and an arson attack on local cat Garfield’s hutch.
This week’s topics include the recent siege at a city centre block of flats, Sheffield’s lost landmarks, a big win at bingo, thoughts on the theme of ‘change’, irresponsible wild camping, and the first signs of spring.
February 18, 2025 at 10:35 PM
This week’s topics include the recent siege at a city centre block of flats, Sheffield’s lost landmarks, a big win at bingo, thoughts on the theme of ‘change’, irresponsible wild camping, and the first signs of spring.
This week’s topics include the re-opening of Doncaster Sheffield Airport, a possible second A & E department, a Sheffield bucket list for 2025, an award-winning tavern, winter garden birds, football’s oldest derby, and a Sheffield love story.
February 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
This week’s topics include the re-opening of Doncaster Sheffield Airport, a possible second A & E department, a Sheffield bucket list for 2025, an award-winning tavern, winter garden birds, football’s oldest derby, and a Sheffield love story.
This week’s topics include plans for a new skyscraper, how Supertram fares compare with other trams around the world, the rescue of Abbeydale Picture House, and a row over reopening Doncaster Sheffield airport. There is also a new edition of Out-and-About, visiting The Gardeners Rest in Neepsend.
January 29, 2025 at 10:08 PM
This week’s topics include plans for a new skyscraper, how Supertram fares compare with other trams around the world, the rescue of Abbeydale Picture House, and a row over reopening Doncaster Sheffield airport. There is also a new edition of Out-and-About, visiting The Gardeners Rest in Neepsend.
This week’s topics include an update on transport plans for the region, an award for a Sheffield neurologist for her work on stroke and dementia research, writer Paul Besley’s new book ‘The Search’ about the life of a mountain rescue search dog team, and Sheffield Cat Shelter’s winter campaign.
January 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This week’s topics include an update on transport plans for the region, an award for a Sheffield neurologist for her work on stroke and dementia research, writer Paul Besley’s new book ‘The Search’ about the life of a mountain rescue search dog team, and Sheffield Cat Shelter’s winter campaign.
The latest project from STN is our brand new podcast, V.I.Pod, aimed at the visually impaired community in Sheffield.
In the first episode, V.I.Pod talks to a group of actors at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre whose aim, through a creative approach to audio description (AD), is to make live theatre as
In the first episode, V.I.Pod talks to a group of actors at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre whose aim, through a creative approach to audio description (AD), is to make live theatre as
January 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The latest project from STN is our brand new podcast, V.I.Pod, aimed at the visually impaired community in Sheffield.
In the first episode, V.I.Pod talks to a group of actors at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre whose aim, through a creative approach to audio description (AD), is to make live theatre as
In the first episode, V.I.Pod talks to a group of actors at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre whose aim, through a creative approach to audio description (AD), is to make live theatre as
This week’s topics include a couple who bonded over Scrabble, new management of Sheffield Arena and City Hall, an update on striking bin workers, a Sheffield gritter caught out by ice, a new children's home, and an interview with Sheffield Talking News's very own Alan Thorpe, on World Braille Day.
January 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This week’s topics include a couple who bonded over Scrabble, new management of Sheffield Arena and City Hall, an update on striking bin workers, a Sheffield gritter caught out by ice, a new children's home, and an interview with Sheffield Talking News's very own Alan Thorpe, on World Braille Day.
This week’s topics include an update on the ongoing improvements to the city centre, an industrial relic in Greystones, the restauration of the iconic toll gates on Hunters Bar Roundabout, a litter picking hero, tips on feeding garden birds, and the transformation of a girl’s life by a support dog.
January 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This week’s topics include an update on the ongoing improvements to the city centre, an industrial relic in Greystones, the restauration of the iconic toll gates on Hunters Bar Roundabout, a litter picking hero, tips on feeding garden birds, and the transformation of a girl’s life by a support dog.
Listen to recent examples of our recordings here:
- Weekly News: www.sheffieldtalkingnews.org.uk/listen/lates...
- 'Talk About' magazine: www.sheffieldtalkingnews.org.uk/listen/lates...
- 'Out and About': www.sheffieldtalkingnews.org.uk/listen/lates...
- Weekly News: www.sheffieldtalkingnews.org.uk/listen/lates...
- 'Talk About' magazine: www.sheffieldtalkingnews.org.uk/listen/lates...
- 'Out and About': www.sheffieldtalkingnews.org.uk/listen/lates...
January 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Listen to recent examples of our recordings here:
- Weekly News: www.sheffieldtalkingnews.org.uk/listen/lates...
- 'Talk About' magazine: www.sheffieldtalkingnews.org.uk/listen/lates...
- 'Out and About': www.sheffieldtalkingnews.org.uk/listen/lates...
- Weekly News: www.sheffieldtalkingnews.org.uk/listen/lates...
- 'Talk About' magazine: www.sheffieldtalkingnews.org.uk/listen/lates...
- 'Out and About': www.sheffieldtalkingnews.org.uk/listen/lates...
Listen to us:
- online: www.sheffieldtalkingnews.org.uk/listen
- by post: email stnmail@sheffieldtalkingnews.org.uk to sign up
- via BWBF devices
- via the Talking Newspaper app
- via Amazon's Alexa
- via podcast: sheffieldtalkingnews.podbean.com
- online: www.sheffieldtalkingnews.org.uk/listen
- by post: email stnmail@sheffieldtalkingnews.org.uk to sign up
- via BWBF devices
- via the Talking Newspaper app
- via Amazon's Alexa
- via podcast: sheffieldtalkingnews.podbean.com
December 31, 2024 at 6:03 PM
Listen to us:
- online: www.sheffieldtalkingnews.org.uk/listen
- by post: email stnmail@sheffieldtalkingnews.org.uk to sign up
- via BWBF devices
- via the Talking Newspaper app
- via Amazon's Alexa
- via podcast: sheffieldtalkingnews.podbean.com
- online: www.sheffieldtalkingnews.org.uk/listen
- by post: email stnmail@sheffieldtalkingnews.org.uk to sign up
- via BWBF devices
- via the Talking Newspaper app
- via Amazon's Alexa
- via podcast: sheffieldtalkingnews.podbean.com