A London start-up tried to solve Sheffield's housing crisis. So far, they've made it worse
'People gave up secure housing to live here, we are quite content to see their business collapse'
Victoria Munro
Victoria is an investigative reporter, who has written extensively about Sheffield's music and hospitality sectors. She was previously the editor of the Waltham Forest Echo.
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Britain’s ‘strictest school’ is a Sheffield success story. But Mercia isn’t for everyone
‘I’ve heard them described as like prisoners escaping from captivity and going a bit wild’
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‘All these rumours are doing nobody any good’
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A novel problem in Crookes
'It’s upsetting that I now have to be hyper-vigilant with people that walk through my door'
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Won’t work? Can’t work. The University of Sheffield is no longer playing nice
Striking staff have been warned they won’t be paid unless missed lessons are replaced. Plus: exciting news from the British Journalism Awards
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A 12-year-old girl in crisis was sent to Sheffield for help. Three weeks later, she was dead
‘It’s something I have thought about a million times over’
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Stalker Lee: is a phantom menace harassing Sheffield’s students?
‘There’s an assumption that all this relates to one specific offender’
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‘It’s all falling to bits’: Inside the collapse of Sheffield’s last remaining tenant co-operative
'It were a good community then. It isn't now'
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Exclusive: Police reopen investigation into historic sexual abuse at Mount St Mary’s College
This story includes details of sexual abuse some readers may find distressing
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Why is the council still building Event Central?
The price tag for Fargate's promised venue has more than doubled in the last three years, but the council insists it is worth the cost
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Factory built eco-pods: the answer to Sheffield's homelessness crisis?
‘This is only six out of the hundreds of homes we need, but that’s better than none’
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One year on from the Manvers riot, many just want to forget. But it’s not that simple
‘A lot of these places haven’t recovered since the miners’ strike’
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1998: Sheffield’s lost summer of love
Among Giants was supposed to be another Full Monty. Though it flopped, it should not be forgotten
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John Booker is Sheffield’s first Reform councillor. Labour insiders worry he won’t be the last
‘John is by no means the worst of these people, he’s not a knuckle-dragging racist’
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The Kommune Kurse strikes again
“You can invite as many influencers as you want to the launch night, but they won’t help you on a Tuesday when you need people in.”
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Expelled, swapped and hidden away: More and more Sheffield children are being excluded from school
‘What you are seeing is not the bulk of the exclusions. The number of hidden exclusions is absolutely outrageous'
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War, what is it good for? Maybe Sheffield?
A new artillery factory in Tinsley is being touted as a solution to our economic woes. But at what cost?
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Who killed the Sheffield Ski Village?
Reheating the cold case of our city’s most notoriously flammable attraction
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