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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Gleadless Valley regeneration plan in need of… regeneration
Plus, a local entry in the next Countryfile calendar and a Hamilton parody at the Leadmill
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Ranking the world’s Sheffields, the importance of dancefloor design and the most Northern videogame ever
A writer’s edition from Victoria
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Getting a GP appointment should be a lot easier next year
Sheffield needs more GPs, so why can't the city's trainee GPs finds jobs?
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Karl Hurst takes photographs like he rolls his cigarettes — without a filter
‘I find it impossible to know what people want, unless I was a wedding photographer’
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Sifting through hundreds of pages of documents; elbow grease and defining ‘affordable housing’
Behind the scenes on our biggest housing investigation yet
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Park Hill’s developer was given millions for affordable flats. So where are they?
Urban Splash was legally bound to provide 20% affordable housing, until it wasn’t
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The University of Sheffield’s robotics professor thinks AI labour is inevitable. So what comes next?
‘Our human lives are increasingly impacted by AI’
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Does Reform UK have a chance in Rotherham?
The Tories are M.I.A. and some fear the far-right party could fill the vacuum
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Jobseekers, beware! The sales companies convincing Sheffield’s young people to slog round the clock
Commuting in a car boot, barking at colleagues and two-hour ‘atmosphere sessions’
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40 years on, is the truth about the Battle of Orgreave finally going to come out?
Plus, the 'snooker ear nibbler' caught on camera at The Crucible is revealed
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Why are international students abandoning Sheffield Hallam?
A change in government policy has left Hallam struggling to attract international students — while UoS remains far less rattled
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Is Sheffield’s only independent councillor too shy to speak?
‘It’s thanks to you, not me. All I did was carry on your work.’
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Aseel Al-Essaie was the victim of a grisly murder, now he’s television
‘One person’s worst day is another person’s payday’
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Sheffield was in decline. In Bill Stephenson’s photos, the city still glows
‘There’s a golden hour when everyone loves everyone — and a point where people are ready to punch each other’
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