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’
The Leadmill says it’s fighting for the ‘soul of Sheffield’. Its original founders disagree
‘All these rumours are doing nobody any good’
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Unsnookered: how Sheffield’s leaders pulled off a seemingly impossible trick shot
‘It was a very tight process, the whole thing was covered by NDAs’
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Illuminati? Vulture capitalist? The man who evicted the Leadmill wants to leave the drama behind
‘They used to call people ‘scabs’ if they were willing to go to the new venue, as if we were at Orgreave’
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‘It looks really icky’: Does Sheffield Theatres have too much power?
Controversial hires have insiders grumbling about the city’s theatre powerhouse
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The secret postie
'I’ve never been stopped in the street and shouted at as much as I am these days'
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No, pro-Palestine activists are not ‘Jew-hunting’ in Woodseats
‘We hoped if we kept quiet and did nothing, it would die down, but clearly it won’t’
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More alleged victims of sexual abuse at Mount St Mary’s come forward
Plus, MPs call for immediate action after Andrew Milne’s conviction
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He’s allegedly the ‘UK’s leading solo urban explorer’. He’s also its most despised
‘He’s giving us urban explorers a bad name’
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Manic street preachers?
The preachers on the Moor get a lot of flak from the public. We went to find out why they still do it
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A sex offender that can’t be named
If a school’s head of safeguarding is married to a convicted paedophile, do parents have the right to know?
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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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