Sheffield Talking News

This week we hear about a new documentary raising awareness of endometriosis, and news that the Hillsborough Law is back before Parliament. There's also a celebration of tuning fork makers in the city, a student's recovery from a rugby injury, and Lowri's dream of a career in musical theatre.

This week we hear from Amar Latif, who lost his sight but still travels the world, and about the pests forcing the closure of the Moor Market. There's a campaign to save the park fairground in two parts, Def Leppard rocking a homecoming show, and memories of the World Student Games.

This week: a Northern Olympic bid backed by sporting legends runs alongside local frustration as Sheffield students are sent to Rotherham for sports day after their own athletics track's troubled reopening. Elsewhere, Curzon Cinema announces its closure after a decade on George Street, an eco-bricks factory opens its first UK site in the city, and a Sheffield teenager takes on a 15,000-foot skydive to support the youth charity that helped him. Councillors spar over a green belt row and the future of the steel industry, while small businesses report being targeted by bogus business-rates demand letters.

This month's bulletin looks back at a handful of Yorkshire's great inventors, from logarithm pioneer Henry Briggs to home computing designer Rick Dickinson. There's a TNF Soundings recipe for a slow-cooker baked fruit salad from Penny Melville-Brown (the Blind Baker), an update on Fight for Sight's new UK Vision Research Network, SRSB's upcoming events, and the latest on city centre scaffolding and hoardings to be aware of.

In this episode Alan, Sandra and Helen visit Sheffield Christmas Market. They start in the Alpine Bar then go outside where Helen describes the various stalls and food and drink outlets.

In this episode Bonfire night is spent with Alan, Sandra and friends in Alan and Sandra's garden. Claire gives details of which shops are offering accessible christmas guides and Lucy provides an Audio clip from a fireworks display at the Botanical Gardens Sheffield.

In this episode, Claire talks about what started out as a hobby turned in to a job selling vinyl records. And how she managed that as a blind person.

In this episode, Lucy and Sam take us with them on their walk up Mam Torr. Lucy describes the trail itself and the view.

In this episode, Alan Thorpe takes us on a tour around Sheffield Steam Rally at North Anston. As well as Alan's wonderful commentary, we can hear the sounds of the various exhibits.

This weeks episode is a compilation of some short items provided by a group of journalism students at Sheffield College. They were given a very tight deadline to produce the material and it has all been recorded and edited by themselves. They have very kindly given the recorded items to us for inclusion in our podcast. The items are based around what the students themselves enjoy and we hope you enjoy it as well