Sunderland rockers the Futureheads are set to headline Sheffield’s Tramlines music festival this summer, along with fellow Sunderland lads Frankie & the Heartstrings, and Northern Irish band Ash.

What does the Lib Dem defeat mean for Sheffield? Our experts run the rule over the new political landscape.

Sheffield City Council are appealing for voters to say whether the junction at the Moorhead should stay as it is, or to let traffic turn right out of Pinstone Street onto Furnival Gate.

The Sheffield Steel Rollergirls (SSRG) are opening recruitment for new members next week – and men are being invited to sign up too!

Labour’s deputy leader Harriet Harman made a special visit to Sheffield today to congratulate the local Labour party for their victory in yesterday’s local council elections.

What a night to be a Labour supporter in Sheffield after the party gained nine seats to gain control of the council.

The voters’ decisive rejection of the Liberal Democrats in Sheffield was a “harsh” verdict on the party, according to the city’s Lib Dem leader.

Was the surprisingly low-turnout a contributing factor to Lib Dem’s massive
losses in Sheffield this year? Is Clegg-pneumonia, as David Blunkett coined
it earlier, a contributor to general voter apathy?

The Green party in Sheffield experienced mixed fortunes in Thursday’s elections – holding onto one key seat, but failing in another where they were highly fancied.

Former Home Secretary David Blunkett laid into the Liberal Democrats today and fellow Sheffield MP Nick Clegg, hailing the end of “Cleggmania”.