Primark has removed a t-shirt promoting hit US TV show The Walking Dead from its stores after it was branded “fantastically offensive” and “racist” by an angry shopper. Outraged Ian Lucraft was so offended by the “explicit” t-shirt that he complained directly to the discount clothing store’s chief executive – and Primark has now apologised and removed the men’s t-shirt from its branches.
Category: Sheffield, England
Murder investigation launched after man is shot dead in Sheffield street
Police at the scene in Daniel Hill, Sheffield after a man was found with a suspected gunshot wound to his chest. The young victim was said to have been shot in the chest while on his way to a family celebration near the Upperthorpe area of the city .
Armed police have sealed off a Sheffield street following a shooting.
People living in the Upperthorpe area said the man was either in, or close to, a black Mercedes car he had been driving when he was shot in the chest on Saturday lunchtime. Local residents said the man was a member of a family who live close to the scene of the shooting on Daniel Hill, between the Upperthorpe and Walkley areas of the city.
Unit helps South Yorkshire hepatitis C sufferers get crucial…
A mobile clinic unit which could help more people with hepatitis C live a disease-free future will be visiting Devonshire Green on Thursday January 26 and Hanfia Masjid mosque, 372 Sheffield Road, Tinsley on Friday January 27. Hepatitis C is a virus that infects the liver. If untreated, it can cause serious and life-threatening damage to the liver, including cirrhosis and liver cancer.
Team GB lead the way in New Year Honours list
Britain’s first ever Tour de France cyclist, a cutler to the Queen with 76 years under his belt and the director of an agricultural show are among the Yorkshire recipients of New Year’s Honours Nationally, Olympic heroes Mo Farah, Andy Murray and Sheffield’ Jessica Ennis-Hill lead the way in a list dominated by Rio 2016’s Team GB. Others who will claim the title Sir in the new year include Kinks frontman Ray Davies, 72, and veteran comic Ken Dodd, 89, recognised for services to the arts, and entertainment and charity, respectively.
Cross-party MPs ‘disappointed’ at Sheffield Eagles move to Wakefield
Sheffield Eagles’ search for a home within the city has been backed by an influential cross-party group of MPs. The rugby league club this month confirmed next season’s home games will be played at Wakefield’s Belle Vue ground, nearly 30 miles up the M1.
Passion for community at a well of spirituality
Marjorie Allan, aged 42, lives in Nether Edge with her three young children and husband Nick. Together the couple are Baptist ministers at The Well on Ecclesall Road – a lively, growing, contemporary church.