‘We had to buy blankets’: floods force shoppers to spend night in Meadowhall

Posted on November 8, 2019 by Admin

Sheffield shopping centre cut off by rising waters as torrential rain deluges large areas and Met Office warns of more to come

UK flooding – latest news live

Dozens of people have been trapped in Sheffield’s Meadowhall shopping centre overnight after torrential rain caused flooding throughout the city and transport chaos across large parts of northern England.

Heavy rain across the region on Thursday made roads impassable and forced the cancellation of train services, while 35 homes were evacuated in Mansfield after a mudlside.

North of England floods: trapped shoppers allowed to leave mall

Posted on November 7, 2019 by Admin

Meadowhall in Sheffield says those who wish to stay can, due to ‘extreme conditions’ outside

People trapped by flood water in a shopping mall near Sheffield have been told they can leave but were warned there will be severe delays due to “extreme weather conditions”.

People at the Meadowhall shopping centre had earlier been told to stay put by police and not to attempt to leave the mall after flooding left roads gridlocked.

‘Immigrants make Britain great’: Magid Magid’s unlikely journey to Green MEP – video

Posted on May 27, 2019 by Admin

Magid Magid shot to fame as the lord mayor of Sheffield on a platform of hope and anti-racism in his city. A year later he has been elected as the first Green MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber. We followed him on the campaign trail and find out how he got his message out and what he will do in Brussels

Sheffield’s anti-Trump lord mayor ready to run for MEP

Posted on April 10, 2019 by Admin

Green party’s Magid Magid says he wants to be a voice for young people and refugees

The departing lord mayor of Sheffield has said he intends to run in European elections in response to growing political turmoil and the rise of far-right groups.

Magid Magid, 29, said on Tuesday he wanted to become Yorkshire and the Humber’s first Green party MEP if the UK participated in the European elections due on 23 May.