What's Happening in Sheffield blog

Snooker ace Steve Davis will be seen on the streets of Sheffield in his shorts when he takes part in the city’s half marathon.

Caricaturist to the stars, Richard Smith, has offered to create a piece of work for homeless dog Scooby Doo in an attempt to find him a new owner.

Teenager Jake Cook has been asked to carry the Olympic Torch on a leg of its journey as recognition of all his voluntary work.

A mum and grandmother are hoping to turn an old warehouse into a skating complex for children in an aim to give them somewhere safe to hang out. Mum-of-three Amy Cooper and her mum Jan Hulley are planning to transform the old RJ Stokes paint factory and warehouse buildings in Little London Road into an indoor park for skateboarding, BMX, scootering and in-line skating.

Underprivileged children will be able to keep playing the football they love thanks to a charity donation. Sheffield charity Help a Child Have a Chance has donated £1,000 to the Wisewood Juniors Football Club to ensure its members can play for another year.

Slimmer Alison Purvis-Gisborne has won a national award after losing a staggering 9st. Alison, 36, a sports physiology lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University, has been named the Rosemary Conley Online Slimmer of the Year after dropping from 20st to just under 11st.

Volunteer Christine Manby has been named in the New Year’s Honours list after years of service with the Women’s Royal Voluntary Service (WRVS). Christine, from Sheffield, who has volunteered for the service for 20 years, has been awarded the OBE. She said: “I was absolutely taken aback to get the OBE, I thought it was unbelievable.

The skies of Sheffield are buzzing with excitement thanks to a new project aimed at helping the UK’s dwindling bee population.