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A Crosspool house was featured on a BBC TV programme yesterday.
The distinctive new-build home near the top of Darwin Lane appeared on To Build or Not To Build, which was broadcast yesterday morning. You can watch the show again on iPlayer for the next seven days.
To Build or Not To Build featuring Darwin Lane house
A funding deal to transform the status of a Crosspool school into an academy could be signed as early as Monday.
Today’s Sheffield Telegraph covers the story on its front page.
A meeting for parents only took place on Tuesday at the school. Concerns have been raised by parents, councillors and education officers over the consultation process.
Teachers at Tapton are against the move, fearing that becoming an academy will not raise educational standards.
Governors feel such a move would be in the school’s best interest, allowing them to balance the books by negotiating better value services.
The new edition of the Crosspool Clarion is going to press and will soon be falling on the doormats of all Crosspool households.
The latest issue includes:
Download Crosspool Clarion Summer 2011 (PDF, 1.5MB)
Some back issues of past editions of the Crosspool Clarion are also available to download.
The Crosspool Clarion is the official newsletter of Crospool Forum. It is a free, quarterly publication, with over 2,500 copies delivered to local households.
If you are a local business then you may wish to consider advertising in the Clarion. It is a great way to reach over local households. Contact Clarion editor Ian Hague for more information.
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A Crosspool beauty salon has been recognised as the best in the city in a poll by the Sheffield Star newspaper.
Aspects of Beauty on Manchester Road picked up the Reader’s Choice award in recognition of the service it provides.
The salon opened 25 years ago and was taken over by owner Suzy Kerfoot in 2008.
Thursday’s BBC Question Time came from Tapton School in Crosspool.
A panel featuring Anna Soubry, Vince Cable, David Blunkett, Max Mosley and James O’Brien joined David Dimbleby to debate political issues.
UK viewers can watch the programme again on iPlayer.
Close enough to the city centre but with easy access to the countryside – that’s how the Sheffield Telegraph has described Crosspool, Fulwood, Ranmoor and Lodge Moor in it’s latest area focus advertising feature.
Artisan and Catch restaurants, Bamforth’s fruit and vegetable shop and Craft Angels are all included in the piece, which appears highlights only the businesses that have bought an advert on the same page of the newspaper.
Crosspool restaurant Artisan is launching a new Sunday lunch time menu from today.
“We want people to ask for more bread, potatoes, vegetables, yorkies and gravy, just like at home,” says chef patron Richard Smith in this week’s Sheffield Telegraph.
For £22.50 you get three courses plus bread, coffee and chocolates. A la carte is also available.
The Yorkshire Post reports that Hallam MP and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has objected to the proposed convenience store in Crosspool:
Clegg joins retail scheme objectors
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has joined forces with more than 150 people from the Sheffield suburb of Crosspool who have objected to plans for a major retail development.
A meeting has been called to discuss the proposed new convenience store for Crosspool. Councillors and press have been invited to hear your opinions.
It will take place on Friday 3 September at 6:30pm in St Columba’s church hall.
Don’t forget, you can also comment on the a planning application using the Council website.
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