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Sheffield, South Yorkshire County, UK
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Dan Hayes’s Biography

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Reporter with five years experience. Currently at the Sheffield Star and before that the Derbyshire Times. Interest in social affairs and crime.

Dan Hayes’s Journalist Portfolio

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'We are losing a generation' - early intervention call for troubled Sheffield neighbourhood

'We are losing a generation' - early intervention call for troubled Sheffield neighbourhood

A spate of shootings - 18 at the latest count - have seen a small stretch of the busy Sheffield road and the …

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Roma community 'here to stay' in Sheffield after fleeing racism and discrimination in Slovakia, s...

Roma community 'here to stay' in Sheffield after fleeing racism and discrimination in Slovakia, s...

An academic who has spent years researching the Roma culture both in Slovakia and Sheffield says racism and d…

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'It is an amazingly positive experience' - Wild swimmers call on council to celebrate popular She...

'It is an amazingly positive experience' - Wild swimmers call on council to celebrate popular She...

Every day of the year, several dozen hardy Sheffield souls plunge into the deep, dark, bitterly cold water of…

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End of an era as legendary Sheffield takeaway prepares to close its doors for good

End of an era as legendary Sheffield takeaway prepares to close its doors for good

Iranian by birth, Mehran came to the city to study industrial design at the polytechnic, but met his Sheffiel…

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'There is always something happening' - Shooting shocks troubled Sheffield suburb

'There is always something happening' - Shooting shocks troubled Sheffield suburb

On Abbeydale Road at around 1am on Friday morning, six gunshots rang out, disturbing residents from their sle…

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Sheffield takes it slow and sensible as pubs in city reopen for first time in four months

Sheffield takes it slow and sensible as pubs in city reopen for first time in four months

The city's hospitality industry - which had been in hibernation since mid-March - was given the green light t…

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Articles

‘Incredibly misleading’: are Tixerbon trying to trick people into buying their freeholds?

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| Sheffield Tribune Verified
Sheffield Central MP Abtisam Mohamed has written to housing minister Matthew Pennycook demanding he take “urgent action” against a company trying to pressurise local homeowners into buying their freeholds. She accused Tixerbon, which has recently written to a number of Sheffield leaseholders saying they intend to put “FOR SALE” signs in their front gardens, of being “bad actors” and “exploiting an outdated system” for cash.
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Sheffield Wednesday have just been relegated. So why is everyone so happy?

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By Dan Hayes Verified
| Sheffield Tribune Verified
Win your FPL mini-league in 2026/27 Not so relevant if you're a Wednesday fan, but the Premier League kicks off again tomorrow, which means fantasy football players everywhere are putting the finishing touches on their squads. If you want to leave your friends and family in the dust this season, then sign up for free to LazyFPL: a short weekly newsletter that arrives 24 hours before each FPL deadline, packed with the essential info you need.
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Why should poorer teens travel hours to do A-Levels?

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| Sheffield Tribune Verified
For Deb Southward's 17-year-old daughter, the school day starts early. Really early. Even if she’s dressed and ready to leave the house before 7.30am, in time to catch her bus from Handsworth all the way across the city to King Edward VII School in Broomhill, there’s no guarantee she’ll make it on time. Sometimes the bus just doesn’t show up, or it’s late, or it skips her stop because it’s already too full. Her journey home is no more predictable.
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Interview

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What was your first job as a journalist?

Trainee.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

No

How is social media changing news?

For good and bad. It makes finding information and people so much easier but it has also produced really unpleasant abuse.