Sheffield Headlines 27 July: Travellers set up large camp in popular Parson Cross Park in Sheffield

The latest news headlines from the Sheffield Star, Thursday July 27th 2023.

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00:00 Good afternoon, it's Chris here with your top three stories today, Thursday July the 27th.

00:04 Number one, Tramlines Month. Drone footage shows the scale of cleanup facing the

00:09 Tramlines team on Sheffield's Hillsborough Park.

00:11 And number two, travellers set up a large camp in popular Parson Cross Park in Sheffield.

00:17 And number three, Pure Gym Crystal Peaks. First look inside the new gym at

00:23 Drake House Retail Park in Sheffield.

00:25 That's it for me, have a great day and we'll see you tomorrow.

00:27 Yeah, I think we're quite lucky in Sheffield. It's, you know, one of the greenest cities in Europe.

00:32 So we do have quite a lot of woodland which I prefer to run in.

00:35 So I often go into Lim Valley, which is out near the Peak District, or through Ecclesall Woods as well.

00:42 That's where I usually find myself doing sort of weekly runs.

00:45 Here in the city centre I suppose as well, this is great for all the rural stuff too.

00:49 If there's anywhere in the town centre you wanted to go from, where would you go?

00:53 So we actually run a weekly run from the shop, which is roughly 5k on Wednesdays, which starts at 5.45.

01:01 So good if you are coming out of the office.

01:04 We run up to Norfolk Park, we run on the canal quite a lot of the time,

01:07 or up into Crookes, sort of Western Park, that area.

01:11 So there's plenty of places you can get to from the city centre.

01:13 And it starts here from Church Street?

01:15 It does start here from the shop, yep, Church Street.

01:17 What time is that?

01:18 It's at 5.45 on Wednesdays.

01:21 Yeah, so I do run quite regularly. I'm training for half marathon at the moment.

01:27 So yeah, I'm building my distance up again, but at the moment I've been enjoying running around Grenou Woods.

01:34 It's a little bit of a drive away for me, but it's just such a peaceful place.

01:38 Lots of different routes, quite hilly at points, but yeah, lots of different sights to see.

01:44 And it makes a change from Crookes and Walkley, where I normally run.

01:48 Would you prefer running outside over a treadmill?

01:51 Oh, I can't run on a treadmill personally.

01:54 I think Richardfield, there's so many different places to see.

01:58 I love running outside, and the hills, yeah, I hate them, but the variation helps.

02:05 Yeah, I like getting to the top and having a view.