Opinion

Throughout this Islamic month of Ramadan, Mosques have been opening their doors feeding and interacting with people of all faiths and none, homeless, rich or poor. I would not be surprised if more than a million people in the UK were fed, including many millions across the world. Yet despite these interactions it seems that they are not enough to stop unprecedented levels of hate or anti-Muslim inspired attacks.

I am calling for Sheffield school to add one more item to their invigilation kits this exam season.

It’s always sad to hear the plight of any rescue animals, but for me the saddest of all is the amount of horses and ponies left abandoned at the moment. I love to hear success stories though on how some of these unlucky ponies are rehabilitated and find a happy ending.

We’re at the start of Cervical Screening Awareness Week and, as a GP, I’m today urging all Doncaster women to please attend your appointment when you are called for a smear test.

Doncaster born and bred Stephen Woad is affectionately known as ‘Squire’ at Doncaster Racecourse thanks to his bright socks, checked shirts an colourful handkerchiefs.

Well, as some of you may remember we've not been able to join pony club this season due to my daughter's knee injury...we had the results back after going private and finding she had torn her muscle in two areas. Luckily she is on the road to recovery.

Michael Lee heads up leading Sheffield-based physiotherapy clinic, Sheffield Sports Medicine (SSM). Michael started the business in 2009, with the clinic enjoying rapid growth in the years since.

One of these days I’m going to get a shock. One of these days a politician will stand up and say something complimentary about British farming.

When Meghan Markle married into the Royal family, what she effectively did is drag the Royal family into contemporary Britain. The diversity of the wedding was celebrated by millions, including people from black and ethnic minorities, it must have felt like a refreshing change.

The weather seems to have turned for us and we’ve had some beautiful sunny days recently, this is the time of year when everything appears to be full on, and this applies equally to sport as it does to nature.

On Monday when America opened its embassy into Jerusalem, while declaring Jerusalem as the capital of Israel only a few weeks before, I realised then, many innocent people - namely Palestinians - were to be killed, and so it has proven.

Research suggests that one in four of us will experience some form of mental health illness during our life.

If you encountered an organisation which forced you to hand over a substantial amount of money towards its running costs every year yet denied you any kind of say in how the collected cash was spent you might think there was something seriously wrong with it.

If you mentioned the word 'hacking' to a non-horse person they would immediately think of some computer whizz kid trying to break into computer systems to steal information.

I am a huge supporter of local newspapers because they do so much good for the communities they serve.

Most people in their eighites and nineties have experienced a life most young people of today could barely comprehend.

Costume jewellery made from non precious materials is often more evocative of its age than precious jewels.

As spring seems to have finally arrived in Sheffield and the cherry trees are looking fantastic, I’ve chosen a object that reminds me of warm sunny days and that celebrates the beauty of nature.

Sadly, childhood obesity is once again making the headlines.