Statement

Students from 153 institutions compete in the British Universities and Colleges Sport Championships across 50 disciplines. The athletics events are contested in Sheffield over two days.

By Russell Bates, James Dodd & Mark Lomas

The British International Open Championships held at Ponds Forge, Sheffield, is the only event held in a 50-metre pool for disabled swimmers in the UK.

By James Dodd

Every year since 1963 competitors for across the UK have competed in the World Coal Carrying Championships in the small village of Gawthorpe.

By Russell Bates

"There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn music and dancing, and thought it time well spent."

Michel de Montaigne

By James Dodd, Mark Lomas & Gary Taylor

World War One ended on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of the year 1918. 90 years later the fields of France and Belgium still hold the memories of those left behind.

By Mark Lomas