Demi Koutouzi

I am an MA Journalism student at the University of Sheffield and a Features editor for Forge Press.


My Recent Work

Sheffield Wire •

Four people arrested in Sheffield and Rotherham on suspicion of Modern Slavery involvement

Police have arrested four people on suspicion of Modern Slavery concerning sexual exploitation in the Dinnington area of Rotherham.

A 45-year-old man and a 37-year-old woman from Dinnington, Rotherham, were arrested and a 58-year-old woman and a 37-year-old woman from the Manor area of Sheffield were arrested after a warrant was executed.

The arrests and warrants took place in their residential addresses.

Detective Inspector James Smith from the Modern Slavery Team said: “Modern Slavery is oc
Sheffield Wire •

Breaking News: Armed police outside McDonalds in Sheffield City Centre after dog attack

Armed police were called to Fargate this afternoon, following reports of a dog attack.

A crowd was formed around the scene and a number of marked and unmarked police cars were in the area.

Police were called at around 2.38pm today after reports of two dogs attacking another dog in High Street, Sheffield.

Two dogs have been seized by police and are under control and one of the dogs involved has suffered a minor injury. No further injuries have been reported at this time.

A man has been detain
Sheffield Wire •

£2.3 million funding available to Sheffield venues to reduce their carbon footprint

As part of Sheffield City Council’s city goal to reduce carbon emissions and create a sustainable city, £2.3 million has been assigned to benefit cultural and community buildings.

The project, which will run until March 2025, aims to support 140 organisations to reduce their energy bills.

This grant, which is part-funded by the government’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund, will identify possible saving improvements and help venues invest in solutions to reduce energy costs. Organisations will also b
Sheffield Wire •

"Miss Sheffield United": A breakdown of Maddy Cusack's career

At the time of her death, Maddy Cusack was the longest-serving player in Sheffield United women’s squad.

The midfielder, who captured the hearts of so many, had dedicated her life to football, after first kicking a ball around her garden as a little kid.

‘‘Maddy started playing football from the moment she was able,’’ recalls her sister, Olivia, 24. “We used to play out in the back garden all the time. Our first house had a little field, so me, Maddy, and my dad used to go and play there.”

De
Sheffield Wire •

MOBO awards 2024: Excitement grows as the awards are coming to Sheffield for the first time

”Slambarz”, Sheffield black community music group, are ”gassed” to welcome the MOBO awards to Sheffield.

The UK’s biggest black music celebration will be held in the Utilita Arena in Sheffield on 7 February 2024.

Dominic Heslop, otherwise known as The 1Devotion, said: ”I feel crazy, excited, gassed, happy, inspired. Especially for all the young people who have been waiting for something like this. With art or everything in life looks so far away from you, to know they’re going to be on your do
Sheffield Wire •

Parkwood Springs and Doncaster areas to receive levelling up funding

The Government announced that Parkwood Springs, Mexborough and Moorends will receive funding from the Levelling Up Fund for regeneration plans.

Parkwood Springs is receiving £200,000 which will be used to redevelop the popular site and to clear the old ski village structures and debris.

The council will be working towards securing additional funding for the project, while an ecological assessment will also be carried out.

Councillor Mazher Iqbal, Executive Member for City Futures: Development
Forge Press •

Bummit: From being stuck on the road for hours to staying in a mansion for free, students share their hitchhiking experiences.

Bummit, the university’s hitchhiking society, is celebrating its 20th year of expeditions around the UK and to lands further afield, all in the name of fundraising for Sheffield and South Yorkshire-based charities.

The self-proclaimed ‘‘most exciting society’’ in the University began when a small group of adventurous students were looking for a new way to raise money for Sheffield RAG. Twenty years on, Sheffield Bummit has become the world’s largest student hitchhiking group, with hundreds of s