A journalism student whose first book was published earlier this year has been nominated for a literary award. Amy Durrant, a third year journalism student at Sheffield University, had her debut novel Prisms published in July by US publishing house

A journalism student will get on her bike to cycle 700km next summer for a children’s charity. Olivia Michaud, 19, who is studying at the University of Sheffield, will cycle across the Himalayas in India in June to raise money for charity Childreach International,