(BBC) The new lord mayor of Sheffield has made history as the first black woman wearing a hijab to be appointed to the role.
Labour’s Safiya Saeed was inaugurated as the city’s 128th lord mayor at a council meeting on Monday.
Members of her family travelled from her home country of Somaliland for the ceremony at Sheffield Town Hall.
Saeed said: “I am honoured to be the first black woman wearing a hijab to take this role. I came to Sheffield in 1985, and this city has truly become my home, a place where I have always felt I belong.”
The single mother-of-five, who was first elected as councillor for Burngreave in 2021, founded Reach Up Youth, a community project supporting young people, particularly those from black and ethnic minority backgrounds.
