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Shocking CCTV shows alleged knifeman rampaging through Doncaster-London train

Train knifeman asked police officer ‘do you reckon it was worth it?’, court told

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“It seems incredibly unfair”: Greenbelt build could go on for length of children’s whole primary education

“These kids don't get trips to the seaside. They certainly don't get trips abroad. This is their escape”

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Jail for 'arrogant' Barnsley dad who ran over and killed handyman who offered to mow his mum's lawn

“He was doing nothing but going to neighbours on his mum’s estate trying to get work by cutting grass”

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Six police officers assaulted in the line of duty in one weekend in South Yorkshire

“Violence and abuse against police officers shouldn't be normalised or dismissed as 'part of the job'”

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Yorkshire Water bosses blocked from bonuses after new report reveals one-star rating

Yorkshire Water has received a one-star rating in a recent report.

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Former Sheffield church leader and wife charged with eight counts of rape

The alleged crime is said to have occurred in 2008

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Smirking Sheffield gunman on run from cops for speeding tried to hide loaded pistol in bushes

The 30-year-old was carrying a loaded gun when he decided to try speeding past officers on Staniforth Road

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Sheffield view on Budget: Missed opportunity to face up to responsibility

Lucy Kelgate says the Chancellor’s Budget deferred difficult spending decisions, left the tax burden rising and did little to reassure those concerned about debt, pensions and people leaving the UK.

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Hillsborough residents to host public meeting on controversial transport changes

The meeting will get everybody's feedback to take to the council and “make as much noise as we can”

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Las Vegas man to fly 5,000 miles for first Rotherham United game to see former ‘Welcome to Wrexham’ star

“Rotherham is a whole lot like the town I grew up in”

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Sheffield teens banned from buying nicotine-free vapes as new rules introduced

Government implements new restrictions on the sale and promotion of vapes and nicotine products across the UK

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Sheffield City Council seizes more than 3,000 illegal cigarettes and hundreds of vapes from shops

“There is no excuse for selling illegal vapes, and it is particularly unacceptable when products are designed or promoted to appeal to children and young people”

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Politicians say Budget shows South Yorkshire has "a central role to play in driving the UK's future growth"

“I was pleased to see a lot in the Budget for South Yorkshire”

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Barnsley dad who killed handiman over offer to mow mum's lawn faces prison today

A judge promised: “The sentence will be one of immediate imprisonment”

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"Housing targets are about Government spreadsheets, not what people actually want"

Some greenbelt land will have to be turned into housing, but vague borders between council territories shouldn’t be the deciding feature

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Campaigners fear "historically significant" Quaker burial site will be destroyed in greenbelt housing plans

“These are major pieces of history which are buried underneath top grade farmland that the council proposes to bulldoze for housing”

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Mineshaft discovery in Sheffield to cost £275k after trams cancelled

Buses are replacing Sheffield trams that can't run

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Google ranks Yorkshire's councils as reviewers leave scathing messages

The ratings reviewers have give councils in Yorkshire have been listed on Google.

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Sheffield reacts to John Healey's Budget as call made for more to be done for youth

People of Sheffield have reacted to todays budget.

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Man in court charged with causing deaths of six people including four from same family in crash near Barnsley

The victims included four members of the same family