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Sheffield hotel’s first community fireworks night attracts thousands and another event is planned

There are plans for another event

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South Yorkshire Police issue warning over fraudsters posing as cops in phone calls to victims

“We know that other numbers connected to South Yorkshire Police could be spoofed in the future”

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Sheffield man arrested after woman threatened and chased in car around Chesterfield

Witnesses are urged to come forward

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‘We can’t keep driving people away from Sheffield city centre’

”Fining unwitting motorists is not going to help our cause”

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Royal recognition for Sheffield sports club with prestigious award

The grassroots club has been recognised for its volunteer dedication to the community with an award equivalent to an MBE

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Drivers warned of huge, slow moving lorry with police escort on South Yorkshire motorways over weekend

The 430-tonne trailer will be moved by two 42 tonne tractor units

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Taxi driver attacked by stone throwing gang in shocking Sheffield attack

The driver was pelted with stones before being attack by the four strong gang

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Russell Brand to spend rape sentence locked up in Yorkshire high-security prison

Rapist comedian Russell Brand is set to spend his prison term in a Yorkshire prison, according to a report

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Sheffield gunman and drug line ‘king’ who shot teenage boy in head set to discover fate

The gunman will be sentenced almost a year to the day from the shooting

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Sheffield online influencer with stammer wins award for helping others find their voice

“It took me a long time when I was younger to find someone else with a stammer. Now with social media, it gets people to see that they're not alone”

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‘I have finally had my voice heard,’ says Rotherham rape victim as three men sentenced to 58 years

“When I leave this court I will leave with my head high and my shoulders back”

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Mayor stops short of confirming new use for South Yorkshire Police building vacated two years ago

“It is part of the plan going forward, so as the estate strategy is announced there will be a firm commitment with that space in particular”

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Barnsley man, 57, pleads not guilty to murder of ‘lovely lad’ Russell Baxter at Athersley home

A man is charged with murder and perverting the course of justice

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Mayor says cancer charities stuck with “computer says no” response from Sheffield council on bus lane access

“I'm a big believer that when the computer says no, maybe we need to go and change the computer”

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'We're never coming back to Sheffield,' says couple fined £550 for driving campervan through Clean Air Zone

“It would have been cheaper to go to Lanzarote for a week”

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The violent Sheffield bully who beat a shy and retiring colleague to death over a minor workplace gripe

Police said Wainwright had a history of holding grudges against people for “relatively minor things”

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Sheffield's best bits: Resident Jonny Hopkinson on why city needs more things for teenagers

“Most of the things are either in the city centre or one-off things that people can’t really revisit”

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A Complicated Woman: South Yorkshire's Rebecca Taylor - with deep roots in Sheffield - celebrates turning 40

We take a look back over her incredible career so far

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The Sheffield man who murdered his girlfriend with two kitchen knives in a rage of "resentment and jealousy”

“I just started stabbing her in her neck and body. I just kept stabbing more and lost it”

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'Emerging creative talent whose contributions to Sheffield are both powerful and invaluable' - Roger Bateman

Roger Bateman, Director of Sheffield Creative Industries Institute at Sheffield Hallam University, talk about the city’s City of Culture bid and how student splay their part...