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Back to the future for public transport as mayor hails new era - let's hope it goes the distance

South Yorkshire mayor Oliver Coppard’s new vision for transport is dizzying in its scope and ambition.

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Public transport turns orange and re-branded 'South Yorkshire People’s Network' in nod to 1980s

Buses and trams are set to turn orange as the mayor of South Yorkshire launches a new era for public transport.

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£9m Sheffield e-bike hire scheme to launch next year in new People's Network brand

A £9m Sheffield e-bike hire service to get people out of their cars has been put back a year.

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Campaigners lay out battle plans for 'last opportunity' to block Sheffield greenbelt houses

Campaigners called on Sheffield residents to help them stop a controversial greenbelt housing plan in the wake of inspectors giving it the go-ahead. writes Lysia Wright.

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Sheffield student police officer Robert Veza denies sexual relationship with victim of crime

A 44-year-old man has denied having a inappropriate sexual relationship with a victim of crime when he was a student officer with South Yorkshire Police, and will now stand trial.

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Arrests made as Home Office immigration enforcement works to root out Albanian organised crime in Rotherham

A Home Office operation set to tackle organised crime in South Yorkshire has resulted in five people’s arrests.

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Meadowhall to welcome opening of big name new store with huge offers planned

The new opening at the Sheffield shopping centre will welcome its first customers on Friday, March 20

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Bikes and vehicles seized in Sheffield as police crack down on 'vehicle nuisance' in parks and woods

Police were out in force last week as they tackled so called ‘vehicle nuisance’ in a Sheffield community.

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Missing girl last seen boarding train from Sheffield pictured on CCTV in Birmingham's Bullring Shopping Centre

A 14-year-old girl who was last seen boarding a train in Sheffield five days ago was spotted at Birmingham’s Bullring Shopping Centre.

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The 25 Sheffield neighbourhoods with the worst rates of vandalism in the city

Vandals causing criminal damage in Sheffield have left these 25 neighbourhoods with the worst records in the city.

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Sheffield Central Library: We need more than broken promises from council as building continues to crumble

I went for a wander around one of my favourite buildings in the city centre the other day.

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Trio who shifted £175,000 of heroin and crack cocaine in Sheffield jailed

A Sheffield trio who offloaded £175,000 of heroin and crack cocaine onto the city’s streets have been jailed for nearly 12 years.

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"I did it for my kids after my benefits were halved," e-bike riding drug dealer tells cops

An e-bike riding drug dealer caught red-handed told police officers he turned to the illegal trade in a bid to provide for his children, after his “benefits were cut in half.”

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Boasting Leeds Festival dealer and youth worker said booming business was 'priceless'

A drug dealer who boasted that business was “priceless” at the Leeds Festival has been handed more than three years’ jail.

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Sheffield 999 crews LIVE updates as emergency services descend

Emergency crews have been spotted along a street in Sheffield

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"I've been given two years to live but I've not accepted that and will never stop hoping"

A Rotherham teacher and father-of-one diagnosed with MND says the two-year life expectancy he was given is “not a foregone conclusion”.

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Missing teen seen boarding Sheffield train with last sighting confirmed

Missing girl Inayah, 14, was last seen at Sheffield train station

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Five police cars at incident on residential street in Waterthorpe, Sheffield

Five police cars attended an incident on a residential Sheffield street early this morning.

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Police launch urgent appeal to find missing Doncaster man

Police have launched an urgent appeal to find a missing Doncaster man.

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Protest in Sheffield against Iranian regime as war grips Middle East

Iranians staged a rally in Sheffield city centre calling for the overthrow of the country’s leadership.