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Banner Cross Hall: Bosses admit school plan for historic Sheffield landmark building will harm setting

Bosses admit that plans to convert a historic Georgian landmark building into a school will harm its Sheffield setting.

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Sheffield developments: 13 of the most controversial planning applications in 2025 including Cole Brothers

Very few major developments are popular with everyone from the outset.

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Sheffield MP Clive Betts bids to reassure community shocked by Christmas day shooting

A Sheffield MP is seeking to reassure his constituents after a Christmas Day shooting left their neighbourhood in shock.

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Hillsborough boxing gym: Boxing gym and live music venue plan for former Sheffield industrial building

A live music venue and boxing gym is lined up to open in a big industrial unit near Sheffield Wednesday’s football stadium

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Banned Barnsley driver who keeps getting caught behind the wheel set to start the new year behind bars

A banned driver who keeps getting caught behind the wheel is to start the new year behind bars.

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Flasher banned from Sheffield park for eight years after exposing himself at 13 women

This flasher, who exposed himself to 13 women, has been banned from a Sheffield park for eight years.

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Hary Chappell: Thug spends Christmas behind bars over knife attack which could have killed victim

A thug spent Christmas behind bars over an attack which could have killed his victim.

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Street preachers hit back after Sheffield councillor calls for ban

A Sheffield City Council councillor had called for street preachers to be banned

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'We all loved Audrey' - Heartache as 'lovely' Sheffield legend dies

'We all loved Audrey'

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Sheffield parents and carers call for smartphone ban in city schools

A petition by Sheffield parents and carers is calling for smartphones to be banned in city schools.

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Police issue plea over disappearance of missing Barnsley boy, Ethan, 14

Police officers searching for a missing teenage boy have issued a plea for help.

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South Yorkshire Police officers bitten, kicked and spat at while working Christmas period

Police officers in South Yorkshire have been bitten, kicked and spat at while working over Christmas.

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Darnall Christmas Day shooting was a 'drive-by' attack and gun is missing, police in Sheffield reveal

A Christmas Day shooting in Sheffield was a ‘drive-by’ attack and the gun used is missing, police revealed today.

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After battling long term illness giraffe Palle has been put to sleep at Yorkshire Wildlife Park

After battling long term illness giraffe Palle has been put to sleep at Yorkshire Wildlife Park.

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'Avoid the area' warning issued as six fire engines attend Barnsley blaze on a residential cul-de-sac

The fire service has deployed six fire engines to a blaze in a residential street in Barnsley.

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Man arrested over Richmond Road incident, as Sheffield police remain on scene after woman injured

A man has been arrested over an incident near a Sheffield pub, which saw a woman taken to hospital.

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Barnsley man spends night in cells after being found nearly four times over drink drive limit

A man was found to be nearly four times over the drink drive limit when he was pulled over by South Yorkshire Police and breathalysed.

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11 huge Yorkshire January 2026 gigs and events to look forward to

There's lots of great events coming

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Richmond Road: Woman taken to hospital after 'altercation' in Sheffield street

A woman was taken to hospital after reports of a violent incident in a Sheffield neighbourhood last night.

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Boy, 16, continues to fight for life after shooting in busy Sheffield street

A boy, aged 16, critically injured in a shooting in a busy Sheffield street remains in hospital fighting for life.