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Police guard house of suspected Ann Widdecombe murderer who skirted detection from national terror watchdogs

The public are being asked not to speculate around the attack

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'Andy Burnham needs to bring Yorkshire Water under public control' says Sheffield councillor

“Yorkshire Water is emblematic of the failure that is privatised water”

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Armed police scrambled to Arbourthorne in Sheffield amid reports of a man with a gun

Police attended Northern Avenue in Arbourthorne

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Reform councillor resigns triggering by-election in Barnsley

The councillor was elected eight weeks ago at the 2026 May local elections.

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Missing South Yorkshire teenager found safe after nine days

Police issued an appeal for information on Friday, July 10

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Emergency services attend suspected arson at former social club on the Manor in Sheffield

An aerial platform was hoisted above the building as officers carried out an inspection.

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Drug dealer jailed for at least 27 years for gunning down Barnsley intruder at his village home

He was handed mandatory life sentence

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Tuesday briefing: The law that Hillsborough built – and the bitter final battle to get it through

In today’s newsletter: A new law criminalising public bodies and officials that lie to the British public is expected to complete it final stages in the Commons. Why did it take so long?Good morning. We think we know this story, the one about the 97 who went to watch a football match on a sunny af...

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Bling-loving drug peddler who flooded rural Sheffield community with coke, weed and ketamine jailed

Flashy Corban Bartle - self-named as “Corban Bartle Gold” on Facebook - had a one-ounce bar of silver and was wearing a gold chain and a Rolex Submariner when arrested

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Flood protection plan for popular riverside neighbourhood Kelham Island in Sheffield

Flooding due to climate change is one of the city’s “biggest challenges”

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Sheffield abuser called ex over 350 times from prison asking her to “retract” statement

Palmer used other prisoners’ pin numbers to make the barrage of calls and on one occasion asked another inmate to make a call on his behalf

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Sheffield Council let this bar keep its licence despite years of complaints

The company that ran Revolution went into liquidation in January, but the building's landlords have now been granted the drinks licence

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Photos show massive North Derbyshire fire as busy road closed

Fire crews are currently in attendance at a site of a field fire in Palterton.

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No rain in the forecast as Sheffield heatwave continues, says Met Office

“The overall pattern continues to remain settled with large amounts of sunshine though this week”

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Girl, 16, left with facial scarring after controlling boyfriend stabs her in bloody Rotherham graveyard attack

“You committed a very serious crime when you stabbed several times the complainant in this case”

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Sheffield city centre bar can keep licence despite complaints over noise

The landlords of the closed Sheffield city centre Revolution bar have been allowed to retain the venue’s drinks licence despite noise complaints by neighbours.

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Manhunt launched after man 'torches Range Rover then targets house'

The man was seen in the early hours of Sunday morning

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Man arrested in Rotherham over Ann Widdecombe's murder 'not known' to counter terrorism forces

“Today is a dark day in our political life, but we must also use it as an opportunity to celebrate Ann Widdecombe’s memory”

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'Future of ticketing' trialled on passengers on Sheffield to Doncaster railway route via mobile phones

New technology is run on mobile phone app

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Pennine tunnel plans revived by firm offering to blow a hole in £12bn cost

The firm says Scandinavian tunnelling methods could cut the cost