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Updates from The Star team as two men deny murdering a dad-of-three who was stabbed to death in Sheffield.
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Live Blog: Latest Sheffield news as men deny murdering dad-of-three in Sheffield

Key Events

  • Two men have denied murdering dad-of-three Danny Irons, who was stabbed to death in Sheffield
  • Striking bus drivers pledge to work over Christmas
  • Two men have been jailed over the abduction of a four-year-old girl in Sheffield

Attempted murder arrests after police car is rammed during high-speed M1 chase which ended in South Yorkshire

This is the crumpled wreckage of a police car after it was rammed during a chase along the M1 which ended in South Yorkshire.

Rotherham Council: £4 discount for disrupted garden waste collections

Rotherham Council will offer a discount of £4 to more than 44,000 households who subscribe to brown bin collections.

Best schools Sheffield: Tapton, Silverdale, Birkdale and Sheffield Girls' named in Sunday Times guide

Five Sheffield schools have been named in a list of the best in the north, published today.

South Yorkshire care home for youngsters with learning disabilities ordered to improve by CQC

A care home for young adults with learning disabilities and autistic spectrum disorder has been told to improve by a care watchdog.

New bar SALT opening inside former Stew & Oyster at Sheffield's Kelham Island

SALT is opening a new bar at Kelham Island, Sheffield.SALT is opening a new bar at Kelham Island, Sheffield.
SALT is opening a new bar at Kelham Island, Sheffield.

A new bar is set to open at Sheffield’s trendy Kelham Island district.

Sheffield aunt orders advent calendar for niece, 4, and receives gruesome horror film figures in online mix-up

Doting aunt Vanessa Toulmin was thrilled to have found an advent calendar with characters from her great niece’s favourite film - but a delivery mix-up meant she received these gruesome horror film figures in errorDoting aunt Vanessa Toulmin was thrilled to have found an advent calendar with characters from her great niece’s favourite film - but a delivery mix-up meant she received these gruesome horror film figures in error
Doting aunt Vanessa Toulmin was thrilled to have found an advent calendar with characters from her great niece’s favourite film - but a delivery mix-up meant she received these gruesome horror film figures in error

Doting aunt Vanessa Toulmin was thrilled to have found an advent calendar with characters from her great niece’s favourite film.

Sheffield traffic: rush hour drama as lorry becomes stuck under M1 Tinsley viaduct near Meadowhall

A lorry was stuck under Tinsley viaduct this morning, in SheffieldA lorry was stuck under Tinsley viaduct this morning, in Sheffield
A lorry was stuck under Tinsley viaduct this morning, in Sheffield

This was the scene at Tinsley viaduct, Sheffield, after a tall lorry got stuck, holding up traffic.

GloryHoles Sheffield: Opening date revealed for city's ‘newest and raunchiest’ entertainment venue and bar

An image of the GloryHoles in Nottingham to give Sheffield punters a taste of what to expect.An image of the GloryHoles in Nottingham to give Sheffield punters a taste of what to expect.
An image of the GloryHoles in Nottingham to give Sheffield punters a taste of what to expect.

An opening date has been announced for a new bar that promises to be Sheffield’s ‘newest and raunchiest’ entertainment venue.

Chemical spillage Barnsley: Commercial Road in Goldthorpe closed as fire crews attend emergency

Firefighters have been called to a chemical spillage on Commercial Road in Goldthorpe, BarnsleyFirefighters have been called to a chemical spillage on Commercial Road in Goldthorpe, Barnsley
Firefighters have been called to a chemical spillage on Commercial Road in Goldthorpe, Barnsley

A road in South Yorkshire has been closed due to a chemical spillage at an industrial estate in South Yorkshire.

Sheffield pantomime: Rehearsals underway for Jack and the Beanstalk

Rehearsals are underway for Grenoside Pantomime’s production of Jack and the Beanstalk.