Sheffield news: latest updates as man dies in city centre crash and driver is arrested
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This page will be updated with the latest stories published today (Friday, December 10).
Refresh this page for updates on today’s top news, which also includes a plan to ban pavement parking across the city centre and a curfew on buses, which will no longer serve two Sheffield estates after dark following missile attacks by youths.
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Sheffield news: latest updates after serious car crash closes roads in city centre
Key Events
- A number of roads were closed after a car came off the carriageway near Hanover Way underpass
- Buses to skip Sheffield estates in the evenings after attacks by yobs
- Pavement parking ban planned for city centre
South Yorkshire ambulance worker from Thorne, Doncaster, jailed after sex attack on 15 year old girl
An ambulance worker from South Yorkshire has been jailed after bombarding a 15-year-old with inappropriate messages on social media before sexually assaulting her.
Jamie Robinson, 33, of West Street, in Thorne, Doncaster, asked the teenage girl if she wanted to lose her virginity to him in messages that he sent to her on platforms including Snapchat and Facebook messenger.
Judge vents frustration as trial over stabbing of 16-year-old in Sheffield is delayed yet again
A judge vented his anger after a Sheffield stabbing trial was delayed another five months because of a slip-up by the defence team.
Bilal Baz, of Kirton Road, Pitsmoor, was arrested in November 2019 after a teenage boy was stabbed on Firshill Crescent.
Libertines Sheffield: Band's gig at O2 Academy in Sheffield cancelled due to Covid
The Libertines have cancelled their gig in Sheffield next week (December 16) due to Covid.
Paradise Square Sheffield: Anger over Georgian square being used as a car park
Paradise Square in central Sheffield is one of the only Georgian squares left in the city.
Sheffield Children’s Hospital receives £60,000 helipad funding boost presented by Jessica Ennis-Hill
Sheffield Children’s Hospital has received a funding boost that takes it a step closer to building its own helipad.
Sheffield Children’s Hospital made progress towards the goal of building its own helipad when a cheque of £60,000 was presented to The Children’s Hospital by Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill.
The cheque was donated by mattress and bedding company, Sleepeezee, for whom the Olympic star is an ambassador
Doncaster Premier Inn evacuated by South Yorkshire fire service over 'false alarm'
South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue evacuated guests from Doncaster’s Premier Inn last night (Thursday, December 9), but investigations showed the incident to be a false alarm.
Sheffield Council to return to Town Hall after spending tens of thousands on alternative venues
Sheffield Council has announced it will finally return to the Town Hall for full council meetings after spending tens of thousands of pounds on alternative venues.
It comes after two consecutive full council meetings were postponed due to the council failing to find a suitable venue in time, firstly when the meeting clashed with university graduations that had been planned months in advance and secondly, when it clashed with university staff strikes which had been planned weeks in advance.
Van driver caught by police using mobile phone on Sheffield's Ecclesall Road is slapped with hefty fine
This is the moment a van driver was caught by police using his mobile phone at the wheel on a busy Sheffield road.
Hanover Way crash: Driver arrested after man in his 30s dies in Sheffield collision
A man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving following a car crash on Hanover Street in Sheffield last night.
At about 9pm yesterday, Thursday, December 9, a black Toyota MR2 was travelling along Hanover Way towards the Moore Street roundabout when it left the road before coming to rest in the subway at the junction with Headford Street.
Sheffield Game of Thrones star Sean Bean wins 'substantial' News of the World phone hacking settlement
Sheffield film and TV star Sean Bean has accepted ‘substantial damages’ over phone hacking by the News Of The World.
The Game of Thrones and Lord of the Rings star was one of 15 celebrities to agree a settlement this week with the now-defunct paper’s publisher, News Group Newspapers (NGN).