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Kim Woodburn has died aged 83

TV legend Kim Woodburn dies after ‘short illness’

Sabrina Richards

Rotherham mother heads to Germany for new cancer treatment

Aimee Cestrone runs Pipetta

"I ran my business from my living room - and now it's a global success"

Work to refurbish the cafe at Thrybergh Country Park will go ahead this summer after Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council approved the full business case and selected a contractor for the job.

Thrybergh Country Park cafe refurbishment to begin

Jim Morton and naval buddy, Stephan Hobbs, are completing a charity walk to say thank you to the Ghurkas

Veterans walking England's toughest route as thank you to Ghurkas

The rock extravaganza has kicked off its 22nd edition at Donington Park

Spot yourself in gallery of rockers from day 1 at Download Festival

The community turned out to honour a teenager whose life was tragically cut short in a road traffic collision.

Whole community turns out for funeral of 16-year-old boy

Artwork created by Faunographic in Gleadless Valley

Artist works her magic again in Sheffield estate

This advert for Natural No.1 Peas has returned to a Sheffield neighbourhood, having been hidden for decades. Photo: David Kessen, National World

Delight as long lost 1950s ad, hidden for decades, returns to street

Mark's granddaughter Jane Whitman unveiled the plaque at Cortonwood Miners' Welfare.

Wolves fans and players gather in Barnsley for blue plaque unveiling

Abdullah Yaser Abdullah Al Yazidi was struck by a car as he walked along Staniforth Road in the Darnall area of the city at just after 4.50pm on Wednesday last week (June 4, 2025)

Funeral arrangements for boy killed in Sheffield crash confirmed

Filming underway at Barnsley Town Hall for new Channel 4 drama

Chris and Sarah Dutton

Kelham Island set to get its first sport bar

37 lucky winners in South Yorkshire scooped a combined prize total of £440,000 in June.

£440,000 won on Premium Bonds in South Yorkshire in June

Tara White and teenage daughter Taylor Farrah have had their life shattered after a fire tore through their house.

Family home burns down due to unattended candle

Doncaster Rovers fan Jordan Wilkinson sported a Rotherham United shirt, Sheffield Wednesday shorts, Sheffield United socks and a Barnsley baseball cap for his stag do.

Doncaster Rovers fan forced to dress in all local rivals' kit for stag do

Uriah Rennie at The Star Football Awards at the OEC, in Owlerton, in 2024. Photo: Dean Atkins, National World

Grieving loved ones tell of Uriah Rennie's private battle with illness

Pete McKee is set to perform a 'crisp butty' themed piece of performance at Weston Park Museum. Photo: Submitted

Famous artist announces crisp butty performance art at city landmark

Former homeless man launches Sheffield business

Callum Simpson explains a Yorkshire Pudding to Italian rival Ivan Zucco

Beef, bruises and Yorkshire puds: Simpson's Sunday best

A family finsh the Sheffield Race for Life together at Graves Park. Photo: David Kessen, National World

30 great pictures capture spirit of Sheffield Race for Life

Veteran Sheffield Steelers' fans are mourning the death of a former NHL forward Scott Metcalfe. Photo: National World

Tributes as Sheffield sporting icon dies aged 58

Hollie White is raising money in memory of her uncle, Paul, to help a charity for people suffering with their mental health

Rotherham woman's fundraising mission in memory of uncle

Tonight’s £208m EuroMillions jackpot means someone could potentially be on the verge of becoming the “biggest National Lottery winner this country has ever seen.” Pictured here are some of South Yorkshire's biggest winners

Sheffield's luckiest lottery winners

Residents in Worrall say they are concerned about an S-bend in their village and wouldlike the give-way priority changed

Concern over S-bend after another crash

Joe Hayen and Jeremy Kyle

South Yorkshire boxer takes on Jeremy Kyle!

Kelham Pride in 2024 was a success and is returning to Sheffield later this month

Popular 'Pride' event set to return to Sheffield

Dramatic photo captured water shooting into the air in city suburb

Bradley Vaughan has said that his mental health has deteriorated due to years of issues with anti-social behaviour in his neighbourhood.

Council house tenant 'threatened with knife' after years of issues

50-year-old mum Debs Reynolds died only 19 days after receiving a cancer diagnosis.

Money raised for family of mum who died 19 days after cancer diagnosis

Sheffield Inn - a space in Bochum celebrating Sheffield's links with the German city it is twinned with (Dennis Yenmez/Stadt Bochum)

'Sheffield Inn' opens in Germany to celebrate twinning scheme

A fundraiser has begun to place a memorial bench in honour of 22-year-old Lib Hume, who passed away after fighting cancer for two years.

Heartbroken family raise thousands in memory of 22-year-old

An artist's impression of the redeveloped Dome.

£14m revamp of popular swimming pool complex in leisure centre begins

Jordan Darby, 38, will spend the next 20 days walking 500 miles across Scotland in a bid to raise money for the mental health charity Mind.

Sheffield man begins 500-mile trek for charity

Readers have called for fundraising legend to be given a knighthood.

Readers call for Sheffield legend John Burkhill to be knighted

Loving mother Tina Richardson, who was left paralysed following a series of seizures, has passed away.

Teenager heartbroken after mum passes away

Sheffield United supporter Steve Moore met John Burkhill at Wembley during the team's Championship play-off final against Sunderland.

Fundraising champion makes it to Wembley on charity mission

Football's forgotten hero, Mark Crook, who created the first 'nursery club' in Wath Wanderers will be honoured with a new blue plaque.

Football legend gets blue plaque

More than £26,000 was raised for a family after a series of health issues meant that a 55-year-old mum won't see her teenage son grow up.

Devastated family raise £30,000 for Rotherham teenager

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Leaders in South Yorkshire have responded after Home Secretary Yvette Cooper announced the initial findings of Baroness Casey’s report into grooming gangs.

South Yorkshire leaders respond to audit into grooming gangs

Sheffield Crown Court

Driver sobs as he is jailed for killing aunt in crash while speeding

The beer garden at the Closed Shop pub on Commonside, Crookes, is one of the biggest in that part of the city, with plenty of space at large tables. Picture: National World

15 great pub beer gardens to head for after work as heatwave continues