Live Blog: Latest Sheffield news as armed police start patrols of Christmas market
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This page will be updated with the latest stories published today (Wednesday, December 1).
Refresh this page for updates on today’s top news, which also includes an update on a trial in which a mum is accused of imprisoning her son in their attic and an interview with Stagecoach drivers in Sheffield on why they are taking strike action this week.
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Live Blog: Latest Sheffield news as armed police start patrols of Christmas market
Key Events
- Armed police patrol Sheffield’s Christmas market
- Stagecoach bus drivers explain why they are on strike
- Prosecution outlines case of mum and husband accused of imprisoning son in attic
12.33pm - Heart of the City II: Sheffield Council refuse Pepper Pot plans in order to save historic chimneys
Sheffield Council’s planning committee overwhelmingly rejected the latest Heart of the City II redevelopment plans in order to save historic chimneys.
12.29pm - Barnsley Council: Nobody 'needs to go hungry this winter' - £500 grants agreed for household bills and food costs
Households in Barnsley struggling with the cost of bills and food will be able to apply for grants of up to £500 this winter.
12.24pm - Lack of dentists in Barnsley partially down to Covid-19 pandemic and Brexit
Dentistry across the UK is facing ‘tremendous difficulties’, caused in part by the coronavirus pandemic, according to dental experts.
12.18pm - Omicron Covid variant: Barnsley Hospital 'as prepared as we can be' for mutation of virus
A Barnsley Hospital NHS Trust boss says the trust is as ‘prepared as we can be’ for the new Omicron variant of Covid.
11.35am - Sheffield woman, 27, dies after fire in city park
A 27-year-old Sheffield woman died after she was found engulfed in flames in a city park, an inquest heard.
10:02am - Yorkshire Electric Scooters in Attercliffe bounces back after £30,000 raid
A year after a ‘traumatic’ raid that cost it £30,000, an e-scooter business in Sheffield is still going strong.
READ MORE: E-scooters Sheffield: Yorkshire Electric Scooters in Attercliffe bounces back after £30,000 raid
9:24am - Man wanted by police over theft of wedding cards and gifts at Sheffield hotel
A man is wanted by the police over the theft of wedding cards and gifts at a Sheffield hotel.
9:17am - Sheffield man who lost both legs is left in tears over lack of access to parents’ graves in Hackenthorpe
A Sheffield man who lost both his legs has criticised the lack of disabled access in a city cemetery, meaning he cannot visit his parents’ graves
8:59am - Vulnerable Sheffield man allegedly imprisoned in attic bedroom strewn with faeces and vomit
The trial is set to continue today of a Sheffield mum and her husband accused of imprisoning her son in an attic bedroom that had become strewn with faeces and vomit.
The defendants deny the charges
