LIVE BLOG: the latest Sheffield news, breaking stories and comment
This page will be updated with the latest stories published today (Thursday, September 30).
Refresh this page for updates on today’s top news, which so far includes further tributes from the Killamarsh murder victims’ families and details on the alleged machete incident on a Sheffield street.
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LIVE BLOG: the latest Sheffield news, breaking stories and comment
Key Events
- Wayne Couzens sentenced for murder of Sarah Everard
- Killamarsh families pay tribute and release new photos of murder victims
- Man charged over machete incident on Sheffield street
FEATURED STORY: Vigil to be held for Sheffield High Street stabbing victim Mohamed Issa Koroma
A vigil is being held tomorrow to remember a 24-year-old man who was killed in Sheffield city centre while handing out leaflets for his church.
4.15pm - Plans revealed for offices and warehouses that could create 3000 new jobs
Plans to transform part of the Dearne Valley into offices, warehouses, an industrial units has been passed – and councillors say it could create around 3,000 jobs for the area.
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3.33pm - Virgin Money to close Sheffield Meadowhall store
Virgin Money’s Meadowhall store in Sheffield is one of 31 branches across the country set to close, with the loss of 112 jobs.
3.12pm - Recruitment for Sheffield’s home carers hits an all time low
Home care employees are burnt out from working through the pandemic while agencies are struggling to recruit and “employing almost any staff they can”.
1.42pm - Sheffield band Bring Me The Horizon perform ‘Mood’ on BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge
Oli Sykes covered 24kGoldn and Iann Dior’s Tik Tok hit ‘Mood’ and told BBC Radio 1’s Charlie Hedges that he was buzzing to be back performing, nearly a week after the band’s Sheffield show at the Utilita Arena.
1.34pm - Sheffield Council to spend more than half a million pounds on long-awaited local plan this year
Sheffield Council expects to spend more than half a million pounds on its long-awaited local plan this year, nearly a decade after work on it began.
1.16pm - Plans revealed for new restaurant and bar at Kelham Island
Sheffield Council will decide whether to grant a licence for a new restaurant bar that plans to have live music, film screenings, dance performances and more at a meeting next week.
12.49pm - Dog rescued from M1 near Sheffield as police appeal for help to find owner
A dog found wandering alongside the M1 near Sheffield has been taken to a veterinary surgery in a bid to find the owner.
12.36 - Wayne Couzens sentenced for murder of Sarah Everard
A former police officer who strangled Sarah Everard after kidnapping her under the guise of a fake arrest for breaking lockdown rules has been sentenced.
11.56 - Suspect arrested over attacks on Sheffield students remains in police custody
A suspect arrested over attacks on students in Sheffield remains in police custody today.
11.46am - Sheffield pervert caught by police with indecent images of children for the second time
A Sheffield pervert caught with indecent images of children had already served time behind bars for a similar offence.
11.07am - Sheffield Council to hold first transitional committee meeting
Sheffield Council will hold its first transitional committee meeting next week, marking a key step towards a committee system of governance.
11.04am - Families pay tribute to Killamarsh murder victims and release new photos
Heartbroken relatives of a woman and three children killed in an attack at a house in Killamarsh have paid tribute to their loved ones today.
10.21am - Man charged over machete incident
A man has been charged over an incident in which a machete was allegedly wielded in a Sheffield street.
8.23am - Sarah Everard’s killer faces whole life sentence
The police officer who kidnapped and murdered Sarah Everard could be handed a whole life order when he is sentenced on Thursday (30 September).
We will be getting local reaction to his sentencing later today.
6.03am - Sheffield drug dealer jailed
A heroin and crack cocaine dealer who claimed he became trapped in a vicious circle of debts and drugs has been put behind bars.