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This page will be updated with the latest stories published today (Tuesday October 12).
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LIVE BLOG: the latest Sheffield news, breaking stories and comment on Tuesday October 12
Key Events
- Everything we know about ‘chemical scare’ at Park Hill flats
- Sheffield health chief reflects on city’s Covid response
- Armed Sheffield drug-dealing thug is caged
9.59am - South Yorkshire shop and takeaway temporarily closed due to rat infestation
A South Yorkshire shop and takeaway, which are next door to each other, have been temporarily closed after environmental health officers found evidence of rats in both businesses.
8.55am - Chemical scare at Park Hill left one man and four police officers in hospital
A police cordon was put in place last night amid a chemical scare at Sheffield’s Park Hill flats.
7.42am - Park Hill chemical scare: everything we know about major police incident in Sheffield
In the wake of a major police incident at the Park Hill flats complex in Sheffield last night, here is everything we know so far.
6.21am - Park Hill: Sheffield police remove cordon and declare 'no risk' to public after chemical scare
A police cordon put in place amid a chemical scare at Sheffield’s Park Hill flats has now been removed and residents are said to no longer be at risk.
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