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Sheffield news: LIVE updates as police hunt for killer of Coley Byrne continues

South Yorkshire traffic: A633 Manvers Way, Rotherham, reopens after police closure

A road in South Yorkshire was closed this morning in both directions, with police urging drivers to avoid the area.

Man to go on trial in Sheffield for murder of nine-week-old baby boy

A man is due to go on trial in Sheffield this week, accused of murdering a nine-week-old baby boy.

4.41pm - Police in bid to find man after One Four One Bar bottle attack on West Street in Sheffield

Police want to speak to this man in connection with an incident at bar on West Street, SheffieldPolice want to speak to this man in connection with an incident at bar on West Street, Sheffield
Police want to speak to this man in connection with an incident at bar on West Street, Sheffield

Police today appealed for help tracing man in connection with another man being ‘bottled’ in a Sheffield city centre pub.

4.26pm - Sacked Sheffield teaching assistant who called pupil ‘stupid’ claimed school had ‘personal vendetta’ against him

John Brelsford, who worked for St Wilfrid's RC Primary School in Millhouses from 2008 was never subjected to any disciplinary proceedings but complaints implicating him started to emerge in 2017.John Brelsford, who worked for St Wilfrid's RC Primary School in Millhouses from 2008 was never subjected to any disciplinary proceedings but complaints implicating him started to emerge in 2017.
John Brelsford, who worked for St Wilfrid's RC Primary School in Millhouses from 2008 was never subjected to any disciplinary proceedings but complaints implicating him started to emerge in 2017.

A Sheffield teaching assistant who claimed his primary school had a ‘personal vendetta’ against him has lost an unfair dismissal claim after he was sacked for ‘humiliating’ a young vulnerable boy by giving him a girl’s name in class.

3.17pm - Lord Ahmed found guilty of child sex offences after trial in Sheffield

Lord Ahmed was today found guilty of sex offences after a trial at Sheffield Crown Court (Photo: Danny Lawson/ PA)Lord Ahmed was today found guilty of sex offences after a trial at Sheffield Crown Court (Photo: Danny Lawson/ PA)
Lord Ahmed was today found guilty of sex offences after a trial at Sheffield Crown Court (Photo: Danny Lawson/ PA)

Former Labour peer Lord Ahmed of Rotherham has been found guilty of child sex offences following a trial in Sheffield.

Date set for opening of Barnsley’s Penny Pie Park gyratory

The controversial scheme will see a new gyratory through Penny Pie Park in a bid to ease congestion from J37 of the M1 into the town centre, and will open to traffic on January 14.The controversial scheme will see a new gyratory through Penny Pie Park in a bid to ease congestion from J37 of the M1 into the town centre, and will open to traffic on January 14.
The controversial scheme will see a new gyratory through Penny Pie Park in a bid to ease congestion from J37 of the M1 into the town centre, and will open to traffic on January 14.

A new gyratory through the former Penny Pie Park site will open to traffic next week.

2.28pm - Eco-friendly council houses planned for 'eyesore' former Goldthorpe market site in Barnsley

A report to be considered by cabinet states that the market closed in March 2021, and the site is becoming an "eyesore and a target for vandalism".A report to be considered by cabinet states that the market closed in March 2021, and the site is becoming an "eyesore and a target for vandalism".
A report to be considered by cabinet states that the market closed in March 2021, and the site is becoming an "eyesore and a target for vandalism".

Nine new eco-friendly council houses are proposed at the site of a former market in Goldthorpe.

2.25pm - Yorkshire Children’s Charity: New organisation to help disadvantaged children in Sheffield and across region

A new charity designed to transform the lives of some of Yorkshire’s most disadvantaged children has been launched.

2.14pm - New service launched to enhance trading opportunities for businesses in Sheffield and South Yorkshire

Business across South Yorkshire are set to receive support with buying and trading locally, thanks to a free supply chain service introduced by Sheffield, Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham councils.

1.27pm - Manchester Arena memorial: Sheffield woman's name enshrined on 'Glade of Light' unveiled today

The name of Kelly Brewster, 32, has been enshrined on the Glade of Light alongside the 21 other victims of the Manchester Arena attack.The name of Kelly Brewster, 32, has been enshrined on the Glade of Light alongside the 21 other victims of the Manchester Arena attack.
The name of Kelly Brewster, 32, has been enshrined on the Glade of Light alongside the 21 other victims of the Manchester Arena attack.

The name of a Sheffield woman murdered in the Manchester Arena attack five years ago has been enshrined on a memorial unveiled today.

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