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Sheffield news: LIVE updates as Sheffield buses diverted as hooligans hurl missiles near Firth Park and Northern General Hospital

Updates from The Star team including news that buses were stopped near Sheffield’s Northern General Hospital after yobs hurled missiles at them.

By Beth Kirkbride

Published 17th Nov 2021, 12:04 BST

Updated 17th Nov 2021, 12:24 BST

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Refresh this page for updates on today’s top news, which so far includes how tram services have been disrupted due a tram failure early today and how Barnsley's mini-Meadowhall shopping centre the Alhambra has collapsed into receivership.

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Sheffield news: LIVE updates as tram failure causes travel disruption

Wed, 17 Nov, 2021, 17:09 BST

3.54pm - Police investigating racist threats against staff at former cricketer Azeem Rafiq’s Barnsley chip shop

Azeem Rafiq in action in the Yorkshire League for Barnsley against Sheffield Utd. Police are investigatined racially aggravated public order offences at his Barnsley chip shop

Azeem Rafiq in action in the Yorkshire League for Barnsley against Sheffield Utd. Police are investigatined racially aggravated public order offences at his Barnsley chip shop

South Yorkshire Police are investigating reports of threats against staff at the chip shop owned by former cricketer Azeem Rafiq, who is at the centre of the cricket racism scandal.

MORE HERE: Police investigating racist threats against staff at former cricketer Azeem Rafiq’s Barnsley chip shop

Wed, 17 Nov, 2021, 14:23 BST

1.59pm - Shock as Sheffield drugs factory flat fire causes floor to collapse into Ferdinando's restaurant below

The damage at the upstairs flat over a restaurant at Meadowhead, where police found cannabis plants

The damage at the upstairs flat over a restaurant at Meadowhead, where police found cannabis plants

A shocked Sheffield restaurant boss is today making repairs – after a drugs factory crashed through his ceiling.

MORE HERE: Shock as Sheffield drugs factory flat fire causes floor to collapse into Ferdinando’s restaurant below

Wed, 17 Nov, 2021, 14:22 BST

1.47pm - South Yorkshire man wanted by National Crime Agency over gun importing

Wayne Williams, 33, is known to have lived in the Rotherham area

Wayne Williams, 33, is known to have lived in the Rotherham area

National Crime Agency investigators have launched an appeal to track down a Rotherham man wanted as part of a firearms investigation.

MORE HERE: South Yorkshire man wanted by National Crime Agency over gun importing

Wed, 17 Nov, 2021, 14:20 BST

1.02pm - 'Evil' killer to discover fate today over fatal stabbing of Sheffield man Jacob Billington on night out

The ‘evil’ killer of a Sheffield man stabbed to death on a night out is to discover his fate today.

MORE HERE: ‘Evil’ killer to discover fate today over fatal stabbing of Sheffield man Jacob Billington on night out

Wed, 17 Nov, 2021, 14:20 BST

12.23pm - Sheffield’s Director of Public Health Greg Fell explains the five ways to protect yourself this winter

Sheffield’s health chief has outlined what people can do this winter to stay healthy and to protect friends and family.

MORE HERE: Sheffield’s Director of Public Health Greg Fell explains the five ways to protect yourself this winter

Wed, 17 Nov, 2021, 12:26 BST

12.10pm - Sheffield knife crime: Police boss warns of too many people still carrying weapons

South Yorkshire's Police and Crime Commissioner said there are too many knives on the streets

South Yorkshire's Police and Crime Commissioner said there are too many knives on the streets

South Yorkshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner has warned that there are “still too many knives on our streets”.

MORE HERE: Sheffield knife crime: Police boss warns of too many people still carrying weapons

Wed, 17 Nov, 2021, 12:10 BST

12.01pm - Police called to 'altercation' at Sheffield Aldi which left man in a 'bad way'

Police were called to an Aldi supermarket in Sheffield at the weekend when an ‘altercation’ took place which allegedly left a man injured.

MORE HERE: Police called to ‘altercation’ at Sheffield Aldi which left man in a ‘bad way’

Wed, 17 Nov, 2021, 12:10 BST

12.01pm - Police called to 'altercation' at Sheffield Aldi which left man in a 'bad way'

Police were called to an Aldi supermarket in Sheffield at the weekend when an ‘altercation’ took place which allegedly left a man injured.

MORE HERE: Police called to ‘altercation’ at Sheffield Aldi which left man in a ‘bad way’

Wed, 17 Nov, 2021, 12:10 BST

12.01pm - Police called to 'altercation' at Sheffield Aldi which left man in a 'bad way'

Police were called to an Aldi supermarket in Sheffield at the weekend when an ‘altercation’ took place which allegedly left a man injured.

MORE HERE: Police called to ‘altercation’ at Sheffield Aldi which left man in a ‘bad way’

Wed, 17 Nov, 2021, 12:09 BST

11.33am - Tragedy as Sheffield student Josephine Docherty dies in 30m rock climbing accident

Josephine Docherty, from Sheffield, fell to her death while rock climbing

Josephine Docherty, from Sheffield, fell to her death while rock climbing

An inquest has heard how a 20-year-old woman from Sheffield died in a rock climbing accident in Devon after falling up to 30m and hitting two ledges last year.

MORE HERE: Tragedy as Sheffield student Josephine Docherty dies in 30m rock climbing accident

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