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Sheffield news: LIVE updates as Sheffield health boss warns of 'exceptionally difficult winter ahead'
Updates from The Star team including public health director Greg Fell’s warning that there is an “exceptionally difficult winter ahead” for the NHS.
Published 18th Nov 2021, 09:59 BST
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Sheffield news: LIVE updates as Sheffield health boss warns of ‘exceptionally difficult winter ahead’
Key Events
- Public health director Greg Fell has suggested it will be a difficult winter as NHS tries to cope with Covid, flu and other illnesses
- A baby gender reveal will be held after the funeral of Kiveton park crash victim Ryan Geddes
4.29pm - Plans revealed for new link road to ease congestion around busy shopping centre near Sheffield
Plans have officially been lodged with Rotherham Council for a new road to ease congestion around Parkgate.
4,32pm - HS2 Sheffield: Northern leaders united at ‘betrayal’ over high speed rail
Northern leaders were united in criticism, disappointment and anger at the government’s flagship rail plan which cancelled HS2 through Yorkshire and left Sheffield with ‘crumbs’.
4.19pm - Barnsley man found guilty for obstructing police officer by blocking speed enforcement van
A man from Barnsley has become the first person to be prosecuted for obstructing an on duty police officer by blocking a speed enforcement vehicle in an incident last year.
4.08pm - HS2 Sheffield: U-turn a “victory for common sense” says council leader
Rotherham Council’s leader says the government’s U-turn on the Eastern leg of HS2 is a “victory for common sense”.
4.02pm - Sheffield's Springs Leisure Centre, Hillsborough Leisure Centre and Concord Sports Centre to be completely rebuilt
Sheffield Council has taken the first steps towards finding a new contractor to run the city’s major leisure and sporting facilities with a £100m investment.
2.19pm - HS2: Sheffield to London Midland Mainline to be electrified - but silence on tram network expansion
Electrification of Midland Mainline from Sheffield to London to start at Christmas but Minister silent on calls to expand tram to city’s hospitals.
2.07pm - Killer jailed for life over 'murderous rampage' in which Sheffield man Jacob Billington was fatally stabbed
A killer has been jailed for life over a ‘murderous rampage’ in which a Sheffield man was stabbed to death.
1.37pm - Kiveton Park crash: Friends and family of Ryan Geddes say final goodbyes at funeral
One of the young victims of the Kiveton Park crash was laid to rest today at a funeral attended by dozens of his friends and family.
12.55pm - Rotherham Council finance bosses questioned over unspent £5m Covid grants
Finance bosses at Rotherham Council have been questioned over Covid grants of more than £5m, which have been unspent so far.
12.49pm - HS2 Sheffield: South Yorkshire MP says Eastern leg of HS2 being scrapped “massive let down for the north”
A South Yorkshire MP has warned that the potential scrapping of the Eastern leg of HS2 is a “massive let-down for the North”, adding that Ministers “should apologise” to residents affected by the project.
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