News in Sheffield

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  Gritty Hall holds up Tykes attack

  Northants are bowled out for 253, despite 79 by skipper Andrew Hall and Yorkshire reach 27-0 in reply at Headingley....

  Date: 30th May 2012 Full details

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  Millers sign midfielder O'Connor

  Rotherham United sign Scunthorpe midfielder Michael O'Connor on a two-year deal, starting on 1 July....

  Date: 30th May 2012 Full details

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  Hill encourages Butterfield stay

  Barnsley boss Keith Hill encourages out of contract skipper Jacob Butterfield to sign a new deal with the Championship club....

  Date: 30th May 2012 Full details

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  Hospital to pay for Jubilee TV

  A hospital in Barnsley is to pay for patients to watch the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations on TV....

  Date: 30th May 2012 Full details

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  TVShack extradition case delayed

  An appeal date for a Sheffield student contesting his extradition to the US to face copyright infringement charges is postponed....

  Date: 30th May 2012 Full details

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  Sharps wanted longer Shrews deal

  Shrewsbury Town skipper Ian Sharps says he left to rejoin Rotherham as he was offered only a one-year contract at the Meadow....

  Date: 30th May 2012 Full details

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  Novelist honoured in walk of fame

  Sheffield-born novelist Dame Margaret Drabble is the latest addition to the city's "walk of fame"...

  Date: 30th May 2012 Full details

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  Bid to cut M1 speed in Sheffield

  Sheffield City Council may ask the government to cut the speed limit of the M1 in the city to 50mph to improve air quality....

  Date: 30th May 2012 Full details

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  Blades cast out disgraced Evans

  Sheffield United release 11 players, including jailed striker Ched Evans, after failing to gain promotion from League One....

  Date: 30th May 2012 Full details

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  Don't panic over Bairstow - Stewart

  "Jonny Bairstow is still finding his feet, but I haven't seen anything to suggest he can't be a fine Test cricketer"...

  Date: 30th May 2012 Full details

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  Leaving Vale was tough - Richards

  Chesterfield striker Marc Richards admits that leaving Port Vale was the "toughest decision" of his career....

  Date: 30th May 2012 Full details

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  Memorial for remote UK war grave

  Efforts are being made to contact the families of six airmen, including Flt Sgt Thomas Kenny, from Barnsley, who are buried at a remote war grave....

  Date: 30th May 2012 Full details

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  Free nursery rules to be changed

  Rotherham is part of a pilot scheme offering a change to free nursery school education making it easier for parents to take up places....

  Date: 30th May 2012 Full details

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  VIDEO: Shakespeare play's Urdu makeover

  An Urdu version of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew is being performed in South Yorkshire...

  Date: 29th May 2012 Full details

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  'Missed chances' to help teenager

  Care workers missed "numerous" chances to support a teenage mother who was later murdered by her boyfriend, a report says....

  Date: 29th May 2012 Full details

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  Closed leisure centre 'to reopen'

  A South Yorkshire leisure centre which closed down because of council cuts will reopen in July, say the volunteers who have taken it over....

  Date: 29th May 2012 Full details

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  Sheffield United release Simonsen

  Sheffield United goalkeeper Steve Simonsen confirms to BBC Radio Sheffield that he is being released by the club this summer....

  Date: 29th May 2012 Full details

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  TB screening offered after death

  A number of patients at Rotherham Hospital are being offered a test for tuberculosis following the death of a patient who had contracted the disease....

  Date: 29th May 2012 Full details

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  'Seamless transition' for Shahzad

  Lancashire bowler Ajmal Shahzad says he has settled quickly into life after his switch from Yorkshire....

  Date: 29th May 2012 Full details

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  Wednesday bring in full-back Lee

  Sheffield Wednesday agree a deal to sign Oldham full-back Kieran Lee on a three-year contract starting on 1 July....

  Date: 28th May 2012 Full details