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- Rabbit's ears slashed as owners on holiday Friday 30 July, 2010
A SHOCKED family returned to Doncaster from a trip to Scotland to find their pet rabbit had been mutilated by cruel thugs while they were away. - Mum's anger as dog that attacked daughter is spared Friday 30 July, 2010
A MUM is furious after a court decided a Rottweiler which left her child scarred and needing 17 stitches should not be destroyed. - Police seal off street Friday 30 July, 2010
MARKET Street in Hoyland was closed this morning after a man was found unwell in the street just before midnight. - Narrow escape at Chinese restaurant Friday 30 July, 2010
TRAGEDY was narrowly averted when a car veered off a road and smashed into a Chinese restaurant. - Ambitious art scheme spells divide Friday 30 July, 2010
A COMMUNITY in Sheffield has been divided over plans for an ambitious piece of public art. - Tears at Cathedral for blast death soldier - VIDEO Friday 30 July, 2010
RELATIVES and friends of the hero South Yorkshire soldier James Leverett gathered at Sheffield Cathedral for a moving funeral service to remember his short life. - Are there just nine rough sleepers in the whole of South Yorkshire? Friday 30 July, 2010
A GOVERNMENT minister has questioned the credibility of figures which claim just nine people are sleeping rough in South Yorkshire. - Cash rewards to trap thieves Friday 30 July, 2010
Rewards of up to £1,000 are being offered for information about the theft of railway cable which leads to convictions. - 'Rowdy' fear over 4am pub Friday 30 July, 2010
PLANS by a Sheffield city centre pub to open until 4am are being opposed by a neighbouring resident who is concerned about noise from "rowdy crowds" and taxis in the e - Parking scheme 'will finish our business' Friday 30 July, 2010
A SHEFFIELD businesses woman fears her barber's shop will have to close if a proposed council parking scheme is implemented. - Hitman's jail term cut Friday 30 July, 2010
A HIRED assassin promised more than £20,000 to carry out the "cold blooded contract killing" of a wealthy gamekeeper by the victim's own wife and son has had his m - Planners to decide over school facelift Friday 30 July, 2010
COUNCILLORS are set to decide whether to grant planning permission for the redevelopment of Sheffield's King Edward VII Upper School. - Children, 11 to 15, drinking more - and getting it from their relatives Friday 30 July, 2010
BOOZY youngsters in Barnsley are drinking more than ever - and most are obtaining it from adults, a new study has found. - Old lady targeted by gang while she was gardening Thursday 29 July, 2010
A BURGLAR whose gang targeted a Doncaster pensioner while she was out enjoying her garden has been locked up for more than four years. - Two arrested in restaurant raid Thursday 29 July, 2010
IMMIGRATION officers raided an Indian restaurant in Sheffield and arrested two workers on suspicion of being illegal immigrants. - 'I never had a doubt James would come home. I never worried, not even once' Thursday 29 July, 2010
THE mother of a South Yorkshire soldier killed in a roadside blast in Afghanistan has paid tribute to her hero son - and says she "never had a doubt" that he would com - Knifepoint robbery at jewellery store Thursday 29 July, 2010
A SHOP assistant was held up at knifepoint in a raid at a Sheffield jewellery store. - Father arrested after baby found alone - minutes from death Thursday 29 July, 2010
FIREFIGHTERS rescued a tiny abandoned baby from a smoke-filled ninth-floor Sheffield flat, narrowly averting tragedy in the tower block. - Body found in woodland Thursday 29 July, 2010
AN INVESTIGATION is underway into the circumstances surrounding the death of a man found hanged in woodland. - Schools boss denies 'overspend' claims Thursday 29 July, 2010
THE official in charge of the axed school rebuilding programme has rejected government claims the scheme was hit by ballooning overspends and red tape. - Masked man raids Sheffield bookies Thursday 29 July, 2010
Detectives are investigating a raid on a bookmakers after a masked robber burst into Tote Sport on Margetson Crescent, Parson Cross and threatened a member of staff. - Stalled Moor market plan deal breakthrough Thursday 29 July, 2010
A STALLED project to revamp Sheffield's Moor shopping area and create a new market building will now move forward after a deal was brokered between council chiefs and the - Should 'gimmicky' ASBOs be scrapped? Thursday 29 July, 2010
HOME Secretary Theresa May has signalled the end of anti-social behaviour orders after new figures revealed that six out of 10 of those slapped on yobs in South Yorkshire are - 'Come clean on council job cuts' plea Thursday 29 July, 2010
CALLS have been made for Sheffield Council to "come clean" on how many jobs will be axed due to massive spending cuts, as the first phase of savings were approved by c - Station bridge battle could end in court Thursday 29 July, 2010
SHEFFIELD Council is prepared for a legal battle with transport giant Stagecoach as it fights to have the railway station footbridge made a public right of way. - Sing it again Rod - at my funeral Thursday 29 July, 2010
A DEVOTED rock fan has re-written her last will and testament - so her all time No 1 hero Rod Stewart can bring the final curtain down on her life. - Fraudster claimed dead mum's benefits Thursday 29 July, 2010
A BENEFIT cheat who claimed more than £82,000 of tax payers' money to which he wasn't entitled - including his dead mother's pension - has been locked up for 12 mo - Steel chief appeals for council unity - VIDEO Thursday 29 July, 2010
THE chief executive of Sheffield Forgemasters has pleaded with council politicians to stop treating his company as a "political football".
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