Live updates for Sheffield and South Yorkshire have finished for the day but we'll be back from 0800 on Monday 18 January with the latest news, sport, weather and travel updates.
A 59-year-old man has been jailed for six years for stabbing another man in the neck and head at a Rotherham pub last year.
David Rimmington, of Roughwood Road, Kimberworth Park, appeared at Sheffield Crown Court today for sentencing after pleading guilty to assault at an earlier hearing.
He was jailed for six years and ordered to serve three years on licence following his release.
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Weather: A widespread frost will form overnight
Keeley Donovan
Weather presenter, BBC Look North
Cold with clear spells and a few sleet and snow showers.
A widespread frost will form overnight, locally sharp in the west, along with icy patches on untreated surfaces.
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Fire service responds to call for industrial action in South Yorkshire
Katie Galbraith
Local Live, BBC Sheffield
South Yorkshire Fire Service have been responding to the news that firefighters are to be balloted for industrial action.
A spokesperson for the service says: "The number of calls to our control room has fallen significantly in recent years.
"At the same time, we have had some big reductions to our funding and expect to lose a further £5m from our annual budget over the next four years."
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"We have already reduced the number of managers, back office staff and non-pay budgets, but must now look at other areas, including control, to help protect the number of fire engines available to respond to 999 calls."
Fire service cuts put public at risk in South Yorkshire
Katie Galbraith
Local Live, BBC Sheffield
More on news that firefighters in South Yorkshire are to be balloted for industrial action.
Pete Smith, regional secretary of the FBU in Yorkshire says "emergency control staff are the very first people you'll speak to when you're in an emergency...The public in South Yorkshire will be put at greater risk if these posts are cut"
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The Fire Brigades Union says its over plans which include cutting a quarter of all emergency control operators and changes to firefighters leave arrangements.
BreakingFirefighters to ballot for industrial action in South Yorkshire
Katie Galbraith
Local Live, BBC Sheffield
Firefighters in South Yorkshire will be balloted for industrial action in protest over plans which include cutting a quarter of all emergency control operators within the service and changes to firefighters’ leave arrangements.
New leads for police investigating New Year's Eve attack in Darnall
Police investigating the death of Zabair Hussain, who was attacked on New Year's Eve in Darnall, say they've received a number of positive lines of inquiry.
Officers were out in Darnall last night speaking to members of the community.
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Quote Message: As a result of speaking to the community in Darnall last night, we have received a number of positive lines of enquiry that we are now looking to progress and develop in the coming days. I’m really grateful for the support we’ve received from the public as we continue to investigate this horrific crime." from Steve Handley Detective Chief Inspector, South Yorkshire Police
As a result of speaking to the community in Darnall last night, we have received a number of positive lines of enquiry that we are now looking to progress and develop in the coming days. I’m really grateful for the support we’ve received from the public as we continue to investigate this horrific crime."
Latest headlines: Man remains in critical condition after Sheffield assault and Glenn Loovens signs new deal at Hillsborough
Gina Bolton
BBC Radio Sheffield
The top stories in Sheffield and South Yorkshire this afternoon include:
A 48-year-old man's still critically ill in hospital after being assaulted outside a pub in Sheffield on Sunday 20 December
Police are asking for your help to find 37-year-old Sheffield man Jonathan Dodson who's wanted in connection with a number of assaults in the Sheffield area between May and November last year
People weren't happy with the uneven road markings despite the council saying there wasn't a problem.
Now a review has found that residents were right and the lines have been deemed dangerous because of "the increased likelihood of opposing vehicles coming into conflict."
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Marie Biggs, who ran the campaign to have the lines re-painted, said she was "very pleased".
She said: "If it's not broken then why fix it? It worked perfectly well with the lines in the middle all the years that I've lived here, so why change it?"
New money up for grabs for coalfield regeneration groups
Trevor Gibbons
BBC Local Live
Community organisations in former coalfield areas will have the chance to get up to £10,000 each from the Coalfields Regeneration Trust.
The first bids from interested groups will be heard in April, the Barnsley-based trust said. It’s part of a £500,000 fund available across England.
About 1.2m people in Yorkshire live in a former coalfield and the fund is expected to be oversubscribed, it says.
Knife bin installed in Sheffield in bid to take blades off the street
BBC Look North, Yorkshire
A knife surrender bin is being set up in Sheffield to try and reduce knife crime in the city.
The campaign called Surrender Your Knife is putting amnesty bins in cities around the country.
South Yorkshire Police are not involved in the project. They say their focus is on educating people so they don't want to carry a knife and enforcing the law against those who do.
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Latest headlines: Sheffield labour politician urges Corbyn to listen to his MPs and efforts being made to tackle knife crime in South Yorkshire
Mick Lunney
BBC Radio Sheffield reporter
The top stories from Sheffield and South Yorkshire this lunchtime include:
A documentary by a man from Barnsley is up for an international award on his first attempt. "These Fragments" looks at the emotional turmoil left by the demise of the industry
Cloudier this afternoon with some sleet and snow for a time. Feeling very cold in the raw northwesterly breeze.
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Your chance to go to Wembley to see the FA Cup final
#PeoplesCup
Play five-a-side? Ever fancied giving it a go? Vowed to get fit this January? Fancy the chance to be at the FA Cup final?
There’s one thing that could be the answer to all those questions – the FA People’s Cup.
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It’s a free-to-enter knockout competition (with the first round on 22-24 January) for male, female and disability players across 10 categories, ranging from under-14s through to the over-35s - with the chance to go to Wembley for the FA Cup final at the end.
But hurry - the deadline for entries is midnight today!
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- Cuts to emergency control operators in South Yorkshire fire service has prompted a ballot in industrial action
- Police say they've got a number of positive lines of enquiry over a murder case in Sheffield
- A 59-year-old man has been jailed for six years for stabbing another man in the neck and head at a Rotherham pub last year
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- A 48-year-old man's still critically ill in hospital after being assaulted outside a pub in Sheffield on Sunday 20 December
- Police are asking for your help to find 37-year-old Sheffield man Jonathan Dodson who's wanted in connection with a number of assaults in the Sheffield area between May and November last year
- Sheffield Wednesday captain Glenn Loovens has signed a new two-and-a-half -year contract at Hillsborough
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- Sheffield Heeley MP Louise Haigh says Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn needs to make his MPs feel their voices are being heard as much as those of the public
- A documentary by a man from Barnsley is up for an international award on his first attempt. "These Fragments" looks at the emotional turmoil left by the demise of the industry
- There's a new initiative to try to take knives off the streets of South Yorkshire
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Katie Galbraith
Local Live, BBC Sheffield
Live updates for Sheffield and South Yorkshire have finished for the day but we'll be back from 0800 on Monday 18 January with the latest news, sport, weather and travel updates.
You can get in touch with us over the weekend.
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Man jailed for stabbing at Rotherham pub
Katie Galbraith
Local Live, BBC Sheffield
A 59-year-old man has been jailed for six years for stabbing another man in the neck and head at a Rotherham pub last year.
David Rimmington, of Roughwood Road, Kimberworth Park, appeared at Sheffield Crown Court today for sentencing after pleading guilty to assault at an earlier hearing.
He was jailed for six years and ordered to serve three years on licence following his release.
Weather: A widespread frost will form overnight
Keeley Donovan
Weather presenter, BBC Look North
Cold with clear spells and a few sleet and snow showers.
A widespread frost will form overnight, locally sharp in the west, along with icy patches on untreated surfaces.
Mouse spotted in dairy aisle of Doncaster store
Sheffield Star
This shocking video of a rodent scurrying down the butter and cheese aisle of a Doncaster supermarket has just gone viral.
Latest headlines: Cuts to emergency control operators prompts ballot for industrial action and man jailed for Rotherham stabbing
Mick Lunney
BBC Radio Sheffield reporter
The top stories from Sheffield and South Yorkshire include:
401 marathons man runs through Doncaster
Howard Pressman
Presenter, BBC Radio Sheffield
If you've been out in Doncaster today you may have seen runner Ben Smith from Bristol.
He's undertaken to run 401 marathons in 401 consecutive days around 309 different locations of the UK.
The aim is to raise £250,000 for two charities, Stonewall and Kidscape, that both work to combat bullying in our schools and society
I'm talking to him on the BBC Radio Sheffield drive time show today
Fire service responds to call for industrial action in South Yorkshire
Katie Galbraith
Local Live, BBC Sheffield
South Yorkshire Fire Service have been responding to the news that firefighters are to be balloted for industrial action.
A spokesperson for the service says: "The number of calls to our control room has fallen significantly in recent years.
"At the same time, we have had some big reductions to our funding and expect to lose a further £5m from our annual budget over the next four years."
"We have already reduced the number of managers, back office staff and non-pay budgets, but must now look at other areas, including control, to help protect the number of fire engines available to respond to 999 calls."
Fire service cuts put public at risk in South Yorkshire
Katie Galbraith
Local Live, BBC Sheffield
More on news that firefighters in South Yorkshire are to be balloted for industrial action.
Pete Smith, regional secretary of the FBU in Yorkshire says "emergency control staff are the very first people you'll speak to when you're in an emergency...The public in South Yorkshire will be put at greater risk if these posts are cut"
The Fire Brigades Union says its over plans which include cutting a quarter of all emergency control operators and changes to firefighters leave arrangements.
BreakingFirefighters to ballot for industrial action in South Yorkshire
Katie Galbraith
Local Live, BBC Sheffield
Firefighters in South Yorkshire will be balloted for industrial action in protest over plans which include cutting a quarter of all emergency control operators within the service and changes to firefighters’ leave arrangements.
New leads for police investigating New Year's Eve attack in Darnall
Police investigating the death of Zabair Hussain, who was attacked on New Year's Eve in Darnall, say they've received a number of positive lines of inquiry.
Officers were out in Darnall last night speaking to members of the community.
Latest headlines: Man remains in critical condition after Sheffield assault and Glenn Loovens signs new deal at Hillsborough
Gina Bolton
BBC Radio Sheffield
The top stories in Sheffield and South Yorkshire this afternoon include:
Sheffield Wednesday defender Loovens signs new contract
BBC Sport
Sheffield Wednesday defender Glenn Loovens has signed a two-and-a-half-year contract extension.
The 32-year-old Dutchman has been with the Owls since November 2013 and has made 77 appearances in all competitions.
Weather update: Gritters out tonight in Barnsley
Plan to build 150 houses on ex-Westfield School site
Sheffield Star
A derelict former Sheffield school site could be turned into a major housing development.
Campaigner celebrates victory over road markings in Sheffield
BBC News England
Campaigners are celebrating following a U-turn over white lines on Sandygate Road.
People weren't happy with the uneven road markings despite the council saying there wasn't a problem.
Now a review has found that residents were right and the lines have been deemed dangerous because of "the increased likelihood of opposing vehicles coming into conflict."
Marie Biggs, who ran the campaign to have the lines re-painted, said she was "very pleased".
She said: "If it's not broken then why fix it? It worked perfectly well with the lines in the middle all the years that I've lived here, so why change it?"
New money up for grabs for coalfield regeneration groups
Trevor Gibbons
BBC Local Live
Community organisations in former coalfield areas will have the chance to get up to £10,000 each from the Coalfields Regeneration Trust.
The first bids from interested groups will be heard in April, the Barnsley-based trust said. It’s part of a £500,000 fund available across England.
About 1.2m people in Yorkshire live in a former coalfield and the fund is expected to be oversubscribed, it says.
There are now no working deep coal mines in the UK.
Knife bin installed in Sheffield in bid to take blades off the street
BBC Look North, Yorkshire
A knife surrender bin is being set up in Sheffield to try and reduce knife crime in the city.
The campaign called Surrender Your Knife is putting amnesty bins in cities around the country.
South Yorkshire Police are not involved in the project. They say their focus is on educating people so they don't want to carry a knife and enforcing the law against those who do.
Latest headlines: Sheffield labour politician urges Corbyn to listen to his MPs and efforts being made to tackle knife crime in South Yorkshire
Mick Lunney
BBC Radio Sheffield reporter
The top stories from Sheffield and South Yorkshire this lunchtime include:
Weather: Getting cloudier and feeling very cold
BBC Weather
Cloudier this afternoon with some sleet and snow for a time. Feeling very cold in the raw northwesterly breeze.
Your chance to go to Wembley to see the FA Cup final
#PeoplesCup
Play five-a-side? Ever fancied giving it a go? Vowed to get fit this January? Fancy the chance to be at the FA Cup final?
There’s one thing that could be the answer to all those questions – the FA People’s Cup.
It’s a free-to-enter knockout competition (with the first round on 22-24 January) for male, female and disability players across 10 categories, ranging from under-14s through to the over-35s - with the chance to go to Wembley for the FA Cup final at the end.
But hurry - the deadline for entries is midnight today!
You can find out all about it here.