Barnsley boss Gerhard Struber urges the EFL to produce a fixtures schedule for the rest of the Championship season.

Witnesses are being asked to come forward after a Nottinghamshire police officer, a woman and a child were injured in a crash involving an unmarked police car in South Yorkshire.

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The officer was driving on the A57 Worksop Road near Anston just after 22:00 on Tuesday 12 May when the car was involved in a crash with a VW Golf at the junction with Ryton Road.

A 40-year-old woman and a 12-year-old girl in the Golf were taken to hospital for treatment for their injuries. They have since been discharged.

The woman was arrested on suspicion of driving while over the prescribed alcohol limit, police added.

The driver of the Nottinghamshire Police car, which was a black, unmarked Seat Leon responding to an emergency call, suffered minor injuries, South Yorkshire Police said.

Anybody who saw the crash - or saw either vehicle before the crash - is being asked to get in touch with police.

The 100-year-old war veteran was in disbelief but "delighted" to learn he is to be knighted.

The trial of a man accused of murdering University of Hull student Libby Squire has been adjourned until next year due to the Covid-19 crisis.

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Pawel Relowicz, 25, had been due to stand trial next month but Judge Jeremy Richardson QC, the Honorary Recorder of Sheffield, said the delay was necessary to avoid further adjournments.

The body of Miss Squire, who was originally from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, was recovered from the Humber Estuary on 20 March, almost seven weeks after she disappeared following an evening out with friends.

Mr Relowicz (pictured above) is alleged to have murdered her on 1 February and to have committed the rape between 31 January and 1 February.

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During the hearing earlier today Judge Richardson told the defendant the trial would now take place in January 2021 "because of the Covid-19 crisis".

"I am sorry it is such a long way away but it has to be because this is a serious matter," he said.

"If I have it any earlier then there is a risk it would have to be further adjourned."

Mr Relowicz was remanded in custody and was told by the judge that he will appear again via video-link for a pre-trial hearing on 30 November.

Reduced audience sizes, no mingling in the interval and a ban on actors hugging are among the changes that could be coming to Sheffield's theatres because of the coronavirus pandemic.

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The ideas are being discussed as theatres, including the Crucible and Lyceum, look to change the way they work in order to reopen safely.

It could see the Crucible's auditorium, which usually sees audiences of just under 1,000 people, being cut to just 150 seats.

There'd also be issues with things like using the bars and hand dryers in toilets, as well as ensuring actors didn't have physical contact on stage.

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Chief executive of Sheffield Theatres, Dan Bates, says social distancing poses huge issues.

He said: "We are up for it. We are creative people. I have a team of people - 92% of them are furloughed at the moment - and they're all thinking about the different ways they can come back to work and different opportunities for us and that is absolutely amazing."

Have you seen this man? Police in York have issued an urgent appeal for help finding him after he went missing earlier this week:

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Thomas Haynes, 35, was last seen in the Heslington area on Monday evening, say police.

Mr Haynes is described as slim, with dark brown hair and a beard and when last seen he was wearing a white top, sandy coloured trousers and black trainers.

Police say he may have been spotted in Askern, South Yorkshire, at about 13:00 yesterday and he may be trying to head to Bradford or the Kirklees area, officers believe.

Anyone with information about his whereabouts is being urged to contact police.

Hundreds of victims are yet to be interviewed in the investigation into historic abuse in Rotherham.

Six men have been arrested after suspected Class A drugs, firearms, ammunition and a knife were seized from cars and a property in West Yorkshire.

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A pistol and ammunition was found in a Skoda stopped on Cannon Street, in Castleford, on Monday while later the same day a knife was found in a Golf stopped on Chantry Bridge, Wakefield, say police.

Two men in the Skoda, aged 35 and 23, were arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life.

A further two men, aged 43 and 29, were arrested from the Golf on suspicion of possession of a firearm and an offensive weapon.

Officers say a handgun, ammunition and suspected Class A drugs were seized later, during a second operation at a house on Bradford Road, Morley.

A 51-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm and possession with intent to supply controlled drugs.

A sixth man, aged 20, was also arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm and possession with intent to supply controlled drugs.

A man who was found dead in a flat in Sheffield last week has been named as 49-year-old Terry Johnson.

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Mr Johnson was found in a flat in Gell Street, Broomhall, just after 05:00 on Friday.

A 51-year-old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder and has since been released under investigation, police say.

A 47-year-old man, from Sheffield, arrested on Sunday on suspicion of supplying a controlled drug in connection with Mr Johnson's death has been released under investigation.

League One and Two clubs could be placed under salary cap restrictions by new English Football League proposals.

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Police in North Yorkshire are warning motorists not to break the speed limit after one driver was estimated to be doing 70mph in York city centre.

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Traffic police in the county say they've also witnessed some motorists driving at more than 100mph.

Concerns were raised by the county's Chief Constable, Lisa Winward, at a virtual North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner meeting.

She told the meeting one report estimated a driver was doing up to 70mph and encouraged people to report any speeding incidents to police.

The Chief Constable said: "Officers have dealt with people driving in excess of 100mph on our roads and putting others at risk and they will be stopped and prosecuted for that irresponsible behaviour.

"I'm urging people taking advantage of our quieter roads to use them as a race track to just stop and think about the impact that could have on themselves, their families and other members of the community."

Speaking at the same meeting, Jon Foster from the fire and rescue service, said crews have seen a steep increase in callouts to road accidents since lockdown was relaxed a week ago.

He said that between 1 April and 12 May crews had been called to just eight crashes, but that in the past week they had attended the same amount.

New drone footage has been released showing the extent of a moorland fire in South Yorkshire that has been burning for more than 48 hours.

Smoke from the fire on Hatfield Moors, Doncaster can be seen for miles - with some blowing across the M18 motorway, prompting a warning to drivers from Highways England, external.

The fire is expected to be burning "for a few more days", South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue said.

Portsmouth say the difference in size between League One clubs makes it difficult to agree whether to continue or end their season.

Ministers are facing further pressure from council leaders and teaching unions to reconsider plans to reopen English primary schools to some pupils from 1 June.

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At least 11 councils have expressed opposition amid safety concerns or warned they will not be ready in time.

Teaching union NASUWT said it remained "unconvinced" reopening schools was "appropriate or practicable".

The government said it was based on the "best scientific and medical advice".

But on Tuesday, Calderdale Council advised its schools against wider reopening, following similar moves from Bury, Liverpool and Hartlepool.

Meanwhile, Leeds City Council said it would not expect all its schools to reopen to all pupils "from day one"., external

Judith Blake, the council leader, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that the government should be flexible when it comes to opening schools.

"Let's move away from an arbitrary date and work with our schools... the government needs to understand that they need to take local factors into account," the Labour councillor said.

Workers from an agency hired by a council "failed to treat them with dignity", a report finds.

Rolls-Royce has said it will cut 9,000 jobs and warned it will take "several years" for the airline industry to recover from the coronavirus pandemic.

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The firm, which makes engines for planes, said the reduction of nearly a fifth of its workforce would mainly affect its civil aerospace division.

"This is not a crisis of our making. But it is the crisis that we face and must deal with," boss Warren East said.

The bulk of the job cuts are expected to be in the UK.

Rolls-Royce employs 52,000 people globally, including at its plant at the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre in Catcliffe.

Mr East told the BBC's Today programme the company had not yet concluded on "exactly" where the job losses would be, due to having to consult with unions.

But he said: "It's fair to say that of our civil aerospace business approximately two-thirds of the total employees are in the UK at the moment and that's probably a good first proxy."

A pub landlord from Rotherham who had to temporarily close his business during the coronavirus pandemic has got himself a new job - packing boxes at a nearby warehouse.

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Daniel Redfern has been landlord of the Pewter Pot at Kimberworth Park for the last 15 years.

But when the government announced it was introducing restrictions relating to the virus, he took the decision to put the pub on hold.

Mr Redfern said: "It all came really suddenly, we had no warning in terms of a letter or email. It just came up on the news and that was that."

With bills still to pay, he swapped pints for parcels and now works at online retailer Amazon.

But with no idea of when they'll be back open, he says it's been tough going past his empty pub on the way to work nightshifts.

He said: "We've got a massive decking area outside and obviously with how the weather has been lately that would be packed. People out chit-chatting...

"But at this point you're going to work and coming home and everything is empty."

Two cruise ship dancers who were stranded in the Bahamas for nine weeks because of the Covid-19 pandemic have finally been able to return to the UK.

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Lauren Carrick, 29, from Taverham, Norfolk, and her fiancé Joseph Harrison, 27, from Hull, were among 950 crew trapped on the ship.

The US Centre for Disease control had stopped the transfer of seafarers to its airports.

But after long negotiations the couple flew home via Miami airport.

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Congratulations for Captain Tom Moore are already coming in after the announcement that he is to be knighted for his fundraising efforts after a special nomination from the prime minister.

The war veteran raised more than £32m for NHS charities by completing 100 laps of his garden in Marston Moretaine in Bedfordshire before his 100th birthday last month.

Michael Ball, whose version of You'll Never Walk Alone recorded with Capt Tom reached #1, said it was a "fitting honour for a true British hero".

And for those wondering - as an honorary colonel, his official title will be Captain Sir Thomas Moore under Ministry of Defence protocol.

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