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Updates on Wednesday 2 December 2015
Jenny Cork
BBC Sheffield, Local Live
Andy Kershaw
BBC Radio Sheffield
A big rise in anti-social behaviour in Barnsley town centre related to the use of so-called legal highs is to be tackled by the council.
Problems include drug dealing in the open around Sheffield Road and Wood Street, and legal high wrappers and needles being left in residents' gardens.
Barnsley Council's cabinet is expected to launch a community consultation with the aim of introducing Public Spaces Protection Orders, external in those places affected.
Owain Wyn Evans
Weather presenter, BBC Look North
Outbreaks of light and patchy rain will continue this afternoon, followed by a few heavier showers overnight.
A house in Sheffield was gutted by fire when a blaze broke out, external in a conservatory and spread through the property and to the home next door.
Image source, Sheffield Star
Shamir Masri
BBC Look North
A fire service training exercise is going on right now at Doncaster Keepmoat Stadium to test its response to major incidents in South Yorkshire, external.
"Exercise Keep Valley" will simulate the decontamination of people who've been covered in poisonous chemicals as part of a suspected terrorist attack.
Jenny Cork
BBC Sheffield, Local Live
Daniel Evans is to step down as Artistic Director of Sheffield Theatres, external.
He's to leave the company in June 2016 to take over as Artistic Director of Chichester Festival Theatre.
Quote Message“I am hugely grateful to the entire team at Sheffield Theatres. This is one of the best jobs in theatre in the country and it has been a real privilege to lead the organisation for the last seven years. I will miss the city and its people very much and I’ll always feel a deep connection with South Yorkshire.”
Daniel Evans, Artistic Director, Sheffield Theatres
Jenny Cork
BBC Sheffield, Local Live
Victorian lead water pipes which supply about 20,000 homes across Yorkshire are to be replaced.
New polyethylene plastic pipes will ensure lead content in tap water will be kept to a minimum, Yorkshire Water says.
Image source, Yorkshire WaterWork will be carried out in Rotherham, Bradford, York, Leeds, Beverley, Harrogate and Hull and is due to be completed by 2017.
The scheme will completely remove lead pipes from the 19,000-mile distribution network and replace them with plastic pipes the firm says have a 100-year lifespan.
The Crucible has just tweeted, external that its Artistic Director is to leave the theatre to take over as head of Chichester Festival Theatre.
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Everard Davy
Journalist, BBC Radio Sheffield
With MPs set to decide whether to back UK air strikes in Syria against militants from so-called Islamic State, we understand seven of our region's MPs intend to vote against the action.
These are Sarah Champion, Louise Haigh, Harry Harpham, John Healey, John Mann, Ed Miliband and Dennis Skinner.
Image source, Getty ImagesMeanwhile, we understand four of our MPs - Nick Clegg, Michael Dugher, Dan Jarvis and Angela Smith - will vote for air strikes with Caroline Flint saying she's "leaning towards" a vote for bombing.
Three MPs - Clive Betts, Paul Blomfield and Toby Perkins - say they haven't decided yet.
We haven't yet been able to get hold of Kevin Barron.
Jenny Cork
BBC Sheffield, Local Live
Do you know this dog?
Allie Gartland from Sheffield is reporting on Twitter, external that she's found a dog and is asking the owner to come forward...
The dog is currently in the care of the local dog warden in Barnsley.
Image source, Allie GartlandWho will you vote for to be BBC Sports Personality of the Year for 2015?
Image source, PAThe 12 contenders, who include Sheffield's Jessica Ennis-Hill (pictured), have been announced, with the winner to be revealed during a live show in Belfast on Sunday 20 December.
You can vote by phone or online during the programme, which will be screened on BBC One.
Tom Ingall
Journalist, BBC Look North
Sheffield University has told the BBC it's going to convert the old Henderson's Relish factory into a pub.
Join me for a look around this iconic site which produced the local delicacy from the late 19th century until 2013.
This is the battered and bruised face of a Sheffield sex attacker, external after a heroic young woman he had dragged into bushes fought him off with a set of house keys.
Image source, Sheffield StarJenny Cork
BBC Sheffield, Local Live
South Yorkshire's MPs are set to vote later on whether to bomb so-called IS targets in Syria.
John Healey, Wentworth and Dearne Labour MP, is planning to vote no. He spoke live with Toby Foster on BBC Radio Sheffield earlier this morning.
He said David Cameron should apologise for telling Conservative rebels they should not side with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and what the PM has called a "bunch of terrorist sympathisers".
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Owain Wyn Evans
Weather presenter, BBC Look North
Today will see a cloudy but largely dry start. Not looking great as we get into the afternoon, with patchy rain followed by heavier outbreaks later. Watch my full Yorkshire forecast below.
Jenny Cork
BBC Sheffield, Local Live
Hi, it's Jenny back with you for another day of live coverage for South Yorkshire.
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If you live in Sheffield, this is a building you'll know very well...
Image source, Sheffield UniversityIt's the former Henderson's Relish factory which fell silent a couple of years ago. Sheffield University now plans to turn the site into a pub. Could make for an interesting pint...
