Summary

  • News, sport, travel and weather updates resume at 08:00 on Tuesday

  • Updates on Monday 25 April 2016

  1. Headlines: Sheffield's sink hole closes road and Doncaster's new mythical creaturepublished at 08:26 British Summer Time 25 April 2016

    Everard Davy
    BBC Radio Sheffield News

    • Council contractors have arrived  at a large sink hole which opened up on Hutcliffe Wood Road in Sheffield at the weekend
    • Police in Derbyshire say they're suspicious that people in the Dronfield Woodhouse area may be hassling local people to buy dogs - perhaps for fighting
    • And a new mythical creature is being unveiled in Doncaster. The Big Donco has been made by a local artists. It's 15ft tall with the head of a duck, the leg of a horse and the tail of a fox
  2. Good morning: Join us for today's live coveragepublished at 08:03 British Summer Time 25 April 2016

    Jenny Cork
    BBC Sheffield news

    A cloudy start, with showers on their way. Full weather report coming shortly.

    Council contractors have arrived at Hutcliffe Wood Road in Sheffield this morning. 

    They're investigating a huge hole that has opened up in the middle of the road over the weekend. 

    Hole in the roadImage source, Paul Richards and Elaine Belcher

    We reckon it's 12 x 6 x 15 feet deep. 

    The contractors want to find out how deep they have to go before they reach stable ground.

    Hutcliffe Wood Road is closed to traffic.   

    Hutcliffe Wood Road mapImage source, Google maps