Live updates on Friday 15 July 2016
John Cundy
Crime correspondent, BBC Look North
Rotherham drugs courier Thomas Birkbeck jailed for total of 32 months after being chased by police at 150mph in North and West Yorkshire last month with three-year-old girl in his car.
Katie Galbraith
Local Live, BBC Sheffield
Sheffield Doc/Fest, external is kicking off today.
Hundreds of documentaries will be shown over the next five days - with a host of famous names dropping into the city to give talks and workshops - including a first visit to the event by Sir David Attenborough.
Film-maker Michael Moore, documentary maker and musician Professor Green and actress Joanna Lumley will also be attending.
Doc/Fest welcomes over 30,000 documentary makers and lovers each year, including 3,500 industry delegates from over 60 countries.
Subjects in the films to be shown this year range from living on a diet of Miso soup, the life of a middle-aged widow and the autistic man who communicates through Disney films.
Four fire engines are currently tackling a fire at an industrial estate in Doncaster.
Emergency services were called to the Kirk Sandall Industrial Estate off Sandall Lane just before 10:30.
The Track Work Ltd industrial unit has been evacuated.
Fire crews are using hose reels and foam to tackle the fire.
Image source, GoogleKatie Galbraith
Local Live, BBC Sheffield
The National Union of Teachers (NUT) has welcomed today's news that Barnsley council has scrapped plans to shorten the school summer holidays next year.
Ian Stevenson, the NUT Regional Secretary, said: "We look forward "to engaging with the consultation process set out by the council to take place in the forthcoming year, which will consider any future changes."
Image source, NUT - National Union of TeachersMore on Barnsley council's announcement that it has postponed plans, external to change the summer holidays next year.
The local authority recently announced it would be shortening the summer holiday next year - claiming that pupils experienced a "learning loss" from a longer summer break.
The move prompted criticism from some parents and teachers who said they had not been consulted properly about the change.
Council cabinet spokesperson Tim Cheetham said today: “In response to concerns we have had about the consultation process and the change of position by some of our consulted partners, we now propose... that the school holiday arrangements for 2017/18 do not change, thereby leaving the longer summer holiday in place."
However, the council has not ruled out a change in 2018.
Katie Galbraith
Local Live, BBC Sheffield
Barnsley Council has announced it is not going ahead with plans to change the summer holidays next year "in response to concerns we have had about the consultation process".
More to follow.
Nick Wilson
BBC Radio Sheffield
The top stories from South Yorkshire this morning include:
BBC Radio Sheffield has been talking this morning to presenter Bernie Clifton who was up late last night presenting an award to best international newcomer at the Kerrang! Awards 2016.
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The invitation to hand out an award at the ceremony stemmed from a mix up over CD labels between crooner Bernie and death metal band Abhorrent Decimation.
The band was hanging out with Bernie at the Kerrang awards in London last night billed as the "biggest party in the rock calendar" and took one of our favourite selfies of the year.
Image source, Ashley Scott/ BBCInspectors are warning the availability of so-called legal highs at a South Yorkshire prison is "severely threatening" the stability of the jail.
A report into HMP Moorland said almost half of all prisoners claimed it was easier to get drugs compared to 28% at the last inspection.
Inspectors said the availability of new psychoactive substances (NPS) was undermining recent progress.
A 23-year-old man has died and a 32-year-old man suffered serious injuries after the motorcycle they were riding on was involved in a crash in Sheffield last night.
They were travelling along the Wicker towards Saville Street in the city centre at about 20:30 when they were in collision with a blue Ford Focus at the junction with Derek Dooley Way.
The 52-year-old woman driving the car suffered minor injuries.
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BBC Radio Sheffield
Uncertainty over the future of Tata Steel has led to a drop in young people signing up for apprenticeship at the company's training centre in Stocksbridge.
The centre trains electrical and mechanical engineers.
They have stressed it's 'business as usual' and they're looking for more young people to sign up as apprentices to ensure there's a ready supply of engineers when steel begins to thrive again.
Darren Webster, who's been a steelworker for 28 years at Tata and is works convenor for the trade union Unite at Stocksbridge, says despite the recent uncertainty he thinks they have a good future....
Image source, Press AssociationQuote MessageWe restreamed at the start of year and we've gone more into the niche market so we're in for the more high value steel, the aero space stuff. So we see it as a good future and I think there's a good future for anyone that wants to come and work for us."
Darren Webster, Works convenor for UNITE the Union at Stocksbridge
This morning the station is paying tribute to the region's volunteers with a big party at BBC Radio Sheffield.
There's bunting, party hats and cake.
Although I think one volunteer is happier gnawing on a dog chew!
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Labour MP John Mann has told the BBC he will be voting to leave the European Union because of "free movement of labour, immigration and empowerment".
Image source, Labour PartyWriting in the Sun,, external the MP for Bassetlaw said many Labour councillors would "shock" Westminster with their referendum vote.
"Too few Labour MPs" were campaigning for Britain to leave the European Union via the 23 June vote, he added.
Veteran Labour MP Dennis Skinner has confirmed that he too will vote for a Brexit.
Katie Galbraith
Local Live, BBC Sheffield
Euro 2016 starts today, with England playing tomorrow.
To wish them luck, our favourite singing plumber, Paul Ballington from Dinnington has written a song.
Get in touch and let us know what you think of his efforts...
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Jenny Cork
BBC Sheffield news
The BBC Radio Sheffield Breakfast show is live from our open centre on Shoreham Street in Sheffield this morning.
We're having a volun-tea party.
The show has spent the last six months celebrating the work of volunteers in South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire.
Today is about celebrating some of the people and organisations we've come across along the way and maybe inspire you to have a think about what you could do to help out your community?
Owain Wyn Evans
Weather presenter, BBC Look North
Some early mist/low cloud. A rather cloudy day to follow, with any brightness limited as scattered morning showers develop to become locally heavy by afternoon.
Feeling rather cool near the coast with a light onshore breeze.
Doncaster qualifier Tara Moore is the only British player left in the Nottingham Open, having reached the quarter finals yesterday.
Image source, ReutersMoore, 23, beat American world number 67 Christina McHale 6-2 6-2 to set up a meeting with China's Zheng Saisai.
Zheng beat British number one Johanna Konta in straight sets.
Nick Wilson
BBC Radio Sheffield
The top stories this morning from South Yorkshire include:
BBC Travel
One lane is blocked on the A61 Penistone Road outbound in Sheffield between the A6101 Bradfield Road junction and the A6102 Herries Road South junction.
It's because of a broken-down lorry.
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Local Live, BBC Sheffield
Morning, Katie here. I'm with you until 18:00 with news, sport, travel and weather updates from across South Yorkshire.
We'll also tell you why BBC Radio Sheffield has been putting out the bunting and the party hats this morning.
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