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Live updates on Thursday 6 May
Katie Galbraith
Local Live, BBC Sheffield
Live updates for South Yorkshire have finished for the day but we'll be back from 08:00 on Friday with the latest news, sport, weather and travel updates.
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Katie Galbraith
Local Live, BBC Sheffield
Twelve people have been arrested this afternoon as part of a covert operation, external into suspected drugs activity and organised crime in Sheffield. Addresses were raided in the Manor and Arbourthorne areas of the city.
Image source, South Yorkshire PoliceSheffield Commander, Chief Superintendent David Hartley, said: “The operation was designed to target and dismantle a number of organised crime groups (OCGs) and to disrupt the supply and distribution of class A drugs across the city.
“Those who are involved in drug dealing are a scourge to our city. My resolve, along with every officer at Sheffield, is to find these people and bring them down, taking away their liberty to ensure we keep the public safe.
The three women and nine men, aged between 17 and 48-years-old, were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy of being concerned in the supply of class A drugs.
Searches of the properties are still on-going, however an amount of suspected class A and B drugs have so far been seized from three of the five addresses raided as well as a large quantity of cash.
Sheffield United goalkeeper George Long agrees a two-year contract extension with the League One club.
Read MoreThe top stories from South Yorkshire this evening include:
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Paul Hudson
Weather presenter, BBC Look North
Showers are largely expected to die away during the evening leaving some clear spells to start the night, but becoming rather cloudy with some patchy mist and hill fog forming overnight too.
Howard Pressman
Presenter, BBC Radio Sheffield
Now BBC Radio Sheffield's Bernie Clifton has got a call up to the Kerrang Music Awards.
He's not receiving one... but giving one.
Bernie's link with rock music is a curious one. He recently became linked to a death metal band after a track of theirs was entered on the sleeve of Bernie's recent album.
Kerrang's Editor James McMahon heard about the story and thought it would be a great idea to get Bernie to hand out one of their awards at a big do tonight.
Image source, ReutersA woman who was a jury member in a Sheffield Crown Court trial has received a suspended sentence for contempt of court.
Deborah Dean sent letters to two convicted sex offenders revealing details of jury deliberations that she had taken part in in October 2014.
Howard Pressman
Presenter, BBC Radio Sheffield
As you may know the Women of Steel statue will be unveiled in Sheffield city centre on Friday 17 June.
It celebrates the women who kept Sheffield's steelworks running during both world wars
To commemorate the event three local music giants - John Reilly (Boy On A Dolphin and Acoustic Angels) John Parr (St Elmo’s Fire) and local super pop producer Eliot Kennedy have written a song, called “Women Of Steel”
BBC Radio Sheffield Breakfast show will give the tune its first play a week today and have a chat with Eliot and John Reilly. The single cover is pictured below.
Image source, John ReillyKatie Galbraith
Local Live, BBC Sheffield
It's been announced this afternoon that the National Audit Office is to look into a decision to close a government office in Sheffield and move the posts to London.
The Business, Innovation and Skills office is due to close as part of a re-organisation programme.
The Auditor general Amyas Morse has now told the PCS union that there will be a "value for money" study into the move.
Louise Haigh, shadow civil service minister and Labour MP for Sheffield Heeley, said: "It is hugely welcome that ministers involved in this farcical decision will finally be held to account by the chief auditor for their fantasy claims that moving jobs to London from a cheaper base in Sheffield will save money."
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Gina Bolton
BBC Radio Sheffield
The top stories from South Yorkshire this afternoon include:
Katie Galbraith
Local Live, BBC Sheffield
Image source, National Audit OfficeThe National Audit Office is to look into a controversial Government programme that includes the closure of a regional business office and relocation of jobs to London.
Auditor general Amyas Morse has told a trade union there will be a "value for money" study into a Business Department programme which includes the closure of an office in Sheffield.
The study will include the planning, analysis and oversight of the programme, he told the Public and Commercial Services union.
A union spokesman said: "This is a very welcome development that we hope will shed some light on the plans, which we still think should be scrapped. "
We've been talking this afternoon about the A19 Askern Road in Doncaster which has been closed by police.
A spokesperson for South Yorkshire police says officers are currently at a property on Askern Road following concerns about the welfare of a man on the roof of one of the buildings.
The road closure has created slow traffic in both directions between the Arksey Lane Junction and the Victoria Road junction.
A diversion is in place.
A new Nike advert has drawn together Portuguese footballer Christian Ronaldo and Sheffield city centre.
In the five-minute film the footballer bumps heads with a ball boy from Sheffield at an England v Portugal match and they change places.
Image source, NikeThe next morning Christian Ronaldo wakes up in the body of the young ball boy and has to get used to life in Sheffield.
Which includes being driven to football practice by his mum.
Image source, NikeMeanwhile the Sheffield ball boy wakes up in the body of Christian Ronaldo and has to get used to a very different life style.
Image source, NikeThe Sheffield ball boy improves so much that he eventually makes the England team - helping Harry Kane to score a goal - before he collides with Ronaldo again and they go back to their own bodies.
BBC Travel
The A19 Askern Road in Doncaster is closed and there is very slow traffic in both directions between the Arksey Lane junction and the Victoria Road junction.
It's because of a police incident.
There is a diversion in operation - via Victoria Road, The Avenue and Arksey Lane.
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Katie Galbraith
Local Live, BBC Sheffield
Sheffield City Council wants to introduce a 20mph speed limit in Greystones and Whirlow.
It says reducing the speed of traffic in residential areas will reduce the number and severity of accidents.
In a recent consultation leaflets were delivered to more than 4,000 properties and 69 people, including the Head Teacher at Silverdale School and the Cycle Touring Club, registered their support for the20 mph limit.
Twenty five people objected to the principle of introducing the new speed limit in this area but the council says the reasons for making the speed limit order outweigh those objections.
A proposal will now be submitted to the Cabinet to introduce the 20mph speed limit.
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Local Live, BBC Sheffield
Great excitement at BBC Radio Sheffield this lunchtime when the Euro 2016 sweepstake draw was announced.
This is the moment our sports reporter Jonathan Buchan found out he'd got Germany....
Not such a happy face for our Sports Editor Andy Giddings.
He's just found out he's got Poland.
A committee of MPs is warning that the government is still failing to protect people against flooding.
The Commons Environmental Audit Committee says there needs to be a long term strategy to tackle the problem.
Ministers say they're working on a twenty-five year plan.
MPs criticise lack of government flood planning.
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