BBC Local Live: Sheffield and South Yorkshire on Tuesday 9 August

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News, sport, weather and travel will resume at 08:00 on Wednesday
Live updates on Tuesday 9 August 2016

Live Reporting

Kate Linderholm

Sheffield jeweller provides bling to reward elite diverspublished at 11:54 British Summer Time 9 August 2016
Alice Olusoga
BBC Radio Sheffield News
A Sheffield jeweller has done its bit to help produce a new gem in Team GB’s Olympic diving squad.
Stannington medal hopeful Freddie Woodward is now in Rio preparing to compete in the individual three metre springboard - but left safely at home is the diamond-studded lucky charm which has rewarded his success and motivated him to aim higher for the last three years.
Image source, Green + Benz
The 13 diamonds each mark a major sporting achievement and a stepping stone to the Olympics. The pendant was created after Green + Benz MD Helen Dimmick, set up a reward scheme after watching a club diving display at Ponds Forge in 2012.
Image source, Green + Benz
Since 2013 Green + Benz have created key rings for 23 divers and set around 100 diamonds into them, at a cost of over £5,000.
Image source, Green + Benz
Police name woman who died in Rotherham crashpublished at 11:35 British Summer Time 9 August 2016
A 52-year-old woman who died following a collision in the Clifton area of Rotherham last weekend has been named as Hasina Idris Mohamed.
Miss Mohamed was pronounced dead at the scene close to Clifton Park on Saturday. Her family are receiving support from officers and have asked that their privacy is respected during this difficult time.
Image source, South Yorkshire Police
A 51-year-old man driving the Ford Focus was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. He has been bailed pending further enquiries.
Sheffield Forgemasters signs $30m US navy submarine dealpublished at 11:16 British Summer Time 9 August 2016
Sheffield Star
Engineering giants Sheffield Forgemasters has secured a series of export defence contracts worth more than $30m. The South Yorkshire firm will provide a sequence of castings for the US OHIO submarine replacement programme., external
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Sheffield chiropractor off to Rio to help Olympic athletespublished at 11:03 British Summer Time 9 August 2016
Sheffield chiropractor Ulrik Sandstrom is heading off to Rio today to help track and field athletes at the Olympics.
Image source, Ulrik Sandstrom
The therapist was invited to Rio after performing the same role at the London 2012 Olympics.
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There can be two or three different professionals working on one athlete, and that’s a really exciting part of the job. It has to be a big collaboration between medical professions. "
Ulrik Sandstrom
Report on crash between two trams in Sheffieldpublished at 10:31 British Summer Time 9 August 2016
Mick Lunney
BBC Local Live, Sheffield
A report has been released on a crash between two Supertrams in Sheffield last October.
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch found the crash happened in what it describes as "conditions of low rail head adhesion" on the approach to Shalesmoor tram stop. It says tram 120 was not being driven in a manner appropriate for the conditions, and that its brakes did not provide the level of braking the driver expected.
Image source, Barry Smith
A number of passengers and a member of staff received minor injuries, and the tramway through Shalesmoor was closed for the rest of the day.
Watch: New scheme to help Yorkshire transgender patientspublished at 10:15 British Summer Time 9 August 2016
Adults in Yorkshire who want to change gender could see long NHS waiting lists reduced. Jackie's been on the list for two years -- but should have been seen within eighteen weeks. A pilot project will now offer counselling during the wait.
Steel city looking glorious in the sunshinepublished at 09:54 British Summer Time 9 August 2016
Check out this shot by local phogographer Keith Bown:
Image source, Keith Bown
And here's a damsonfly he snapped in Endcliffe Park:
Image source, Keith Bown
Watch: Cartoon highlights concerns about Sheffield gang crimepublished at 09:27 British Summer Time 9 August 2016
South Yorkshire police are enouraging people to speak out about gang crime in this short film about Betty a woman who fears leaving her home:
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Travel: Accident causing delays on M1 Northboundpublished at 09:18 British Summer Time 9 August 2016
BBC Travel
M1 lane closed from the entry sliproad from the M18 Southbound. Queing traffic Northbound on M18 due to an accident involving two vehicles.
Travel: M1 Southbound disruption in South Yorkshirepublished at 09:10 British Summer Time 9 August 2016
BBC Travel
A broken down vehicle is causing severe disruption on the M1 Southbound at J31 the turnoff for the A57.
Health Services in Sheffield can't cope with transgender needspublished at 08:52 British Summer Time 9 August 2016
Everard Davy
BBC Radio Sheffield News
The NHS in Sheffield say they can't cope with the increased number of people needing treatment to change their gender, and waiting times are getting longer and longer.
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The NHS guidelines says people should have to wait no longer than four months.
The average wait time in Sheffield is nearly a year.
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The targets that we've been set and the resources that we've got to reach that target don't reflect the number of people that are being referred into the service. So actually for several years now the numbers referred in have far exceeded the number that we can put through an assessment process and into a treatment pathway."
Dr Peter Bowie, clinical director for the Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust
Sheffield man finds a worm in his Tesco cucumber and his complaint goes viralpublished at 08:32 British Summer Time 9 August 2016
When Wes Metcalfe bought a cucumber from a Tesco shop in Dinnington, Sheffield, he did not expect it to come with a dead worm.
Image source, Wes Metcalf
So put off was he by the creature wedged inside the packaging, that he turned to Facebook to let Tesco know why it would be a while before he tucked into another cucumber sandwich again.
Tesco's comical comeback and Mr Metcalfe's response to it have gone viral.
Missing teenager found in Rotherhampublished at 08:22 British Summer Time 9 August 2016
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Weather: A littler cooler but a dry start with sunshine and showers laterpublished at 08:09 British Summer Time 9 August 2016
Owain Wyn Evans
Weather presenter, BBC Look North
Some showers will develop through the morning, these occasionally heavy, but bright or sunny spells in-between. Light to moderate winds. Maximum Temperature 18°C.
Good Morning: Join us for today's live coveragepublished at 08:00 British Summer Time 9 August 2016
Kate Linderholm
BBC Local Live, Sheffield
Ay up, Kate here. We will get to the serious news, the travel and weather but I start with a paltry matter.
Or rather a poultry matter, spotted by BBC Radio Sheffield's early reporter Andy Kershaw:
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