BBC Local Live: Sheffield and South Yorkshire on Monday 3 October 2016

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Live updates have finished on Monday 3 October 2016
News, sport, weather and travel updates resume at 08:00 Tuesday

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Oli Constable

Police confirm WW2 bomb findpublished at 11:36 British Summer Time 3 October 2016
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Oli Constable
Police have confirmed they've closed surrounding roads after they've found what appears to be a World War Two bomb.
They say the roads could be closed for hours.
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Turtle Bay restaurant appeals against Sheffield Council’s ‘unworkable’ staircase rulepublished at 11:18 British Summer Time 3 October 2016
Sheffield Star
Bosses of a Caribbean-themed restaurant which wants to open in Sheffield are to appeal against a licensing decision banning waiters carrying food and drink to the upper floor. , external
Restaurant chain Turtle Bay wants to move into a vacant unit of the former National Union of Mineworkers building on Holly Street in Sheffield city centre.
Image source, Turtle Bay
Major shake-up of Sheffield's taxi licensing rulespublished at 11:00 British Summer Time 3 October 2016
Andy Kershaw
BBC Radio Sheffield News
There's been an overhaul of taxi licensing rules in Sheffield, to improve public safety.
The council's licensing board have agreed a new policy which among other things clamps down on the number of taxis registered outside the city.
And there's a big change affecting the online taxi firm Uber.
BREAKING: Unexploded WW2 bomb discovery closes Sheffield street againpublished at 10:42 British Summer Time 3 October 2016
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Oli Constable
Matilda Street in Sheffield has been sealed off again this morning, after what looks to be another unexploded World War Two bomb was found.
The road was also closed last Thursday after three old devices were discovered in a disused building.
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Watch: Ben Needham updatepublished at 10:25 British Summer Time 3 October 2016
Tom Ingall
Journalist, BBC Look North
It is the eighth day of the search for missing Sheffield toddler, Ben Needham.
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Ryder Cup 2016: Danny Willett defends brother's commentspublished at 10:06 British Summer Time 3 October 2016
BBC Sport
Sheffield's Danny Willett has said that his brother Peter was correct in his pre-Ryder Cup criticism of American supporters.
Willett's brother had described the fans as a "baying mob of imbeciles".
Image source, Getty Images
Your headlines across South Yorkshire this morningpublished at 09:51 British Summer Time 3 October 2016
- Police in Kos ask the owners of a farmhouse where missing Sheffield toddler Ben Needham was last seen if they can remove part of it
- There's been a major shake-up of taxi licencing rules in Sheffield to improve public safety
- Workers on Virgin Trains East Coast have begun a 24-hour strike in a long-running dispute over jobs
Ben Needham search: Farmhouse demolition planpublished at 09:31 British Summer Time 3 October 2016
Tim Dale
BBC Local Live
Police searching for missing toddler Ben Needham on the Greek island of Kos have asked for permission to demolish part of a farmhouse.
The extension to the property was constructed after the 21-month-old from Sheffield went missing in 1991.
Image source, Needham Family
The toddler's family believe he was abducted, but police are investigating whether he was accidentally killed.
South Yorkshire Police said it was confident permission for the demolition would be given.
Police dog used after Doncaster crashpublished at 09:21 British Summer Time 3 October 2016
Oli Constable
A police dog was used to stop two people after they left the scene of an accident in Doncaster over the weekend.
Image source, South Yorkshire Police
The single-vehicle crash happened on Saturday on Kirton Lane and two people in the car then tried to get away before being stopped by the police dog, PD Khoba.
One person suffered a potentially serious head injury.
Image source, South Yorkshire Police
Train workers begin strikepublished at 09:02 British Summer Time 3 October 2016
BBC News England
Workers on Virgin Trains East Coast have begun a 24-hour strike in a long-running dispute over jobs.
The RMT union said about 1,800 members, including train crew and some drivers, were taking action against threatened job cuts and disputes over working conditions and safety.
Virgin Trains said it would be running a full timetable during the strike.
Image source, PA
Empty Sheffield council homes costing £150,000published at 08:52 British Summer Time 3 October 2016
Sheffield Star
According to many, we are in the midst of a housing crisis., external
Amid reports of a lack of council housing and long waiting list for properties, it’s hard to believe that any fit-and-ready home would remain vacant.
Image source, Marie Caley
Weather: Cold start, but staying drypublished at 08:39 British Summer Time 3 October 2016
Abbie Dewhurst
Weather Presenter, BBC Look North
A cold start with mist and fog which will clear in the morning, leaving another fine day with plenty of prolonged sunshine.
However, light winds will gradually strengthen with a rather cool south-easterly breeze developing, especially near the coast.
Ben Needham: Police continue work on dig sitepublished at 08:26 British Summer Time 3 October 2016
Tom Ingall
Journalist, BBC Look North
Officers from South Yorkshire are systematically going through piles of dirt in their search for missing Ben.
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Travel latest: Accident M1 Southboundpublished at 08:15 British Summer Time 3 October 2016
BBC Travel
There's been a multi-vehicle accident on the M1 southbound.
It's between J35 and J34 at Meadowhall.
Traffic's backing up all the way to J36.
Image source, Highways England
Ben Needham: Latest from Kospublished at 08:06 British Summer Time 3 October 2016
Tom Ingall
Journalist, BBC Look North
I'm in Kos today following the latest developments in the search for missing Sheffield toddler Ben Needham.
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Good morning: Your live updates todaypublished at 08:00 British Summer Time 3 October 2016
Claire Renwick
BBC Radio Sheffield
Hi, Claire here.
I'm with you until 18:00 with the latest news, sport, travel and weather across South Yorkshire.
I had to scrape ice off my windscreen this morning! There'll be a full weather forecast with Abbie later.
Michael sent this photo in to us over the weekend. It's of mist over Curbar Edge.
Image source, Michael Hardy
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