BBC Local Live: Sheffield and South Yorkshire on Thursday 6 October

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Ben Needham search: Police switch focus to second site
Park Hill renovation plan could take five years
Night of car fires prompts warning from fire service
Live updates on Thursday 6 October 2016

Live Reporting

Mick Lunney

Ben Needham search: Police examine new sitepublished at 10:28 British Summer Time 6 October 2016
Tom Ingall
Journalist, BBC Look North
Detectives searching for missing toddler Ben Needham on Kos are examining a new site on the Greek island.
Piles of rubble are to be sifted at a second search site in the hunt for clues as to what happened to Ben 25 years ago.
Police have been searching land next to a farmhouse for almost two weeks, including demolishing part of a farmhouse.
Today they're exploring another piece of land.
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This rubble material is connected to individuals who'd been working on the farmhouse, it'll take four or five days to sift through."
Jon Cousins, Detective Inspector
Local golfers in action at St Andrews todaypublished at 09:56 British Summer Time 6 October 2016
Rob Staton
BBC Radio Sheffield
Sheffield's Matthew Fitzpatrick, Danny Willett and Lee Westwood all take part in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship , externalwhich begins today at St Andrews.
Fitzpatrick tells us it's a chance to put behind him the disappointment of failing to score a single point at the Ryder Cup, external:
Teenager stable as two arrested over park 'attack'.published at 09:36 British Summer Time 6 October 2016
Mick Lunney
BBC Local Live, Sheffield
A seventeen-year-old remains in hospital today after being seriously injured in Queen's Park, Chesterfield yesterday.
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An 18-year-old man and a 17-year-old youth, both from Chesterfield, were arrested later in the evening on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm.
Watch: Think we're gonna dance now...for CiNpublished at 09:15 British Summer Time 6 October 2016
Oli Constable
Some of the team at BBC Radio Sheffield are mad keen to throw some shapes for Pudsey next month.
We've put together a special event for Children in Need which features Jive Bunny.
Back To The 80s for Pudsey takes place at The Leadmill, external in Sheffield.
As part of the fun we'll see some corking choreography from our lot to Wham's 'Wake me Up Before you Go-Go.
Join us on Friday 4 November. Doors open at 1900 for a 19:30 start.
There's a bit of work to do for some...
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BBC CiN Dance rehearsals day one
International football fixtures tonight and local playerspublished at 08:56 British Summer Time 6 October 2016
Andy Giddings
Sports Editor, BBC Sheffield
Barnsley's Tom Bradshaw and Adam Davies are on stand-by to play for Wales in tonight's World Cup qualifier against Austria.
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Meanwhile,a thigh injury has ruled Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Keiran Westwood out of the Republic of Ireland's game against Georgia.
Ben Needham search to cover a new site on Kospublished at 08:38 British Summer Time 6 October 2016
Tom Ingall
Journalist, BBC Look North
We'll bring you updates across the day on the search for Ben Needham.
BBC Look North's Tom Ingall is following the search and he's keeping us up-to-date.
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New plan to finish major city flats project in Sheffieldpublished at 08:20 British Summer Time 6 October 2016
James Vincent
Reporter BBC Look North
One of the biggest landmarks in Sheffield is in the news this morning.
Park Hill flats, external' developers say they can finish the refurbishment work.
Its been going on for nearly ten years.
The company Urban Splash, external say there's a revised deal with the council to get the job finished in five years time.
They're splitting the rest of the work into four new phases, starting with 210 more residential properties and then creating 330 student housing units.
Here's a look at Park Hill 'then' and 'now':
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Park Hill renovation latest plan
Weather for the day ahead in videopublished at 08:06 British Summer Time 6 October 2016
Owain Wyn Evans
Weather presenter, BBC Look North
Feeling a touch cooler but dry, 15C.
Owain has the full picture:
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BBC Look North's Owain Wyn Evans has Yorkshire's forecast for Thursday 6 October 2016.
Good morningpublished at 08:00 British Summer Time 6 October 2016
Toby Foster
Presenter, BBC Radio Sheffield
Welcome to your news, sport, weather and travel news for South Yorkshire this Thursday.
It's National Poetry Day , externaland we've got to kick off with a powerful piece written especially for BBC Radio Sheffield about the Women of Steel, external.
This is the abridged version of 'Women of Steel' by Rachel Bower, external:
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The poem Women of Steel written and performed by Rachel Bower for National Poetry Day.