The organisation representing rank and file officers says it's concerned at the verdict on a man in Sheffield who attacked a police officer with an axe in Gleadless Valley earlier this year.. 

Nathan Sumner was found not guilty of attempted murder, PC Lisa Bates the officer who was attacked is still off work and needs further surgery. 

The detective who handled the case says he is not disappointed with the verdict. He says the officer who was attacked is not disappointed. But today Zulekha Payne from the Police Federation representing rank and file officers told BBC Radio Sheffield she is disappointed:

The six towns which will host start and finish events during the 2017 Tour de Yorkshire cycle race have been named.

Racing will begin or end in Bradford, Bridlington, Harrogate, Scarborough, Sheffield and Tadcaster in the three-day event from 28-30 April next year.

Sir Gary Verity, chief executive of race organisers Welcome to Yorkshire, said: "I'm delighted the race will visit all four corners of the county."

This year's Tour de Yorkshire attracted about two million spectators.

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Charlotte Rose
BBC Radio Sheffield Political Reporter

Kate Linderholm
BBC Local Live, Sheffield

A bunch of artists are creating a colourful outdoor gallery in Sheffield city centre.

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Feature Walls is curated by Bradbury and Blanchard of B&B Gallery, external, celebrating the city's long tradition of lending its walls to street artists. 

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The gallery have invited 16 artists, both local and international, to showcase their talents by painting huge murals in the heart of the city.  

Work begins today on a new joint fire and police station in Maltby. 

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Chief Fire Officer James Courtney and Police and Crime Commissioner Dr Alan Billings are attending an event to formally begin work on the site. 

Maltby fire station will close and Maltby police station will be modified to accommodate fire service vehicles and staff, under the plans approved by Rotherham Council last year.  

Kevin Larkin
Doncaster Reporter, BBC Radio Sheffield

Half of South Yorkshire’s MPs have signed a letter objecting to the new route for the HS2 rail line.

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All of the MPs from Doncaster and Rotherham signed it and so did Angela Smith who represents Penistone and Stocksbridge.

The two page letter offers two solutions to Transport Secretary Chris Grayling:

• Move HS2 back to Meadowhall
• Start all over again

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The seven MPs say the current plans don’t send enough trains to South Yorkshire and don’t offer enough connections to major cities like Birmingham and London.

They say that means the economic benefits from HS2 to the region are much lower than they were under the Meadowhall option.

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There’s also a warning that the new route may not save the £768 million HS2 expects it to.

A report HS2 wrote two years ago is also quoted at length which says “Sheffield Meadowhall is the right answer for the South Yorkshire hub”

We’ll find out if the MPs' campaign has been successful when the proposed route is confirmed next month.

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Mushtaq Tufail
BBC Radio Sheffield

A post office in one of Sheffield's most deprived communities is set to close if more funds can't be found to run it.

Darnall Forum is calling for residents to invest in the post office, external after cuts in grants from Sheffield City Council. 

Jobs are being lost in South Yorkshire as a result of Britain voting to leave the EU, according to MP Dame Rosie Winterton.

The Labour MP for Doncaster Central told the Commons about one firm which is laying off nearly 1,000 staff:

Cycling fans will find out more details later today from Welcome to Yorkshire, about which towns will host either a start or a finish in next year's Tour de Yorkshire.

Last year one stage finished in Doncaster.

We already know some of the places where the tour will be stopping; Harrogate, Selby and Sheffield's Fox Valley. The full routes are due to be revealed in December.

Rob Staton
BBC Radio Sheffield

Rotherham United manager Kenny Jackett has made his first new signing.

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He's brought in 35-year-old Nigeria world cup star Peter Odemwingie.

He'll be with Rotherham until January and the Rotherham chairman Tony Stewart says he might be the first of many  

Firefighters are warning the public to take care with fireworks after a shed was destroyed in Rotherham.

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A rocket from a family firework display ignited the shed on Verelst Avenue at Aston on Saturday night.

Birley Moor fire station tackled the blaze in which no one was hurt.

A Yorkshire UKIP MEP will find out today whether she could potentially face costs and damages of a libel action. 

Jane Collins claimed three Rotherham Labour MPs were aware of sexual exploitation of girls in the town, but did nothing. 

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The MPs strenuously denied the claims and took legal action. However, the case was put on hold after she made a late appeal that as an MEP she was immune from prosecution. 

The European Parliament in Strasbourg will rule this morning. 

Members of the GMB union who work in Sheffield emptying the bins will go out on strike again later. 

Refuse collectors are staging a half-day walk out in their continuing dispute over pay. 

Veolia say householders should put their bins out as usual and leave them out until collections are completed. 

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One lane is blocked and there's queuing traffic northbound on the M1 before J33 at Catcliffe because of an accident involving a car and a van.

Congestion back to J32 for the M18.

Everard Davy
BBC Radio Sheffield News

South Yorkshire Police say the future is uncertain for an officer in Sheffield who was attacked by a man with an axe six months ago and it's not yet clear whether she will return to work. 

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PC Lisa Bates suffered a fractured skull, leg injuries and was left with a finger hanging off in the attack when she and a colleague were called to a domestic incident in Gleadless in April.

The force said it remained "hopeful she will, in time, make a full recovery but this will take some time due to the severity of her injuries".  

Nathan Sumner, 35, was convicted of GBH yesterday but cleared of attempted murder. He will be sentenced in December.

Abbie Dewhurst
Weather Presenter, BBC Look North

What does today have in store? Well despite a frosty start it's continuing mild for this time of year.

Kate Linderholm
BBC Local Live, Sheffield

I felt the cold for the first time this year cycling in to work ... brrrr. 

But it's still milder than usual for the rest of the week. 

As well as the weather, I'll be bringing you news, sport and travel updates until 18:00.