Charlotte Rose
BBC Radio Sheffield Political Reporter

A Rotherham councillor sentenced to a six-month curfew order after being found guilty of sexual assault says he will resign his post.

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He has issued a statement via his solicitor Steve Smith of Wilford Smith:

A 40-year-old man who died from head injuries after being seriously assaulted in Sheffield has been named today as Ahmed Sayeed Adan. 

Mr Adan, from Burngreave, was standing outside Emin Supermarket on Spital Hill, at about 03:45 on Sunday 20 November, when he was assaulted. 

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He was taken to hospital, where he died on Tuesday. 

Mr Adan's family has asked for privacy during this difficult time. 

It is believed he may have been approached outside the store and detectives are keen to hear from anyone who may have been in the area at the time.     

Charlotte Rose
BBC Radio Sheffield Political Reporter

A Rotherham councillor found guilty of sexual assault has been sentenced to a six-month curfew order and an indefinite restraining order preventing him having contact with his victim.

Andrew Roddison, a former Labour member, groped another councillor at an event following a parade in the town, police said following his conviction at Leeds Magistrates' Court. 

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The Brinsworth and Catcliffe councillor has not announced an intention to stand down and he can't be removed as a councillor as he has not received a prison term.  

It's the second day of traffic disruption around Parkgate and it's due to emergency water pipe repairs.

Intake Primary School in Sheffield has got 166 pupils off school today. 

They're suffering a sickness bug, but health experts says it's not the norovirus. 

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There'll be a deep clean of the school in coming days - and parents are being told to keep their children off school for 48 hours if they're poorly. 

There's going to be a candlelit vigil at 17:00 in Sheffield's Winter Garden to mark World Aids Day. 

And the waters of the fountain in Barkers Pool have been dyed red to mark the occasion. 

The annual anti-drink drive campaign by the police begins today.

Last year 139 people were stopped and arrested for drink driving throughout December in South Yorkshire compared with 85 in September. 

Officers will be conducting extra patrols and breath tests.

Sgt Roger Lord is with South Yorkshire's Joint Specialist Operations unit:

Muse - one of the most influential and revered live bands of modern times - will perform at Leeds Festival next August.

Other acts lined up to perform include Major Lazer, Diplo, Jillionaire and Walshy Fire.  

Sheffield Wednesday Football Club will mark the grief shared over the shocking plane crash in Colombia this week.

About 150 people stage a demonstration in support of two men charged in relation to a protest against tree felling in Sheffield.

Charlotte Rose
BBC Radio Sheffield Political Reporter

Supporters of two men charged over a tree protest in Sheffield have vowed to carry on the campaign.

The Sheffield Trees Action Group now claims 4,000 members and many more supporters.

Dave Dillner says they will be continuing their peaceful protests across the city:

Cloudy in the west, perhaps with the odd spot of light rain over the hills.

Early fog in the north will clear and the best of any brighter weather will be further east, where it will stay dry.

Here's Abbie with the full forecast:

Former sports minister Richard Caborn has been talking about the football child sex abuse scandal. 

Nearly 900 people have how contacted a charity helpline set up for victims.

The former Sheffield MP says other sports may be affected:

Activists have been gathering to prevent a tree in Nether Edge from being felled.

With a total of 221 homeless people, Doncaster has the highest rate of homelessness in the region at one in every 1,372 people, according to figures from Shelter.

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In Sheffield it's one in every 2,424 (total number of homeless 231).

In Rotherham it's one in every 3,329 (total number of homeless 80).

Shelter has totted up the official statistics from four different forms of recorded homelessness.

These were:

• national government statistics on rough sleepers
• statistics on those in temporary accommodation
• the number of people housed in hostels
• the number of people waiting to be housed by social services departments (obtained through Freedom of Information requests).

Sheffield University Arts tower is very high up. 

I wonder how often they hum a bit of George Formby?

A trial date has been set of 9 March 2017 for two tree campaigners who appeared at Sheffield Magistrates' Court today.

Simon Crump, 44, and Calvin Payne, 56, pleaded not guilty and were bailed by the court.

The two men, both from Sheffield, have been charged under Section 241 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, external, following the protest against plans to cut down the tree in Marden Road, Nether Edge.  

Former Green Party leader Natalie Bennett joined supporters of the Sheffield Tree Action Group outside the court.

Sheffield Star

A vomiting bug, which parents fear is the winter norovirus, has spread among pupils and staff, external at Intake Primary School, Intake, over recent days.  

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A new exhibition is opening at the Sheffield United Football Club museum today. 

It includes pie plates specially created by football supporters and a copper plate engraved with the words of the "Greasy Chip Butty Song".