Yorkshire Water is planning to build a new underground reservoir in Rotherham on almost 9,000 square meters in Boston Park.

But some people who use the park aren't happy about the loss of their green space. 

Polly Hamilton who's the Assistant Director of Culture Sport and Tourism at Rotherham Council wants to reassure residents:

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Expect delays on the A633 Southbound at Stadium way due to a burst water main and emergency replairs.

Sheffield City Council is working with businesses and organisations across the city as part of a new campaign to generate new job opportunities for disabled people in the city.

 Vic Ishaq works part time at Sheffield Hallam University. She has myalgia encephalitis (ME).

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Police are investigating after being called to High Melton College, Doncaster yesterday afternoon when workmen reported finding what appears to be a body.

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The dark and cold conditions prevented officers from accessing the body yesterday and so the scene was guarded overnight.

An investigation is in its early stages and detectives are working alongside Yorkshire Water, underwater search teams and CSI officers.   

A group of volunteers have been getting a workout planting new trees in Doncaster.

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Volunteers have been putting in holly and birch saplings at Cantley Woods.

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The Star is today joining forces with campaigners - calling on Sheffield Council to urgently re-examine plans to cut down trees, external honouring First World War victims.

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People are invited to a public meeting next Tuesday to find out more about proposals for Sheffield’s Central Library and Graves Art Gallery.

The meeting will run from 5.30pm to 7.30pm on 6 December in Sheffield’s Town Hall. The meeting is likely to be popular, so pre-booking is essential, external.  

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BBC Local Live, Sheffield

It seems rather fitting in National Tree Week to have so many photographs featuring trees like the long shadows seen by Rebecca Hearne at Sheffield's Botanical Gardens this morning:

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Moya Sketchley photographed medlar trees thawing overnight frost at Thorpe Hesley:

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Dotty in Thorne caught the frost glinting on the leaves:

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These days advent calendars involve everything from chocolate to cheese, external (did someone mis-hear the name Jesus?). 

But this year Sheffield Cathedral has created a digital advent Calendar, external. 

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Each day anyone who signs up will be offered messages, challenges, gifts and prayers in the run up to Christmas.

Advent is the period of preparation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus and its name comes from the Latin word adventus, which means "coming".

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A former prisoner from Sheffield is encouraging other young people to stay out of trouble after serving his sentence.

Ali Shah who records under the name Don Dappa is using grime music to help others avoid the mistakes he's made. 

He says he has deep regrets about his wrongdoing. Here he is performing one of his rhymes:

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Weather Presenter, BBC Look North

A dry day, although with more cloud than of late. Some good spells of sunshine are likely to develop by the afternoon though, mainly in the east. Becoming breezier.  

Plans for a new reservoir in the grounds of an eighteenth-century castle in Rotherham shock residents.

Ambulance services are struggling to hit government targets according to a BBC investigation.

Hours lost by Yorkshire Ambulance crews waiting to handover patients to Accident and Emergency have doubled over two years:

Rotherham United have rejected reports suggesting they have made an approach for Hearts head coach Robbie Neilson.

In a statement on their website,, external the club said: "Following media reports this morning, Rotherham United can confirm that the club has not sought or made any approach to Heart of Midlothian FC for manager Robbie Neilson."

Royal Bank of Scotland, which is part owned by the taxpayer, has failed a test designed to show whether it could survive another banking crisis. 

The Labour MP for Bassetlaw, John Mann, is a member of the Treasury Select Committee. He says it's good news that the Bank of England stress tests are doing what they're supposed to, but RBS needs to look at its management:  

A team of archaeologists has uncovered a rare Black Death burial pit, external at Thornton Abbey.

48 skeletons including 27 skeletons of children were found by a team from Sheffield University. 

The plague pit was discovered at the site of a 14th-century monastery hospital.

Up to £1.6 million is to be invested in the development of a strategy to shape long-term plans for Sheffield City Region’s Supertram system.    

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The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, external confirmed that Sheffield City Region is one of six local authorities to receive funding from the Department for Transport, which will allow the network owners South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive, to progress a business case for up to £230m future investment in Supertram.  

The Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police, who was suspended following the Hillsborough Inquests, will officially retire today.

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David Crompton is entitled to a full pension. 

The police and crime commissioner Dr Alan Billings had called for his resignation earlier this year, saying Mr Crompton had led a force that put "its own reputation first before considering victims".