A junior school in Rotherham that was put in special measures three years ago has become one of the borough's best performing schools after a recent Ofsted inspection.

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Bramley Sunnyside Junior School, on Flanderwell Lane, is now in the top 15 per cent of schools in the country for progress between the end of Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 for reading, writing and mathematics, with the combined key attainment measure rising to 93 per cent – which is significantly above the national average of 53 percent. 

Headteacher Helen Headleland describes it as an incredible journey:

A man who was attacked in Sheffield earlier this month, external has died. The 34-year-old was standing outside Emin Supermarket in Spital Hill early on Sunday 20 November when he was assaulted. 

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He was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries, but died today. Officers are now treating it as a murder investigation  

Three days of national mourning has been declared in Brazil for victims of the air crash which killed most of a football team travelling to the biggest game in its history. It's prompted this response from Sheffield Wednesday:

Danni Hewson
Business Correspondent, BBC Look North

We've got used to seeing "made in China" stamped across the goods we buy in the UK - but now a Sheffield company is helping to redress the balance. 

JRI Orthopaedics has won the right to sell its hip implants in China in a deal that could potentially be worth hundreds of millions of pounds

I've been speaking to Keith Jackson and Dennis Chung from JRI Orthopedics and Chris Scholey from the Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership:

The British Figure Skating Championships return to Sheffield today.

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The competition at Ice Sheffield covers all age groups and abilities. It will also feature skaters from the CBBC show, Ice Stars.   

A power cut affected more than 200 homes and businesses in Rotherham this afternoon.

The outage, in the town centre S60 postcode, began at 12:15. 

A Northern Powergrid spokesman said they managed to restore the service at just before 14:00.

They confirmed that 220 properties have been affected, the cause of the problem is still being investigated. 

The public are being invited to share their memories and photos of the River Don at an open evening tonight as more salmon to its waters. 

It's part of a project backed by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Don Catchment Rivers Trust are holding their open evening collecting those memories and stories at their offices at St. Catherine's House on Tickhill Road in Balby between 18:00 and 19:30.

The Millers are looking for a new manager, nothing new there. 

Kenny Jackett resigned last night after just five games in charge at the New York Stadium. 

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Rotherham United are now looking for their sixth permanent boss in just over 14 months. 

The Birmingham Mail , externalreports that former West Brom boss Tony Mowbray is the favourite to take over.

Sheffield's Masters Champion Danny Willett has been named on the shortlist for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2016. 

The 29-year-old became only the second Englishman to win the green jacket at Augusta National back in April.

Toby Foster
Presenter, BBC Radio Sheffield

The Leader of Sheffield City Council has apologised for the cutting down of trees in Sheffield which has prompted some Labour Party members in the city to leave.

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A group representing the party in the city had written to Sheffield City Council Leader Julie Dore, condemning the practices used by the council to remove eight trees in the early hours of the morning on Rustlings Road a couple of weeks ago. 

An apology has been issued and that was repeated by Julie Dore on BBC Radio Sheffield today:

Abbie Dewhurst
Weather Presenter, BBC Look North

A dry but cold day. Cloud will build a little in the north through the afternoon, remaining sunny elsewhere.

Getting cloudier tonight although some clear spells will develop overnight, allowing temperatures to fall, frost will not be as widespread as on Monday night.

The Heeley Asian Women's group has put on a community meal raising money to help refugees.

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People paid £2 or made a donation and sat down and shared food at the old Junior School in Sharrow.

 The funds will be used to help buy clothing and food for refugees, especially young children.

Charlotte Rose
BBC Radio Sheffield Political Reporter

The Independent Police Complaints Commission has cleared South Yorkshire police over accusations of trying to influence the reporting of the Hillsborough inquiry in favour of the Force after a former press officer claimed she was asked to "spin" the news coming out of the Hillsborough inquests.

Hayley Court told the BBC she was asked to encourage reporting emphasising that fans were partly to blame for the disaster. 

The South Yorkshire Force investigated the claims and said they could not be substantiated, now an investigation by the IPCC has also found no wrong doing. 

Ms Court says she's disappointed by the findings, and that any suggestion that she simply misunderstood the instructions she was given is manifestly wrong. 

She says she still believes the instructions she was given breached the code of ethics designed to make the police service more open, transparent and accountable.   

Will he see you tonight, on a downtown train?

Rod Stewart is at Sheffield Arena this evening.

Rod is looking forward to it, "I give you fair warning - fasten your seat belts. I'm pulling out all the stops!"

Sheffield Hallam MP Nick Clegg has been taking part in a documentary to show what happens in MPs constituency surgeries. 

He's one of three MPs who agreed to be filmed for the programme which went out last night on Channel 5. 

It shows him helping a family with a daughter battling mental health problems and a man who wants cannabis to be legalised for medical reasons. 

The former Lib Dem Leader says these meetings are vital:

Saturday night revellers in Doncaster in the run up to Christmas will soon be able to head to the safe haven of a health bus in the town centre.

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It will be parked outside the Mansion House on Friday and Saturday nights between 20:00 and 04:00 offering drinkers and party-goers support when they hurt themselves and helping to keep them safe.

The move is to help take pressure off of the local accident and emergency departments 

Last week officers in South Yorkshire working on Operation Trivium, external stopped 568 vehicles, seized 94 of them and arrested 32 people.

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The aim was to target foreign national offenders who use borders for modern day slavery, theft, drugs and other criminal activity.

A 30-year-old man, who has been wanted for four years by Polish authorities for domestic violence, was held in Doncaster under a European arrest warrant and arrested a 36-year-old man for armed robbery in Sheffield.  

Travis Hallam is taking part in the annual Percy Pud 10k run in Sheffield dressed as a christmas tree. 

You've probably heard of fell running but this man has taken it to the next level. (They fell trees, geddit?)

He's definitely branching out.

Travis is out training in all hours, in face you could say he's pine-ing to take part. 

And don't accuse him of being a plank, he's raising money for the Sheffield Children's' Hospital Charity.

Surely he should be decorated with a medal?

Ok, I'll quit with the wooden puns, here he is in action: 

Well it's turned out pretty lovely despite the cold. Here are a view of your photos of what's shaping up to be a beautiful day.

Mist and frost at Townfields, Doncaster:

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Thurnscoe's frosty fields at dawn:

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The sun rises on Wales, Rotherham:

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The Lord Mayor of Sheffield, Councillor Denise Fox, and her husband Councillor Terry Fox, are set to perform their very own version of the ice dance to Bolero to raise money for charity.

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Councillor Denise Cox hasn't been on the ice since she was a child:

The performance will be at iceSheffield as part of the Hollywood on Ice show on Friday 9, Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 December.