Updates on Friday 9 December
John Cundy
Crime correspondent, BBC Look North
A judge is being asked to give indefinite anonymity to two brothers from Doncaster who tortured two other young boys in 2009 when they were 10 and 11 years old.
The pair were sentenced to an indeterminate period in custody, with a minimum of five years, following the attack, in Edlington.
Check your pockets. It's a Willie Wonka-style giveaway and YOU could have the golden ticket., external
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Kat Cowan
Reporter, BBC Radio Sheffield
A big pile of rubbish has been dumped outside Barnsley town hall this morning.
It's all the council's doing. They want to highlight the flytipping problem they have.
Charlotte Rose
BBC Radio Sheffield Political Reporter
About 200 people have turned up outside Sheffield Town Hall to protest against the council's tree felling programme.
Members of Sheffield Tree Action Group and Save Our Roadside Trees have been speaking to protesters who've gathered ahead of full council meeting this afternoon.
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Lawyers for two brothers, who battered and sexually assaulted two other boys in an horrific ninety-minute ordeal in the South Yorkshire village of Edlington seven years ago, are to apply for the identity of the attackers to remain secret for life.
Image source, OtherThe courts granted the brothers - who are now free after five-year sentences - anonymity until the age of eighteen.
There'll be a High Court application tomorrow to extend that anonymity for life.
Image source, Twitter / Sheffield StarMulti-millionaire Doncaster pop star Louis Tomlinson surprised diners when he dropped into a hometown branch of KFC for a bite, external to eat.
Charlotte Rose
BBC Radio Sheffield Political Reporter
Image source, Rotherham Borough CouncilRotherham Councillors will debate a motion to criticise the behaviour of a member who's just stepped down at their full council meeting this afternoon.
41-year-old Andrew Roddison has now formally resigned from the council following his sentencing for sexual assault at Leeds magistrates court last week.
There will now be a by-election in the Brinsworth and Catcliffe ward, although the council has not yet published any details.
Jennifer Bartram
BBC Look North weather presenter
Mild across South Yorkshire this lunchtime, with highs of around 13 Celsius (55F).
A judge is to be asked to give indefinite anonymity to two brothers who tortured two young boys in a bout of "prolonged, sadistic violence".
Read MorePeople are less angry but more sceptical about plans for the future of Sheffield's Central Library.
That's according to the Cabinet member in charge of libraries Jack Scott following a big public meeting last night about plans to turn it into a five star hotel.
Here's some of what you've had to say on BBC Radio Sheffield's Facebook , externalpage:
Quote MessageAnd how much will it cost to build a new library? It will be done by cheapest bidder and be knocked down within 10-15 years to build another monstrosity that will go the same way. If the council hadn't let the building get into such a state in the first place it wouldn't need £30 million spending on it now."
Marie Gore
Quote Message£30 million to get the building up to scratch, are these people going to fund it themselves ? We all slag Sheffield city council of and the state of the city centre but when opportunities come along to move forward everyone complains, Do we want to be compete with Leeds and Manchester or just let the city centre get worse . I for one want a city centre to be proud of and if that means moving the library and allowing investment then I'm all for that
James Mason
Quote MessageThink yourselves lucky that you've still got a library, Barnsley council knocked ours down and sold the land the year before last.
Matthew Parker
Grace Parnell
BBC Local Live
Image source, Victorian SocietyA campaign to save Sheffield's derelict Old Town Hall and Courtrooms has been given a funding boost.
Friends of the Old Town Hall campaigned for two years to save and restore the Grade II-listed Waingate building, which has been on and off the property market.
Image source, Richard HennesseyThe group has been awarded £7,700 Lottery funding to set up a charitable trust and help preserve the building.
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Jenny Cork
BBC Sheffield news
Jenny Cork
BBC Sheffield news
It's the song that's got it all - chips, Henderson's Relish and the Everly Pregnant Brothers.
South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue have teamed up with Sheffield's The Everly Pregnant Brothers to bring us this musical treat.
Not only does it warn of the dangers of chip pan fires, it's raising loads of money for Age UK, external and Shelter, external.
Christmas number 1, anyone?
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Kat Cowan
Reporter, BBC Radio Sheffield
Do you like the living room furniture?
Everything you see in these pictures has been fly-tipped around Barnsley in last two weeks.
It's now been re-dumped by Barnsley Council to prove a point.
Point well made?
Here are just a few of your comments from our Facebook, external page:
Quote MessageDisgraceful."
Sonia Wilson
Quote MessageBarnsley's just one big dumping ground."
Scott Maci Mcmanus
Charlotte Rose
BBC Radio Sheffield Political Reporter
Following a meeting about the future of Sheffield Central Library, the city council has committed to keeping a main library building within a quarter of a mile of Tudor Square.
Hundreds of people turned out at the meeting and 10,000 signatures have been added to a petition against turning the building at Tudor Square into a five-star hotel.
Councillor Jack Scott has been telling BBC Radio Sheffield this morning that the WORST option for city is that the plans don't happen and the city ends up with no new library, no art gallery and no hotel.
So what would a new Central Library look like?
Here are the plans the council laid out last night:
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BBC Look North
Sheffield City Council will be criticised for tree-felling across the city at its full council meeting later today.
There are calls for the authority to change its contractor's controversial policy of removing street trees.
Liberal Democrat councillors say the leader of the council should resign.
Paul Walker
BBC Sheffield presenter
Is there a skill or a talent you wish you had but haven't quite mastered?
Well Jordan Holden, an 18-year-old diver from Sheffield went from not really being able to swim to an elite diver in just a year.
He gives hope to us all...
Charlotte Rose
BBC Radio Sheffield Political Reporter
Hundreds of people turned up to a meeting at Sheffield Town Hall last night to debate the future of the city's Central Library.
Two weeks ago the city council announced plans which could see the building on Tudor Square become a luxury hotel run by a Chinese businessman.
He says he's going to invest billions in the city over the next 60 years and the council have promised there will be a new library - but we still don't know where that might be built.
If you saw the Sheffield Star yesterday you might have seen Michael Palin speak out against the plans., external..
Image source, Sheffield StarQuote MessageI hope they're not making errors for future by seeing this magic Chinese wand"
Michael Palin
Jennifer Bartram
BBC Look North weather presenter
A very mild and breezy start to the morning with highs of around 13C (55F) - yes, that's right, 13C!
Jenny Cork
BBC Sheffield news
Welcome to our live coverage of news, sport, weather and travel for South Yorkshire on Wednesday 7 December 2016.
We'll bring you all the big stories from our region, including more on news that more than 400 people attended a meeting last night to discuss potential plans to turn Sheffield's Central Library into a five star hotel.
