Kevin Larkin
BBC Radio Sheffield

Good morning it's Kevin here.

I'll have the latest news, weather, travel and sport for South Yorkshire throughout the day.

To get our day off to a good start, here's a fantastic picture sent in by our BBC Weather Watcher Mitch of a swan on the lake in Askern:

Image source, Mitch

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People are told to avoid using the Dovedale stepping stones in the Peak District because two have been washed away after heavy rain.

Kate Linderholm
BBC Local Live, Sheffield

Had a busy day? Want a quick round up of what's been going on? Well here you are:

• Barnsley remembers England's worst ever mining disaster 150 years ago at Oaks Colliery
• A Rotherham mum makes a tearful appeal to her missing 32-year-old son
• Transport Minister unveils new South Yorkshire link road creating faster buses between Sheffield and Rotherham
• The referee on duty at Hillsborough on the day of the disaster has said his statement was changed to support allegations fans were drunk
• Popular demand leads to third public meeting for Councillors to explain plans to turn Sheffield central library into a luxury hotel

There will be breaking news and traffic updates through the evening and we'll be back with more live updates from 08:00 tomorrow.

I'll leave you with this picture by Weather Watcher Rays of a robin wondering if a wise owl can help him find the way home.

Image source, Rays

Paul Hudson
Weather presenter, BBC Look North

Overcast with hill fog and outbreaks of mostly light rain for much of the night. Perhaps a few cloud breaks developing in the early hours, allowing patchy fog to form.  

Paulette Edwards
Presenter, BBC Radio Sheffield

Folk singer Martin Simpson will be performing his last gig of the year at Firth Hall in Sheffield tomorrow night. The singer dropped out of college in 1976 to follow his passion for music and released his first album, "Golden Vanity"  in the same year.

He has been nominated 31 times for the BBC Folk Awards and now lives in Sheffield.

He's been telling me what inspired him when he was younger: 

A bus with nurses, a social worker and a mental health worker on board has been parked up in Doncaster town centre for Christmas revellers in need of help.

The safe haven bus will be outside Doncaster's Mansion House on the High Street on "mad Fridays" in the run-up to Christmas.

It's hoped the service will help take pressure off local A&E services. Emergency attendances to Doncaster Royal Infirmary increased by 13% in 2015, compared with 2013.

Public demand has led to a third meeting with councillors being scheduled to discuss plans to allow a Chinese consortium to take over Sheffield's central library building and turn it into a luxury hotel.

More than 10,000 people have already signed a petition about the leasing plans. 

The council is pledging the Graves Art Gallery would remain and a new library would also be built in the city centre.

The latest meeting would take place on 5 January 2017.

Jonathan Buchan
BBC Radio Sheffield Sport

Rotherham United goalkeeper Lee Camp will not be fit for tomorrow's game against Fulham. 

Image source, Reuters

There is hope he could return for the game against Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday. 

Kirk Broadfoot and Greg Halford are also close to returning for the Millers.

Police in Sheffield are asking for your help to find missing 72-year-old Trevor Everton, external, as concerns grow for his welfare.

Image source, South Yorkshire Police

Trevor was last seen at about 06:30 on Sunday in the Burngreave area of Sheffield and was reported missing yesterday evening.

He is described as being about 5ft 9ins and of large build, with a shaved head, possibly wearing a brown undercoat and black coat.

Faster journey times on buses between Sheffield and Rotherham are promised by a £30m project which has opened today.

A new link has been built so traffic can avoid using junction 34 of the M1. 

It was officially opened this morning by the transport minister Andrew Jones. Buses running between Sheffield and Rotherham should be more reliable as the traffic lights favour public transport:

The mum of a 32-year-old man missing from Rotherham has made an emotional appeal for help to find her son. 

Daniel Higgs hasn't been seen since 23 November and police say he'll be in need of his medication. 

His mum Janice Gadsden has made a direct appeal to her son:

New customer service jobs are being created by BT in Doncaster, amongst other places.   

Image source, BT

Transport Minister Andrew Jones has been testing out the new bus route between Sheffield and Rotherham this morning. 

The X1 Steel Link runs on a new link road over the River Don and beneath Tinsley Viaduct.

A remembrance service has been held at Sheffield's Pakistan Muslim Centre following the death of Pakistani singer turned preacher Junaid Jamshed. 

He died last week in an air crash that left no survivors. 

Jamshed gained an international audience as the vocalist with the group Vital Sings in the 1980s but in 2004, Jamshed officially renounced music after announcing that he had devoted his life to Islam. 

A new platform has now opened for rail passengers alighting at Doncaster and it's been given the number zero. It will be used by trains starting and terminating in the town.

James Vincent
Reporter BBC Look North

A series of commemorative events are being held in Barnsley to remember the 150th anniversary of England's worst mining disaster. 

Two underground explosions devastated Oaks Colliery in 1866. 

I've been speaking to John Timms whose relative helped with the rescue:

A 23-year-old man from Barnsley has been arrested following violent disorder at a caravan site in Ipswich linked to a murder investigation.

Four men and a teenager have been detained. Two men, aged 18 and 32, are believed to have died after they were stabbed at the caravan site near the A14 on Thursday.  

A collision, external in the Hillsborough area of Sheffield last night has left a teenager with life-threatening injuries.

Image source, Google

A gold Fiat Punto was travelling along Catch Bar Lane towards Parkside Road at about 21:30 when it struck a 15-year-old pedestrian.

The boy, who's from Sheffield, was taken to hospital where he remains.

A bus with nurses and a mental health worker on board is parked up in Doncaster, for Christmas revellers who may have partied a bit too much. 

Image source, RDASH

Tribute paid to the 383 men who died.