Updates on Friday 23 December
Nick Wilson
BBC Radio Sheffield
An appeal by a truck driver from Rotherham for the driver murdered in the Berlin terrorist attack has raised more than £90,000.
David Duncan set up a fundraising page, external for Lukasz Urban's family after the driver was killed on Monday.
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Owain Wyn Evans
Weather presenter, BBC Look North
We're getting ready for Storm Barbara and I'll keep you up to date with the latest.
The good news is once we've got a stormy Christmas weekend out the way we'll see some nice wintry sunshine.
I've got a full forecast for you below:
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Jamie Coulson
Health Correspondent, BBC Look North
People with multiple sclerosis, external are considering treatment abroad because they don't qualify for a procedure in the UK.
The treatment, external here - which has been undergoing trials in Sheffield - is not suitable for everyone and comes with significant risks.
Six months ago Angela Austwick who's 33 and from Thorne was diagnosed with MS.
Our health correspondent Jamie Coulson reports:
Shawkat Hashmi
BBC Sheffield
Food for the homeless and toys for needy children have been shared by Ahmadiyya Muslim Association.
Volunteers have helped at Sheffield Children's Hospital and at the Cathedral Archer Project in the city centre, which helps those without a home to call their own.
Owain Wyn Evans
Weather presenter, BBC Look North
Good morning - we're expecting some stormy weather today.
The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning as Storm Barbara reaches us.
I've got a full forecast for you below:
We're expecting the worst of the weather to hit between lunchtime and around 16:00.
Keep checking this live page for the latest travel and weather updates.
Kevin Larkin
BBC Local Live, Sheffield
Good morning it's Kevin here!
'Twas the Local Live before Christmas and all through the newsroom...
The news, travel and weather for South Yorkshire were stirring - with the help of my mouse!
So until 18:00 I'll be here to say "Happy Christmas to all and to all a good morning!"
We'll have some more from these guys, the Sheffield barbershop choir Hallmark of Harmony later on!
If you've got a story you'd like to share why not get in touch?
You can tweet us on @BBCSheffield, external or drop us an e-mail.
Rotherham United say they intend to announce a permanent solution to their managerial vacancy in "early January".
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Mick Lunney
BBC Local Live, Sheffield
An eventful day in the region and here's a quick update on a few things you may have missed:
We'll continue with breaking news, travel and sport this evening.
Kevin Larkin will be with you from 08:00 tomorrow. The wind could well keep us all talking... let's hope not.
Mick Lunney
BBC Local Live, Sheffield
Make the most of the weather tonight as it'll become very windy tomorrow with gale force gusts.
Here's the calm before the storm.
Mark Ansell
BBC Look North reporter
People who worked in Grimethorpe Colliery have gathered in the Barnsley village to pay tribute to miners who died at work.
More than a 150 miners lost their lives at Grimethorpe between 1894 and when it closed in 1993.
More men from the village died at the pit than during two world wars.
A minute's silence was held at the memorial at St Luke's church.
Jenny Cork
BBC Sheffield news
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A lorry driver from Rotherham has started a fundraising effort for one of the victims of the recent Berlin lorry attack.
Writing on his fundraising page, external, David Duncan has already attracted pledges of more than £50,000.
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BBC Radio Sheffield
The latest person to be given a star on the Legends walk of fame is Sheffield Paralympian Grace Clough. Grace won gold at the Paralympics in the Mixed Cox Four Rowing.
She's been honored outside Sheffield's Town Hall with her very own star:
Rebecca Kerry
Journalist, BBC Radio Sheffield
A man's been robbed of a cash box on his way to a bank in Wickersley.
Police say it contained a significant amount of money.
This happened at the Tanyard Shopping centre yesterday and there's an appeal for witnesses.
More here, external.
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BBC Local Live, Sheffield
A man from Sheffield has called on the council to stop wasting public money on unnecessary repeat services.
Nev Barrett received a letter last week, informing him the council would be conducting an asbestos check at his property - but it's already passed similar surveys twice, and this is now the fourth time one has been requested.
A spokesman for Sheffield City Council says they have a duty to manage the risk from asbestos in council homes, and that the Health and Safety Executive has set new standards for asbestos monitoring since 2007 so they have been re-surveying homes.
Oli Constable
Police horses are trained to deal with testing situations.
From football crowds to riots.to...wearing reindeer antlers.
Shoppers on the Moor In Sheffield have been enjoying rubbing noses, almost literally, with a pair of police horses today.
At least it didn't rain, dear.
Paulette Edwards
Presenter, BBC Radio Sheffield
Sheffield singer Lindsay Dracass was the UK's entry into the Eurovision Song Contest back in 2001.
She's working on an album with fellow Sheffiled musician Julian Jones and the pair popped into BBC Radio Sheffield today to serenade listeners with a Christmas classic:
Mick Lunney
BBC Local Live, Sheffield
A catchy song written in Sheffield highlighting the risks posed by chip pan fires has reached millions of TV viewers today.
The song Chip Pan features South Yorkshire firefighters and Sheffield band the Everly Pregnant Brothers.
They're hoping it'll make the Christmas Number One slot to highlight the message even further:
Mick Lunney
BBC Local Live, Sheffield
The Meadowhall shopping centre in Sheffield is undergoing a major revamp, but most of the work goes unseen by shoppers.
Once the tills stop ringing a different workforce moves in.
Here's what goes on as most of us sleep:
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Nick Wilson
BBC Radio Sheffield
Former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg wants the government to halve the prison population.
The Sheffield Hallam Liberal Democrat MP has joined former Cabinet Ministers Ken Clarke and Jacqui Smith to say overcrowded jails are dangerous and ineffective.
Mr Clegg says today's penal system had some serious problems:
Quote MessageIf we chose to as a country we could move to American-style levels of mass incarceration - it's very expensive, it's very ineffective - or we can try and think again and make our prison estate smaller and more effective in dealing with crime."
Nick Clegg, MP for Sheffield Hallam
Oli Constable
No service on Sheffield Supertram between Cricket Inn Road and Arena / Don Valley Stadium due to road accident at Woodbourn Road.
Tickets being accepted on First Buses, Stagecoach Buses and Northern Rail services.