South Yorkshire Goalball Club, external is on the lookout for new players after it was awarded £1.3m funding from Sport England for its success in showing how the sport is transforming lives.

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The only Paralympic sport specifically designed for the blind and visually-impaired, Goalball is played using raised markings on the floor. 

Players locate the ball through sound and blindfolds are worn to ensure everyone is in the same circumstance. This means that sighted players can also get involved at a club level. 

One of two teenage brothers who tortured two boys in South Yorkshire tells a judge he is now "the opposite of that person who did the crimes".

A Christmas strike by waste collection workers in Doncaster has been called off. 

A deal's been agreed between council contractor Suez and members of Unite, following a walkout by staff last week in a row over pay and conditions.

Four times as much money is to be spent on flood defences along the River Thames than on all the rivers in Yorkshire.  

About 16,000 homes were flooded across the North of England a year ago.

The Environment Agency said it invested money "where it will have the most benefit".

Police are appealing for information, external following the disappearance of 42-year-old Imelda Najira from Sheffield.

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Imelda was last seen on Sunday 11 December and is thought to have links to London and Nottingham.

Imelda was last seen wearing a knee length black coat, white and blue scarf, blue jeans, and white trainers. She had her hair tied up and was carrying a black handbag and a carrier bag.

One of two teenage brothers convicted of a "sadistic" attack on two boys seven years ago is now a "completely different" person and could go to university, a senior judge has been told. 

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The brothers were 10 and 11 when they took part in the sadistic attack in Edlington in 2009.

Judge Sir Geoffrey Vos had made orders barring journalists from revealing the brothers' identities earlier this month at a High Court hearing in London. 

He has now published a written ruling explaining his reasoning for making those orders saying that one of the brothers, now 18, is now a "completely different" person and could go to university. 

Sir Geoffrey was told that the man's older brother, now 19, was "equally committed to the path of rehabilitation".

Rotherham MP Sarah Champion is backing government plans to consider making all secondary schools teach children about pornography, sexting and the nature of consent. 

The proposals could be included in the Children and Social Work Bill, which is currently before parliament.

Ms Champion told the BBC it would be a major step forward:  

Sheffield Forgemasters' investment in future generations of employees will see the recruitment of 14 new apprentices in early 2017. 

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The manufacturing giant, which produces castings and forgings for suppliers to the engineering, nuclear, and process industries, has launched its search for suitable candidates to start in the first quarter of next year. 

Its award-winning, four-year apprenticeship programme, external is part of the company's commitment to a £1m training plan for specialist staff.  

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Extra armed officers and bobbies, external are patrolling South Yorkshire over Christmas in response to the 'severe' terror threat level in the UK.

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Weather Presenter, BBC Look North

Whilst the odd brighter spells is possible through the day, thicker cloud is likely to develop later, along with isolated outbreaks of rain or drizzle.

Kate Linderholm
BBC Local Live, Sheffield

The headlines this lunchtime:

• A gang of six men in Sheffield have admitted conspiracy to supply heroin, cocaine and cannabis after police seized £600,000 of drugs
• Barnsley traders say the redevelopment of the town centre is destroying their businesses
• A campaign to save a beloved elm tree in Sheffield from the chop has been awarded £500 by the organisers of the Tree of the Year awards

A combination of South Yorkshire musicians and firefighters hoping to be Christmas number one are setting the charts alight.

Red Watch from Sheffield and the Everley Pregnant Brothers performed for Look North last week and then were on national television last Friday night.

Their charity single "chip pan" had climbed to number 15 in the charts by Saturday according to the official chart company. The Christmas number one will be revealed on Friday.

Government cuts are hitting hard again at Rotherham Council next year. 

Over the next three years, £43m will be sliced off the local authority's budget. Next year that means £13m in cuts and a loss of 166 jobs.

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A total of 1,500 staff have been made redundant since 2010.  

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Journalist, BBC Look North

Independent traders in Barnsley say they are being put out of business as the council presses ahead with a modernisation of its shopping centre. 

Some traders claim while market stall holders have been protected, they haven't.

I've been to meet Keith Warner who runs a jewellers and Rebecca Dawson whose gift shop is affected. David Shepherd from Barnsley Council insists the local authority has kept traders informed and complied with the law:

Why not check out our @bbcyorkshire, external feed on Instagram for some beautiful captures of our great region? 

Just tag your posts #bbcyorkshire for a chance to be featured. 

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A schoolgirl from South Yorkshire who won a competition to question David Cameron is one of several people being honoured by BBC Radio Sheffield today. 

Toby Foster held a party during his breakfast show with some of the fantastic people he's got to know this year, including Isabella Hall. 

Here's a reminder of what she did:  

Some people think big, Lee Smithson thinks small, external, very small. 

He's made models of Sheffield buildings including restaurants, houses and even Park Hill Flats:

We know we live in the most beautiful part of the world, but truly the sunsets and sunrises recently have been spectacular. Lots of you sent photos to the BBC Weather Watchers site:

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Local Live, BBC Sheffield

A charity is breathing new life into the offices of a former foundry in Sheffield by transforming it into an Arts hub. 

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Creative Arts Development Space, also known as CADS, is taking over the Eagle Works in Attercliffe.  

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A gang of six men have admitted conspiracy to supply heroin, cocaine and cannabis after police seized £600,000 of drugs

Their operation running drugs across Burngreave was foiled when Steven James Richards, aged 44, from Hartley Brook Road, Shiregreen, was found with 2kg of heroin when his car was stopped by police on the M1 in February. 

Richards has been jailed for six years.  

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In an undercover operation five other gang members were identified and found with heroin, a drug mixing agent and cannabis in their vehicles and at a business premises.

The other men were

• Farooq Khan, 31, of Denholme Close, Burngreave, jailed for 10 years
• Marcus Nathaniel Golding, 27, of Cemetery Road, Sharrow, jailed for seven years
• Umer Mohammed, 31, of Burngreave Road, Burngreave, jailed for five years
• Mohammed Shafiq, 33, of The Common, Ecclesfield, jailed for six years
• Liban Abdullah, 27, of De La Salle Drive, Pitsmoor, yet to be sentenced 

  Det Insp Graham Bulmer said: