Oli Constable

Thanks for being with us today. We'll be back at 08:00 on Monday with the latest news, sport, weather and travel for South Yorkshire.

Here's a quick look at a few stories we've covered today:

1. Sheffield has been called the 'least productive city' by the Office for National Statistics
2. A Barnsley man has been jailed for 13 years for firing gun in a Sheffield pub car park
3. A Rotherham trucker is to be honoured by the Polish ambassador after raising almost £200,00 for the Berlin lorry attack
4. A Rotherham who lost his leg has spoken about his depression after multiple Work Capability Assessments
5. Three teenagers have been seriously injured in a Barnsley crash

Image source, Michael Hardy

Thanks to Michael Hardy for sending the above picture in. It's of a nearly-empty Ladybower Reservoir taken yesterday.

BBC News England

Two patients died as a result of errors at a Sheffield hospital in the space of a fortnight.

The incidents happened at the Northern General Hospital in March.

They were among 29 serious untoward incidents (SUIs), including five deaths, recorded in 2016 by the NHS Trust at the five hospitals it runs across the city.

The figures were revealed following a Freedom of Information request by the Sheffield Star newspaper, external.

Image source, Geograph/Terry Robinson

A man who fired gunshots in the car park of a Sheffield pub is jailed for 13 years.

BBC Sport

BBC Sport’s live British basketball continues tonight with coverage of the BBL Trophy as Worcester Wolves host Sheffield Sharks in the first round of the tournament.

Coverage starts at 19:30 GMT and you can watch all the action on the BBC Sport website, app and selected connected TVs by clicking here.

For more information on the BBC’s BBL and WBBL coverage, click here.

Image source, BBC Sport

BBC Business News

Sheffield has been found to be the least productive city in Britain, according to the Office for National Statistics.

Once home to a huge steel industry Sheffield is now lagging well behind, being 19% less productive than the national average.

The most productive industry is finance and that is concentrated in London, while many regions suffer from poor infrastructure and communications.

Image source, AFP/Getty Images

Andy Giddings
Sports Editor, BBC Sheffield

Sheffield Wednesday boss Carlos Carvalhal has hinted at further incomings soon with Charlton defender Morgan Fox strongly linked with a move to Hillsborough.

Meanwhile, Rotherham United have sold midfielder Greg Halford to Cardiff City. He's agreed an 18-month deal with Neil Warnock's team.

Image source, Getty Images

Mick Lunney
BBC Local Live, Sheffield

The Millennium Gallery in Sheffield is running new 'life art' classes, where artists get the chance to try their hands at sketching life models.

Grab your charcoal, and take a look:

Huddersfield sign Chelsea forward Izzy Brown on loan to the end of the season after the Blues recall him from Rotherham.

League One Bury sign defenders Taylor Moore and Cameron Burgess on loan, while Reece Brown rejoins the Shakers.

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The Polish Ambassador is going to personally thank a South Yorkshire truck driver who led a fundraising campaign to help the family of a man who was killed in the attack on the Berlin Christmas Market. 

Image source, Opozita

David Duncan, who lives in Rotherham, helped to raise nearly £190,000 in just a few weeks by setting up a crowdfunding page. 

Lucasz Urban was shot and stabbed when his lorry was hijacked by a terrorist who drove it into the crowded market - killing 12 people.

Mr Urban was buried last week in his home village in Poland. His funeral was attended by Polish President Andrzej Duda and a German diplomat.

Charlotte Rose
BBC Radio Sheffield Political Reporter

The Labour MP for Sheffield South East has written to Theresa May to say there's a crisis in social care and current measures are only a 'stop gap solution'.

Clive Betts, who chairs a parliamentary committee on local government says there needs to be a cross-party review of both the health and social care systems.

Along with the chairs of the Health Select Committee and Public Accounts Committee, he's demanding that the government finds a long-term solution to the problems of an ageing population and increasing costs of care for older people.

Gina Bolton
BBC Radio Sheffield

Two men from Mexborough who carried out two violent robberies have been jailed for a combined total of nine-and-a-half years.

Steven Thorpe, 29, from Windmill Crescent and Jordan Bailey, 19, and from New Street, carried out the two robberies on Sunday 3 July.

In the first attack a 41-year-old man was punched repeatedly and forced to the ground before having his phone and wallet stolen.

In the second a 19-year-old man was punched in the head and face and a 16-year-old girl was pushed in the chest before having her bag and purse stolen. 

BBC Sport

BBC Sport’s coverage of British basketball continues tonight with live video of the BBL Trophy as Worcester Wolves host Sheffield Sharks in the first round of the tournament.

Coverage starts at 19:30 GMT and you can watch all the action on the BBC Sport website, app and selected connected TVs.

There's more information on the BBC’s BBL and WBBL coverage here.

Image source, BBC Sport

Kat Cowan
Reporter, BBC Radio Sheffield

Traders at the Moor Market say they're hopeful that footfall will increase when the nine-screen cinema opens in the summer.

But with the council saying 100,000 people will shop in the market, traders have asked for reduced rent for another six months, until September 2017.

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A man has been jailed for 13 years for firearms offences after police were called to shots being fired in the car park of a Sheffield pub.

Jamie Lee Howden, 26, of Barber Street, Barnsley, admitted possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life.

It comes after members of the public called the police to shots being fired at the Thorncliffe Arms, Chapeltown, in July last year.

Image source, South Yorkshire Police

Sheffield Star

Sheffield Council forks out over £8 per resident on cleaning the city's streets of litter, latest figures show., external

Shock statistics also revealed the authority's total bill for street cleaning topped £4.4m in just one year.

Image source, Sheffield Star

Andy Kershaw
BBC Radio Sheffield News

Lee Inman, 49, lost his leg after a crash crash in 2013.

He says he's still being sent for "fit for work" assessments by the DWP, despite an independent tribunal ruling that he's unable to work.

Talking to me yesterday, he said the experience has "mentally killed" him: 

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A residents-only permit scheme will be introduced for Barnsley’s four household waste recycling centres, external.

Residents visiting a recycling centre will be issued with a car window sticker when they show a valid vehicle registration document (V5) showing registration in the Barnsley metropolitan borough area.

The scheme will be phased in over the next three months and will become mandatory from Monday 6 March.

Residents will be able to acquire a permit sticker on their first visit and will be required to display it in their windscreen on future visits.

Image source, Google

Gina Bolton
BBC Radio Sheffield

Internet retailer Amazon UK are set to open a new warehouse near Meadowhall, serving South Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire.

The huge 134,400 sq ft building could see the internet giants provide jobs for the area.

Image source, CPP

BBC Travel

There are issues on trains through Sheffield today because of signalling problems.

National Rail say trains may be amended, cancelled or delayed by up to 30 minutes, with disruption expected to continue until 14:00.