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Police knew about Rotherham CSE but will not be prosecuted - report

Sat 18 Jan 2020

SOUTH Yorkshire Police officers who ignored calls for help from the parents of a grooming victim for fear of causing racial tensions, bribed their schoolgirl daughter with shopping vouchers and failed to act after she was trafficked will not face prosecution.

Mixed response to Rotherham bus timetable shake-up

By Gareth Dennison on Fri 10 Jan 2020

A NEW year bus timetable shake-up has delivered mixed results for passengers.
Maltby man's worry after losing touch with niece surrounded by Australian bushfires

By Michael Upton on Fri 10 Jan 2020

A ROTHERHAM man has told of his fears for his niece after she was cut off from communication from the widespread bush fires tearing through Australia.
Jobs at risk at Rotherham steelworks at Liberty threatens to cut 355 posts

By Michael Upton on Fri 10 Jan 2020

THIRTY-two jobs will be axed at two Rotherham steelworks as their owners cut more than 350 posts across the country.
Van torched in Wombwell arson attack

By David Parker on Fri 10 Jan 2020

A VAN was deliberately set alight in Wombwell in the early hours of this morning (Friday).
VIDEO: Drug-driver who fled cops for six miles crashed at Maltby police station

By David Parker on Fri 10 Jan 2020

A DRUG-driver who led officers on a high-speed chase described as “dangerous in the extreme” before crashing outside a police station has been jailed.
Woman found injured in Eastwood dies

By David Parker on Fri 10 Jan 2020

A WOMAN who was found injured at a property in Eastwood has died while a man arrested on suspicion of assaulting her has been released from the investigation.
Man accused of making death threats hands himself in to police

By David Parker on Fri 10 Jan 2020

A MAN wanted for allegedly making death threats has handed himself in to police following an appeal.
WANTED: Have you seen Martin Popik?

By David Parker on Thu 09 Jan 2020

POLICE are asking for the public's help in tracking down a man wanted for failing to answer bail in connection with allegedly making death threats.
VIDEO: Catcliffe residents plagued by Parkway noise dismayed at extra lane plans

By Michael Upton on Thu 09 Jan 2020

VILLAGERS in a traffic-plagued street where “you can almost taste the fumes” and hear the rumble of vehicles round the clock have hit out plans to widen the Sheffield Parkway.
Rotherham Hospital secretary crowned top of the frocks

By Adele Forrest on Thu 09 Jan 2020

A STYLISH secretary has been crowned Yorkshire’s best dressed racegoer.
Rubbish fire in Wath was deliberate

By David Parker on Thu 09 Jan 2020

RUBBISH was set alight deliberately in Wath last night (Wednesday).
Have you seen wanted Thrybergh woman?

By David Parker on Thu 09 Jan 2020

A WOMAN wanted over thefts from Rotherham shops is being hunted.
Shots fired at house and car in Masbrough

By Michael Upton on Thu 09 Jan 2020

SHOTS were fired at a car and a house during a late-night incident in Masbrough.
South Yorkshire Police refers itself to watchdog over contact with Denaby Main murder victim

By Adele Forrest on Wed 08 Jan 2020

SOUTH Yorkshire Police has been referred to the police watchdog over its contact with a murder victim prior to his death.
Two teenagers arrested following Goldthorpe knife attack

By David Parker on Wed 08 Jan 2020

TWO schoolboys have been arrested in connection with a knife attack in Goldthorpe.