By David Parker on Mon 16 Sep 2019
A SIXTH member of a grooming gang who sexually abused girls in Rotherham in the late 90s and early 00s can now be named after he pleaded guilty today (Monday) to intimidating witnesses.
By David Parker on Tue 10 Sep 2019
EXTRA mental health support will be offered to the borough’s firefighters.
By Adele Forrest on Mon 09 Sep 2019
A MEMBER of a grooming gang who sexually abused eight young girls is a convicted murderer with a history of violence against women, the Advertiser can reveal.
By Michael Upton on Mon 09 Sep 2019
THE angry dad of a young man with learning disabilities who was slashed with a Samurai-style knife has criticised his attacker’s “lenient” sentence, insisting: “The punishment doesn’t fit the crime.”
By Adele Forrest on Fri 06 Sep 2019
A WIDOW whose husband and a fellow motorist were killed on a new stretch of so-called “smart motorway” is calling for the controversial road set-up to be scrapped, saying their deaths were “avoidable”.
By David Parker on Fri 06 Sep 2019
A BURGLAR who stole high-value watches and cash in two raids has been jailed for six years.
By Michael Upton on Thu 05 Sep 2019
A LEGENDARY South Yorkshire nightclub that reined supreme in the 1980s and 1990s is featured in a brand new book.
By Michael Upton on Tue 03 Sep 2019
THIS is the spectacular sight that will greet visitors to a South Yorkshire church this Christmas.
By David Parker on Fri 30 Aug 2019
A GANG of five men who sexually abused and exploited eight vulnerable schoolgirls have been jailed for a combined total of 63 years.
By David Parker on Wed 28 Aug 2019
A GANG of six men who abused and exploited vulnerable girls in Rotherham in the late 1990s and early 2000s has been convicted of multiple child sexual offences.
By David Parker on Tue 27 Aug 2019
A JURY has retired to consider its verdicts in the case of six men charged with 25 child sexual exploitation offences against seven girls.
By David Parker on Fri 23 Aug 2019
AN ALLEGED rapist said he never saw any of his accusers in their school uniforms and didn’t have “anything to do with them until I was over 18”, a court has heard.
By Adele Forrest on Fri 23 Aug 2019
ANIMAL protection groups criticised South Yorkshire Police after its call-handlers allegedly told people that wildlife crime was not a police matter.
By David Parker on Thu 22 Aug 2019
A TRAUMATISED daughter told her father’s killer as she faced him in court that his “careless driving” had ruined her life.
By David Parker on Thu 22 Aug 2019
A JUDGE is summing up in the trial of six men accused of sexually abusing seven schoolgirls over a five-year period.