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Government launches Orgreave inquiry, 40 years after clashes at miners’ strike

Move follows decades of campaigning over violent policing and collapsed prosecutions at South Yorkshire coking plant

The Guardian - UK

The confrontation at Orgreave: a visual timeline

In the early summer of 1984, 8,000 miners and supporters gathered to picket a coke works in South Yorkshire. They were met by a force of 6,000 police officers

The Guardian - UK

UK government considers rescue package for second major steel plant this year

Exclusive: Speciality Steel UK, which employs 1,450 people in South Yorkshire, could be supported if it enters administration

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Man jailed for 15 months after ‘burn hotels’ social media post during riots

Joseph Haythorne posted the comment in August 2024 just as violence erupted outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in South Yorkshire.

Evening Standard

Northumbria police destroy Battle of Orgreave and other miners’ strike files

Force says it disposed of papers last year despite forthcoming inquiry into scenes of violent policing in 1984

The Guardian - UK

Pictured: British mother who died from rabies after being 'scratched very slightly' by a puppy in Morocco

Yvonne Ford, 59, from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, came in contact with the dog while on holiday in February this year

Evening Standard

Liberty Steel’s South Yorkshire operations lost £340m in four years

Exclusive: court documents lay bare crisis at Sanjeev Gupta’s steelworks as it struggles to find buyers in face of looming liquidation

The Guardian - UK

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Man appears in court on fraud charges connected to Martin O’Hagan case

Michael Kingsberry, with an address in Sycamore Close in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, appeared before Craigavon Magistrates’ Court.

Evening Standard

Government backs investment to support airport reopening

A £30 million package announced by the mayor of South Yorkshire is aimed at supporting the reopening of Doncaster Sheffield Airport.

The Independent UK

Fury among families after senior Hillsborough officers absolved by police watchdog

Campaigners denounce ‘cover-up of a cover-up’ as IOPC clears officers of scapegoating Liverpool supporters

The Guardian - UK

Third ex-police officer arrested in Rotherham child sexual exploitation inquiry

Former officer with South Yorkshire force arrested on suspicion of raping teenage girl in 2004

The Guardian - UK

Brothers jailed for raping teenagers in Rotherham

Mark and Robert Evans befriended the girls, one as young as 13, in the South Yorkshire town almost two decades ago.

The Independent UK

Reform UK will go to war with teaching unions, says Nigel Farage

Outburst comes after anti-racism campaigners disrupt event in South Yorkshire and are escorted out

The Guardian - UK

Proportion of workforce economically inactive because of sickness, by local area

Estimates range from 17.4% of the workforce in Clackmannanshire to 1.0% in the London borough of Lambeth.

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

Hillsborough disaster: dozens of police misconduct claims upheld, families told

Complaints upheld against some former South Yorkshire and West Midlands officers but none will face proceedings

Evening Standard

Sister of boy, 15, stabbed to death in Sheffield school says her 'heart is broken into a million pieces'

South Yorkshire Police have said another 15-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in custody

The Guardian - UK

Country diary: A chiffchaff has swapped north Africa for this icy reedbed

Old Moor, South Yorkshire: After the early January freeze, the valley is creaking back to life, with stoats, sparrowhawks and a surprise survivor

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84-Year-Old Man Fights Off Mugger With Pair Of Pants

Read about how 84-year-old Ron Croker bravely defended himself against a mugger in South Yorkshire. Learn about his courageous act and the community's support.

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The Independent UK

Driver falls asleep at wheel after crashing into family’s home

A suspected drink driver fell asleep behind the wheel after reportedly crashing into the side of a house in South Yorkshire.

The Guardian - UK

Teenager dies after car crashes during Sheffield police chase

South Yorkshire police confirm 18-year-old died of injuries in hospital after car crashed into wall on Monday

The Guardian - UK

Two former Rotherham police officers arrested over child sexual abuse

Offences alleged to have taken place in 1990s while ex-constables, now in their 50s and 60s, were on duty

The Independent UK

Man who fuelled hotel fire given joint highest riot-related sentence so far

Levi Fishlock was jailed for nine years over his role in the disorder outside the Holiday Inn Express at Manvers, Rotherham.

International Business Times UK

South Yorkshire Residents Warned: Misplace Your Rubbish And Pay Up To £2,500 In Fines

It may be difficult for younger readers to believe, but there was a time in the late 20th century when British households had just one rubbish bin.

Evening Standard

Woman, 74, in life-threatening condition after collision with prison vehicle

It is believed that a DAF GeoAmey prison transport vehicle collided with two pedestrians, South Yorkshire Police said.

The Guardian - UK

‘A dark day’: anger in Rotherham after riot at hotel housing asylum seekers

Residents attempt clean-up after far-right mob attacked police, smashed windows and tried to set building on fire

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