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POLICE in Sheffield swooped on clubs and anti-social kids last night in a massive operation to rid the city of violent crime.

RELATIVES today celebrated "justice" at last for Sheffield pensioner Lily Finlay - three years after she died following a mugging by two "despicable" teenagers.

FREE health checks for the over 40s are being offered in Darnall from next week.

A WOMAN driver who caused a pensioner's death in a Doncaster road accident has prayed every day since "for God to look after her soul", a court heard.

A GRIEVING South Yorkshire family buried their "warm, kind-hearted" 16-year-old son thinking he had died of a drug overdose - when actually he was killed by a sudden asthma attack.

A DECORATOR from Barnsley has appeared in court charged with murdering his brother.

A TAXI driver from Sheffield convicted 14 years ago of a murder he has always denied went on trial again yesterday for the killing.

DONCASTER Racecourse chiefs have been fined A 25,000 for failing to prevent an accident which blinded a pensioner when her car was impaled by a loose barrier.

'SAINT versus Sinner' will be the top clash when one of Sheffield's most successful charity events is held for a third year running.

A TEENAGER accused of murdering a dad-of-four in a row on the street headbutted a young woman in another fight just moments earlier, a court heard.

An eight-year-old boy has been praised for saving the life of a man in a house fire in Rotherham.

A care home manager who used the arms of other residents to hit a woman with learning disabilities over the head has been given a suspended sentence.

A MAN has been charged after two women were allegedly kidnapped, robbed and sexually assaulted in Sheffield last week.

Home office pathologist Prof Peter Vanezis told Sheffield Crown Court Craig Wass could have died from each of the head injuries in isolation, or as a result of a combination of the two.

A 'DESPICABLE' thief is behind bars today a ' after stealing mourners' flowers from a Sheffield cemetery to sell on to late-night revellers in the city centre.

A SHEFFIELD man who triggered a chain of violent events which led to his father's murder has escaped prosecution - despite admitting carrying a firearm.

By Alex Vessey A TAXI driver's showbiz dreams are in tatters after he was jailed for attacking a man who died weeks later.

TRIBUTES have been paid to a man who was stabbed to death at a flat in Skelmersdale.

By Peter Kay CAR dealers Gilder's are driving forward a new scheme to replace their vacant showroom and workshops at Banner Cross.