South Yorkshire County, England News

A Sheffield Labour MP has written to Business Secretary Vince Cable urging him not to remove the word Sheffield from protected company names.

The week launched with the opening of a new Memory Cafe by the Alzheimer's Society at the Wesley Centre in Maltby last Monday.

From gin bunny to gym bunny! Mother-of-three gives up party lifestyle to win bodybuilding title just 18 MONTHS after lifting first weight A former bookmaker and party-loving mother-of-three looks set to claim the title of Miss Universe after becoming a UK bodybuilding champion in her first ever competition.

Planning a special and fun-filled weekend this Memorial Day? There are tons of great events this weekend in Chicago, from the Memorial Day parade to the opening of the Chicago beaches .

Rother Valley Country Park opened 30 years ago on Monday as the transformation of a former opencast coal site.

Mums and their children are invited to a new weekly coffee morning at Kiveton Park Community Library on Wales Road.

Two robbers were each jailed for 12 years for holding a family hostage at their home in Sheffield, threatening to slit the throats of their two children and to cut the pregnant mother's unborn baby out of her stomach.

JOANNA COOK , CONSERVATOR AT SIR WALTER SCOTT'S ABBOTSFORD HOME IN THE SCOTTISH BORDERS REINSTATES A PIECE OF ARMOUR IN THE ENTRANCE HALL OF THE HISTORIC HOUSE WITH THE HELP OF CONSERVATION VOLUNTEER ALAN HERD AS ABBOTSFORD PREPARES TO REOPEN TO THE PUBLIC ON 4 JULY FOLLOWING A MULTI-MILLION POUND RESTORATION.

Andy Trask, 44, had a series of 'Frank Spencer' setbacks when he tried to dump an old sofa and bed from a rented house that he was helping his daughter Katie, 21, move into.

Fire crews from Barnsley and Cudworth attended the scene at about 6.15pm yesterday and residents were evacuated by police.

The new house, built on the site of a former pub in Darton, has won the title of best Individual house at the South Yorkshire and Humber building excellence awards.

Huge plans for where housing and employment growth could happen over the next 15 years have been revealed by Rotherham Council.

More than 150 jobs face the axe with the closure of one of Sheffield's largest and most historic employers.

Lavinia Stevenson , 9, and Lidia Stevenson, 7, both from Skellow play hook a duck at the Woodlands May Festival.

Stephanie Knight, right, best friend Lily Fish, centre, and Lilys mum Nikki with a box of goodies supplied for her fake hen party by Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York.

SOUTH Yorkshire's high profile politicians have united to condemned the "horrifying murder" of an off-duty soldier - hacked to death in a suspected terrorist attack.

A South Yorkshire woman called the fire service for help when cannabis plants in her bedroom caught fire - hear the actual call here, So far this year, 6.7 per cent of the 75 accidental house fires dealt with involved cannabis set-ups. To highlight the fire risks associated with growing cannabis, fire chiefs have released a 999 recording of a woman ... (more)

Shaun Hill, 39, was due to appear at Leeds Magistrates' Court today accused over an alleged incident at Bar Phono, on Lower Briggate in the city centre, last year.

Out this week is a new full-length from The Black Dog. The Sheffield, England-based trio - Ken Downie, Martin Dust, Richard Dust - have been making smart, non-boring electronic music for ages.

The Cocker Spaniel puppies, who are only six-weeks-old, were taken from the property on Bawtry Road in Austerfield on Friday 17th May.