BBC Local Live: Sheffield and South Yorkshire

This evening will see showers or longer spells of rain this evening. Then, aside from the odd shower for the hills, it'll be dry overnight with clear spells. 

Light winds allowing some fog patches to develop and a touch of frost and a minimum temperature of about 2C (36F).

Tomorrow will see a chilly start then sunny spells and showers with a top temperature of about 10C (50 F).

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Sheffield boxers Adam Etches and Kell Brook are raising money to support injured boxer Nick Blackwell.

Blackwell, 25, is in an induced coma after losing his British middleweight title to Chris Eubank Jr on Saturday.  

So far, they've raised almost £5,000 on their crowdfunding page.

Now, more details on a phone scam in Barnsley.

A number of residents across the borough have reported receiving phone calls from someone claiming to be from Barnsley Council or another public body.  

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In each case, the caller has claimed to be dealing with an insurance or compensation claim that the member of the public has made against the council, and a few further details are required. 

Barnsley Council has reminded residents they would:

• NEVER ask for your bank account details or PIN number over the phone, so do not disclose these to anyone, no matter who they claim to be
• NEVER ask you to withdraw money and send it to them via a courier, taxi or by any other means

I've been reporting up in Graves Park, where you can already see evidence of Sheffield's bid to have one of the country's biggest networks of running routes.

It's been announced today that more than £100,000 from England Athletics will go towards building more than 20 newly marked trails like this one in Graves Park.

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The signposted routes will range from just over half a mile to about six miles long and will start opening next month.

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See more on BBC Look North tonight at 18:30 on BBC One.

A trio of endangered tiger cubs have celebrated their first birthday - and a landmark day for their species - at Yorkshire Wildlife Park today. 

Hector, Harley and their sister Hope are part of the future of hope for the endangered Amur tigers whose numbers have dwindled to critical level due to poaching and disappearing habitat.

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Barnsley Council is warning local residents over a phone scam that's been reported in the area:

The Tour de Yorkshire is coming to South Yorkshire at the end of the April.

Stage 2 of the race, on Saturday 30 April, sees riders go the 84.5 miles from Otley to Doncaster.

And it seems like we're already getting ready for the big event:

Sheffield is going to have one of the country's biggest networks of running routes. 

More than £100,000 of new funding from England Athletics will go towards building more than 20 newly marked trails including in Graves Park (pictured). 

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The signposted routes will range from just over half a mile to about six miles and will start opening next month. It's part of the council's ambition to brand Sheffield as The Outdoor City.  

Find out more on Look North on BBC One at 18:30.

Alex Baptiste has been ruled out for Sheffield United's game at Southend tomorrow. 

The on-loan Middlesbrough defender has not recovered from his injury in time.

Listen to my full interview with manager Nigel Adkins, here: 

Police in Barnsley think someone with a catapult and a bag of marbles is responsible for a number of smashed windows in the town last night.

Overnight, a number of reports were made of car windows being damaged as a result of marbles being thrown at them. Several house windows were also targeted.  

Three incidents have so far been reported in the Darfield area, two in Monk Bretton and two close to Barnsley town centre.

A six-week spring clean-up of graffiti on business premises in Sheffield city centre has begun.

It's being run by Sheffield Business Improvement District (BID). 

Diane Jarvis (pictured), from BID, says the cleaning will help businesses in the city. 

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Doncaster boss Darren Ferguson admits his side are "in a really difficult situation" after losing to two relegation rivals over Easter.

Rovers are now four points adrift of League One safety after Monday's 1-0 defeat by fellow strugglers Blackpool.

Ferguson had called Friday's 4-1 loss at 23rd-placed Colchester "a complete embarrassment".

"It's been the worst possible Easter we could have had," he told BBC Radio Sheffield.

"It's 15 games without a win now and that's a horrendous record. There've been some really poor performances in that and, even today, when we have been in the ascendancy, we don't get the win."

Nearly 1,700 parents and carers have now completed The Sheffield Parents’ Survey.  

Sheffield City Council's asking as many of them as possible to complete the survey by this Thursday's deadline.

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Quote Message: The Sheffield Parents' Survey is an easy way for parents and carers to share their views and experiences on a range of topics. The results will feed into a number of our key work programmes, as well as influencing some of the services provided for children and families." from Jayne Ludlam Executive director, Children, Young People and Families

The Sheffield Parents' Survey is an easy way for parents and carers to share their views and experiences on a range of topics. The results will feed into a number of our key work programmes, as well as influencing some of the services provided for children and families."

Librarians are custodians to a world of information and ideas, performing an important democratic role, their supporters argue. 

But with 8,000 jobs in UK libraries disappearing in six years, is that status under threat?  

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Doctor Briony Birdi (pictured), a lecturer in librarianship at the University of Sheffield, says there's been a decline in people studying to become librarians.

"I think there was a fear when all this started that [students] would vote with their feet," she says.

"There has been a reduction in the number of students taking the public library modules, but we are starting to pick up numbers again. The students we have are incredibly committed and they are interested in the societal issues."  

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Although student recruitment numbers have gone down slightly in recent years, Doctor Birdi argues they are still a "healthy size" and there is also a strong distance learning programme.

More on the news that these two prisoners have gone on the run from HMP Hatfield in South Yorkshire.

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Jeremiah St Phorose and Darrel Bryce are believed to have left the open prison, on Thorne Road, Hatfield, on Monday morning. 

Police are advising members of the public not to approach them.

St Phorose, 27, from Hull, was jailed for offences including burglary and wounding. He has connections in Humberside and West Yorkshire.

Bryce, 31, from Nottinghamshire, was jailed for robbery and possession of a firearm. He has connections in Nottingham and Worksop.

Where are the showers going to be this afternoon? Here they are...

As we head into the afternoon, scattered showers are possible. 

Some are likely to be heavy with the risk of hail and also wintry over the hills in the west.

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The top stories in Sheffield and South Yorkshire this lunchtime include:

• Two prisoners go on the run from HMP Hatfield in South Yorkshire
• Yorkshire's closed more libraries than any other region in England, a BBC study finds
• Sheffield secures over £100,000 for major run route project