BBC Local Live: Sheffield and South Yorkshire

Dry and sunny this evening, with light winds. Staying dry overnight with mostly clear skies.

The light winds will allow temperatures to fall and a touch of grass frost to form in places by the morning.  

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We've heard this week that revellers at the Glastonbury Festival are to be provided with steel drinking cups smelted in Sheffield.

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With that in mind, I've been looking at some of the questions being asked about giving bacchanalian band-lovers metal beakers.  

These questions include:

• Will these steel cups make my beer taste funny?
• Will they help the British steel industry?
• Will people with metal fillings be able to use them?

Find out the answers to these and many more pressing questions about Sheffield's role in Glastonbury 2016 right here.

The origin of Yiddish, the millennium-old language of Ashkenazic Jews, is something which linguists have discussed for decades.

Now, a pioneering tool – the Geographic Population Structure (GPS) – which converts DNA data into its ancestral coordinates, has helped scientists pinpoint that the DNA of Yiddish speakers could have originated from four ancient villages in northeastern Turkey.

The research, led by Doctor Eran Elhaik (pictured) from the University of Sheffield, suggests the Yiddish language was originated by Iranian and Ashkenazic Jews as they traded on the Silk Road.

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Quote Message: Yiddish is such a wonderful and complex language, which was inappropriately called 'Bad German' by both its native and non-native speakers because the language consists of made-up German words and a non-German grammar." from Doctor Eran Elhaik

Yiddish is such a wonderful and complex language, which was inappropriately called 'Bad German' by both its native and non-native speakers because the language consists of made-up German words and a non-German grammar."

Sheffield City Council insists it's willing to talk after the organisers of Sharrow Vale Market said they couldn't afford a hike in fees.

Previously they've had to pay the council £25 to put on the event - now they've been warned it'll cost almost £800.

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But Tom Finnegan-Smith, of Sheffield City Council, says:

Quote Message: We are happy to discuss the arrangements with the organiser to ensure continued success. We have always had to make a Traffic Regulation Notice that allows stalls on the highway and for the temporary closure of Sharrow Vale Road. The cost of doing this is changing because the previous fee did not cover costs. We have given the organisers some options to think about before the next event in July." from Tom Finnegan-Smith Sheffield City Council

We are happy to discuss the arrangements with the organiser to ensure continued success. We have always had to make a Traffic Regulation Notice that allows stalls on the highway and for the temporary closure of Sharrow Vale Road. The cost of doing this is changing because the previous fee did not cover costs. We have given the organisers some options to think about before the next event in July."

Barnsley Council's economic development team has set new targets for economic growth after a record-breaking year for enquiries about business properties and 23 new companies moving to the borough.

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The council now aims to repeat that performance and help create an additional 1,300 private sector jobs in 2016-17.

Matt Gladstone, who heads Enterprising Barnsley as part of Barnsley Council, says:

Quote Message: We're particularly pleased to have attracted so many new companies to the borough. It's good to see that national and international businesses looking for somewhere to grow are liking what they see in Barnsley." from Matt Gladstone Enterprising Barnsley

We're particularly pleased to have attracted so many new companies to the borough. It's good to see that national and international businesses looking for somewhere to grow are liking what they see in Barnsley."

As you know, the World Snooker Championships are taking place at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.

What you possibly don't realise is how much goes on behind the scenes, and what's involved in producing the hours of live television. So a little earlier I popped along to take a look:

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

• An 83-year-old woman's been seriously hurt in a hit-and-run incident in Penistone
• The organisers of a community market in Sheffield say its future's in doubt after the council increased the fees it must pay from £25 to £800
• A barber shop given permission to serve alcohol and host burlesque nights has overturned a ban on letting under-18s into the premises

An 83-year-old woman's been seriously hurt in a hit-and-run incident in Penistone.

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The woman suffered serious, but not life-threatening, injuries when she was knocked down at about 10:30 this morning on Market Street.

A man's been arrested on suspicion of failing to stop at the scene of an accident, and driving while unfit through drink or drugs.  

The BBC has started a competition in schools aimed at getting children writing comedy and improving their literacy.

Comedian and actor Marcus Brigstocke has been telling me about it on BBC Radio Sheffield this afternoon.

And if you know someone who wants to take part, then they need to be in school years 10 or 11 and they have until 24 July to apply here.

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Police searching for two demolition workers from South Yorkshire who were working at Didcot Power Station when it collapsed say the operation will take some time. 

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The collapse, on 23 February, killed one man whose body was recovered and injured five others.

The bodies of Ken Cresswell, 57, and John Shaw, 61, both from Rotherham, and that of Christopher Huxtable, 34, from Swansea, have not yet been found.

Rotherham Labour MP Sarah Champion is travelling to Oxfordshire this afternoon to see what she can find out about the slow progress in clearing the site:

I've been chatting to political cartoonist Steve Bell whose pitiless caricatures appear daily in the Guardian. 

He's the one who always portrays David Cameron with a condom over his head. 

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Steve is coming to Sheffield on Thursday to take part in the University Student Union's Festival of Debate. 

He tells me he hasn't moved with the times and switched to using computer-aided design:

Quote Message: It's all done by hand, I'm too old to change my ways. Time is quite tight as I have between three or four hours to get it done. I never know from day to day what's coming next." from Steve Bell Guardian cartoonist

It's all done by hand, I'm too old to change my ways. Time is quite tight as I have between three or four hours to get it done. I never know from day to day what's coming next."

World Snooker supremo Barry Hearn has been talking to journalists at the World Snooker Championships at Sheffield's Crucible.   

Here's what he had to say about Ronnie O'Sullivan's refusal to speak to reporters after his first round win over David Gilbert:

Quote Message: I texted Ronnie. Breach of contract. First offence is a warning. May be over generous and we may review." from Barry Hearn

I texted Ronnie. Breach of contract. First offence is a warning. May be over generous and we may review."

Yesterday, we followed the progress of a group of knitting and crocheting volunteers who came to the BBC Radio Sheffield Open Centre to make tiny woollen hats for babies at the Jessop Wing in the city.

Sheffield University, who organised the event, has totted-up the final grand total:

A 77-year-old man has been seriously injured during a collision in Askern, Doncaster.

A black Renault Scenic was travelling along Station Road towards the A19 at about 11:30 yesterday morning. 

The car and pedestrian were in collision at the junction of Spa Pool Road.

The pensioner suffered serious injuries and was taken to hospital.

The latest stories from Sheffield and South Yorkshire this afternoon include: 

• Police searching the rubble of Didcot power station for three missing demolition workers - two of them from Rotherham - say the operation will take some time
• Unions have welcomed an attempt by a senior executive at Tata Steel to stage a management buyout of the firm's UK operations
• The organisers of Sharrow Vale commuity market in Sheffield say its future's in doubt after the council hiked the price of fees from £25 to nearly £800

The organisers of a busy community market in Sheffield say its future's in doubt after the council hiked the price of fees.

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Previously, organisers of the Sharrow Vale market have had to pay Sheffield City Council £25 to put on the event - which is staffed by volunteers and hires its own skip to remove rubbish.

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Now they've been warned it'll cost almost £800 in the future. Ian Ramsay is the chairman of the Sharrow Vale Community Association and says they do everything:

Quote Message: "We do cones and signage, marshal the event and clean up afterwards. If we put up the price of stalls, people simply won't come. They're taking away something from the community." from Ian Ramsay Sharrow Vale Community Association

"We do cones and signage, marshal the event and clean up afterwards. If we put up the price of stalls, people simply won't come. They're taking away something from the community."

A Sheffield-born actor has followed in the footsteps of one of the city's most famous film stars by getting a part in smash hit TV show Game of Thrones.

Ever wondered what happens behind the scenes at BBC Look North - Yorkshire's most watched news programme?

From a little bit of studio trickery to the secrets of the make-up room, Owain's been taking a look behind the cameras:

If you fancy being part of it too, here's your chance.

A 131ft pile of rubble has been cleared from the collapsed Didcot power station site but finding the three missing men - including two from South Yorkshire - will take time, police have said.

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The collapse, on 23 February, killed one man whose body was recovered and injured five others.

Thames Valley Police said 20,000 tonnes of material remains but an area equivalent to the length of a football pitch has been taken away.

The bodies of Ken Cresswell, 57, and John Shaw, 61, both from Rotherham, and that of Christopher Huxtable, 34, from Swansea, have not yet been found.