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Jenny Cork

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  1. Good evening: Your live coverage across the day

    Jenny Cork

    BBC Sheffield news

    Thanks for joining us today. We'll be back on Monday fro 08:00 with more updates for South Yorkshire. 

    Scroll down the page for the big stories of the day.

    And for details on how to join the #OurTime Army: Wishing South Yorkshire's boys the best as they head to Wembley on bank holiday weekend. 

    OurTime Army picture
  2. Weather: A mild night with some showers

    Keeley Donovan

    BBC Look North

    Weather graphic

    Another mild night as temperatures hold in double figures. Rather cloudy with outbreaks of showery rain. Lows of 10C (50F). 

    Mostly cloudy tomorrow with showers or longer spells of rain at times. Some drier, brighter spells too. Brisk south to southwest winds. Highs of 17C (63F). 

  3. Headlines: Hillsborough survivor meets man who saved him and new £30m building in Sheffield

    Rebecca Kerry

    Journalist, BBC Radio Sheffield

    • A Hillsborough survivor has finally met the man who pulled him from the crush as an eight-year-old boy 27 years ago
    • It's being claimed government cuts will put hundreds of people at risk of homelessness in Rotherham
    • Baroness Doreen Lawrence OBE has officially opened Sheffield Hallam University's new £30m Charles Street Building
  4. Join the #Ourtime army: Best wishes at Wembley from Sydney

    Jenny Cork

    BBC Sheffield news

    It's going to be a huge bank holiday weekend - South Yorkshire is taking over Wembley.

    We want to wish both Barnsley and Wednesday luck with your messages.

    Like this spectacular one from Andrew in Sydney... 

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    Video caption: Join the #Ourtime Army: Best wishes for SWFC from Sydney

    Film yourself, your kids, your mates, your colleagues, whoever, wishing your team (or both teams!) good luck.

    Keep it short and record it on your phone. Include yourself or someone else saying 'IT'S OUR TIME' 

    Tweet it to @BBCSheffield or email us!

  5. BreakingRotherham MPs' public inquiry call into Orgreave policing

    Sir Kevin Barron MP, Sarah Champion MP & John Healey MP, the three members of Parliament for Rotherham borough have today written to the Home Secretary Theresa May to call for a public inquiry into the policing of the Orgreave picket during the miners’ strike.

    Archive picture from Orgreave
    Quote Message: Following the verdicts in the Hillsborough inquiry it is clear that justice can take decades to achieve, and we believe now is the time to pursue that for those who were involved in clashes with police at Orgreave. We believe that the incidents that took place at Orgreave and other pits must now be looked at by an independent body." from Sir Kevin Barron, Sarah Champion & John Healey
    Sir Kevin Barron, Sarah Champion & John Healey
  6. Homeless shelter in Rotherham at risk from cuts say local MP

    It's being claimed government cuts will put hundreds at risk of homelessness in Rotherham. 

    This is a warning from two homeless charities in the town who say they may have to close their doors, forcing around 110 vulnerable people back onto the streets, if the Government's housing benefit reforms are implemented. 

    Shadow Housing Minister John Healey has visited Rush House and Target Housing today.

  7. A world first?

    Howard Pressman

    Presenter, BBC Radio Sheffield

    A heart transplant patient is believed to be the first in the world to have undergone a hysterectomy operation performed using a surgical robot.

    Surgical robot

    Nicola Dixon, of Everton, near Doncaster, had the procedure at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield, performed using the Da Vinci robot. 

    There are no other cases recorded in the medical literature of such a procedure ever having been performed on a woman who has previously undergone a heart transplant.

  8. Watch: World Record first aiders at Chesterfield's Proact Stadium

    Jenny Cork

    BBC Sheffield news

    The world's largest first aid lesson took place earlier at the ProAct Stadium in Chesterfield.

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  9. First aid World Record broken at Chesterfield FC

    BBC Look North, Yorkshire

    A world record has been broken in Chesterfield today.

    The world's largest first aid lesson took place at the ProAct Stadium in Chesterfield. 

    1,395 people - most of them children - picked up some life-saving skills. 

    They narrowly beat the previous record, which was set in Abu Dhabi three years ago.

    First aiders gather in Chesterfield's ProAct stadium
  10. Watch: The best of bovine in Bakewell

    Kat Harbourne

    The Beef Expo is happening in Bakewell today.

    Cattle farmers from across the UK and Europe have gathered to to look at the best of bovine. 

    Here's a selection: 

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    Video caption: Cows and Bulls gracing the Beef Expo this year in Bakewell
  11. Watch: Hillsborough survivor reunited 27 years on with hero who saved him

    BBC Radio 5 Live

    Joe Smith was just eight when he was caught up in the tragedy. 

    After seeing footage of the man he credits with saving his life by pulling him from the crowd and putting him on his shoulders - he put out an appeal to try to find him. 

    Joe and John McMahon have been speaking to the BBC about being reunited.

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    Video caption: Hillsborough survivor is reunited with the ‘hero’ who saved his life - 27 years on.
  12. Cricket: England momentum at Headingley

    BBC Look North, Yorkshire

    England opening batsman Alex Hales claims that the hosts "have the momentum" after recovering from 83-5 to finish on 298 after their first innings in the first test against Sri Lanka at Headingley. 

    Sri Lanka are currently 16 for three.

    There's one name ringing out across Headingley this afternoon... 

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  13. Listen: Chesterfield Chief Executive on proposals for an extra division

    BBC Sport

    Chris Turner says he would be firmly against proposals to allow Rangers and Celtic or B sides from Premier League clubs into the new league structure. 

    The League has announced plans for a shake up of the divisions from 2019, but would need agreement from 90 percent of clubs to push any plans through.

  14. Headlines: Hillsborough survivor meets man who saved him and Doncaster Minster to be restored

    Rebecca Kerry

    Journalist, BBC Radio Sheffield

  15. A57 Mosborough Parkway now open

    Jenny Cork

    BBC Sheffield news

    A number of roads around the A57 Mosborough Parkway were closed earlier due to a police incident. 

    Police have told us the roads are now open.

  16. Sheffield Hallam University unveils new £30m building

    Rebecca Kerry

    Journalist, BBC Radio Sheffield

    Baroness Doreen Lawrence OBE has officially opened Sheffield Hallam University's new £30m Charles Street building. 

    The new School of Education building in the heart of Sheffield city centre, which features a concertina-effect walkway, houses more than 150 academic staff and 5,000 students - making it one of the largest providers of education training and research in the UK. 

    Charles Street Building
  17. Watch: Joe Smith meets the man who saved him at Hillsborough

    BBC News Channel

    Liverpool fan Joe Smith was just eight when he was caught up in the Hillsborough disaster. 

    After seeing footage in a BBC documentary of the man he credits with saving his life by pulling him from the crowd and placing him on his shoulders - he put out an appeal to try to find him. 

    And now he has.

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    Video caption: Joe Smith meets the man who saved him at Hillsborough when Joe was just eight
  18. Sheffield's Pennine Foods' staff strike in £5k wage-loss row

    Jenny Cork

    BBC Sheffield news

    Factory workers who claim they would lose £5,000 a year under contract changes have gone on strike.

    About 400 staff members at Sheffield's Pennine Foods factory - which makes M&S ready meals - are on the second day of a 48-hour walkout.

    They say changes would remove extra weekend pay and lieu days for working weekends and bank holidays.  

    Pennine Food factory picket
    Quote Message: We will be holding more talks to avert any further action, and have contingency plans in place to ensure production remains unaffected." from 2 Sisters Food Group
    2 Sisters Food Group
  19. Weather: A few passing showers with drier skies later

    Clare Nasir

    Weather presenter, BBC Look North

    Weather graphic

    A few passing showers are always possible through the first part of this afternoon. 

    Some sunshine and drier skies likely later.