BBC Local Live: Sheffield and South Yorkshire

The headlines this evening include:

• Hundreds of potential child sexual exploitation suspects in Rotherham have been identified by the National Crime Agency
•  Police hunt man who indecently exposed himself to two teenage girls in Rawmash
•  A project's been launched to bring a mobile cinema to communities across Sheffield.

Muslims in the UK are facing the "longest" Ramadan in 33 years, as the holy month coincides with the summer solstice, meaning long days of fasting.

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Many Muslims will not eat or drink water during daylight, which this year can last about 19 hours in the UK.

Fasting ends at sunset with a meal, known as the Iftar.

Ramadan is determined by the lunar cycle and will run from 6 June to about 5 July, but the timing shifts each year in relation to the Western calendar.

There are more than 100 organised crime gangs which pose a "significant risk" in South Yorkshire, a police report has found.

The report, compiled for the county's police and crime commissioner, found of the 105 gangs identified, 27 had links to firearms and 44 to drugs. 

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South Yorkshire Police said tackling firearms gangs was its priority. Assistant Chief Constable Rachel Barber says the actual use of guns was "fairly limited" in South Yorkshire.

The investigation into large-scale child sexual exploitation in Rotherham now involves 29 "designated suspects" and hundreds more "potential suspects" says the National Crime Agency. 

It says its investigators have made contact with 82 victims and survivors from the town, since it was brought in following the 2014 Jay Report.

Where are you going for your summer holidays? 

Why not stay in Yorkshire?! 

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The Yorkshire coast attracted more visitors to places like Scarborough and Whitby than any other resort - apart from London - according to Visit England.  

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More on BBC Look North tonight at 18:30 on BBC One.

Officers have released an e-fit image of man suspected of indecently exposing himself in Rotherham.  

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The incident happened at about 21:45 on Tuesday 31 May, when two teenage girls were walking along Barbers Avenue, Rawmarsh, towards Parkgate.  

As they reached the junction of Infirmary Road, the man is alleged to have indecently exposed himself. 

Call 101 if you know who he is.

Is your car fully insured? 

Police caught the driver of this car earlier: 

For many, including me, it's the beginning of Ramadan today.

That's no food or drink between sunrise and sunset for 30 days. So that's nil by mouth for around 18 hours at the moment.

The idea is, as a Muslim, it helps you reflect on your religion, be an all round charitable good egg and think of those less fortunate than you.

I've been fasting for quite a few years now so the endurance becomes easier! 

So for all those fasting - Ramadan Mubarak and here's my favourite Ramadan tweet today!  

The Met Office has issued a yellow "be aware" warning for rain - and possibly plenty of it - on Tuesday afternoon.

So, enjoy the sunshine while you can...

A call for South Yorkshire residents to be part of the public consultation on waste strategy.

Your local council is asking you to have your say on what's important to you about waste services.

There are different ways in which residents or businesses can take part in the consultation between Monday 6th June 2016 and Sunday 31st July 2016.  

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Currently each council offers a range of recycling, waste collection and disposal services, either directly or through contractors. This service is influenced by current individual council and joint strategies.

Find out more about the strategy and how you can get involved in deciding it here: http://ht.ly/4iQ8300To7d 

Members of the Yorkshire Regiment are taking part in D-Day commemorations in northern France today on the 72nd anniversary of the invasion of Normandy. 

Several battalions  of Yorkshiremen were among the first ashore in what was the largest water-based invasion in history. 

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Today, Regimental Secretary Lt Col David O'Kelly is due to lay a wreath in Normandy to mark the anniversary.  

Quote Message: I can think of no more appropriate place to be 72 years on. Four battalions of the Yorkshire Regiment landed here in the first wave and so it's a privilege to be here looking out on the beaches of Normandy to remember our forebears who fought and died here." from Lt Col David O'Kelly Regimental Secretary, Yorkshire Regiment

I can think of no more appropriate place to be 72 years on. Four battalions of the Yorkshire Regiment landed here in the first wave and so it's a privilege to be here looking out on the beaches of Normandy to remember our forebears who fought and died here."

Fuzzy reception on your radio or TV today?

A zone of high pressure, which causes problems to the links between transmitters, can result in poor reception.   

Find out more here.

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Some people have been experiencing problems today and have posted on our Facebook page:

Quote Message: 88.6 was NPO 3FM, 94.7 was NPO R4 and 104.1 was a combination of Radio 10 (Holland) and Joe FM (Belgium) last night in Barnsley." from Oliver Blackburn

88.6 was NPO 3FM, 94.7 was NPO R4 and 104.1 was a combination of Radio 10 (Holland) and Joe FM (Belgium) last night in Barnsley."

Quote Message: Thought it was strange this morning when i could barely hear Toby Foster on my commute to work. was fuzzy reception where normally its fine!" from Andrew Radford

Thought it was strange this morning when i could barely hear Toby Foster on my commute to work. was fuzzy reception where normally its fine!"

Quote Message: This explains why we couldn't get radio Sheffield this morning." from Stewart Parsisson

This explains why we couldn't get radio Sheffield this morning."

More than 10,000 lines of enquiry have emerged from investigations into child sexual exploitation in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013, the National Crime Agency's revealed 

Interviews with victims and survivors through Operation Stovewood have so far recorded 91 serious sexual offences. 

There are currently 29 designated suspects and hundreds more "potential suspects". South Yorkshire police has now agreed to fund more officers to work on the independent invesigtaion. 

At the moment, 69 are involved with the investigation - that number will go up to 117.

More protests and picketing today at Pennine Foods as a pay dispute continues. Strikers have been stopping lorries from entering the company's premises in Crystal Peaks.  

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Up until today the Bakers Union says no lorries have crossed the picket lane.

Workers are on strike over changes to their contracts that they said would remove extra weekend pay and lieu days for working weekends and bank holidays.  

Employees say the changes could cost some of them as much as £5,000.

Today's strike is the latest in a long-running dispute over the proposed changes.

We've contacted Pennine Foods and are waiting for a response.   

South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue says until 2013 it hadn’t attended a single incident caused by e-cigs, but the number of fires involving vaping equipment has risen ever since.

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Quote Message: The advice for e-cigs is really the same as for many smaller electrical appliances like mobile phones and laptops - don’t be tempted to buy cheap unbranded chargers, don’t leave them to charge whilst you are out of the house or asleep and keep them well away from flammable materials.” from Trevor Bernard Head of Community Safety, SYFR

The advice for e-cigs is really the same as for many smaller electrical appliances like mobile phones and laptops - don’t be tempted to buy cheap unbranded chargers, don’t leave them to charge whilst you are out of the house or asleep and keep them well away from flammable materials.”

The Yorkshire Regiment will lay a wreath in France later to mark the 72nd anniversary of D-Day.

The commemorations mark an invasion that was the biggest the world had seen.

In June 19944, the Germans were expecting an attack. Transporting thousands of troops across the English Channel and landing them on beaches in full view of enemy fire risked high casualties. 

To succeed required intricate planning, ingenious invention and the mounting of the largest sea and airborne invasion the world had ever seen.

How did the Allies do it?

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A bright afternoon across the region, with just the odd isolated thundery shower but remaining dry for most.

Light variable winds, and highs of up to 22C (72F). 

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The headlines so far this lunchtime include:

• South Yorkshire police say they're aware of more than 100 criminal gangs operating in the county. Many of them deal in drugs and many have links to illegal guns
• Firefighters in are warning of the potential dangers posed by e-cigarettes, after revealing they have tackled 12 fires involving the devices in South Yorkshire in the last three years
• Work to strengthen Weedon bridge near Meadowhall starts today. Council contractor Amey says it will take five months to restore it to its former glory - a lane will remain open in each direction, with the occasional weekend closure

Eleven specialist doctors are to become a permanent part of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance team thanks to a new "dedicated and funded system".  

Dr Andrew Pountney, clinical lead for the new team, said for the past 10 years doctors had been released to the helicopter unit on an "ad hoc" basis.

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The new Yorkshire Critical Care Team will be a collaboration of the county's ambulance and air ambulance services.

It will include consultants in emergency medicine and anaesthesia.