South Yorkshire Police is warning of the ‘unprecendented demand’ dogs dangerously out of control places on the force, as they reveal officers were called out more than a dozen times last weekend. During the course of Saturday, April 27 and Sunday, April 28, 2024, officers received 14 calls relating to dogs who had become ‘dangerously out of control across South Yorkshire,’ a South Yorkshire Police (SYP) spokesperson said. The SYP spokesperson added: “Those calls included reports of a...
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Topeka police say a man is under arrest following a stabbing last week. The Topeka Police Department announced in a press release that just after 4 a.m. on Friday, April 26 officers traveled to a local hospital on a report of a stabbing. In the hospital, officers found a man with life-threatening []
The Owls battered promotion-chasing West Brom to earn their second win on the spin and stretch their end-of-season unbeaten run to five. They leapfrogged Plymouth Argyle into 20th place and with results elsewhere in the survival scrap going their way, it means a draw at Sunderland next weekend will secure second tier status from the depths of a 12-point deficit in November. Goals from Anthony Musaba, Ike Ugbo and Josh Windass did the business on an afternoon that they shut the Baggies down...
South Yorkshire mayor Oliver Coppard is exploring routes to Stocksbridge and even Chesterfield ‘with potential for more such as connecting to hospitals’. The authority is canvassing views on how the service can be improved and where it should prioritise expansions. The survey is open until April 30. South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority last month took over from private company Stagecoach after 27 years. Sign up for our free newsletters now Since then Mr Coppard said revenue had risen 17...
A Border Police officer was moderately injured in a stabbing attack near Sha’ar HaPrachim in the Old City of Jerusalem early Tuesday afternoon. The terrorist was neutralized and killed by other Border Police officers in the area. He was later identified as a Turkish national named Hassan Skalanan, 34, who entered Israel from Jordan at […]
The polls opened across England and Wales at 7am today (May 2) to elect the next councillors for Sheffield City Council and the next South Yorkshire Mayor. The city council election is expected to be a nail-biter for both Labour and the Lib Dems. Labour are still the biggest party with 30 members but they are only one ahead of the Lib Dems, so the council remains under no overall control. This situation followed the departure of eight long-standing Labour councillors to form the Sheffield...
There will be extra police in a Sheffield neighbourhood today as children return to school after an attack yesterday in which three people were injured. The community of Birley Academy, in Birley Lane, is still recovering today after a major incident at 9am yesterday morning (May 2) that put the school in lockdown. Two women in their 20s and a child suffered minor injuries as a result of this incident. It is understood the child and one of the women were assaulted, with the other woman suffering...
The suspects have all been charged in connection to a complex investigation, jointly led by the force’s Serious Organised Crime Unit and Armed Crime Team. Ashley Stevenson, 21, of Spa Well Crescent in Rotherham; Karl Keegan-Moore, 32, of Reasbeck Terrace in Barnsley; Joshua Drury, 32, of Highwoods Road in Doncaster; Kelly Swearing, 39, of Shortbrook Drive in Sheffield; and Sarah Hughes, 45, of Halfway Centre in Sheffield, have been charged with conspiracy to sell or transfer prohibited weapons...
At least 13 people have been shot in shootings across Chicago so far this weekend, police said.
Commuters are facing delays on the tram service this afternoon due to an emergency road closure in Sheffield. South Yorkshire Supertram has warned there are currently delays on tram services heading towards Halfway and Meadowhall. It comes after South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service has shut Bradfield Road in Hillsborough. Shortly after 5pm the travel bosses posted on X: “Due to Bradfield Road (Hillsborough) being closed by the fire service [there] will be delays to the Blue and Yellow routes...
South Yorkshire Police have confirmed an 11-year-old girl reported missing from Barnsley on Monday morning has been found “safe and well”. In an appeal on Monday evening, police reported that Ava May had last been seen in the Great Houghton area of Barnsley at 11.45am today (Monday, April 29, 2024). She was said to have links in Barnsley and Sheffield. South Yorkshire Police officers were said to be becoming “increasingly concerned” for Ava May and wanted to speak to anyone who had seen her....
By Jamie Bullen Published: 04:56 EDT, April 30, 2024 | Updated: 05:45 EDT, April 30, 2024 Advertising Police have arrested a 36-year-old man with a sword after two police officers and members of the public were attacked in Hainault, east London, today.Previously, a "critical incident" was declared after several people were reportedly stabbed...