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The Latest Breaking News from Rotherham

Police continue to question murder suspect over Ann Widdecombe death

A 28-year-old white British man was arrested at an address in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, on Saturday evening.

Evening Standard

Man ‘with stick left house linked to Widdecombe murder suspect and drove away’

Neighbours said police arrived at the terraced property in Rotherham just before England’s World Cup match on Saturday night.

Evening Standard

Police ‘open minded’ about motive for Ann Widdecombe murder after suspect, 28, arrested

Police issue update as The Telegraph reports on a man seen putting a ‘wooden stick’ in a car outside address linked to the suspect before driving off on the morning Ann Widdecombe was believed to have been attacked

The Independent UK

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Police defend ‘justified’ force after viral video of officers confronting girls in Rotherham

One of the officers appears to hit out at a girl as she lunges at him

The Independent UK

South Yorkshire police cleared after video of officers appearing to shove teenage girls

Excerpts of footage of response to incident earlier described as ‘shocking’ but review finds use of force justified

The Guardian - UK

Viral Video Show 'Disgraceful' UK Cops Punching Young Girls in Rotherham, Sparks Massive Backlash

Footage appearing to show officers using force against school leavers in Rawmarsh has reignited debate over policing in a town still haunted by its grooming gang scandal.

International Business Times UK

Norwegian group in talks to buy former Liberty Steel works in South Yorkshire

UK official receiver understood to prefer Blastr as buyer for SSUK’s electric arc furnace in Rotherham and site in Stocksbridge

The Guardian - UK

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‘Game changer’: England town stopped mowing 8 miles of grass and nature came back instantly while saving £25,000 a year

Rotherham town stopped mowing roadside grass and planted wildflowers. This policy change saved the town £25,000 annually. Wildlife returned in noticeable numbers. The verges transformed into colourful corridors of life. This initiative is now a model for cities seeking cost savings and biodiversity support. It shows how simple changes can…

The Times of India

The Yorkshire Golf Club That Helped To Produce The 2016 Masters Champion

Jeremy Ellwood returns to the South Yorkshire club where Danny Willett played his golf as a teenager to see the fruits of recent course improvement works

Golf Monthly

Woman arrested on suspicion of man’s murder at Tenerife hotel

Friends in Rotherham pay tribute to Russell Watts as police appeal for information

The Independent UK

Rotherham council accused of ignoring ‘flag terror’ with £500 grants for St George’s and union flags

Labour council says flags must not be ‘surrendered’ to far right but there are concerns in town hit by racial tension

The Guardian - UK

Teenage crash victim misidentified after officer was given ID card, court told

Joshua Johnson, 18, died following a collision in Rotherham on December 13.

Evening Standard

Teenager misidentified as car crash victim after officer was given ID card

Joshua Johnson, 18, died following a collision in Rotherham on December 13

The Independent UK

Family pay tribute to ‘loveable’ teenager after police mistakenly told them he survived car crash

Joshua Johnson confirmed as having died three weeks after Rotherham crash in an ‘appalling’ mix-up by officers

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The Guardian - UK

Family of teenager misidentified in fatal car crash describe ‘unimaginable’ ordeal

Joshua Johnson died in a collision near Rotherham in December but was initially identified by police as Trevor Wynn, who survived

The Independent UK

Police told wrong family that their teenage son had died in car crash

Police referred themselves to the Independent Office for Police Conduct

Evening Standard

Police told wrong family that teenager had been killed in deadly crash

South Yorkshire Police told the family of a 17-year-old who was badly injured in a crash in Rotherham last month that he had died.

The Guardian - UK

‘Better out than in’: why a South Yorkshire charity wants people to speak their mind

Who Is Your Neighbour? lets people talk in constructive, thoughtful ways to offer an antidote to division and despair

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The Guardian - UK

‘A move towards an authoritarian state’: what those with trial experience think of removing juries

David Lammy plans to cut the number of jury trials in England and Wales. A defendant, a victim, a barrister, a KC, a judge and a juror have concerns

The Conversation

From grooming gangs to Virginia Giuffre, this is the common thread in abuse

Two stories of abuse have repeatedly captured the UK’s attention. The first relates to Prince Andrew’s friendship with financier Jeffrey Epstein, even after Epstein was convicted for sex offences. The second is the group-based child sexual abuse in Rotherham, Rochdale and other cities.

Evening Standard

Man jailed after disorder faced discipline charge before he died, inquest hears

Peter Lynch, 61, died in HMP Moorland, near Doncaster, after he was jailed following the disorder outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in Rotherham.

Evening Standard

Equal longest summer riots sentence for man who stoked fire outside hotel

Matthew Crossland, 32, was jailed for nine years after he fuelled a fire set outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in Rotherham.

Evening Standard

Man who groomed and raped two teenage girls in Rotherham jailed for 19 years

Obaidullah Omari, 46, from Sheffield, targeted the vulnerable girls, who were aged between 13 and 14 at the time of the abuse.

Evening Standard

Man found guilty of grooming and raping two teenage girls in Rotherham

Obaidullah Omari, 46, from Sheffield, targeted the vulnerable girls, who were aged between 13 and 14 at the time of the abuse.

Evening Standard

‘Every option’ to keep steel-making in Yorkshire being pursued after insolvency

Industry minister Sarah Jones said she ‘very much believes’ that steelworks have a future in South Yorkshire and the West Midlands.

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