Police Recruitment

South Yorkshire Police have started what they’re calling their “biggest recruitment drive in living memory”. By the end of next year, an extra 150 or so police constables will be working for the force. 

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Bike Hit and Run

I've been filming with a man who was knocked off his bike by a hit-and-run driver in South Yorkshire. Jim Ward says some motorists see cyclists as "fair game". He was out riding with his brother when they were verbally abused and then he was driven into. Jim suffered a broken collar bone, a double break in his hand and cracked ribs as well as mental scars.

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Demolition

Residents living next to a University of Sheffield building site say their lives have been made intolerable by the constant noise. The huge social sciences building was not far from being completed when it was found that part of the building started to sink and it was established the foundations were not deep enough. It’s now having to be demolished and rebuilt which means even more disruption for residents.

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Restaurant live

 I reported live from Huddersfield when local lockdown restrictions were eased...

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Care Home Visiting

The family of a 91-year-old man are urging his wife's care home in Sheffield to allow them to create a bubble so he can visit her. Michael Grantham uses a wheelchair and needs help to visit his wife at Holmwood Care Home. But he can't visit as the home introduced a coronavirus policy allowing only a "single constant visitor" for each of their residents. The home says its policy was designed to "mitigate the risk of the virus".

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Gymnastics Abuse

I've been working for weeks on an investigation into allegations of bullying at Leeds Gymnastics Club and I greatly admire the bravery of the parents who've spoken out on this story. 

The mother of a former elite gymnast says he was bullied by a coach there. Suzanne says her son was regularly stood against the wall and shouted at by the coach when he was 8 years old and it’s had a lasting impact on his mental health. Leeds Gymnastics Club says safeguarding and well-being of all gymnasts is of paramount importance.

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