Clampdown on mischief makers
There will be high-profile police patrols in Sheffield today ahead of Mischief Night - traditionally one of the force's busiest nights.
There will be high-profile police patrols in Sheffield today ahead of Mischief Night - traditionally one of the force's busiest nights.
Officers are appealing to the public to help verify a potential sighting of Graham Roskell, who has been missing for over a week.
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Police assisting Nottinghamshire fire fighters with a gas explosion at a house in Newark, are advising local people to remain indoors and to ensure windows are closed.
The explosion happened around 5:15pm this evening at an address in Wright Street.
Fire fighters are continuing to rescue those inside the property. It is believed that three or four people may have sustained injuries.
A man killed when the car in which he was travelling overturned and hit a lamppost has been named as 18-year-old Josh Powell of Park Avenue, Grimethorpe.
A 25-year-old who was also in the car is in Barnsley District Hospital where he is being treated for injuries described as life-threatening.
The two men were travelling in a silver Peugeot 306 convertible in Engine Lane, from the direction of Shafton, at 3.15am when it left the road negotiating a slight left-hand bend. Both were thrown from the car on impact.
Police believe the car was travelling in excess of the speed limit when it left the road. It is not yet known who was driving the car.
Scores of people turned out on the streets of South Elmsall to take part in a fundraising walk in aid of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. The event was organised in memory of Bethany Jones, who died in a crash on the M62 last month.
The sponsored walk from Askern to South Elmsall covered an eight mile route and was well-supported by members of the local community as well as people from further afield who made donations online.
A man has died after the car in which he was travelling crashed into the front garden of a house in Barnsley. Another man, who was also in the car, is critically ill in hospital.
The accident happened on Engine Lane in the Shafton area of Barnsley at 3.15am. The road was closed until 10.30am.
Two men are thought to have been seriously injured after a car crashed into a house in Engine Lane at Shafton near Barnsley early today.The car demolished a lamppost and ended up in the front living room window of an end terraced home.Other homes were damaged by flying debris.