MP blames funding cuts for Don Valley Stadium closure

Government funding cuts left Sheffield City Council with little choice but to close Don Valley stadium, according to one of the city's MPs.

Earlier this month councillors confirmed the twenty five thousand capacity athletics venue where Olympic gold medallist Jess Ennis began her career, will be closed to save cash.

Labour's Paul Blomfield made the claims ahead of a Parliamentary debate tomorrow on the Olympic legacy and spending on sports facilities in the steel city.