Summary
- Updates on the Rwanda Bill with a vote expected today.
- The dangers of Smart Motorways will be the focus of tonight’s Panorama on BBC1.
- South Yorkshire Police officer to appear in court charged with common assault.
- Police Appeal for indecent exposure in Endcliffe Park.
- Rishi Sunak calling on more effort to rebuild the trust among Jewish community.
- Margaret McKeich saying that justice has finally been made after the murderer of her child has been jailed.
- UK is about to become the first country to ban extreme right-wing online terror group
- A Sheffield teacher heard for exchanging over 1,000 chats with student.
- The Crucible theatre selling iconic outfits in order to raise money for their costume department.
- Updates on Doncaster Rovers and Sheffield United
- Guinness World Records for Lloyd Martin at the London Marathon.
- Train strikes expected during May.
- Newsreader Huw Edwards resign from BBC.
Live Reporting
Edited by Esme Kenney and Marie Koehl
Chief Inspector Vicks Hayward-Melen said: “We’ve been humbled by the community response to this tragedy. At a time of great sadness and disbelief, we’ve seen spontaneous acts of care and support. Within hours of the incident occurring, a local church was opened up for people to gather and mourn.
Three children – aged seven, three and 10 months, who have not been named by detectives – were found inside the property and pronounced dead at the scene just after 12.40pm on Sunday.
Ahmed Abdelaal, another family friend, said: “We are all shocked. We don’t know why this has happened or what has happened.
“She was an amazing mum, we don’t know what led to this incident.”
The community has been left in shock over the incident.
Community in shock over deaths of three young children in Bristol
Councillor Ben Miskell said: “There will always be some objections to these schemes but I think they’re the right thing to do for the future of our city and also the safety of young people who live in these areas.”
20mph speed limit schemes are the “right thing to do for the future” of Sheffield
Friends and family brought together by the 2021 Killamarsh tragedy are hoping to raise £2,000 for Youth Cancer Trust by cycling between eight major South Yorkshire football clubs.
After losing two of his best friends to the tragedy, Cameron is raising money for Youth Cancer trust in their memory.
Community fights youth cancer in a 40-mile charity bike ride across South Yorkshire
Just three wins from a final at the legendary Wembley Stadium, Sheffield non-league side Hallam FC were knocked out of the FA Vase by Lincoln United on Saturday afternoon.
A season-high 1,287 people made their way to Sandygate, the oldest football stadium in the world, in Crosspool, for the tie.
Heartbreak for Hallam as Wembley dreams dashed
A local Doncaster man set up a football club to break down the stigma surrounding men’s mental health and build a community around the game.
The football matches are friendly games to promote fitness and provide an open space for the players to talk about their mental health.
“Football gathers people”: Doncaster friendly football club focuses on improving mental health
A university professor has won a prestigious award for her research into domestic abuse.
The research has helped shape a new national policy and changes the way survivors can communicate their experiences.
She said: “This award is also a fabulous endorsement of the benefit arts-based healthcare research can have in giving voice to those who would otherwise remain silent in healthcare settings.”
Sheffield professor wins prestigious nursing award
A draft proposal which would incriminate begging and loitering in the city centre has been criticised for marginalising the homeless.
Homeless people at risk of being criminalised by council plan
Tabby Teas, in Highfield, has eight in-house rescue cats including Ziggy and Nyx, in need of various medical treatments.
Café co-owner, Charlotte Pickering, said: “We were paying around £300 beforehand and now we are paying, judging by the last vet bill we had, £620, so vet bills have gone up dramatically.
“It is always a worry and we don’t really have a safety net because the cats aren’t really insured here, so every vet bill is a hit.”
Sheffield cat café struggles with growing emergency vet bills
The Sheffield Palestine Campaign has protested weekly since the October 2023 Hamas terror attack.
Musheir El-Farra, who was born in Khan Yunis, Palestine, is an author and filmmaker as well as the chairman of the Sheffield Palestine Campaign.
He said: “It’s still extremely important to raise awareness among the British Public of what’s going on in Palestine.
“Much of the British public is still ignorant of the situation. The public is being mislead into believing that the Palestinians are culprits of this genocide that is taking place by the Israelis.”
More pro-Palestinian protests took place in Sheffield this weekend
Team Sheffield will be back on our screens tonight at 8:30pm on BBC 2.
University of Sheffield is back on University Challenge tonight
Community in shock over deaths of three young children in Bristol
A family friend of three children who were found dead at a home in Bristol has spoken of her shock at the incident.
Salwa Bashar, from Bristol, said: “I have known this family for over six years now.
“They are part of our community, they’re family friends.
“I was shocked (when I heard the news) – I didn’t want to believe it, I didn’t want it to be true.
“I was, I still am in shock. I was really really sad, I still am very sad.
“This is something I have never heard of happening before in our community, never in my life.
“It’s beyond unbelievable.”
The death of Alexei Navalny must be “investigated fully” and those responsible “held to account”, Downing Street has said.
MPs are to discuss the death of jailed Russian opposition leader when they return to Parliament on this afternoon, as the Government weighs up its options for responding to the news.