Jon Paul Gilhooley, 10 was the youngest of the 96 Liverpool fans to lose their life. Former Police Officer Phillip Woodward gave evidence in to Jon-Paul’s death and described the scene at Hillsborough as ‘like walking into hell’. The jury heard how the young cousin of Liverpool Captain Steven Gerrard, attended the match with his uncles.
Kerry Needham is appearing on Greek TV in a missing persons show to talk about her son Ben who went missing 24 years ago. Ben Needham was 21 months old when he went missing while he was playing outside his Grandparents farmhouse on the Greek Island of Kos.
Concerns raised by Rotherham Older People’s Forum and Age UK about community safety have lead to them working in partnership with South Yorkshire Police and the Post Office. The scheme will see a Police Community Support Officer designed to a Post Office to give reassurance to those using the services.
The model sees response officers, safer neighbourhood police officers and PCSOs responsible for specific areas all working together in bigger teams. The changes will save £8.1 million and will be rolled out across South Yorkshire in the coming year.
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The 11th World Water Bombing Championships were held at Ponds Forge to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support.
Local residents in Sharrow Vale have started a campaign to keep the older cast iron street lights which are due to be replaced by LED lights because they are part of the Industrial Heritage of the area.
Hundreds of people gathered outside the Town Hall today to mark International Workers Memorial Day. People get together throughout the world to remember those who have died either at work or as a result of illnesses they got from their jobs.
A memorial service was held outside a house where a fire killed five members of the same family a year ago. Friends, family and members of the community gathered and planted a tree in the memory of those who died. The fire was caused by a faulty charger.
A fire at a scrapyard on Grange Mill Road took four fire crews five hours to put out. The fire stared when a car that was being scrapped had not had its petrol tank emptied completely.