SHEFFIELD and the rest of South Yorkshire has been brought to a virtual standstill with the first severe snow fall of the season - but weather experts say it should ease after an icy start tomorrow (Sunday), writes Graham Walker.

A MAN has been charged with murder after the death Philip Smith following a disturbance in Thurnscoe.

AN INQUEST into the death of a young Sheffield woman who was tragically killed at a South Yorkshire railway station last week has been adjourned for further investigations to be carried out.

A SUSPENDED prison sentence was given to a man who illegally stored thousands of tyres and transported some to Vietnam.

THE son of former Doncaster Mayor Martin Winter has appeared before Doncaster Crown Court on a charge of robbery.

Sheffield Hallam University architecture students will be displaying their work at the Blue Moon Café in the city centre from today.

A FARM company has been prosecuted for transporting an animal in great pain with a damaged womb.

A PETITION is being launched in Sheffield today in protest at cuts to library services.

BRAVE Sheffield boy Ollie Saxton has celebrated his fourth birthday in style - by being discharged from the American hospital where he has undergone life-changing surgery.

NEw father David Walkden has more reason than most to be proud.

COMMUNITIES Secretary Eric Pickles has launched his £250 million fund to preserve weekly bin collections - but Sheffield Council said it has still received no details of what share it would receive to protect the current service.

THEY’RE more Yorkshire than flat caps and whippets...

HE CAME to Sheffield from war-torn Afghanistan with dreams of a safe future.

A FUGITIVE will spend the next 26 years behind bars for the murder of a young dad who was stabbed through the heart outside his home in Sheffield.

A SHEFFIELD man will be one of the first runners to cross the Olympic Stadium finishing line as part of this summer’s games in London.

THEY’RE more Yorkshire than flat caps and whippets...

POLICE are hunting offenders responsible for setting up a cannabis factory discovered in a house in Sheffield.

A TEENAGE girl and boy are accused of robbing a man at knifepoint on a Sheffield street.

A HUNT for the next John Motson is under way in a bid to find two budding football commentators.

THE public consultation period on cost-cutting proposals put forward by the county’s fire service ends on Monday.