Rotherham

A man suffered facial injuries as he was the victim of an attempted robbery while walking home from work in Rotherham.

IT was an interesting weekend of Yorkshire football, for sure - with introspection for some and positivity and relief afforded for others.

SPEAKING to Tom Adeyemi, you get the unmistakable impression that he is a laid-back, polite and unassuming sort of lad.

GARRY MONK insists no Leeds United minds will be wandering towards Tuesday’s League Cup glamour tie at Liverpool until after today’s derby.

CUT adrift and deep in the relegation quicksand ahead of a televised home fixture with Leeds United in the final throes of autumn, Rotherham United have been here before.

THE police watchdog is carrying out 187 investigations into possible failings by police in their handling of historical child sex abuse cases - more than a quarter of them in South Yorkshire, it has been reported.

A Rotherham-based company has landed a multi-million euro contract to utilise its innovative drone technology to monitor pollution in Europe’s waters.

A LABOUR councillor in Rotherham has been found guilty of grabbing a female senior council official’s bottom and squeezing it with both hands.

PROBLEMS grow for the Millers after their 12th defeat from 17 games.

LOVE them or hate them, penalty shoot-outs are now an established part of the footballing landscape.

MPs have questioned the leadership of the beleaguered national inquiry into child sexual abuse after one of the country’s largest victims’ groups announced it was withdrawing from what it described as “an “unpalatable circus”.

Sir Norman Bettison has accused his former employer South Yorkshire Police of unnecessarily prolonging an investigation into an allegation that he tried to sell stolen platinum because it was “fearful of a backlash” in the aftermath of the Hillsborough Independent Panel report.

Police are looking for information on the whereabouts of a missing teenage girl who has not been seen since the early hours of Sunday morning.

IT may have been a tough start to his Rotherham United career for Will Vaulks, but Kenny Jackett has provided a silver lining.

Detectives investigating the reported rape of a teenage girl in Canklow area of Rotherham earlier this week have issued an urgent appeal to trace the man involved.

A TERROR suspect arrested over a bomb threat sent to a Rotherham mosque is in police custody again this morning.

High visibility South Yorkshire police patrols have been stepped up after reports of a sex attack on a schoolgirl in Rotherham.

A man has been arrested in Rotherham as part of the National Crime Agency’s investigation into child sex abuse in the town, bringing the total to 15.

Detectives in Rotherham are investigating after a man allegedly raped a teenager this morning (Monday).