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Fatal Stab Wound Victim Named.

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Friday, 03 September 2010 14:34
Police have named the man who recently died in hospital, hours after being found with stab wounds on Swanbourne Road, near Sheffield Lane Top. He is Damian John Taff, aged 29, from Sheffield. Police were called after Damian was found injured on Swanbourne Road at around 4am on the morning, Wednesday, 1 September. He was taken by ambulance to the city’s Northern General Hospital, where he later died. A post mortem carried out confirmed that Damian had died as a result of stab wounds. Detectives, who have launched a murder enquiry, are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to Add this article to your Social Bookmarking Site
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Fly tipper prosecuted

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Friday, 03 September 2010 15:15
A Rotherham man has been given a suspended prison sentence for fly tipping as Rotherham Borough Council continues its fight against enviro-crime. Trevor John Jones of Ellesmere Terrace, Clifton, received a four month prison sentence suspended for 12 months and a 160 hour Unpaid Work Order after pleading guilty to four charges of dumping waste at various locations around the Rotherham area. Prosecutors for Rotherham Borough Council told Rotherham Magistrates on Wednesday (August 18) that the four offences were all carried out between March and December last year. Various bags of household waste, builders rubble and Add this article to your Social Bookmarking Site
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Literary gem uncovered

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Friday, 03 September 2010 15:00
A letter signed by Jungle Book author Rudyard Kipling, has been discovered amongst the collections of Barnsley Archives and Local Studies. The typed letter dates back to 1912, five years after Kipling had won the Nobel Prize for Literature, and only three years before he lost his beloved only son John at the Battle of Loos. It was sent to the then Barnsley Librarian Frank J. Taylor who was writing a book about Yorkshire dialect, to which the celebrated author was making a contribution. It was only discovered when archive staff came to catalogue the surviving Frank Taylor papers in detail. The letter is Add this article to your Social Bookmarking Site
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Local sporting heroes warm up for big questions

News - Dearne News
Friday, 03 September 2010 15:19
Ever wondered what it's like to reach speeds of almost 100 mph on a bobsleigh? Or how an athlete stays in peak condition? Or marvelled at sports stars' mental toughness? Now an event taking place at Rotherham's Civic Theatre will give people the chance to ask local sporting heroes these questions and more. The Any Sporting Questions panel event, organised by Sheffield Hallam University, will give attendees the chance to put their questions to Olympic and Commonwealth medalist Peter Elliott, now the North Regional Director for the English Institute of Sport, World Champion Nicola Minichiello, part of Add this article to your Social Bookmarking Site
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Roll up, roll up at Mowbray Gardens Library

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Friday, 03 September 2010 15:18
Mowbray Gardens Library will be “clowning around” and letting visitors try out exciting new activities, including circus skills. The popular Herringthorpe Valley Road library, which recently celebrated its first birthday, is providing a day of activities on Tuesday 7 September as a way to try something new and an opportunity to come and see what the library has to offer. From 9am - 2pm, there will be something special to try your hand at. For those who have dreamed of learning how to juggle, spin a plate or have a go on a unicycle, then Swamp Circus will be on hand to make those dreams come true, by teaching basic circus skills. Entertainment will also be provided by Elaine Macpherson of Add this article to your Social Bookmarking Site
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