Hi Fiona, could you drop me a message about this, please? I'd be interested to hear more for YorkshireLive. Cheers

The court heard how he engineered a cult-like status to sexually abuse tens of women.

The trial will continue for around eight weeks, and I will be covering it at times throughout that period. You can read the summary of the opening arguments here:

www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-n...

I also reflect on @mileskane.bsky.social rocking @theleadmill.bsky.social to give a big send-off to Sheffield's most iconic music venue, and touch on the #greenbelt protests.

And then there is a bumper load of events at the weekend, including the wonderful @migmatfest.bsky.social drawing to a close.

Northumbria Police is in hot water after the force disposed of documents relating to the miners' strikes in the 1980s, including the Battle of Orgreave -- @orgreavejustice.bsky.social.

Meanwhile, @unitetheunion.bsky.social members have voted to continue the long-running Veolia strike. It means bin collections will continue to be disrupted across #Sheffield.

MP Abitsam Mohamed did sign the agreement. She said: " Like many of my colleagues, I didn’t become an MP to make disabled people poorer."

You can read the full story, including reactions from more Sheffield MPs here:

www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-n...

Dr Marie Tidball, MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge, has not signed the amendment, despite all five of her Sheffield-based Labour colleagues having done so.

Her office told me they would not be making a comment.

There was also a pro-Palestine rally outside a Sheffield factory that may or may not have supplied parts for F-35 fighter jets, and South Yorkshire leaders responded to the child grooming sex scandal inquiry

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🏠 I was at a fiery council meeting when the amendment to Sheffield's Local Plan was narrowly voted through earlier this month.

You can read the report from that meeting here:

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