South YorkShire’S SAFer StreetS WiNter oF ACtioN
Partners across South Yorkshire are joining forces for a coordinated winter campaign to tackle crime and antisocial behaviour during December and January.
Safer Streets Winter of Action brings together police, local authorities, businesses, and community organisations to make town centres safer and more welcoming throughout the festive season. The festive period brings unique challenges, from darker nights, bustling shopping streets to vibrant nightlife. The Winter of Action aims to address these by focusing on visible policing, crime prevention, and community engagement, ensuring that residents, visitors, and businesses feel safe and supported.
Throughout December and
January South Yorkshire
Police and the four South Yorkshire local authorities and community partners will be working to tackle safety in the night-time economy, retail crime, street crime, and anti-social behaviour. This will include linking with other partners including CCTV operators and licensed premised to ensure everyone can have a safe and enjoyable night out over the Christmas and New Year period.
There will be increased engagement and visibility of police officers and local authority city centre/town centre wardens, increased messaging around personal safety and highlighting schemes to help people celebrate safely, including taxi marshalling, “Ask for Angela”.
Each district will be coordinating its own
programme of activity linked to its priority areas.
Partners will coordinate measures to address a range of issues and will work with other organisations, including Trading Standards and outreach workers to provide youth provision, support and signposting to young people to reduce anti-social behaviour.
Environmental enforcement will see council officers issuing Fixed Penalty Notices for littering and fly tipping; plus traffic and parking enforcement by council wardens.
In addition, there will also be a strong focus on the night-time economy, with measures to prevent alcohol-related disorder, and to protect women and girls from harm. These efforts will include joint patrols in priority
areas, reassurance visits to businesses, and environmental improvements such as better lighting and CCTV in hotspot locations.
The Safer Streets Summer Initiative demonstrated the impact of coordinated activity, delivering thousands of hours of patrols, joint operations with British Transport Police, and community outreach projects. Building on this success, the Winter of Action will continue to strengthen trust between communities, the police and partners by aiming to make public spaces safer and more welcoming. This campaign is supported by the Home Office and funded through £66 million in hotspot policing resources, as part of the Government’s Plan for Change. It also aligns
with the Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee, which commits to placing 13,000 additional officers, PCSOs, and special constables into community policing roles.
Councillor Kurtis Crossthorn, Chair of the Communities, Parks and Leisure Committee at Sheffield City Council, said: “Sheffield City Council is proud to support the Safer Streets Winter initiative, working with partners to make our city safer and more welcoming.
“We will be working closely with partners to increase visible patrols, support community initiatives, and will be focusing on prevention and support for vulnerable people –ensuring Sheffield is a city where communities thrive and people feel safe and cared for.”
TRAMLINES NAMED INNER-CITY FESTIvAL OF THE YEAR
Tramlines has been named Inner- city Festival of the Year and awarded Headline Performance of the Year for Pulp’s iconic Friday night show at the 2025 UK Festival awards. These wins come just weeks after Tramlines unveiled its 2026 lineup, led by Fatboy Slim, Courteeners and Wolf Alice. With demand at an all-time high, pre-sale tickets moved faster than ever before and general release sales have continued at pace. The Headline Performance of the Year award celebrates
the return of Pulp to Sheffield. For one night only, they not only topped the bill but curated the full main stage line-up, sharing the platform with acts including Spiritualized, Hot Chip (DJ set), Baxter Dury and Oracle Sisters. Their performance was a rare moment of hometown history and was regarded by both festival fans and official reviewers as a standout set.
Winning Inner-City Festival of the Year reaffirms Tramlines’ place as one of the UK’s most loved large-scale
city festivals. Hosted in Hillsborough Park, the festival blends big-stage headliners with local artists whilst providing a platform and support for community groups from across the region. Since launching the Tramlines Trust in 2022, the festival has donated over £120,000 to local groups, schools, mental health projects and youth initiatives. Thousands of tickets have also been distributed to community partners through schemes such as Tickets for Good. Tramlines also received this award in 2019 and 2021.
Also at the UK Festival Awards, Shambala Festival was presented with the Sarah Nulty Community Impact Award. Named after Tramlines’ much-missed Festival Director, the award honours festivals that show exceptional commitment to local communities. Sarah’s legacy remains a central part of the Tramlines story, and the award in her name continues to raise the bar for what festivals can stand for beyond the stage. Meanwhile, behind the scenes, Tramlines production staff
10/12/1901 - The first Nobel Prizes are awarded.
11/12/1972 - Apollo 17 becomes the sixth and last Apollo mission to land on the Moon.
12/12/1911 - Delhi replaces Calcutta as the capital of India.
13/12/1577 - Sir Francis Drake sets out from Plymouth on his round-the-world voyage.
(delivered by METHOD Events) was nominated for Best Operations Team at the Access All Areas Awards in London this week. Recognising the people who make live events happen safely, sustainably and to a high standard, the awards shine a light on the teams who rarely take the spotlight but are essential to the smooth running of the festival.
Timm Cleasby, Tramlines Operations Director, said: ‘Winning Inner-City Festival of the Year for the 3rd time means a lot. Tramlines is part of Sheffield and this
feels like recognition for the whole city. I’m also chuffed that our operations team got a nod at the Access All Areas Awards. They’re the ones who make the whole thing run smoothly and I’m grateful for such a hard-working, professional team. It’s also lovely to see Shambala picking up the the Sarah Nulty Award. We’re all very grateful that her legacy lives on and her work remains recognised by the festival and the industry as a whole.
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8) Weather line (6)
9) Slice (3)
10) Cargo boat (5)
11) Unwell (3)
14) Heather (5)
15) No noise (7)
17) Bad bargain (3, 4)
19) Long for (5)
22) Sleeping place (3)
23) Advantage (5)
24) Optical organ (3)
27) Street musician (6)
28) Promise (6)
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4) Religious traveller (7)
5) Barney (3)
6) Pungent herb (6)
12) Examine (5)
13) Human pump (5)
16) Master musician (7)
18) Roadway (6)
20) Journey in a ship (6)
21) Entice (5)
25) Move on snow (3)
26) Congealed (3)
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DoWN: 1) Metabolic, 2) Pearl, 3) Etching, 4) Congressman, 5) Ass, 8) Impartially, 10) Directive, 13) Scooter, 16) Brood, 18) Gut.
14/12/557 - Constantinople is severely damaged by an earthquake.
15/12/1890 - The first Sheffield Derby was played at Olive Grove
16/12/1431 - Henry VI of England is crowned King of France at Notre Dame in Paris.
ALBERT SNODGRASS
Give a Man a Fish and You Will Feed Him for a Day. Teach a man to fish and he will spend a fortune on gear he will only use twice a year.
I told my wife I’m going to arrange the herbs in alphabetical order from now on. She said, “Where would you find the time?” I said, “Easy. Right next to the sage.”
What was the cannibal given after he showed up late to the dinner party?
The cold shoulder.
My favorite time of the day is 6:30 Hands down.
A copper stopped me and demanded i get out of the car. “You’re staggering” he said. “Well thank you. You’re not so bad yourself.”
Did you hear about the depressed ghost? He’s going through some things. What genre are national anthems? Country.
Does anyone remember the joke I made about the Chiropractor?
It was about a weak back...
I visited a monastery the other day and as I walked past the kitchen I saw a man frying chips. I asked him “Are you the friar?”
He replied “No, I’m the chip monk...”
Cop: You seen anything unusual?
Me: I saw a dolphin wearing a hat once. Cop: I mean around here?
Me: Nah, they usually live in water.
When visiting Hawaii you’re not allowed to laugh out loud. Only a low ha.
Karl Marx is an incredibly famous historical figure, but nobody ever mentions his sister Onya who invented the starter pistol.
2. Which English entertainer holds the record for winning the most BRIT Awards - having won 13 as a solo artist and five with a band?
3. Which Scottish cities would be first in a list alphabetically?
4. Chris Moyles presented which BBC Radio One show for eight years between 2004 and 2012?
5. The cartoon character Bart Simpson is usually seen in a t-shirt of which colour?
6. How many Dalmatian dogs featured in the 1961 animated film?
7. Alopecia is a term for the loss of which protein filament which grows from the human head?
Which girl’s name originated in the Latin word for Olive tree? 9. Which is the largest country which is entirely in the Earth’s southern hemisphere?
10. Schnozz, honker and beak are all nicknames for which body part?
1. Which British politician is known as ‘BoJo’?
News, Information and Advice
big give christmas campaign
post office tips on christmas posting support dogs awards
Post Office has announced that Monday 8th December was expected to be its busiest day across UK branches for sending Christmas parcels and post. With Brits planning on sending more gifts this year compared to last (33 per cent 2025 vs 20 per cent 2024), Post Office is urging the public to post early to avoid the rush and ensure gifts arrive in time for the big day. This announcement comes alongside new research from Post Office revealing that the act of sending Christmas parcels and cards feels like an important festive tradition for over a third of Brits. While over a quarter agree that wrapping gifts is one of their favourite festive milestones to get them into the Christmas spirit, only 3 in 10 plan to post their gifts and cards by early to mid-December. 8 per cent of Brits also admit to leaving their Christmas posting to the last minute and sending everything in the week leading up to Christmas.
This festive season Post Office is urging people to plan ahead, using local branches to send parcels as early as possible to help ensure gifts arrive on time and avoid last-minute stress. Post Office branches can be used to collect or drop off prepaid parcels, not only with Royal Mail and Parcelforce, but Amazon, DPD, DHL and Evri in selected branches as well.
Postmaster, Abdul Basit, shares advice on how to package your parcels this Christmas:
“There are some pieces of advice I’d encourage the public to follow to make their posting experience as smooth as possible. If you’re sending presents abroad, which now includes to Northern Ireland, then you’ll need to have a customs form. You can fill this out online; bring your reference number in, and we can print this off for you. A lot of post offices have Amazon lockers, so you can have your packages delivered to your local post office and pick them up at your convenience. The same applies for DPD, Evri, Parcelforce, and Royal Mail. Remember, Post Office will never text you asking for payment, and Royal Mail will only ever message you to let you know your parcel is ready for collection. Make sure you wrap gifts securely and don’t put ribbon or
string on the outside as this can get stuck in the processing machines. We offer tracked services, so you can have peace of mind knowing where your parcel is. Finally, remember that you don’t have to wait for the last posting date to send something; come in and post your packages early, so you can get on with celebrating Christmas knowing your admin is done. If you’re returning anything before or after Christmas, then make sure you have your return QR code to hand. The Sharrow Vale Road Post Office now has guest WiFi for customers to use, but I’d still recommend downloading your QR code beforehand or taking a screen shot so you don’t have to search through your emails. Most importantly, know that, as your postmasters, we are here to help. It’s Christmas time, so have patience with other people and spread the good times during the season! Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.”
Postmaster Top Tips for Mastering Christmas:
1. Post early: With 18 per cent of Brits starting Christmas shopping early, it’s wise to send parcels ahead of peak day on Monday 8th December. Whether you are posting to the UK or internationally, your local postmaster can advise on the most suitable delivery options to meet your needs.
2. Check last posting dates: This is particularly important if you’re sending carefully prepared presents to loved ones abroad as last posting dates differ depending which country you’re sending to and the delivery option you want to use. You can check last posting dates online at Post Office | Lasting Posting Dates.
3. Pick up online shopping at your local Post Office: Christmas is a busy time, and you don’t want to be waiting around at home for parcel deliveries. You can get your online shopping delivered to your local Post Office and collect it all in one go at a time convenient for you.
4. Return or drop off pre-paid parcels with us: If you have sold an item online or through a marketplace and need to get it sent in time for Christmas, you can drop off parcels for multiple parcel carriers at your local Post Office. If you
need to return presents that weren’t quite right too, we can help with that.
5. Use tracking and signature services to give you extra peace of mind when sending parcels: For added peace of mind when sending precious Christmas parcels, choose a service with tracking or signature on delivery to know where your parcel is and when it’s arrived. All carriers provide services with these options, with some offering a guaranteed next day arrival.
6. Provide customs information for Overseas Parcels: When sending items abroad, all parcels containing gifts or goods must include details about the contents to ensure they can be cleared through customs. These details can be input at the counter, or for some carriers you can save time in branch by entering the details into our online tool at home, and use the reference barcode to access them when you get to your local branch.
7. Know what you’re sending: We need to ask you what’s inside your parcel to comply posting regulations. It’s for safety and to check it can be posted, not curiosity. Some items, like nail varnish, have limits (max four per parcel, each under 30ml). Check the prohibited items list and be prepared to describe what’s inside before you head into branch. Candice Ohandjanian, of Post Office said: “This Christmas is shaping up to be one of the busiest yet, with nearly three quarters of Brits planning to buy the same number, or even more, gifts for loved ones than last year. And when it comes to sending those carefully chosen presents, the local Post Office remains the main place the public rely on to ensure they arrive safely. For generations, Postmasters have kept the magic of Christmas alive by helping cards, parcels and packages arrive safely and on time. Whether it’s expert advice on international shipping, help with customs forms, finding the best delivery option, or simply a convenient spot to collect or drop off parcels, Post Office is here to make Christmas sending stress-free. Plan ahead, pop into your local branch, and enjoy the season knowing your gifts are in safe hands.”
Candlelighters, the children’s cancer charity, is holding their Big Give Christmas campaign, when donations will be matched by pledges from generous organisations.
The charity is hoping to raise £40,000 in online donations in seven days, which will be matched to achieve a target of £80,000.
For the second year, the charity is taking part in the UK’s biggest match-funding campaign - the Big Give Christmas Challenge. Donations made to Candlelighters via the Big Give website between these dates can be doubled –meaning twice the impact for families dealing with childhood cancer treatment. The £80,000 target will help Candlelighters fund the cost of their hospital support for families affected by childhood cancer throughout December and yearround. Candlelighters CEO, Emily Wragg, says, “After the incredible success of last year’s Big Give Christmas Challenge, we’re excited to announce that we’ll be joining the campaign again this year, as our 2025 Christmas appeal.
In 2024, our amazing supporters helped us to raise £40,000, to fund festive activities, gifts, and magical moments for children with cancer and their families. This year, we’re aiming even higher, with a target of £80,000.”
Emily explains: “Big Give is a UK-based charity that runs match-funding campaigns to double donations for other charities. It connects the public, philanthropists, foundations, and companies, to charities like Candlelighters, matching public donations with funds from these larger partners, which doubles the impact of every contribution. This allows charities to raise more money for their causes and reach a wider audience. We need £40,000 of donations during the Big Give Christmas Challenge week to activate the match funding pot and achieve our £80,000 target.”
Emily adds: “By donating to Candlelighters through the Big Give, supporters will give children in hospital vital support at Christmas and beyond. Donations will fund our front-line Family Support Workers who provide
vital emotional care, festive joy, and critical help - lighting the way through families’ darkest times. The campaign runs up to midday Tuesday, December 9th. It’s important to remember that only donations received via the Big Give website, during these dates, will be doubled.”
Last Christmas, threeyear-old Finn, and his parents, were one of many families supported by Candlelighters. At the time, Tom and Dee, Finn’s parents, couldn’t have imagined what lay ahead for their family. They didn’t know that Finn would need 48 blood transfusions. Or that over Christmas, their son, would be receiving chemotherapy, followed by a bone marrow transplant. Tom says: “I was excited because it was the first year when he was going to understand what Christmas is. That he’d know that Father Christmas is going to visit the house and put some presents under our Christmas tree. I grieved that loss – that he wasn’t going to get that experience.”
Kind donations to Candlelighters ensured Finn experienced the magic of Christmas despite him being unable to leave his hospital room. Generous contributions enabled festive activities, presents, visits from Santa and precious happy moments during a dark and isolating time.
Volunteers who help to nurture the next generation of assistance dogs have been honoured for their dedication at a glittering awards ceremony.
Support Dogs held its annual Graduation and Awards ceremony at the Sandman Signature Sheffield Quays Hotel. As well as celebrating the record-breaking 23 lifechanging assistance dog partnerships achieved on the charity’s autism, epilepsy and disability programmes in 2025, the selfless volunteers who help make the charity’s work possible were also recognised. Among them were doggy foster carer Mel Poole, who was named Foster Carer of the Year, having been credited with turning around the fortunes of some of the charity’s most challenging pooches, enough to see two of them - autism assistance dog Frank and disability assistance dog Chris -graduate. Mel has been a foster carer with Support Dogs since January 2023. She has done brilliantly with some challenging dogs who had struggled with dog distraction, taking on the charity’s advice and getting all three dogs through to partnership work. The 46-year-old project manager from Chapeltown explained afterwards how she got into volunteering for Support Dogs: “I’ve
always loved dogs and I saw an advert on social media looking for puppy socialisers. I looked into foster caring for Support Dogs and it went from there. I’m really humbled by the award. What’s driven me to persevere with the dogs is just seeing how much the charity needs people like us to help. It’s really nice to see the dogs go on and be successful and change people’s lives.”
Katie Sully, also of North Sheffield, was named Volunteer of the Year.
Over the past five years, Katie has been a puppy socialiser, holiday cover provider, event volunteer and office volunteer and has helped Support Dogs to raise thousands of pounds by overseeing the charity’s eBay sales of puzzles and jigsaws.
After providing many holiday covers, last year Katie took on her first full-time puppy, Garry. She has gone above and beyond in giving Garry a great start to working life. She has also jumped in to attend many events and talks at schools, nurseries, Ikea, most of the supermarkets in South Yorkshire and most recently a Peter Hook event at City Hall, as well as taking stock to events she’s not attending herself.
Katie, who volunteers alongside partner
First established in 1865, Eric Eyre has personally looked after families in the local communities of Sheffield, Barnsley and Rotherham since 1955.
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Stuart Ellerington, said: “Seeing these amazing partnerships – that’s why we do it. It’s great to be part of. I have made some great friends.” Also recognised was the charity’s ambassador dog, black Lab Burnsie, a recent retiree hailed as “a true legend in the Support Dogs family”, who has attended countless community and corporate events and became a cherished member of the office team.
Other South Yorkshirebased volunteers honoured included Doncaster’s Trevor Mountford (Puppy Socialiser of the Year) who is looking after his fourth dog for Support Dogs, having raised autism assistance dogs Harry and Zeus, working a miracle to help Mason into working life, now looking after pup Gilly and also helping with fundraising efforts. Barnsley’s Isabelle Lauder, eight, was crowned Young Volunteer of the Year after scaling Mount Snowdon with her dad Tom and also helping her family to look after the charity’s dogs. To find out more about the incredible work of Support Dogs, please visit www.supportdogs.org.uk or call 0114 2617800.
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Ahead of this week’s semi finals trailblazing model, actor and influencer Ellie Goldstein and her dance partner Vito Coppola, plus TV star and broadcaster Vicky Pattison & Kai Widdrington are the next two couples announced for 2026’s Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour. They will don their dancing shoes at Sheffield’s Utilita Arena on the 3rd and 4th of February next year. The fab-u-lous foursome will be joined by the previously announced couples – Harry Aikines-Aryeety & Karen Hauer and La Voix & Aljaž Škorjanec.
Plus, the legendary Strictly
Judges Shirley Ballas, Anton Du Beke, and Craig Revel Horwood. And tour host Janette Manrara from It Takes Two. The 2026 Live Tour opens at Birmingham’s Utilita Arena on 23 January for the first of 30 scintillating shows around the UK. Tickets are on sale now from StrictlyComeDancingLive.com.
Ellie Goldstein said: “It was a dream come true to be part of this year’s Strictly Come Dancing. And now, I’m over the moon to continue my dancing journey on the Strictly Live arena tour with my ‘Cheeky Team’ partner, Vito! I can’t wait to see you all on the
dancefloor!”
Vicky Pattison said: “I had an incredible couple of months on Strictly! Now I’m buzzing like an old fridge that I get to continue this amazing experience and put my dancing shoes back on for the Strictly Live tour at arenas all over the country - including my hometown of Newcastle!”
Following the opening night at Birmingham’s Utilita Arena on 23 January, the glitz, the glamour and the sequinstogether with the all-important celebrity contestants and their professional dancer partnerswill travel to some of the UK’s biggest entertainment venues
leaving a trail of glitter in their wake: Utilita Arena Newcastle, First Direct Bank Arena Leeds, AO Arena Manchester, Utilita Arena Sheffield, M&S Bank Arena Liverpool, OVO Hydro Glasgow, Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, and finally The O2 in London, culminating on 15 February.
The Strictly Live Tour celebrates all the joy of the smash-hit BBC series, showcasing the amazing choreography and fantastic live music that Strictly is synonymous with – providing audiences of all ages up and down the country the opportunity to experience
everything they love about the TV show live on stage.
Not only are the arena audiences treated to the spectacular roof-raising routines, but they are also granted the power to decide who wins the coveted Glitterball Trophy at the end of each show. The tour judges will of course provide their invaluable wisdom, advice and scores at each performance - we couldn’t stop them if we tried - but the ultimate power lies with the audience. A text for their favourite couple is all it takes; their votes will decide who wins!
Each performance will host a British Sign Language interpreter, who will be displayed on two very large screens on either side of the stage so that audiences can book tickets and sit almost anywhere in the arena to enjoy the experience with family and friends.
STRICTLY COME DANCING THE LIVE TOUR is produced by Stage Entertainment UK and Phil McIntyre Live, with BBC Studios.
Tickets are available now from www.utilitaarenasheffield. co.uk
12th December - 7:30PM
Genesis Connected is a tribute show celebrating the music of Genesis and the biggest selling acts connected: Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins and Mike & the Mechanics. This show has an incredible mix of material, from atmospheric anthems to chart toppers that will get the crowd dancing in the aisles. Hits spanning from the late 70s onwards including; Turn It On Again, Sledgehammer, In The Air Tonight, Over My Shoulder, Against All Odds, That’s All, Solsbury Hill, You Can’t Hurry Love, The Living Years and many more.
The frontman, Pete Bultitude, is not only an incredibly versatile vocalist, he is also a truly gifted drummer just like Phil Collins, So expect the show to include the iconic “double drums” element as featured on every Genesis and Phil Collins tour.
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Owners or Occupiers of land (including buildings) near the operating centre(s) who believe that their use or enjoyment of that land would be affected, should make written representations to the Traffic Commissioner at Quarry House, Quarry Hill, Leeds, LS2 7UE, stating their reasons, within 21 Days of this Notice. Representors must at the same time send a copy of their representations to the applicant at the address given at the top of this notice.
A Guide to making Representations is available at: www.gov.uk/government/ publications/a-guide-to-makingrepresentations-objections-and-complaintsgoods-vehicle-operator-licence.
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Coronation Street: Kit tells Carla how he suspects Costello and Becky are in it together. A despondent Carla pours herself a drink, pointing out they have no proof of anything. Meanwhile, Eva forces Will to apologise to Lauren for trying to kiss her. Lauren assures him it’s water under the bridge. An upset Debbie confides in Carl and Abi that she’s made a mistake and accidentally booked the wedding venue for 2027 instead of 2026. Knowing she may be too poorly by then, Carl and Abi promise to help find another venue. David returns home and is taken aback to find the house full of guests. When Shona explains that they’re throwing a baby shower, David struggles to hide his unease. Gary tells a concerned George and Christina that as he passed by Todd and Theo’s flat, he heard a crash.
Emmerdale:
In an act of defiance against Joe, Sam quits his job. But with bills increasing, Lydia urges him to get his position back at Home Farm. Vanessa tells Kim that there was an unauthorised shoot happening on the estate, so Kim goes to investigate. Disaster strikes when Kim is grievously injured. Kerry is stunned to find a bank account set up in her name with £15,000 in it. Eric tells Kerry that he’s behind her mystery money. He comes clean about his plan to syphon tax free money to Jacob. Lydia, Claudette and Nicola face a real struggle to drum up interest for the village Christmas Fayre and ticket sales are poor. With Jimmy roped in to pull the Fayre together in time, Bob plans a headline performance. But will it go down a treat? Vinny is disappointed when his efforts to spend more time with Lewis are hijacked.
Eastenders:
Sam returns to Albert Square, and she immediately heads to Phil’s house to steal money from his safe. However, Sam has a worrying secret: she has found a lump and believes she has breast cancer. Following her dramatic split with Howie, Kim drowns her sorrows in The Vic. Kat’s worries grow when she discovers the sinister truth about the breakdown of Anthony’s marriage. Horrified, Kat threatens Anthony and warns him to stay away from her daughter. On the day of Teddy’s trial, the family are devastated by Teddy’s verdict. Oscar is turning 18, so Lauren brings the family together and plans a big party for him in The Albert. As the opening of Peacock Palace approaches, Elaine is left worried when Ian suggests that there could be legal issues with permissions.
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WILDER HAILS FOUR- GOAL BLADES
Chris Wilder thought the Blades were full value for their impressive victory over Stoke City at Bramall Lane on Saturday.
First goals for the club for Mark McGuinness and Femi Seriki set United on their way and Patrick Bamford’s header gave the hosts a three-goal lead before the break, which was extended further by Sydie Peck’s second half penalty. Reflecting on a fourth consecutive win, Wilder was understandably delighted and
MILLERS IN SEVEN HEAVEN
The Millers booked their place in the Vertu Trophy round of 16 in emphatic fashion at Salford City on a night of firsts for Matt Hamshaw’s men. It was the hosts who threatened first early on with two chances from Butt in the opening exchanges. Having volleyed over inside two minutes, he was better placed moments later but failed to connect with a right-wing cross.
Kallum Cesay was played in down the right-hand side and just when it looked like the Millers had dealt with the danger, Nico Siri was on hand to capitalise on Raggett’s attempted clearance and tapped in from close range with seven minutes played. Siri should have doubled his and his side’s tally on 12 minutes but his effort was saved by the feet of Cann, though it looked like the striker’s attempt was heading wide anyway.
The Millers fought their way back in spectacular
commented: “It was a really good, open game of football. We found some quality to get ourselves in the lead and I’m delighted how we controlled the game, especially second half.
“I was screaming on, even at 4-0, that is was really important we kept our discipline. We’ve had to play well, Stoke have had a great start and this shows the competitiveness of the division.” Wilder added:
“Stoke have got a very good manager and some good players at the top
of the pitch, I felt that before the game given our analysis on them and I think people inside the ground thought this would be a close game. It looks like it isn’t, but we’ve had to fight and earn the opportunity.
“I’m delighted for the players because they’ve worked hard to get us in this position, but we don’t want to take a backward step now. If we shortcut anything then we’ve got another think coming so our ruthless approach must continue.”
PEDERSEN THANKS TRAVELLING WEDNESDAyITES
Manager Henrik Pedersen has thanked Wednesdayites for their support at Ewood Park after the Owls’ clash with Blackburn was abandoned due to a waterlogged pitch. The heavy rain was unrelenting in Lancashire, and the game was called to a halt on the hour-mark after a 10-minute stoppage to assess the pitch.
Although disappointed with the early end to the game, Pedersen
was grateful for the thousands who travelled from South Yorkshire.
The gaffer said: “Today was not a great day for playing football! As everyone could see, the conditions were very poor.
“Player safety must always come first and, as the rain showed no signs of stopping at all, the pitch became totally unplayable.
“The disappointment of not getting to finish the game and fighting for a
result feels secondary to the disappointment the players, my staff and I feel for our supporters.
“At this time of year, so close to Christmas and in conditions like this, we appreciate how much effort and sacrifice they make to support us at every ground we visit.
“I am sorry to see their day called off early.
“The most important thing now is that we wish all our travelling fans a safe journey home.”
MCCANN HAPPy WITH ROVERS’ DOGGED STREAK TRIUMPH
minute winner from Jack Senior.
style through Josh Ayres on 18 minutes. Although it was a kind ricochet that saw the ball fall at the striker’s feet, he still had plenty of work to do. Having worked his way up to the edge of the box, Ayres unleashed a delightful curling effort that sailed into the top corner. It was the perfect response from the 20year-old who claimed his second of the season in this competition. The game had soon turned on its head as James Clarke registered his first goal for the club following an excellent move. Benson slipped Jack Holmes into the box and the winger’s pullback was struck sweetly first-time by Clarke from 13 yards, with Howard unable to prevent the youngster’s strike nestling into the net. However, the Millers’ goalkeeper was unable to do anything about Stockton’s effort a minute later. As the visitors tried to play their way out of trouble, Ros Longelo won the ball back and fed Cesay whose cross was swept home by Stockton from the edge of the sixyard box. Eight minutes later, the game took another swing and it was Josh Benson on target with a second sublime free-kick of the season. Martha was the man who won the setpiece 20 yards out after a rapid counter-attack, and the former Barnsley man Benson expertly curled the resulting free-kick into the top left corner of Howard’s net.
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With just over a minute of the second half played, Butt saw his header from eight yards land straight into the gloves of Cann as the youngster enjoyed a third decent chance of the match.
Cesay then prevented his own team’s leveller when the wiser option would have been to allow his team-mate Siri’s attempt to drift over the line, but the Sierra Leone international couldn’t resist glancing home when in an offside position. The tie was then blessed with surely one of the goals of the competition as Josh Benson took matters into his own hands around seven yards inside the Salford half. The midfielder spotted Howard off his line and his glorious attempt sailed into the net from distance. It got even better two minutes later as Benson bagged his hat-trick for the Millers. Kelly and Jack Holmes combined down the right with the latter’s cross landing perfectly for Benson as he nodded home from inside the
Grant McCann was pleased to see a dogged streak in his Rovers side as they won at Chesterfield to reach the third round of the Emirates FA Cup.
A tight and hard fought contest over the first hour became a tougher puzzle for Rovers in the remaining time after the hosts were reduced to ten men following the dismissal of John Fleck.
But McCann’s side stuck to the task and were rewarded with a last
six-yard box to claim the match-ball.
Benson was oozing confidence and after an audacious turn on the left close to the byline, he attempted a similarly ambitious effort to his second goal but from a tight angle this time which had to be tipped behind by Howard.
Rotherham were cruising in the rain and substitute Dan Gore then made his mark on the match as he notched his first goal for the Milers and the first of his career.
Liam Kelly pinged the ball into Gore’s feet and the Man United loanee sauntered freely into the box before unleashing an unstoppable shot beyond Howard from 10 yards.
Matt Hamshaw’s side were making it look so simple as they added a seventh in the 89th minute. Dru Yearwood’s clever dinked ball sent Gardner through on goal and the youngster lashed home his first goal for the Millers.
“It’s difficult playing against ten men and I know people think it should be easy,” he said.
“They just sit in the back five and midfield three and we had to remain patient,
“The lads do a lot of it in training, where they’re playing against teams with less numbers or overloading both ways, defensively and attacking, and I’m pleased all that has come to the fore.
“I’m pleased with the lads. Was it our best performance? Were we outstanding? Not really.
“But you need to win when you’re not truly at your best and we did that.
“We were dogged and resolute the whole game, didn’t give them many opportunities and scored two really good goals.”
McCann was delighted
with the manner of Rovers’ two goals on the night, with Owen Bailey heading them level minutes after Lee Bonis had given Chesterfield the lead and Senior’s winner.
He said: “It was an outstanding ball in from Luke Molyneux and a really good header from Bails.
“Luke was outstanding all game, even when we put him on the left and he caused them so many issues,
“And then it was a great ball from Jay McGrath, breaking the line and finding Jack Senior. It was a tremendous finish from Jack.
“He was delighted when he got his first goal on Tuesday. Now he’s got two in two and the boys gave him a massive round of applause in the changing room. He’s got us through to the third round.
“We’re in the hat and that’s the main thing.
“We talked about a big four games for us and we’ve been really clean in the first three by winning the game against
Peterborough and the two against Chesterfield.
“The main thing for us now is to start pushing up the league but we got the job done today.”
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